Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror
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Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror is a television
documentary
that premiered on the Canadian cable network
Space on February 25, 2009.
The hour-long documentary examines the experiences, motivations and impact of the increasing number of women engaged in horror fiction, with producers Donna Davies and Kimberlee McTaggart of Canada's Sorcery Films interviewing actresses, film director
s, writers, critics and academics. The documentary was filmed in Toronto, Canada; and in Los Angeles, California
and New York City, New York in the US.
Television
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documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
that premiered on the Canadian cable network
Cable network
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Space on February 25, 2009.
The hour-long documentary examines the experiences, motivations and impact of the increasing number of women engaged in horror fiction, with producers Donna Davies and Kimberlee McTaggart of Canada's Sorcery Films interviewing actresses, film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
s, writers, critics and academics. The documentary was filmed in Toronto, Canada; and in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
and New York City, New York in the US.
Interview subjects include
- Cerina VincentCerina VincentCerina Vincent is an American film actress, and model best known for playing the Yellow Ranger Maya in the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, a naked foreign exchange student in Not Another Teen Movie, and Marcy in Cabin Fever. She is considered a scream queen.-Early life:Vincent was...
- Elza KephartElza KephartElza Kephart is a Canadian filmmaker. She is perhaps best known for Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love , a film that she wrote, directed and produced. The film was well-received by critics who appreciated its camp horror and feminist motifs, while at the same time harkening back to more...
- Tanya HuffTanya HuffTanya Sue Huff is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science-fiction series. One of these, her Blood Books series, featuring detective Vicki Nelson, was adapted for television under the title Blood...
- Mary Lambert
- Heidi Martinuzzi
- Maitland McDonagh
- Debbie RochonDebbie RochonDebbie Rochon is a Canadian B-movie actress and former stage performer, best known for her work in Troma films.-Biography:...
- Katt Shea
- Brinke StevensBrinke StevensBrinke Stevens is an American actress, model and writer.-Life and career:Born in San Diego, California, Stevens has studied several foreign languages, including Esperanto, and gained a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology from San Diego State University and a Master of Science in Marine...
- Karen WaltonKaren WaltonKaren Walton is a Canadian screenwriter.A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Karen Walton wrote the film Ginger Snaps, for which she won a Best Film Writing Canadian Comedy Award in 2002. She later wrote for the Canadian television series What It's Like Being Alone...
- Jovanka Vuckovic