Nikyatu Jusu

Is horror a man’s world? You might assume so – but you won’t be thinking that way for long once you investigate the vast contribution women have made to horror movies for well over a century. In 2020, award-winning Australian critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas released the definitive book on the subject: 1000 Women in Horror, 1895–2018, an encyclopaedic work celebrating the many women – filmmakers, actors, producers and technicians – who have shaped the genre since the moment cinema’s light first flickered.

Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage.

Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage.

Prom nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.

Prom nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.

Plot kept under wraps

Film adaptation and expansion of Nikyatu Jusu's 2019 short film "Suicide by Sunlight".

Film adaptation and expansion of Nikyatu Jusu's 2019 short film "Suicide by Sunlight".

Plot TBA. The film is set in the universe of David Cronenberg's The Fly.

Plot TBA. The film is set in the universe of David Cronenberg's The Fly.

Eight-year-old Hawa is reunited with her African refugee mother after six years apart—and now finds herself living with a woman in the midst of a deep mental-health crisis.

Eight-year-old Hawa is reunited with her African refugee mother after six years apart—and now finds herself living with a woman in the midst of a deep mental-health crisis.

A psychiatric casualty of war recently returned to the US, Sonya's imagined sense of normalcy crumbles around her; she must hunt or become the hunted.

A psychiatric casualty of war recently returned to the US, Sonya's imagined sense of normalcy crumbles around her; she must hunt or become the hunted.

Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, finds it difficult to suppress her bloodlust when a new woman is introduced to her estranged twin daughters.

Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, finds it difficult to suppress her bloodlust when a new woman is introduced to her estranged twin daughters.

A revenge plot spirals out of control as two Brooklyn teens maneuver a Summer day they'll never forget.

A revenge plot spirals out of control as two Brooklyn teens maneuver a Summer day they'll never forget.

A revenge plot spirals out of control as two Brooklyn teens maneuver a Summer day they'll never forget.

Sequel and franchise restarter to the original 1968 classic directed by George A. Romero