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Fright Like a Girl

Fright Like a Girl

Celebrate women in genre film all year 'round the ARROW way, with Fright Like a Girl, a shelf stacked with furious, frightening and fantastic films that are either fronted by or made by women. 

So, whether you’re after a new Cult classic like Gia Elliot’s Take Back the Night or Jill Gevargizian’s The Stylist, super-cool superstars like Female Prisoner Scorpion’s Meiko Kaji or Sister Streetfighter’s Etsuko Shihomi, or even stellar shorts like Connor Sandheinrich’s Unsafe Spaces or Tristan Risk’s Reptile House, we’ve got you covered.

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Fright Like a Girl
  • The Stylist
    Movie + 15 extras

    The Stylist

    Movie + 15 extras

    Obsession gets a makeover in The Stylist, a deliciously twisted slice of female-led psychological horror, nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Motion Picture at the 2020 Sitges International Film Festival and based on co-writer/director Jill Gevargizian’s award-winning short film of the s...

  • The Woman

    Movie

    2011 • United States • Directed by Lucky McKee

    Almost a decade after Lucky McKee burst upon the indie horror scene and became a 'Master of Horror' in the making thanks to his directorial debut May, he teamed up with legendary cult author Jack Ketchum for his most shocking and brutal film to date...

  • The Devils Lover

    Movie

    1972 • Italy • Directed by Paolo Lombardo

    When a trio of free-spirited young women - led by a smouldering Rosalba Neri of LADY FRANKENSTEIN fame - insists on spending the night in a castle rumoured to be owned by the Devil himself, their cobweb-and-candelabra lark triggers a nightmare of lust, v...

  • Lady Frankenstein

    Movie

    1971 • Italy • Directed by Mel Welles and Aureliano Luppi

    Co-produced by Roger Corman, "one of the most underrated horror movies of all time" (Classic Horror) features lurid direction by Mel Welles (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS) from a story by by Dick Randall (PIECES), and a cast that includes Hollyw...

  • Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary

    Movie

    1975 • Mexico • Directed by Juan López Moctezuma and René Cardona

    A beautiful American artist named, Mary, who just so happens to be a vampire living in Mexico, has authorities baffled and in full investigation, after her lust for blood has left a trail of bodies across the country.

  • Jailhouse Wardress

    Movie

    1981 • France • Directed by Jess Franco

    Lina Romay (Female Vampire) stars as Maria da Guerra, who's sentenced to life after killing her father, who had attempted to assault her. While behind bars, Maria encounters a sadistic female warden and hatches an escape plan involving the seduction of a m...

  • The Sect

    Movie

    1991 • Italy • Directed by Michele Soavi

    The Sect, also known as The Devils Daughter, the third feature by director Michele Soavi - his second collaboration with producer/co-writer Dario Argento - can now be experienced like never before: As a global satanic cabal grows in ferocity, an unwitting...

  • Lady Whirlwind

    Movie

    1972 • Hong Kong • Directed by Huang Feng

    When director Huang Feng (The Shaolin Plot) jumped ship from Shaw Brothers to their upstart rivals Golden Harvest, he swiftly launched the career of a Taiwanese ingenue barely out of Beijing opera school named Angela Mao, who despite her fresh-faced femi...

  • Hapkido

    Movie

    1972 • Hong Kong • Directed by Huang Feng

    Hapkido sees martial arts mega-star Angela Mao once more pitted against a gang of Japanese thugs, alongside fellow soon-to-be kung fu legends Sammo Hung (Knockabout) and Carter Wong (Big Trouble in Little China) as disciples of the titular Korean fightin...

  • A Serial Killer's Guide to Life

    Movie + 3 extras

    Serial murder meets self-help in A Serial Killer's Guide to Life - a darkly satirical cross between Thelma and Louise and Sightseers from the creative team behind the award-winning short film This Way Out (Best Comedy, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2013). Self-help addict Lou (Katie Brayben, Lut...

  • Tomie
    Movie + 3 extras

    Tomie

    Movie + 3 extras

    1998 • Japan • Directed by Ataru Oikawa

    Based on the smash-hit series of the same name by cult manga artist Junji Itō (Uzumaki), Tomie tells the tale of an evil high-school seductress identifiable by a beauty mark beneath her left eye, whose bewitching kiss drives men to madness.

    Photography st...

  • Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss

    Movie

    1970 • Japan • Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe

    The Stray Cat Rock series stars Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Blind Woman’s Curse) who with these five films began her reign as the badass action queen of the era.
    In these five tales of rebellious youth she stars alongside the gorgeous Bunjaku Han (Love...

  • Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

    Movie

    1972 • Japan • Directed by Shun'ya Itô

    After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

  • Sister Street Fighter

    Movie

    1974 • Japan • Directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

    After the massive success of 'The Street Fighter', Toei decided to build a new karate series around a female lead and cast a young actress who had appeared in a cameo role alongside her mentor Sonny Chiba. Still a teenager at the time, Etsuko Shihomi...

  • Switchblade Sisters
    Movie + 1 extra

    Switchblade Sisters

    Movie + 1 extra

    1977 · United States · Directed by Jack Hill

    THE WILDEST GIRL GANG THAT EVER BLASTED THE STREETS!

    From Jack Hill, legendary director of Spider Baby, Coffy, Foxy Brown, and The Swinging Cheerleaders comes another iconic cult classic, Switchblade Sisters!

    Lace (Robbie Lee), the leader of inner c...

  • The Wind

    Movie

    1986 • United States • Directed by Nico Mastorakis

    What would you do if going outside meant being killed by a raging hurricane, but staying indoors meant being hacked to pieces by a sickle wielding maniac? Arrow Video proudly presents 'The Wind', from prolific genre filmmaker Nico Mastorakis, th...

  • Irezumi
    Movie + 3 extras

    Irezumi

    Movie + 3 extras

    1966 • Japan • Directed by Yasuzô Masumura

    Drawn from the pen of one of Japan's foremost writers of the 20th century, Junichiro Tanizaki (A Fool's Love, The Makioka Sisters), Irezumi is a stylish tale of lust, betrayal and revenge directed by Yasuzo Masumura (Giants and Toys, Blind Beast). Masum...