Happy Women in Horror Month, dear readers! With today being the official start to February, that means it's once again time to show a little extra love to all the female genre filmmakers who have helped shape the landscape of horror cinema over the years, and also keep the spotlight on all the current women directors out there hustling and working hard to bring us fans great genre stories that we can continue to enjoy for years to come.
So, in an effort to help you find some great horror and sci-fi movies directed by female directors that are currently streaming, I put together this list of 45 different movies that are available on a variety of digital streaming platforms, including Shudder, Netflix Instant, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Vudu, and Tubi TV. Also, it’s worth mentioning that as of today, The Matrix Trilogy from The Wachowskis has just hit Amazon Prime once again, so if you’ve been meaning to revisit those films, now is a great time to do so.
Read on to see where you can stream an array of brilliant films that all featured female directors at the helm, and I do wish you all a great Women in Horror Month! Cheers!
Pet Sematary (Directed by Mary Lambert)
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life, with "minor" problems. Based on a Stephen King novel.
Available to Stream on Hulu & Amazon Prime
Raw (Directed by Julia Ducournau)
Forced to eat raw meat during a hazing ritual at her veterinary school, a young vegetarian develops an overpowering hunger for flesh in all its forms.
Available to Stream on Netflix Instant
The Voices (Directed by Marjane Sartrapi)
A dark comedy about a likable guy (Ryan Reynolds) pursuing his office crush with the help of his evil talking pets - but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date.
Available to Stream on Hulu
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour)
The first Iranian Vampire Western, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave.
Available to Stream on Shudder
Stripped to Kill (Directed by Katt Shea)
When Detective Cody Sheehan discovers the body of a stripper from the Rock Bottom dance club, she wants the case. Her partner, Detective Heineman, is equally anxious to make the jump to the prestigious homicide division, but the only way Cody can get the assignment is to go undercover - uncovered - at the club.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
Among Friends (Directed by Danielle Harris)
Good times take a dark turn when longtime friends get together for an 80's themed murder mystery party that is soon hijacked by someone from their past. The dinner guests will have to face their lies and secret betrayals as they discover the terrifying lengths to which their host will go to expose the truth.
Available to Stream on Vudu & Tubi TV
The Devil’s Doorway (Directed by Aislinn Clarke)
In 1960, two priests are sent to investigate a miracle in an Irish home for unwed mothers only to discover that one of the residents is possessed by the devil.
Available to Stream on Hulu
Revenge (Directed by Coralie Fargeat)
Jen (fearlessly embodied by Matilda Lutz) is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend, which is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly––and viciously––intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, Jen survives and reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent: revenge.
Available to Stream on Shudder
The Slumber Party Massacre (Directed by Amy Holden Jones)
A high school student's slumber party turns terrifying as an escaped mental patient with a drill decides to crash the party.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (Directed by Mary Lambert)
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high-school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences. That same night, the girls are abducted by a gang of high- school jocks. Once rescued, their tormentors receive their just desserts, dying one by one in a chain reaction of gruesome murders, each with a bizarre "Urban Legend" twist.
Available to Stream on Vudu
Honeymoon (Directed by Leigh Janiak)
Young newlyweds Paul (Harry Treadaway) and Bea (Rose Leslie) travel to a remote lake cottage for their honeymoon, where the promise of private romance awaits them. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night. As she becomes more distant and her behavior increasingly peculiar, Paul begins to suspect something more sinister than sleepwalking took place in the woods.
Available to Stream on Hulu, Shudder & Tubi TV
Slumber Party Massacre II (Directed by Deborah Brock)
The Driller Killer is back...and this time he's brought some heavy metal! A group of teenage girls' Slumber Party becomes a bloody nightmare when a leather clad hard rocker armed with a wild electric guitar/drill, goes on a killing spree.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
The Invitation (Directed by Karyn Kusama)
A man accepts an invitation to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife, an unsettling affair that reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.
Available to Stream on Netflix Instant
Chained (Directed by Jennifer Lynch)
A serial-killer cabbie kidnaps a boy and makes him his servant. Years later, will the boy follow in his captor's footsteps or make his escape?
