12 Great Female-Directed Vampire Movies
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While vampire stories find their roots in gothic literature, and early vampire films are mostly calibrated as horror, modern vampire stories can be found in a myriad of genres. You’ll also find that vampire films tend to be highly eroticized, and thus often filled with a great deal of male gaze. With this in mind, I present twelve vampire films from a variety of different genres, each directed by a woman. The male gaze is gone, but the eroticism remains mostly intact! (For more of Nerdist Vampire Week, click here!)
The Velvet Vampire, 1971 (dir. Stephanie Rothman)
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The 34-year-old actress has been tapped to appear alongside Allison Janney who will also be starring in and executive producing the flick.
Anna Foerster is directing the film from a screenplay written by Maggie Cohn.
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