As a kid, Sayara’s father trained her in martial arts combat. As an adult, her skills are kept secret as she works as a janitor in an Istanbul gym. When her sister is killed by the gym owner and his ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary Beth McAndrews is determined to make art that wakes people up. “There’s always been strong women in horror, incredible female ...

Editor’s note: This piece contains descriptions and discussion of sexual assault. Rape-revenge films promise two things in their story: rape, and revenge. While that may sound straightforward, there ...

In my almost 32 years of life, I’ve never smoked a cigarette. Between growing up with smokers and throwing up after a drunken single puff in college, I figured it was in my best interest to steer ...

Writer and director Can Evrenol is known for pushing boundaries with his work. Shocking audiences with his feature film debut, Baskin, Evrenol is no stranger to confronting taboos and, in fact, ...

Mary Beth McAndrews is determined to make art that wakes people up. “There’s always been strong women in horror, incredible female characters,” she says. “I think what’s shifting in the horror of the ...

About midway through Christine Murphy’s debut novel, “Notes on Surviving the Fire,” her protagonist, Sarah Common, tells a guy she’s dating that rape-revenge movies don’t work. “Action movies are man ...