Available to Stream on Tubi TV
The Being (Directed by Jackie Kong)
A mutated creature is wreaking havoc in a small town in Idaho. A police chief and a government scientist team up to save their rural town from its menace.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
All the Creatures Were Stirring (Directed by Rebekah & David Ian McKendry)
In this devilish horror anthology, there’s plenty to fear this holiday season.
Available to Stream on Shudder
Pet Sematary Two (Directed by Mary Lambert)
In this sequel to PET SEMATARY, based on Stephen King's novel, a boy and his friend conduct a secret burial of a pet dog at an infamous pet cemetery, starting a terrifying chain of events.
Available to Stream on Hulu & Amazon Prime
After.Life (Directed by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo)
After a horrific car accident, Anna wakes up to find the funeral director Eliot Deacon preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified, and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death.
Available to Stream on Vudu
Sorority House Massacre (Directed by Carol Frank)
A night of collegiate fun turns to total terror when an escaped psycho stalks the sisters at a sorority house one by one.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
Office Killer (Directed by Cindy Sherman)
A quiet office worker flips in Cindy Sherman’s wild work horror.
Available to Stream on Shudder
Cargo (Directed by Yolanda Ramke & Ben Howling)
Amid a terrifying pandemic, a father searches the wilds of Australia for someone willing to protect and care for his infant daughter.
Available to Stream on Netflix Instant
The Rage: Carrie 2 (Directed by Katt Shea)
Rachel (Emily Bergl) is a high school misfit who gets caught in the middle of a prank orchestrated by a group of jocks...a prank that turns deadly.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
The Ice Cream Truck (Directed by Megan Freels Johnston)
Mary moves back to her suburban hometown to find that the suburbs are scarier in more ways than she ever remembered.
Available to Stream on Hulu, Tubi TV & Amazon Prime
Prevenge (Directed by Alice Lowe)
A pregnant woman sets out to get revenge on seven strangers in this British black comedy.
Available to Stream on Shudder
Goodnight Mommy (Directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala)
In this terrifying thriller, twin boys play a dangerous game of make-believe that blurs the line between nightmare and reality as they start to doubt whether their mother, recovering from cosmetic surgery, is really who she says she is.
Available to Stream on Vudu & Tubi TV
Kiss of the Damned (Directed by Xan Cassavetes)
Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her seductive and highly volatile sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, she threatens Djuna’s new relationship, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.
Available to Stream on Hulu & Tubi TV
Howling VI (Directed by Hope Perello)
Ian Richards is a drifter. Down on his luck, he wanders into Canton Bluff. He is also in town to put an end to the man who destroyed his family, and the man who put a curse on him that causes him to become a Werewolf.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
Holidays (Directed by Sarah Adina Smith and Others)
Eight gleefully grim short tales set on Halloween, Mother’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and other holidays comprise this chilling horror anthology.
Available to Stream on Netflix Instant
See No Evil 2 (Directed by Jen & Sylvia Soska)
A group of friends pays visit to the city morgue to surprise Amy (Danielle Harris) on her birthday. But the surprise is on them when the one-eyed corpse of brutal psychopath Jacob Goodnight (WWE superstar "Kane") unexpectedly rises from a cold sub- basement slab. Their party quickly turns into a terrifying slay-fest as the sadistic murderer resumes his rampage complete with hooks, surgical knives and power saws in this blood-soaked sequel to SEE NO EVIL, directed by the notorious Soska sisters.
Available to Stream on Vudu & Tubi TV
Turbo Kid (Directed by Anouk Whissell and Others)
Set in a post-apocalyptic future in 1997, an orphaned teenager named The Kid is scavenging for relics when he befriends a mysterious girl. Yet, when she is kidnapped by Zeus, the tyrannical leader of the Wasteland who murdered The Kid's parents, The Kid must face his ultimate destiny: destroy Zeus, avenge his parents' death and get the girl of his dreams.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
Dead Before Dawn (Directed by April Mullen)
Dead Before Dawn follows a bunch of college kids who accidentally break an evil urn and end up inadvertently creating a curse that causes everyone they make eye contact with to kill themselves and turn into Zombie Demons, aka Zemons! Now, with only 24 hours to reverse the curse and the fate of the entire world resting on their shoulders, our heroes race through the night in a bloody Winnebago, armed with a slew of homemade weapons, avoiding eye contact, dodging hickeys and seducing Zemons.
