Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed

Oct 13, 2014

1h 20m

★ 8.0

Overview

Directed by UK-horror scene stalwart Calum Waddell and hosted by scream queen Debbie Rochon (Terror Firmer, Tromeo and Juliet) Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed features, in a change of pace for horror documentaries, especially those focusing on females in the genre, an all-female line-up, discussing horror movies from their perspective – exploring the challenges of being an actress in a genre predominantly made by and for men, from how they came about to be defined as a “scream queen”, about the vagaries of the genre: nudity, violence, misogyny, etc., and about how they feel about the genre and the label

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

High Rising Productions

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed Trailers

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Cast

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Debbie Rochon

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Michelle Bauer

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Linnea Quigley

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Lynn Lowry

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Cassandra Peterson

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Adrienne King

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Jane March

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Brinke Stevens

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Melanie Kinnaman

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Jennifer Lim

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Catriona MacColl

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Patricia Tallman

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