Rachel Weisz in ‘Dead Ringers’ (Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise/Prime Video)
As a horror fan, I was delighted that 2023 not only delivered some top-notch genre films but also that there were enough directed by women to create a 10 best list. Women created a diverse array of horror from psychological thrillers to over-the-top gore comedy to creature features. They looked beyond just final girls to create fascinating, flawed, and sometimes deeply disturbed characters.
I measure progress not by how many positive female characters we get on screen but rather by the diversity and depth of the women driving the stories we see. Kudos to the female talent in front of and behind the camera that created these bold, original works in 2023.
2023’s Top 10 Horror Projects Directed By Women
1. Dead Ringers
Key women creatives: Executive producer/star: Rachel Weisz; showrunner: Alice Birch; directors: Lauren Wolkstein, Karena Evans, Karyn Kusama; writers: Miriam Battye,...
As a horror fan, I was delighted that 2023 not only delivered some top-notch genre films but also that there were enough directed by women to create a 10 best list. Women created a diverse array of horror from psychological thrillers to over-the-top gore comedy to creature features. They looked beyond just final girls to create fascinating, flawed, and sometimes deeply disturbed characters.
I measure progress not by how many positive female characters we get on screen but rather by the diversity and depth of the women driving the stories we see. Kudos to the female talent in front of and behind the camera that created these bold, original works in 2023.
2023’s Top 10 Horror Projects Directed By Women
1. Dead Ringers
Key women creatives: Executive producer/star: Rachel Weisz; showrunner: Alice Birch; directors: Lauren Wolkstein, Karena Evans, Karyn Kusama; writers: Miriam Battye,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Beth Accomando
- Showbiz Junkies
The Mantle twins may be extraordinary gynecologists, but their world is descending into chaos. Beverly, the “baby,” can’t persuade an opioid billionaire to fund her revolutionary “birthing center” in Manhattan. Elliot has fallen so far into substance abuse that she may be hallucinating murders. Dead Ringers, streaming now on Amazon, builds a six-episode miniseries filled with clammy dread on the bones of David Cronenberg’s 1988 movie. Created for television by Alice Birch, and starring Rachel Weisz as Beverly and Elliot Mantle, the story explores identity and psychosis with bloody intimacy. The series is also a marvel of technology. Playing two […]
The post Twinning: Cinematographer Laura M. Gonçalves on Capturing the Double Realities of TV’s Dead Ringers first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Twinning: Cinematographer Laura M. Gonçalves on Capturing the Double Realities of TV’s Dead Ringers first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 5/15/2023
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Mantle twins may be extraordinary gynecologists, but their world is descending into chaos. Beverly, the “baby,” can’t persuade an opioid billionaire to fund her revolutionary “birthing center” in Manhattan. Elliot has fallen so far into substance abuse that she may be hallucinating murders. Dead Ringers, streaming now on Amazon, builds a six-episode miniseries filled with clammy dread on the bones of David Cronenberg’s 1988 movie. Created for television by Alice Birch, and starring Rachel Weisz as Beverly and Elliot Mantle, the story explores identity and psychosis with bloody intimacy. The series is also a marvel of technology. Playing two […]
The post Twinning: Cinematographer Laura M. Gonçalves on Capturing the Double Realities of TV’s Dead Ringers first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Twinning: Cinematographer Laura M. Gonçalves on Capturing the Double Realities of TV’s Dead Ringers first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 5/15/2023
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Shailene Woodley and Cara Delevingne have been cast in the biopic on celebrated author Patricia Highsmith, ‘The Murderous Miss Highsmith.’
The film will reimagine the author’s life as a horror movie, focusing on the formative period just before she wrote her most celebrated work, ‘The Talented Mr Ripley,’ which was partly inspired by her doomed relationships with two women.
Woodley takes on the role of Highsmith, the film will aim to reveal her fascination for gruesome murders, exploring how her tumultuous love life influenced her persona. Delevingne and ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ breakout Noémie Merlant will both face off against Woodley as her companions.
Also in news – Nicolas Cage & Bill Skarsgård set to play arms dealers in ‘Lord of War’ Sequel
Alexandra Pechman is aboard to take the helm, marking her first feature. Christine Vachon and Gabriel Mayers are producing at Killer Films. Filming is due to...
The film will reimagine the author’s life as a horror movie, focusing on the formative period just before she wrote her most celebrated work, ‘The Talented Mr Ripley,’ which was partly inspired by her doomed relationships with two women.
Woodley takes on the role of Highsmith, the film will aim to reveal her fascination for gruesome murders, exploring how her tumultuous love life influenced her persona. Delevingne and ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ breakout Noémie Merlant will both face off against Woodley as her companions.
Also in news – Nicolas Cage & Bill Skarsgård set to play arms dealers in ‘Lord of War’ Sequel
Alexandra Pechman is aboard to take the helm, marking her first feature. Christine Vachon and Gabriel Mayers are producing at Killer Films. Filming is due to...
- 5/12/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies), Cara Delevingne (Carnival Row) and Noémie Merlant (Portrait Of A Lady On Fire) are set to star in a genre biopic of celebrated author Patricia Highsmith, which is being produced by Carol and Past Lives outfit Killer Films.
Titled The Murderous Miss Highsmith, the film will reimagine the author’s life as a horror movie, focusing on the formative period just before she wrote her most celebrated work, The Talented Mr. Ripley, which was partly inspired by her doomed relationships with two women.
The project aims to get inside the mind of the author, who will be played by Emmy-nominee Woodley, and reveal her fascination for gruesome murders, exploring how her tumultuous love life influenced her persona. Cara Delevingne and Portrait of a Lady on Fire breakout Merlant will both face off against Woodley as her companions.
Alexandra Pechman is aboard to direct, marking...
Titled The Murderous Miss Highsmith, the film will reimagine the author’s life as a horror movie, focusing on the formative period just before she wrote her most celebrated work, The Talented Mr. Ripley, which was partly inspired by her doomed relationships with two women.
The project aims to get inside the mind of the author, who will be played by Emmy-nominee Woodley, and reveal her fascination for gruesome murders, exploring how her tumultuous love life influenced her persona. Cara Delevingne and Portrait of a Lady on Fire breakout Merlant will both face off against Woodley as her companions.
Alexandra Pechman is aboard to direct, marking...
- 5/11/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Festival also unveils finalists for brand new micro-shorts competition
Slamdance Film Festival has selected the documentary, narrative and shorts competition jury members for its upcoming 21st anniversary festival, running in Park City, Utah, from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29.
Narrative feature jury members including filmmaker Todd Looby, trinidad+tobago film festival Creative Director Emilie Upczak, and Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber. Documentary jury members are producer-director Josh Leake and filmmakers Paige Williams and Bryan Storkel.
See Photos: TheWrap’s 2014 ShortList Film Fest Rocks YouTube Space La
The jury members for the narrative and animation shorts include actor-filmmaker Sarah Cornell, Blacklist screenwriter Rory Haines and Elle Schneider,...
Slamdance Film Festival has selected the documentary, narrative and shorts competition jury members for its upcoming 21st anniversary festival, running in Park City, Utah, from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29.
Narrative feature jury members including filmmaker Todd Looby, trinidad+tobago film festival Creative Director Emilie Upczak, and Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber. Documentary jury members are producer-director Josh Leake and filmmakers Paige Williams and Bryan Storkel.
See Photos: TheWrap’s 2014 ShortList Film Fest Rocks YouTube Space La
The jury members for the narrative and animation shorts include actor-filmmaker Sarah Cornell, Blacklist screenwriter Rory Haines and Elle Schneider,...
- 1/19/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
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