What's a ghoul to do? Part of the 13-episode
100 Years of Horror series directed by Ted Newsom and hosted by horror movie star
Christopher Lee, 100 Years of Horror: Scream Queens & Girl Ghouls takes a look at the tremendous appeal and genre influence of damsels in horrific distress. Included are
Fay Wray (
King Kong, 1933) and
Jamie Lee Curtis (
Halloween, 1978). The program also examines the fright appeal of scary women and includes interviews with "girl ghouls"
Linnea Quigley (Rat Woman in the television movie Burial of the Rats, 1995) and Brinke Stevens (Marci in
Nightmare Sisters, aka Sorority Succubus Sisters, 1987). Highlights include film clips from
King Kong,
The Phantom of the Opera,
The Most Dangerous Game, and others. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide