“Living in Liverpool definitely influenced my love of retro design and fashion, like being raised on the Beatles,” she said. However, it was Baby Fever (2021), her ‘70s prom night pro-choice body horror film co-written with Alex Hartwig, which put Cumming on the map.Ĭumming was influenced in her early childhood by the retro vibe of the ‘70s. Her second film, Camp Calypso (2019), was a summer camp creative featurette. Her first film, Fanatico (2018), was in the neo-giallo genre and was a joint project with Sam Schrader, another PSU alumni. Cumming graduated from Portland State’s film school in 2020. Cumming is reclaiming the ‘70s horror genre in the name of women.Ĭumming is a writer, director and co-founder of Monstrous Femme Films -taking ‘70s campy horror films and giving them a feminist perspective with a sociopolitical message. This is not for the faint of heart, but for Cumming it comes easy because horror is her first love. Satirizing stereotypes of people of color, LGBTQ+ people and women is what makes her films both shocking in general and popular among her fan base. Writing horror film scripts from a feminist perspective with plenty of blood and carnage is not something anyone can do, but Hannah May Cumming is doing it in ‘70s retro style.
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