Duluth Film Club Spotlights Feminist Horror

A Duluth film club creates an accessible space for women, LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent audiences to watch and discuss horror, with an emphasis on films where women have agency rather than serving only as victims. Two critics share personal picks for the best slashers, while another installment assesses the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, praising the original’s atmosphere and filmmaking but criticizing many sequels and imitators for relying on brutality and adding reductive backstories. Separate examinations of the Scream series highlight its self-aware blend of humor, whodunnit plotting and horror conventions, including its recurring idea that the killer is someone the characters know. Another ranking compares the films by body count, noting that the franchise’s kills do not simply increase with each installment.