There has been much ado about women
in film, including the horror genre: the
fact that they’re underrepresented, under paid, under clothed or a combination
of the three. But most of this talk is
about the ladies in front of the camera--with a close second going to the ladies
behind the camera. The indomitable women
in these roles are numerous and certainly worthy of attention, including Debbie
Rochon, Devanny Pinn, Jessica Cameron,
Tara Cardinal, Dawna Lee Heising and many others. They all deserve the lauds and notices they
get. But I’d like to give a shout out to
another group of women in horror. The women
who support the genre in ways beyond the actual world of filmmaking. So here are three such women. Discover them and,then thank them for all
they do.
Tammy Dupal has a gigantic
heart. So much so that she put her love
of horror and her love of charity together to create the Twisted Tails Film
Festival (TTFF)—a horror film festival that gives all its proceeds to help homeless
animals. How cool is that? So you can get your chills and thrills while helping
to house and feed animals in need. So Tammy gets two thumbs way up in my book. Check
out the TTFF: http://twistedtailsfilmfestival.com/.
Another long time champion of horror
is Char Hardin. Char has been blogging about
horror and reviewing films for some time now. (http://charhardin.blogspot.com/)
She also has her own podcast to further promote horror films,
prose fiction and other media. She
is particularly devoted to helping independent artists, because she feels they need someone to shout about their work. So let’s turn the tables for once and cheer for Char!
Newer to the horror nurturing
world is JoAnn Thomas, wife of Matchflick.com critic Mike Thomas with whom she
has created the FANtastic Horror Film Festival.
(http://www.fhffsd.org/home.html)
This festival makes its virgin tour this
year and is aimed to be focused on and in honor of fans of the genre. Hence the emphasis of the first three letters
of their festival’s name. Via on-line
voting, fans will have a say in making the final award selections. Power to the people! And power to Joanne!
So please join me in
applauding these women in the hallowed fringes of horror who go above and
beyond to make our lives just a little scarier.
