[Event Review] Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody (2023)
For any horror fan, a musical parody of the Saw franchise would be a treat. But a very campy, very queer musical reimagining of the plot? Now that's a little piece of heaven.
[Book Review] The Book of Queer Saints Volume II (2023)
Happily, her new anthology The Book of Queer Saints Volume II is being released this October. With this new collection, queer horror takes center stage.
[Film Review] Kill Your Lover (2023)
When someone is in a toxic relationship, it can affect more than just their heart and mind. Their bodies can weaken or change due to the continued stress and unhappiness that comes from the toxicity.
[Book Review] Wylding Hall (2015)
It's fitting that Elizabeth Hand's novel Wylding Hall (2015) won the Shirley Jackson Award; her writing echoes and pays homage to the subtle scariness and psychological horror of Shirley Jackson's works.
[Editorial] Interview with Bishal Dutta, Writer and Director of It Lives Inside (2023)
With It Lives Inside, writer and director Bishal Dutta created a horror film that is as moving as it is terrifying. Ghouls Magazine was able to sit down with the award-winning filmmaker to discuss the inspirations behind the movie.
[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.
[Film Review] Somewhere Quiet (2023)
After watching the psychological thriller Somewhere Quiet (2023), viewers will need hours (or days) to decompress.
[Film Review] It Lives Inside (2023)
It Lives Inside, written and directed by Bishal Dutta, won the 2023 Midnighters Audience Award Winner at SXSW – and with good reason.
[Film Review] We Might Hurt Each Other (2022)
The Lithuanian slasher film We Might Hurt Each Other (also known as Pensive) deftly combines folklore, horror and the navigation of a high school social system to create a thrilling and thought-provoking movie.
[Film Review] Jagged Mind (2023)
As a psychological horror film, Jagged Edge is hard to watch. But there are spots of hope that also make it an emotionally satisfying experience. As Billie grasps for answers, it is the women in her life that help her find herself again.
[Editorial] The 9 Best New York City Horror Movies
Ghouls Magazine looks back at iconic horror films that will put you in a New York state of mind.
[Book Review] The Aosawa Murders (2020)
A girl stands with her back to the viewer, quietly defiant in her youthful blue-and-white print dress, which blends in with a matching background
[Film Review] To the Moon (2021)
The complex (and often twisted) relationship between siblings has provided the tension for dozens of horror movies….
[Film Review] Brooklyn Film Festival: Old Flame (2022)
In writer and director Christopher Denham's third feature film Old Flame (2022), what initially appears to be a romantically charged meeting at a college reunion swiftly turns into an uneasy meditation on memory, truth and violence.
[Film Review] Brooklyn Film Festival: Repulse (2021)
After originally debuting at Prague's Febiofest in 2021, Emila Křižky's quietly disturbing film Repulse (Hrana Zlomu) had its North American debut at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in October 2022.
[Book Review] It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror (2022)
Queer horror is rapidly growing genre. The essay collection It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror, which will be published by The Feminist Press on October 1, is bursting with stories of LGBTQ+ writers sharing their personal connections with horror films, and describing how these movies intersect with their queer identities.
[Editorial] The Low-Key Bisexuality of May (2002)
Lucky McKee's cult classic May (2002) introduces viewers to a lonely young woman (Angela Bettis) who longs for connection and understanding…
[Event Review] Boston Underground Film Festival Features
The Boston Underground Film Festival took place this year at the end of March. We reviewed three feature films from the fest this year.
[Editorial] Carmilla Isn't Just a Lesbian Vampire – She's Also a Really Bad Girlfriend
Whether she's known by Carmilla, Mircalla or Millarca, the bewitching queer vampire at the heart of Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella Carmilla …
[Editorial] Top 15 Horror Films with Kids
Kids in horror films are often remembered as falling into two brackets - annoying or evil…