While not quite a horror series, Samus Aran is certainly iconic from the Metroid series. She doesn’t talk much, so it’s hard ...

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Universal Studios hopes to "create powerful female characters" to reinvent the "male-centric" horror genre at its annual Halloween event. Earlier this year, Universal announced the themes of eight new ...

From Ellen Ripley to Sidney Prescott, final girls number among some of the horror genre's most celebrated and memorable characters. A term used in cinema to describe the last woman left standing by ...

When it comes to terrifying horror movie villains, the ones most often cited are men. Michael Myers, Leatherface, and Pennywise are just a few in a long line of horror legends. But although these ...

Horror has always been a genre that allows creatives to explore all manner of themes, no matter how potentially taboo. While the genre has a history of relegating women to the roles of eye candy or ...

Horror movies have long centered their stories around female characters—think The Exorcist‘s demon-plagued mother and daughter duo, Halloween‘s fierce babysitter, or Black Christmas‘ determined ...

Editor’s Note: There will be spoilers for Haunting Ground below. Haunting Ground follows Fiona, a college-aged woman who was in the backseat of her parents’ car when they got into an accident and ...

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, like all major theme park haunt events, hopes to scare its guests. But Universal's key architect this year wanted to raise a different question: ...

You know about the Bechdel test, right? It's the famous and very simple test that is used today to assess the gender bias of films, TV series and books. It's actually very simple - to pass this test, ...