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A Damned Take on Women in Horror Films
The Guy’s Point of View!
In honor of Women in Horror Month 2017, I asked six male horror writers for their top-five favorite horror films staring strong leading ladies and why they loved them so much. So, without further ado…
Day 28 – Brian Moreland:
Alien/Aliens
Leading Lady: Sigourney Weaver
Synopsis:
Alien:
Alien: After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as distress call, their landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform. Continuing their journey back to Earth with the attacked crew having recovered and the critter deceased, they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
Aliens:
The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?
Brian’s opinion:
“I’d be surprised if Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) doesn’t make everyone’s list. In Alien, she proves she’s the toughest space-trucker on board a spaceship when she plays cat and mouse with a giant xenomorph with acid for blood and snapping, metallic teeth. Trapped in space, no one can hear a trucker scream, or a woman roar. This alien hears Ellen Ripley and she outsmarts it, all while saving her ginger tomcat Jonsey. In Aliens, Ellen faces a whole hive of the spiny xeno-creatures. Ellen warned the space marines, but did they listen? By the end, Ellen taps into the mother-protecting-her-young mode as she fights to protect a young girl named “Newt” and rescue her from the hive. Determined, tough, and resourceful, Ellen Ripley represents the poster woman for the heroic female.”
About Brian:
Brian is an active member of the horror writer’s group Pen of the Damned.
Twitter: @BrianMoreland
Stop by my other blogs for more Women in Horror Month content!
Sotet Angyal, The Dark Angel – Dark emotive flash fiction written by me.
Spreading the Writer’s Word – A new Horror Flash-Fiction from a different female author daily in February!
And don’t forget to visit the Women in Horror Month official web site
for more great WiHM8 events and posts!