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is it just me or is there a distinct lack of female horror icons. and not i dont meen Sid from Scream or Starling from The Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal i meen there is no bad character females. is it so hard to make a Jason into Jennifer? Micheal into Michelle? Freddy into Freida?
i think it'd be cool to have a female killer. and no, the chick from American sucko two dont count neither. oh or Valentine, that movie was shite.

Mrs Vorhees from the original Friday The 13th ????

Yeah, I agree because women could seriously portray evil charcters really well and they never get the chance to because of all the parts being written are for males. The idea of a female horror icon should seriously be considered cause it's evil incarnate.

There's Kristanna Loken from T3

Kristanna Loken was crap as T3- she wasn't scary or evil at all.

females just arent scary though

WHAT! females are even scarier. Carey was a ****ed up movie. And Carey II was ok. But the first Carey movie....was great but i got really scared when i was little. lol

Carrie was anything but great. OK, maby but not great

Well actually females are scary... if they are b!tches (do not assume I am sexist when I say that)

Hw about hot blonde with rocket launchers for boobs and guns for an a$$? she could even have swords for her boobs too! LOL!

people like the female termanator dont count, there spin off characters. there not in for the long run

What about the chic in Misery ? thats about the only movie i can think of right now

havn't seen it so i dont know.

what about in the adama family the girl who married fester tries to kill the 'hole family and she ends up dying but she DID kill he husbands debbie so shes a female killer

and like yeh debbie

#1. Wicker Man hit the most obvious example.........Pamela Voorhies from the very first Friday the 13th film, one of the most popular horror/slasher film ever.

#2. Carrie was not a villain. If you think this, you need to watch the movie.

#3. Camilla was pretty good in The Guardian..............

#4. Since people are bringing up movies like T3, which isn't horror........I take it we are now discussing villains in any genre, not jut horror? Okay..........perfect movie villain (female) Rebecca Demornay in the Hand that Rocks the Cradle..........

so when u p*** us off we dont grab the scissors and try and castrate u oh i think we do and we are scary *smiles smugly and reaches for scossors*

Darkness Falls and The Ring both had villians that were female.

Not to mention The Exorcist.

Even in House of a 1000 corpses there was a female killer.

evil dead> no, carrie is not a villain. i just said she was scary.

people you missed my point. i'm not talking people in the movies that are one offs but ones that live on, and on, and on, like Jason/Freddy/Myers. yes there have been some good female characters in horror but there in what, one movie. and yes i'm only talking in horror, not sci-fi which is what the Terminator movies are under in my opinion

As odd as this may sound I've never had a woman try to castrate me when I made her mad

yeh true but still its funny catwoman now i know she aint scary but shes sexy sassy and everything a woman bad guy needs to be

For the most part, I think the sterotype for a serial killer or mass muderer has been a person of male gender. The female being the victim more than not.

As I took a moment to do a little research, I have only found one case: Aileen Wuornos from Florida ( A prostitue that shot 6 men after they were propositioned to have sex ). The list goes on and on for male mass muderers and serial killers.

Would the idea of a female movie killer be one that would work ? Possibly...but so many ideas have been done and redone in hollywood, that they would have to come up with something so unique and original to be accepted.

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If the Terminators count as horror films, then Linda Hamilton is definitely horrible enough to be a terminator - just not photogenic enough!

The T-1000 is one of my favourite villains.

Is Catwoman all that bad?

What about the Midwitch cuckoos in village of the damned? Their leader was a girl-thing. They should of course have been smashed when they were still foetae.

OK boys and girls how about the alien queen in Planet of Blood? That is a rather creepy female horror film nemesis. Florence Marley had curiously overlarge features which made her appear more outlandish

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Want to read on some intersting murderous females? Dig this. Not serial Killers or mass murderers per se, but sick bitches no less.

On another August Underground Mordum trip, if you want female horror Icon, it gets no better than Krusty from AU mordum. Shes hot, sick, bi and completely psychotic!

BTW: Krusty is the sexy Little thing bookending my signature. The picture is abit fuzzy though. I would post the full size picture but it has a bare nipple on it and I don't want to piss of the MODS and or ADMINS

here she is.....

thhat is really sick

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i think the character from that movie MAY or MAE? (whatever) would be a cool horror female

Hey, how did you all forget Samara in the Ring ?

Urban Legends had a female killer.

But i agree we need to make a movie with a bad ass female killer.

true, but not a very good one

^^^Yeah the killer in it was crappy.

How about Mrs Lumis in Scream, she was worse.

i dunno i think "Mother" in Psycho was pretty shit, she just sat in the cellar, no lines, one exspresion, talk about wooden
yeah, its prolly just because its easier to make the women look weak and defencless in horror movies and the guys look all big and tough

scream 2 - billy's mother
the exorcist - regan, although possessed by a male demon
all the boys love mandy lane - Mandy turns to killing
friday the 13th - jason's mam
urban legends - female student killer
psycho - Marion Crane

i think the usually in a straight out gore horror film, it's more likely to be a guy.
i could think of a lot of edging thriller or wha??
Fay Dunaway as Jane Fonda in Mommy Dearest, for example.

