Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/10/2023

[Film Review] Mercy Falls (2023)

Filmed on location in Scotland, Ryan Hendrick's new thriller Mercy Falls (2023) uses soaring views of the Scottish Highlands to show that the natural world can either provide shelter or be used as a demented playground for people to hurt each other.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/09/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/09/2023

[Film Review] Somewhere Quiet (2023)

After watching the psychological thriller Somewhere Quiet (2023), viewers will need hours (or days) to decompress.

Mx Bel Morrigan / Contributor 24/09/2023 Mx Bel Morrigan / Contributor 24/09/2023

[Film Review] FrightFest: Farang (2023)

Farang (2023) is the latest feature film by French director Xavier Gens, and it had its UK premier at FrightFest, debuting on Saturday 26th August in the main screen.

Laurence Boag-Matthews / Contributor 05/06/2023 Laurence Boag-Matthews / Contributor 05/06/2023

[Editorial] The Terrible Place: Visiting and Revisiting Hollywood in Horror

In recent years since the inception of the #MeToo movement, we have seen a turn towards discussing the abuses rife in the Hollywood system and the wider media landscape.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/05/2023

[Film Review] The Resurrection of Charles Manson (2023)

When a couple takes a last minute mini vacation into the desert to work on an audition tape for a film about cult leader Charles Manson, they soon realise the script’s content is beginning to reflect their reality.

Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 26/05/2023 Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 26/05/2023

[Film Review] Influencer (2023)

Blending slick satire with sympathetic nuances rarely seen in films about the rich and famous, Influencer (2023) is a razor-sharp critique of online celebrity and its falsity.

Christina Brennan / Contributor 25/05/2023 Christina Brennan / Contributor 25/05/2023

[Film Review] Blades in the Darkness (2022)

Blades in the Darkness is set in present-day Albania with flashbacks to a formative and brutal period in the country's history as it transitioned away from communism in the 1990s

Kristen Leer / Contributor 24/05/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 24/05/2023

[Editorial] The Disrupt Symbology of Lamb (2021)

A24’s folkloric horror productions have been one of the most drawing narrative and cinematic styles within the past decade.

Mx Bel Morrigan / Contributor 23/05/2023 Mx Bel Morrigan / Contributor 23/05/2023

[Editorial] Eden Lake (2008): How a Film’s Potential is Destroyed by Bias

I often ponder if the reason we as fans of this much maligned genre watch so many films that fall within the scope of this genre is due to us being protective of it, or because we are searching for the hit which we felt on our very first time watching a film that got under our skin?

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 22/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 22/05/2023

[Film Review] Little Bone Lodge (2023)

Little Bone Lodge directed by Matthias Hoene centres itself around the fierce ferociousness of mothers as two sibling criminals invade the isolated farmhouse home of Mama (Joeley Richardson) after seeking refuge from a frantic storm.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 17/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 17/05/2023

[Editorial] 9 of The Best Home Invasion Horror Movies

Here are 9 home invasion horrors that will cause you to double check whether you’ve locked all your doors and windows.

Isobel Frost / Contributor 16/05/2023 Isobel Frost / Contributor 16/05/2023

[Film Review] The Unheard (2023)

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the core concept for Shudder Original The Unheard is a familiar one. Starring television horror alum Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Chucky), the film opens on profoundly deaf student Chloe Grayden (Watson) as she undergoes an experimental clinical trial in the hopes of regaining her hearing

Faye Toulson / Contributor 13/05/2023 Faye Toulson / Contributor 13/05/2023

[Editorial] Best 7 Modern Folk Horror Movies

Ghouls Magazine’s list of the top 7 modern folk horrors

Isobel Frost / Contributor 12/05/2023 Isobel Frost / Contributor 12/05/2023

[Film Review] Lola (2022)

Set in the depths of World War II-ravaged England, scientist sisters Thomasina ‘Thom’ (Emma Appleton) and Martha ‘Mars’ Hanbury (Stefanie Martini) develop the titular LOLA: a complex machine capable of intercepting broadcasts from the future.

Jenn Reid / Contributor 28/04/2023 Jenn Reid / Contributor 28/04/2023

[Film Review] Deep Woods (2022)

In Deep Woods, we follow Ty, the aforementioned businessman, and his old college roommate Nick, a Native American Game Warden who Ty seeks out to be his guide to the wilderness.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 27/04/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 27/04/2023

[Film Review] Spoonful of Sugar (2022)

Spoonful of Sugar is a Shudder original film that combines an assortment of horror elements that keeps you speculating about the narrative's intent.

Faye Toulson / Contributor 24/04/2023 Faye Toulson / Contributor 24/04/2023

[Film Review] Wrong Turn 2021

Wrong Turn could easily fall prey to the usual out in the woods / folk horror tropes, but this one hits differently.

Jenn Reid / Contributor 17/04/2023 Jenn Reid / Contributor 17/04/2023

[Editorial] Survival and Suspense: 7 Recommended Horror Films for Lovers of Yellowjackets

If Yellowjackets has given you a taste for more, here are some films and series you need to check out.

Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 15/04/2023 Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 15/04/2023

[Editorial] The Duality of Desperation and Rejection in Motherhood

In both pop culture and modern-day society there are numerous examples of females who are portrayed as being desperate to become a mother or a wife.

Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 13/04/2023 Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 13/04/2023

[Film Review] We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)

Stacie Passon’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018) is slow burning and symbolic.