Female victims murdered by masked, male psychopaths.
The foundation of almost every horror movie.
Our victim will be a vulnerable young man.
Horror from the point of view of the female gaze.
I've been a horror fan since I was a toddler,
which is probably strange, but I was watching
Tales from the Crypt
The characters victimized are often always women,
so the idea of making this show about young women
making them our leads, making this their story,
that was one of the most important elements of the show,
flipping that horror gaze.
Our storylines are really exciting
in terms of female empowerment, getting real and honest
about the kind of dangers and pressures
that young women face.
You don't owe anyone anything.
Thanks, Tabby.
ANKA MALATYNSKA:
about the visual language of the show
is that we didn't always use what you would consider to be
traditional television coverage.
It's really about how I see you and how you see me.
These are the things that allow us to get inside the minds of our girls
and see the world from their perspective.
The way that women are looked at,
the way that men are looked at in films,
there are certain ways that they're lit.
Women always have long lenses,
makes everything absolutely beautiful
and stunning in a very subjective kind of way,
where we use a lot of wide lenses across the board.
No one needs to be different because we're all people.
We'll go into the set and stand next to the cast
and say, "How are you moving here?"
"Watch how Tabby turns her head,"
to get that flow and that language
of not just them being females, but them being individuals.
I am so over being intimidated by dudes.
Are you on your period or something?
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LINDSAY CALHOON BRING:
is girls in a shower room.
There are dozens if not hundreds of horror films
of men watching young women.
We wanted to flip that visually on its gaze as well
with a story point.
One of the horrors that our girls are facing
in the show is assault.
For Tabby, a way that she's processing that trauma
is by looking at men in a shower.
We found that to be a very sort of literal way
to flip that on its head for us as viewers.
CHANDLER KINNEY:
and see things through Tabby's eyes
has been really interesting to play with and to explore.
We touch on these darker themes like assault and...
I'm glad that we could do it on this show
in a way that doesn't feel like it's just made for shock value.
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It's really great to be on a set that practices what it preaches.
Having all of these women behind the scenes
but then also this incredible leading cast of young women,
it's a really lovely environment to be a part of.
What moves me the most and what makes me feel so honored truly
is to be a part of such a diverse team.
I think that's so necessary and so important.
ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA:
we were shooting the detention scene
from the first and second episodes,
and I was thinking, "Wow, there are so many
incredible artists working on this.
Ninety-nine percent of them are female and they've got this.
What am I even doing here?"
This new take, this reimagination of things,
is beautiful because we bring our own perspectives
and past to these roles.
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I hope that little bits of our hearts,
of our real hearts, not just our characters',
are able to shine through for young women watching.
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