I Spit On Your Celluloid
The History of Women Directing Horror Movies
$61.72
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
8 August 2024
Summary
Slumber Party Massacre. Pet Sematary. Near Dark. American Psycho… These horror movies have heavily contributed to pop culture and are loved by horror fans everywhere. But so many others have been forgotten by history. From the first silent reels to modern independent films, in this book you’ll discover the creepy, horrible, grotesque, beautiful, wrong, good, and fantastic—and the one thing they share in common. This is the true history of women directing ho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915316295 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915316294 |
| Author: | Heidi Honeycutt |
| Publisher: | Headpress |
| Imprint: | Headpress |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 8 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 942g |
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Critics Review
“At long last, a criminally-neglected aspect of film history is illuminated by Heidi Honeycutt’s incisively detailed chronicle of the continuing contributions of women filmmakers to the development of horror and exploitation movies. Names both well-known and obscure dot the landscape of the mostly low-budget productions surveyed here, which have often been tarred with the “psychotronic” label. Honeycutt knows her stuff, and the wealth of information is fascinating. This is a major work.” - Joe Dante, director of Gremlins (1984) and The Howling (1981)
“Heidi watches our films, and she listens to us.” - Mary Lambert, director of Pet Sematary (1989)
“I thought I knew a bit about women and horror, but I Spit On Your Celluloid showed me just how much I don’t know. Heidi Honeycutt has uncovered an astonishing amount of lost history, from the neglected women of silent movies to the sixties avant-garde to exploitation films around the world to the explosion of female horror in the twenty-first century. It’s a treasure trove of information, and whether she’s writing about Maya Deren or Doris Wishman, she treats all these women’s stories with affection and respect.” - Mary Harron, director of American Psycho (2000)
“With I SPIT ON YOUR CELLULOID, Honeycutt has amassed a priceless treasure hoard of feminist horror history. It’s truly an incredible achievement, and essential reading for all horror fans, cinephiles, and women’s history buffs. For anyone who says women have no history in horror cinema, now you can throw the book at them, literally.” - Mallory O’Meara, author of LADY FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
Heidi Honeycutt
Heidi Honeycutt is a film festival programmer, film journalist and film historian whose expertise is horror movies. She is co-founder of Etheria Film Festival, the most prestigious festival showcase of new horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action, and thriller films directed by women. She has contributed to a variety of genre books and magazines, including Fangoria, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Moviemaker Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Rue Morgue, and Delirium.
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