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20 Essential Horror Films Directed by Women Near Dark (1987) Female characters are prominent in scary movies, and not always as helpless victims. Think about the Final Girl, without whom slasher films would not exist, or other kick-ass heroines, like Alien’s Ripley. Behind the camera, though, you’ll find way more male writers and directors which is why these horror movies directed by women are worthy of extra celebration. Advertisement Director Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) and Guinevere Turner co-wrote the script, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’ satirical best-seller about a materialistic, appearance-obsessed, serial-killing yuppie. Christian Bale’s note-perfect titular turn forever distanced him from his child-star beginnings, and Harron’s movie stylish and impressively grisly, while still emphasizing the source material’s razor-sharp, pitch-black humor continues to be influential in so many ways. Where would

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