I wouldn't want to be gadding around chased by that.

In reality, most killers are male anyway, it's rare for a serial killer to be female compared to men, and the type of killing that is relative to females wouldn't make much of a Horror film.

I find it more realistic in films to have male characters as killers over women, doesn't mean there can't be and I enjoy seeing it going in the female direction. I'm also happy that it's nearly always a woman who survives a horror film(final girl) and gets to kill the monster/killer.

Originally posted by MildPossession
In reality, most killers are male anyway, it's rare for a serial killer to be female compared to men, and the type of killing that is relative to females wouldn't make much of a Horror film.

I find it more realistic in films to have male characters as killers over women, doesn't mean there can't be and I enjoy seeing it going in the female direction. I'm also happy that it's nearly always a woman who survives a horror film(final girl) and gets to kill the monster/killer.


I agree with you

There is an iconic female horror character which has creeped males and females alike - Annie Wilkes, from Misery.

Although I agree there is a lack of psycho females. Sort of continuation of their character.

Fatal Attraction had another memorable female villain, though not a horror movie, that ***** was horrifying, especially at the end.

There is indeed a lack female Horror villains. Probably because the theaters would be empty.

tbh there hasn't been a lack in 40 years now.

The 70s brought on a shitload of female power horror movies and it just continued.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
tbh there hasn't been a lack in 40 years now.

The 70s brought on a shitload of female power horror movies and it just continued.

I can't think of many in the last 20 years, can you name this shitload?

Female killers are pretty much extinct at this point. It's a shame, though. All it takes is a strong script and a good actress.

Oo Jennifer Jason Leigh in Single White Female was messed up. Good film, not horror though.

for my media coursework please could you help me by answering these next questions, it would be much appreciated

in your own opinion, how do you feel lead female characters are portrayed in horror movies?

in your own opinion, why do you think that there is a lack of female killers in horror movies?

Thank you for your time!

Originally posted by Robtard
I can't think of many in the last 20 years, can you name this shitload?

Just reread the thread title.

I got it completely wrong xD

Lead female characters are portrayed nicely and I feel that female killers are not that less......if it is less I guess it is because of ladies not happy doing those roles as most of the preferring glam roles which makes them popular...

I don't believe it is actresses wanting to do more glam roles at all.

Reviewing history and human anatomy explains the favor of male over female choosing the gender for killers in movies. Men sadly just proved to be a hell of a lot better at killing by mentality and physique, so the choice is uninspired but obvious.

Originally posted by Pandemoniac
Reviewing history and human anatomy explains the favor of male over female choosing the gender for killers in movies. Men sadly just proved to be a hell of a lot better at killing by mentality and physique, so the choice is uninspired but obvious.

Perhaps because of this, female killers are scarier - or female psychos, rather. That and anything to do with children.

All the boys love Mandy Lane does not have a female killer but it has a sociopathic manipulative female which made the whole move extreamly scary

Though she did kill her female friend at the end when the twist was revealed. Well I remember her friend running to her for help and then stabbing her, did she finish her off or did the boy, I can't remember ?

Originally posted by MildPossession
Though she did kill her female friend at the end when the twist was revealed. Well I remember her friend running to her for help and then stabbing her, did she finish her off or did the boy, I can't remember ?

It's correct, but I wanted to allude people to it happening.

Oh, okay I will shushhhhhhhhh then.

She's clearly not a villain, and was indeed a victim, but in I Spit On Your Grave, the girl dishes back some serious revenge.... pretty badass.

May, Asami from Audition, one of the killers in the August Underground films is female.

Originally posted by Selphie
She's clearly not a villain, and was indeed a victim, but in I Spit On Your Grave, the girl dishes back some serious revenge.... pretty badass.

i love that movie.. excellent cult classic

Christine :-D the car from the Stephen King Film :-P

I think a woman was the villain in sleepy hollow.

It isn't really horror, but that girl who played juno was in this suspense film called hard candy where she wasn't really the villain, but she was certainly the scarier character even though she was the protagonist.

Yeah one of the main villains in Sleepy Hollow was played by Miranda Richardson.

Whilst I agree there are no horror icons on the same level as Jason, Michael, Freddy and Leatherface there are still a few lurking around:

The Blair Witch

Regan MacNeil (The Exorcist) - although I believe the demon that possessed her was male.

Lady Summerisle (Wicker Man remake)

The Alien Queen

Annie Wilkes (Misery)

Amanda Young (SAW)

Sil (Species)

The Nanny (The Nanny)

Ayesha (She)

Christina (Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed) - although the soul that was given to her was that of a man

Julia Cotton (Hellraiser 1 & 2)

Female Cenobite (Hellraiser 1 & 2)

Angela - Night of the Demons
Angela - Sleepaway Camp