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If there has been a theme to my Women In Horror Month offerings, it has been The Women of 60s Horror. Barbara Steele, Deborah Kerr, Clare Bloom, Veronica Carlson…I’ve highlighted a number of women from 1960s horror over the course of the month, and it’s about time I explained why.
Dubbed “The Blaxorcist” for more reasons than one, Abby is William Girdler’s Blaxploitation horror movie about marriage counsellor Abby Williams (Blaxploitation regular Carol Speed), possessed by an African sex spirit accidentally released by archaeologist-cum-Bishop Garnet Williams (William Marshall of Blacula fame).
One of the masterstrokes of the film is the relationship between Eleanor and Theo. It is one of the first films to portray an LGBT character in a genuinely positive way, and Claire Bloom’s performance as Theo is key to this. Theo is hip, modern and smart, and her attraction to spinster Eleanor is handled in a mature and sensitive manner.
Set in Tehran in 1988 during the final few months of the Iran/Iraq war, Babak Anvari’s debut feature is a chilling and harrowing supernatural horror set in a small apartment block, and centring on Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi), who may have been possessed by a Djinn (a malevolent wind spirit, well documented in the Quran and still feared by those with a belief in spirits and superstition).
There is perhaps no woman killer more crazed, more brutal and more visceral than Alucarda (Tina Romero) in Juan Lopez Moctezuma’s 1978 erotic horror, Alucarda. For WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH!
It's been a busy week here at LongLiveTheVoid.com and Beyond The Void Horror Podcast! So here is what you missed so far. Going to try and make this a regular thing each week to gather all the important posts we put up on the site. So feel free to catch up on things you might have missed each week.
Of all the female actors who broke through in the 1960s and changed the way women were portrayed – not just in horror, but in movies full stop – one stands head and shoulders above the rest.
Simon’s career began in much the way we are led to believe fairytale Hollywood stories do – the aspiring fashion designer was spotted in a restaurant, plucked from obscurity and established herself as one of France’s hottest stars in no time at all.
Linnea is the ultimate scream queen. A stalwart of low-budget horror and exploitation in the 1980s and 1990s, and has appeared in over 100 acting roles. She moved to LA in the late 1970s and began a career in modelling. She was soon spotted (after appearing as an extra in a number of films) and given her first role in Fairy Tales (1978, dir Harry Hurwitz), a sex comedy in which she played Sleeping Beauty.
Born Mildred Elizabeth Fulvia Rossi, Milicent Patrick was born sometime between 1915 and the 1930s (reports vary wildly) in El Paso, Texas. Milicent was a multi-talented woman (an actor, costumer, designer, illustrator and animator) whose name you may never have heard, but whose work you are certainly aware of. Indeed, much of Milicent’s life remains a mystery, partly due to her desire to avoid the spotlight, giving several conflicting stories to would-be biographers as to her background and real life.
English born, German raised Veronica Mary Glazer was already a published model when Hammer Films boss James Carrera noticed her and featured her opposite Christopher Lee in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968, dir Freddie Francis). A stunning beauty with genuine talent, she dazzled on the big screen and would go on to feature in arguably the studio’s best
Mark drops his next 2 WIHM Challenges and he takes it back to some of the classics. What are your choices this month?
To kick off Women in Horror Month, I’m going to go for an obvious one – Anya Taylor Joy in Robert Eggers’ The VVitch. A standout performance in a beautifully original film that, like most Witch stories, carries a very potent message about the way women, particularly young women on the verge of discovering their sexuality, are treated in patriarchal society – something that.....
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![[#WiHM] Feb 22nd (Black History Month) Abby 1974 | by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1519329568849-4KBM4CXREZI1LH4W1ULA/cover.jpg)
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![[#WiHM] Feb 19th (Crazed Killer) Tina Romero | Alucarda - by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1519063492738-MV41INW9B8VQ6JXYGEN0/1FINALCover.jpg)
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![[#WiHM] Feb 15th (Goddess of Gore) | Barbara Steele by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1518719745774-1SK5BDSOVP5RKJABVG46/1newbarbarasteelecover.jpg)
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![[#WiHM] Feb 13th (She's Still Got it!) Linnea Quigley | Scream Queen - by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1518557319131-M6EI9K36M9TZDH26SJTG/FINAL-COVER.jpg)
![[#WiHM] Feb 12th (Gone But Not Forgotten) Milicent Patrick | "The Beauty Who Created the Beast" - by Mark Doubt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c1d10217bffc0ccdaf728d/1518467383463-214MPL1MV2VHDISJ40GP/cover.jpg)
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