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Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: Debbie Rochon, Michelle Bauer, Linnea Quigley, Lynn Lowry, Cassandra Peterson

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
October 13, 2014
Ratings:
8.0 / 10
Director:
Calum Waddell
Companies:
High Rising Productions

Overview

Directed by UK-horror scene stalwart Calum Waddell and hosted by scream queen Debbie Rochon (Terror Firmer, Tromeo and Juliet) Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed features, in a change of pace for horror documentaries, especially those focusing on females in the genre, an all-female line-up, discussing horror movies from their perspective – exploring the challenges of being an actress in a genre predominantly made by and for men, from how they came about to be defined as a “scream queen”, about the vagaries of the genre: nudity, violence, misogyny, etc., and about how they feel about the genre and the label