House of Psychotic Women
Curated by the horror codex · From Kier-La Janisse — House of Psychotic Women (FAB Press, 2012) · 197 films · Last updated Apr 26, 2026
The films catalogued in Kier-La Janisse's 2012 book — a hybrid of film criticism and personal memoir built around women's neurosis in horror and exploitation cinema. The Letterboxd mirror tracks the canonical filmography from the book.
1Alice, Sweet Alice
1976 ★ 3.8
2All the Colours of the Dark
1972 ★ 3.3
3Alucarda
1977 ★ 3.9
4Lost Soul
1977 ★ 3.5
5Antichrist
2009 ★ 2.8
6Asylum
1972 ★ 3.3
7The Attic
1980
8Audition
2000 ★ 3.9
9Autopsy
1975
10The Baby
1973 ★ 3.3
11Bad Dreams
1988
12Bad Guy
2002
13Bas-fonds
2010
14Bedevilled
2010 ★ 4.0
15The Beguiled
1971
16The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970 ★ 3.3
17Black Narcissus
1947
18Black Swan
2010 ★ 4.0
19The Blood Spattered Bride
1972 ★ 3.0
20Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
1974
21Born Innocent
1976
22Boy Meets Girl
1994
23The Brave One
2007
24The House That Cried Murder
1973
25The Brood
1979 ★ 4.3
26Burnt Offerings
1976 ★ 3.8
27Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981 ★ 3.8
28Can Go Through Skin
2009
29A Candle for the Devil
1973
30Carrie
1976 ★ 4.5
31The Silent House
2010
32Cat People
1942 ★ 3.9
33La Cérémonie
1995
34Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
1972 ★ 3.5
35Christiane F.
1981 ★ 4.0
36The Collector
1997
37The Corruption of Chris Miller
1973
38From Ear to Ear
1970
39Criminally Insane
1975
40The Curse of the Cat People
1944 ★ 3.5
41Cutting Moments
1997
42Daddy
1973
43Dead Creatures
2001
44Defenceless: A Blood Symphony
2004
45Dementia
1955
46Descent
2007
47The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
48The Devils
1971 ★ 4.3
49The Devil
1988 ★ 3.5
50Fanatic
1965 ★ 3.5
51The Dinner Party
2009
52Dirty Weekend
1993
53The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
1981 ★ 3.5
54Don't Deliver Us from Evil
1971
55Don't Look Now
1973 ★ 3.8
56Don't Torture a Duckling
1972 ★ 3.8
57Doppelganger
1993
58Dracula's Daughter
1936 ★ 3.0
59Dream Home
2010 ★ 3.0
60The Entity
1982 ★ 4.0
61The Escapees
1981
62Eyes of a Stranger
1981
63Fatal Attraction
1987 ★ 3.0
64Feed
2005
65Five Across the Eyes
2006
66Footprints on the Moon
1975
67The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
1970
68Four Flies on Grey Velvet
1971 ★ 3.5
69Freeze Me
2000
70The Laughing Woman
1969 ★ 4.0
71Frightmare
1974 ★ 4.0
72Cries in the Night
1980
73Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
1972 ★ 3.5
74Geography of Fear
2000
75The Girl Next Door
2007 ★ 3.8
76The Glass Ceiling
1971
77Goodbye Gemini
1970
78A Gun for Jennifer
1997
79A Gun in Each Hand
2012
80Happy Birthday to Me
1981 ★ 3.3