If female directors are a minority, then even more rare are female horror directors. It's hard to find a reason for such a lack of production, considering the importance of the female figure in horror cinema. Maybe, because of this fact, women find it hard to jump behind the camera. Even with relevant exceptions, in horror movies women are mostly portrayed as stereotypical and shallow characters.
It's fair to say that social progress has given more women the possibility to reach professional roles previously perceived as strictly masculine. There have always been female directors, but they were as rare as gold in a scene widely dominated by men.
This list focuses on films from the last fifteen years, in order to show how female created movie production has widely increased and is now considered (almost) ordinary, from indie to mainstream cinema, from East to West. The list is in no particular order, as each film has been chosen for a particular feature.
