Is horror a manβs world? You might assume so β but you wonβt be thinking that way for long once you investigate the vast contribution women have made to horror movies for well over a century. In 2020, award-winning Australian critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas released the definitive book on the subject: 1000 Women in Horror, 1895β2018, an encyclopaedic work celebrating the many women β filmmakers, actors, producers and technicians β who have shaped the genre since the moment cinemaβs light first flickered.