The Top Ten Horror Flicks for Chicks

Once upon a time, horror-movie fandom was a Boys’ Club: No cootie-ridden girls allowed. But we’ve come a long way, baby, as today, every dark-and-scary night is ladies’ night with women making up a solid half of the audience for fright flicks. Remember the thrill of seeing Halloween’s Laurie Strode (the inimitable Jamie Lee Curtis) stand up to the bogeyman with a knitting needle? Well, there’s more where that came from.

The Flick: The Descent (2005)
The Chicks: Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) and Juno (Natalie Jackson Mendoza)
The Reason Why Chicks Love It: Take a pack of estrogen-fueled thrill-seekers, drop them in an unmapped cave somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, unleash something super-nasty on them, and, rest assured, they won’t run and scream: They’ll bring it on. Even in this dude-free zone, Sarah has the final-girl look; and who doesn’t love to hate Juno, the alpha bitch who gets them into this mess? The Descent knows that women’s friendships are complicated. Read more …