Feminine rage is a subgenre of horror that has slowly become increasingly popular. Have you ever found yourself watching a movie and thought, “Good for her?” Well, this is a list of those movies. Supporting women’s wrongs has never been more right. Read on for our top picks.
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Jennifer’s Body
When it comes to good for her and female rage, Jennifer’s Body is a great place to start. We follow Jennifer Check and Needy Lesnicki, two best friends who have grown up together in Devil’s Kettle, Minnesota. The two best friends could not be more opposite. Jennifer is in color guard, popular, beautiful, and rather rude. Needy is introverted, awkward, and in a steady relationship with her boyfriend, Chip. Despite their contrasting personalities, their friendship has remained as strong as ever.
Jennifer and Needy venture out to their town bar one night to see an indie band perform. What starts as a fun evening quickly turns dark, when a catastrophic event changes the town forever. Without giving too much away, a big change has happened for Jennifer, and the indie band they saw may have had more to do with it than they lead on. Jennifer has now found herself with an entirely new appetite, one for which only the boys from school can suffice. It is now up to Needy to figure out what happened and prevent Jennifer from destroying the male student body. But Jennfier will not be stopped that easily.
This is a great film if you are looking for a dark horror comedy. The mix between horror and comic relief is done just enough to keep you laughing while still delivering all the grotesque fun. When this film came out, it received harsh reviews from critics and moviegoers. Many people would argue that the movie was ahead of its time. The writer, Diablo Cody, has even shared her thoughts on how the film was not marketed to the correct audience. Today, this picture has garnered a well-deserved cult following.
Promising Young Woman
Promising Young Woman offers a whole new light to horror for women, tackling a powerful perspective on female revenge like no other. While the picture does not center around the usual horror tropes, it unveils the scary aspects of many women’s experiences.
Cassie Thomas is a woman in her 30s, who has dropped out of medical school and now spends her days working in a coffee shop. At night, however, she has acquired a much darker hobby. She spends her evenings pretending to be drunk in bars. This may sound unusual, but Cassie has a good reason for this. She wants to find and confront men who are willing to take advantage of her. As the movie goes on we find out why Cassie dropped out of medical school and chose this path of revenge.
This film explores female rage in a creative and somewhat satisfying way. There is nothing more terrifying than a “nice guy” who uses his kindness as his weapon to manipulate and hurt women. The film garnered tremendous reviews upon release. .
Last Night In Soho
This is a fun film that mixes horror and mystery, intertwined with some supernatural elements. The qualities all wrapped together really set this apart from your everyday supernatural horror movie. The film goes back and forth in time as our main protagonist, Eloise, starts to have dreams that take a much darker turn. It becomes difficult for her to understand what is real and what is make-believe.
Eloise is an aspiring fashion designer who has recently started at the London College of Fashion. Unfortunately, Eloise feels out of place when she arrives at the school. She eventually moves out of her dorm and takes up residence in an older woman’s spare room for rent. This is where Eloise begins to have vivid dreams about a woman from the 1960s. The woman’s name is Sandie and she is an aspiring singe. She exudes the confidence and style that Eloise has always wanted. The dreams become a way for Eloise to live vicariously through Sandie, and apply that to her real life when she wakes up. However, these dreams start to mix with reality and they quickly take a turn for the worse. While Sandie’s life appears to be glamorous, it unveils itself to be anything but. However, she certainly doesn’t let those who have wronged her get away with it. Eloise is now putting pieces together and realizing that these dreams have just revealed a decades-long secret that she must now confront in order to move forward.
While the film did not exceed at the box office, it gathered praise from critics. Many people found the film thrilling and visually stunning. The movie does a wonderful job of shedding light on how women can not only be taken advantage of by men in power, but mistreated and abused as well. Uniquely and subtly, it even touches on the importance of sisterhood and how often women need each other.
You’re Next
This slasher follows a family dinner that is quickly turned into a nightmare when a secluded home deep in the country is surrounded and invaded by masked intruders. From start to finish, the movie follows a very tense and gruesome path with creative kills that lack nothing when it comes to gore.
Erin is a young woman joining her fiancé, as they travel to his family’s isolated home. What starts as a tense and awkward reunion for the family quickly turns deadly when they discover a group of masked men have surrounded their home with the intent to kill. However, Erin is more skilled and prepared to fight than anyone imagined. She refuses to sit by in fear and wait for her demise. Instead, she fights back and wastes no time setting traps throughout the house. As the events unravel Erin starts to find that this is no random attack and people she thought she could trust may be more involved than they lead on.
Many viewers found this film to be fun, giving it a great mix of brutality while still keeping that dark humor prevalent. The shocking twist pertains to its placement on this list. But I’ll avoid saying any more and spoiling it for the uninducted.
The Menu
This film is another unconventional horror movie. It adds a wonderful mix of dark comedy never missing a chance to leave you completely unnerved. While there is minimal gore, the terror and tension is still there. This film is a good example of being with the wrong person at the wrong time. Deconstructing, how we treat those around us and how that can lead to an unfortunate ending.
In the film, we follow Margot Mills, who is joining Tyler, her date for the evening, on a trip to an exclusive restaurant on a private island by celebrity chef Julian Slowik. A small group of very wealthy people are also joining them. Once the dinner begins it is done in a very interesting way. Slowick speaks with the group before each course, explaining what they are about to consume. However, as the night goes on, each course and the speech Slowick gives grows increasingly uneasy. The evening starts to unravel as the motives of each person at that restaurant are revealed. Slowick was intentional with who he invited for their last meal. Slowick has found that his love for cooking has become mundane and overshadowed by his customer’s lack of appreciation. However, Margot has not been chosen by Slowick as she was a replacement for Tyler’s original date. Margot must now fight and find a way to escape the evening. All while understanding why Slowick has decided to personally choose these people for his last meal.
The film explores many different versions of horror for real-life situations. Whether that be sexual harassment in the workplace or mistreatment by those who feel superior to us. It ventures to share the idea that while people can have everything, they will still go around life demanding more and being ungrateful. The feminine rage angle pertains to the twist, so I won’t say too much more. But trust me when I say that you need to check out The Menu.