Available to Stream on Hulu, Amazon Prime, Tubi TV & Vudu
XX (Directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama, St. Vincent, and Jovanka Vuckovic)
This four-part anthology of short horror films features stories that include some traditional themes but all are shown from a female point of view.
Available to Stream on Netflix Instant
The Sound (Directed by Jenna Mattison)
Kelly (Rose McGowan) is a writer and a skeptic of the supernatural. As a specialist in acoustic physics she uses low frequency tactile sound-waves to debunk reported paranormal activities for her online blog. When presented a new case of a supposedly haunted subway station Kelly sets off to uncover the truth behind the hoax that involves a 40-year-old unexplained suicide. Her investigation takes her deep into the abandoned station where her skepticism is tested. As Kelly ascends into the depths of the metro's darkness she is confronted by an unforeseen evil. In the vastness, she must face her own haunted memories to find the truth and surface back into the light.
Available to Stream on Vudu & Amazon Prime
The Bad Batch (Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour)
Banished to a wasteland of undesirables, a young woman struggles to find her feet among a drug-soaked desert society and an enclave of cannibals.
Streaming on Netflix Instant
New Year, New You (Directed by Sophia Takal)
A group of old friends gather for a girls’ night on New Year’s Eve. But as they begin to rehash old memories, many of the gripes they’ve been harboring manifest in murderous ways.
Available to Stream on Hulu
Imitation Girl (Directed by Natasha Kermani)
When an alien takes the form of an adult film star, both must learn to cope with the complexities of being human in this mesmerizing film festival favorite. Lauren Ashley Carter plays the dual role of Julianna and the alien.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
Tales of Halloween (Directed by Axelle Carolyn and Others)
Ten horror shorts set in one suburban town capture the insanity of Halloween, from trick-or-treating aliens to kidnappers in way over their heads.
Available to Stream on Netflix Instant
Summer of 84 (Directed by Anouk Whissell and Others)
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.
Available to Stream on Shudder
The Honor Farm (Directed by Karen Skloss)
When Lucy's prom night falls apart, she finds herself at a psychedelic party in a haunted prison in the woods. Lucy's secret wish and a summoning of the dead leads to a mind-bending trip where she must face her darkest fears and desires.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime
Tormented (Directed by Audrey Cummings)
Kylie Winters, a bullied teen, is forced to babysit at an isolated country mansion on Halloween night. When a small boy in a pig mask appears at the door trick-or-treating, Kylie's night transforms into a horrifying game of cat-and-mouse.
Available to Stream on Vudu & Tubi TV
Buster’s Mal Heart (Directed by Sarah Adina Smith)
On the run from authorities, a troubled man recalls the mysterious events – and the strange drifter – that inspired his unusual transformation.
Available to Stream on Netflix Instant
Southbound (Directed by Roxanne Benjamin and Others)
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers—two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation—are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road...
Available to Stream on Hulu, Amazon Prime & Shudder
Model Hunger (Directed by Debbie Rochon)
Former model and actress Ginny (Lynn Lowry) had been cast aside by the modeling industry when she was a young woman due to her body type - and she didn't take the rejection well. When new neighbors Debbie and Sal move in, they begin to notice strange things happening, as the list of missing young women begins to grow. What has Ginny been doing in her basement all these years, and can she be stopped?
Available to Stream on Tubi TV
Bird Box (Directed by Susanne Bier)
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Available to Stream on Netflix Instant
Evangeline (Directed by Karen Lam)
A naive college student, Evangeline, is brutalized by a gang of thrill-seeking killers. Left to die in the forest, her corpse is revived by an ancient demon spirit that empowers her with a blood-lust for vengeance.
Available to Stream on Amazon Prime & Tubi TV
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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