Celebrate Women’s History Month by Streaming Our Sci-Fi and Fantasy Picks

Netflix has fairly the contentious streak in relation to content material and its numbers recreation in supporting marginalized voices; as many exhibits we love which might be nonetheless round, there are simply as many that aren’t. But large, daring strikes have been made, just like the bold endeavor of three options made in a single go together with Leigh Janiaokay’s Fear Street trilogy. The now-cult franchise based mostly on the R.L. Stein books helped reinvigorate gateway horror that pushes boundaries. (We’re nonetheless ready for extra!) Netflix has additionally completed a stable job in funding extra style from girls, like The Old Guard directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by and starring Charlize Theron.

Movies

Fear Street trilogy – Directed by Leigh Janiaokay (Horror)

The Old Guard – Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Action-Adventure)

Paradise Hills – Directed by Alice Waddington (Sci-Fi Fantasy)

A Baby Sitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting – Directed by Rachel Talalay (Horror)

Fast Color – Directed by Julia Hart (Superhero)

Pet Semetary – Directed by Mary Lambert (Horror)

TV that includes girls writers and administrators

The Haunting of Bly Manor (Horror)

Shadow and Bone (Fantasy Adventure)

Archive 81 (Horror)

The Umbrella Academy (Superhero)

Two-Sentence Horror Stories (Horror)