Attend this film fest: Etheria Film Festival @ the Somerville Theatre

Slashed

Can you name any great woman horror or fantasy filmmakers? For some reason Hollywood just doesn't let the fairer sex bloody their hands with those traditionally macho genres. The Etheria Film Festival, hosted by All Things Horror, might change their minds. It's an all-day juried event at the Somerville Theater showcasing horror shorts by talented women. Among them are Australian Rebecca Thomson's Slashed, in which sexual fantasies cross the digital divide, and American Maureen Perkins's Laura Keller, a Logan's Run-meets-The Handmaid's Tale dystopic fantasy in which the right to reproduction is decided by a lottery. The theatre is at 55 Davis Square, Somerville | 4 pm | $15 festival pass; $10 each Sci-Fi or Fantasy block | 617.635.6700 or etheriafilmfestival.com.