As we get closer to the end of 2009 it’s time to start really thinking about the first Annual Women in Horror Recognition Month events! Please send in your plans for how you are going to recognize women working in horror for this Feb 2010. I will then be able to start working on the Events page of this website. This is useful because:
1. You might see that someone is planning an event near where you live that you can attend and/or help out with!
2. See where there is major shortages of events and plan some of your own
3. Get inspired by the action of others
etc!
Please leave a comment with your idea: big or small and lets start a list going of events that will be taking place.
SO– WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS FEB 2010!? Here is the list of ideas I have…please contemplate what your able to do and what ideas you might have that I didn’t list (post them so I can add them to this list!)
- Host a local film screening BIG OR SMALL! Rent out space for a big event or just have a smaller gathering in your living room with friends, and show movies made by women!
- Write a blog post(s) on your blog/website about Women who deserve attention and/or any subject matter revolving around women/horror/recognition
- Write to horror magazines about women who aren’t in the pages!
- Host a Women Horror Writers Reading at a local bookstore/or in your living room
- Host an art show to showcase female horror artists
- COME UP WITH YOUR OWN BRILLIANT IDEA AND SHARE IT WITH US!
I also would love for people to document the events once they happen. Send photos/video so I can post it all and we can have a record of the events!
REMEMBER: WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH IS IN EACH OF OUR HANDS. IF YOU ENVISION IT A CERTAIN WAY THEN THAT IS HOW IT WILL BE. IT IS EXECUTED THE WAY YOU CHOOSE. I just want us to all be in support as best we can and help each other out and document the process.
For example, the awesome Nia Edwards-Behi used the banner Mary Goff made for this site, text from the manifesto, and a quote about WiH Month she got from Paul Solet (writer/director of GRACE) to create her own flyer and gave it out at a local film event she helped put on last month. You can create your own flyers/teeshirts/whatever to help spread the word with your own art, quotes, etc. It’s all about having fucking fun and bringing attention to women in the horror industry who work damn hard and deserve some fucking bloody love! xo If you do anything like that i’d love to get a copy and put it up on the site to share with everyone!
NOW: LEAVE COMMENTS ON YOUR THOUGHTS/PLANS/IDEAS/QUESTIONS!
hearts & butcher knives,
hannah
www.hannahneurotica.com
www.axwoundzine.com
21 Comments
November 15, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Wheeeee!
I’m hoping to write an essay and probably a few blog posts! Depending on time and resources I might see if I can host a screening or something too! 
November 15, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Yay! You are incredible, Nia!!!!!
November 15, 2009 at 8:34 pm
We will gather forces and do something spectacular– plans are under way. Is there anything exciting in your neck of the woods, we’ve been looking for any excuse to visit you, dearest Hannah. Thank you for giving women in horror a month to shine!
Going to return some video tapes,
xo
Sylv
November 16, 2009 at 2:15 am
The Women in Horror Appreciation Film Festival will take place the weekend of Saturday, February 27th at Athens Ciné (www.athenscine.com), and will feature a two-hour program of horror shorts directed by women.
November 16, 2009 at 11:04 am
Completely interjecting, but I can’t not comment that that sounds AWESOME
November 16, 2009 at 11:22 pm
can i put an email address for you in case someone wants to contact you about it?
November 22, 2009 at 3:19 am
Sure. Send them to gonzorifficfilms@myspace.com
November 16, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I’m planning a HUGE 3-day event, possibly 4 with Viscera, in Los Angeles. Dates not set yet.
Also doing a call for papers for a Symposium on Women in Horror. I’ll post the details when they are finalized!!!
November 16, 2009 at 11:20 pm
oh my god that is fucking AWESOME! YAYAYAYA!! that fucking rocks heidi! give me the dates as soon as you know and ill get it up on the events page!!!
November 20, 2009 at 11:29 am
Well, I am gonna do a split zine with Jess about women in horror and also might host a small gathering in my living room. :]
November 21, 2009 at 1:45 pm
YAYAAY AWESOME!!!! give me details when u have em and ill post it! xo
December 11, 2009 at 10:12 pm
I just had an Idea to post a “Viral Scream Queen of the Day” on my blog every day in Feb (I may call it something else… Im still thinking lol). All will be female horror bloggers or web site runners (I think thats the word lol). Im gonna tweet about it and see what everyone thinks
December 15, 2009 at 3:18 am
what a great idea!!! if you plan to do that let me know and ill add it to the events page <3 <3
December 14, 2009 at 1:59 am
Hey
I’m seriously considering organising a Horror Walk (much like a zombie walk!) to celebrate! I’m going to start a facebook group, add the hordes and see what happens! Think it’d be a great visual way to make a mark! Could also be good publicity wise 
December 15, 2009 at 3:18 am
Racahel, that is SUCH a rad idea, I hadn’t even thought of a WiH walk!!! I really hope you can make that happen. SO AWESOME!!!
December 26, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Time for a film festival!!
IN HONOR OF WOMEN IN HORROR RECOGNITION MONTH, DOA BLOOD BATH ENTERTAINMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRETTY/SCARY PRESENTS: THE PRETTY SCARY BLOOD BATH FILM FESTIVAL.
In response to Hannah Neurotica’s call for the “Women in Horror Recognition Month” in February of 2010, DOA Blood Bath Entertainment will hold The Pretty Scary Blood Bath Film Festival the 27th of February, 2010 from 11 AM to 6 PM at the Studio Movie Grill in Addison, Texas.
The Pretty Scary Blood Bath Film Festival will showcase a selection of independent feature and short horror films that have been written and directed by women. These films are to be selected by Dione and Andrew Rose and announced in January of 2010.
Eve Blaack, owner and editor-in-chief of Hacker’s Source, the guide to independent horror, (http://www.eveblaackpub.com), will serve as the Pretty Scary Blood Bath Film Festival’s Mistress of Ceremonies. Eve Blaack, as a woman in horror, truly appreciates independent horror cinema and has spent countless hours and dollars promoting independent film through the publication of her magazine; The Hacker’s Source.
More information can be found at http://www.doabloodbath.com.
December 27, 2009 at 10:51 pm
I have been working on an idea in my cranium for the past few nights. For the month of February, I will be featuring posts on female characters in horror films that have been an influence in the genre and have been recognized over the years (including Ripley from the Alien franchise and other well-known female characters in horror films).
Posts will include the famous lines from the characters and a brief character profile. And it would have my personal thoughts on the female characters and what they mean to a female horror blogger such as myself.
- gruesome little me, nmraymond
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December 29, 2009 at 4:44 pm
This is a rad idea! Please send me the info once you decide to make it official with the following info:
Event Name
Date (this will be an on going event I assume throughout the month?)
Website URL
and contact info for people to email you if possible
and a brief description of the plan. Which you pretty much already said
YAY!!! email me: lickmylit@gmail.com
January 18, 2010 at 12:39 am
Hey,
Just wanted to let all who are interested about my plans for Women in Horror month. The whole month of Feb. on my blog I am highlighting female horror villains – because without villains, horror would be a very lonely place. Plan to spotlight one each day, quite an undertaking but I’ve already started prepping. So feel free to add me to the “events” page.
Thanks!
January 20, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Hey love, what is your URL?
February 25, 2010 at 2:53 am
You are an inspiration, thank you:)