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The Scariest Horror Films of 2024 Reflected Women’s Real-Life Terror After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned: ‘You Can Revolt in Your Own Unique Way’

From 'Immaculate' to 'The Girl With the Needle,' many of the year's best horror films focus on abortion rights.

The decision, which came as a result of the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, was met with an outcry of opposition and polling which showed that the majority of Americans didn’t agree with curtailing access to abortion. “Needle” tells the dark story of Dagmar, a maternal figure who helped women who couldn’t care for their babies to have them adopted by wealthy families — yet the children’s fate was far darker. Knowing that these rights are still embattled or inaccessible for many women, Sonne wanted to have a modern pulse to Karoline, even in a black and white period piece — something she achieved with the help of playlists featuring everyone from Metallica to Rihanna.

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