Megan Kenny / Contributor 26/11/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 26/11/2022

[Editorial] In Her Eyes: Tasya Vos in Possessor (2020)

Possessor is a slick futuristic thriller in which Tasya Vos, an assassin for hire, must manage her responsibilities as an elite killing machine and complex feelings towards her husband and son, whilst taking on another high-profile job that will push her to the edge of her sanity.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 30/07/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 30/07/2022

[Editorial] In Her Eyes: Sara Lowes in Witchfinder General (1968)

Sara is a woman condemned from the start, first because of her religious beliefs…

Megan Kenny / Contributor 21/05/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 21/05/2022

[Editorial] The Babadook (2014)

The Babadook is a 2014 psychological horror, the directorial debut of Jennifer Kent…

Megan Kenny / Contributor 27/04/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 27/04/2022

[Editorial] In Her Eyes: Helen Lyle in Candyman (1992)

Helen Lyle is a triple threat. She is smart, charismatic and tenacious. An innovative researcher who wants to push the envelope. ..

Nicole Sanacore / Contributor 29/03/2022 Nicole Sanacore / Contributor 29/03/2022

[Editorial] Lorraine Warren’s Clairvoyant Gift

When James Wan’s The Conjuring (2013) was first released, it set the tone for 2010s horror and was regarded by some horror fans as the beginning of a renaissance for the genre…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 11/03/2022 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 11/03/2022

[Editorial] Sara in Creep 2 (2017)

Sara is host of a failing web series entitled Encounters which shows her meeting a range of offbeat people through personal ads…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 26/11/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 26/11/2021

[Editorial] Sally Hardesty in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

It’s not wholly obvious in the first thirty minutes of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre just who our final girl will be…

Jane Nightshade / Contributor 12/10/2021 Jane Nightshade / Contributor 12/10/2021

[Editorial] Margaret Robinson: Hammer’s Puppeteer

Filmdom’s conventional wisdom in the mid-20th Century decreed that horror was no place for a lady. That is, unless it was as a shrieking victim dressed in a bosom-baring, diaphanous nightie…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 08/09/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 08/09/2021

[Editorial] Re-assessing The Exorcist: Religion, Abuse, and The Rise of the Feminist Mother.

When reassessing The Exorcist, there are implications of abuse brought on by Chris MacNeil’s reluctance to be a proper ‘mother’ to Regan…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 03/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 03/09/2021

[Editorial] Unravelling Mitzi Peirone’s Braid (2018)

Everyone must play, no outsiders allowed, nobody leaves.

Melissa Cox / Contributor 27/08/2021 Melissa Cox / Contributor 27/08/2021

[Editorial] American Psycho (2000)

Mary Harron’s American Psycho has had a strange and convoluted path to its current position as a lauded part of the American horror canon…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 19/06/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 19/06/2021

[Editorial] Ruth Daniels in Prevenge (2017)

Ruth (short of course, for ruthless) is heavily pregnant, jobless and has recently lost her partner Matt, in a climbing accident…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 15/05/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 15/05/2021

[Editorial] Carrie White in Carrie (1976)

A team of teenage girls are playing on a sports court and a meek, lost looking girl stands on the edges tentatively; this is Carrie…

Wren Crain / Contributor 07/05/2021 Wren Crain / Contributor 07/05/2021

[Editorial] Spotlight on… Filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay

Spotlight on Alice Maio Mackay, a young award winning film-maker based in Adelaide, South Australia…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 28/04/2021 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 28/04/2021

[Editorial] Kandisha Press: The Women Run and Owned Publishing House

The all women owned indie press publishing house is dedicated to publishing anthologies from women…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 26/04/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 26/04/2021

[Editorial] Horror Meets Noir in Ida Lapino’s The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

A ground-breaking force in the world of cinema, Ida Lapino is an early example of an innovative and creative woman who broke through boundaries time and time again.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 24/04/2021 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 24/04/2021

[Editorial] Heavy Metal AF: The Dark Horror Artwork of Sludgework

Dark, consuming and heavy metal AF - here is the horror and metal inspired artwork by Sludgework…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 17/04/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 17/04/2021

[Editorial] Catherine in Queen of Earth (2015)

When we first meet Catherine, her face is soaked in tears and her make up is spoilt and smudged…

Jane Nightshade / Contributor 20/03/2021 Jane Nightshade / Contributor 20/03/2021

[Editorial] Wendy Torrance Isn’t a Butt-Kicking Babe, And That’s Ok

Wendy Torrance, The Shining (1980), is one of the most famous women in horror history…

Becky Darke / Contributor 28/02/2021 Becky Darke / Contributor 28/02/2021

[Editorial] The Invitation - Grief, Guilt And Manipulation in Karyn Kusama’s Cult Horror

Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation (2015) is renowned as an excruciating slow burn…