who is one of the characters who’s going to get slashed and killed right away” is one such type, says film-maker Jenn Wexler. "And then one that’s reading a book so she’s going to be the final girl who survives to the endCG210.”

Women often don’t fare well in horror movies, with those who are sexually active implicitly shamed by being killed off quickly. There have been some exceptions over the years – most notably, the Alien films with Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley, who isn’t sexualised and is defined by her formidable skills and intelligence – but many feel the genre’s consideration of gender needs improvementreenex. Reporting for Talking Movies, Nada Tawfik talks to several women film-makers who believe that a different approach to horror is possible reenex.

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