Jezebel: Horror

The Top Ten Worst Roommate Stories

Anna North — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:34:00 EST

After reading these reader-submitted tales of roommate horror, you will never be mad about a simple unwashed dish again. Warning: there will be blood. More »

The Return Of I Spit On Your Grave's Rape And Revenge Fantasies

Irin Carmon — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:00:00 EDT

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If blogs and trigger warnings had existed in 1979, I Spit On Your Grave would have been a classic example of their necessity. Lucky for us, this "rape and revenge fantasy" is being remade, coming to theaters this fall! More »

Ladies Of Grindhouse: Shocking Bitches And Bad Girls

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:00:00 EDT

A tipster sent us a link to Wrong Side Of The Art, an extensive gallery of B-movie posters. Sex, drugs, and rock & roll are represented here in spades, but we're most interested in the bitches (some images NSFW). More »

The Haunting Of Shirley Jackson

Sadie Stein — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Since it's both Halloween and the 50th anniversary of The Haunting of Hill House, it seems like a good time to pay our respects to a master of horror: More »

Are "Strange Girls" The New Manic Pixies?

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:40:00 EST

In a review of Uninvited, a new horror movie opening this Friday, New York Times writer and culture critic Terrence Rafferty explores the “strange girl” trope that has become common in books and film. More »

Lesbian Vampire Killers: This Year's Snakes On A Plane?

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:45:00 EST

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Judging from the teaser trailer for Lesbian Vampire Killers (after the jump), the producers of the British indie horror/comedy don't plan on ruining the marketing for this fine film with any actual plot information. More »

The Horror, The Horror: Women Writers Provide Empowering Portraits

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:30:00 EDT

With Halloween is almost upon us, every major paper is running stories on haunted houses, scary movies, pop culture-inspired costumes and... horror fiction. One of the more interesting pieces, from Sunday's New York Times, concerns the role of female authors in the horror genre. After naming Mary Shelley as the “mother of horror,” author Terrence Rafferty points out that there have been very few women who have made a career out of scaring readers: More »