Seven Days of Scream Queens: Kier-La Janisse's essential "House of Psychotic Women" just got an update. Its ideas about "craziness" in the world and the movies are fresher than ever.

Seven Days of Scream Queens: The iconic actress was long conflicted about her status as Hollywood's first scream queen, but her impact is undeniable.

From director Jennifer Reeder to "Hereditary" actress Milly Shapiro, who better to judge the genre than reigning royalty? Andi Matichak, Barbara Crampton, Leigh Janiak, and more women share their lists with IndieWire.

Seven Days of Scream Queen: Disabled women are too often absent on screens both large and small, but when they do appear in the horror space, from "Pet Sematary" to "Hush," they're too often treated as their own kind of terror.

Bathed in blood or sucking up souls, these wicked women fostered the fear for epic horror films including "Misery," "Friday the 13th," "Titane," "Us," "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?," and more.

Seven Days of Scream Queens: As "Teeth" celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, it's only fitting to look back on the legacy of the "vagina dentata" origin story.

Seven Days of Scream Queens: "Women have come a long way in horror movies," Peterson told IndieWire, one year after her own coming out.

Seven Days of Scream Queens: Lurking in the shadows or center-stage, you know a scream queen when you see one. But what does the tossed-around term actually mean in the ever-mutating horror genre?