Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 19/10/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 19/10/2021

[Editorial] A Nightmare to Die For: A Deep Dive of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

On a rare, empty evening recently, I found myself looking for a slice of horror that was intelligent and engaging but that also contained a strong sense of nostalgia; one film immediately sprung to mind…

Jenn Adams / Contributor 14/10/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 14/10/2021

[Editorial] Laurie Strode: A Portrait of Trauma and Survival in The Halloween Franchise, Part 2

Iconic final girl, Laurie Strode (Jaime Lee Curtis) has seen more than a lifetime of trauma and terror…

Jenn Adams / Contributor 08/10/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 08/10/2021

[Editorial] Laurie Strode: A Portrait of Trauma and Survival in The Halloween Franchise, Part 1

Laurie Strode may not be the first final girl, but she is arguably the most iconic…

Gelsomina De Lucia / Contributor 05/10/2021 Gelsomina De Lucia / Contributor 05/10/2021

[Editorial] The Age of Arcless Women: How ‘Telltales: The Walking Dead’ Depicts a Leading Lady Accurately

Female characters in film and television have always been present; however, the MeToo movement birthed the discourse which revealed there were not enough independent…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 28/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 28/09/2021

[Editorial] “I’ve never killed anyone”: The Hypocrisy of Jigsaw

Amanda Young and Jill Tuck are the stand-out women of the Saw franchise. They seem like complete opposites…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 25/09/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 25/09/2021

[Editorial] Reviving Freddy: A Critical Reassessment of Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare Part 2

Backstories for villains in horror films are divisive, they can be illuminating for some. but for others, the mystique should be left untampered with…

Mallika Pal / Contributor 21/09/2021 Mallika Pal / Contributor 21/09/2021

[Editorial] Revisiting Megan is Missing: When Shock Horror Exploits Teenage Girls

I grew up as an only child in the mid-1990s. Coming off the heels of newfound worries plaguing concerned mothers across the nation…

Emma Platt / Contributor 14/09/2021 Emma Platt / Contributor 14/09/2021

[Editorial] The Evolution of Gale Weathers

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

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…

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 07/09/2021 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 07/09/2021

[Editorial] Fat as a Death Sentence in Horror

Trigger warning of fat-phobia. I use the word “fat” as a descriptor rather than a derogatory term.

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.

Kay Hanifen / Contributor 01/09/2021 Kay Hanifen / Contributor 01/09/2021

[Editorial] “The Blood Ceiling”: Women in Horror and the Fight for Recognition Behind the Camera

Hannah Macpherson’s frustration grew as she sat in the lobby of Blumhouse Productions and took in the black and white photographs adorning the wall…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 31/08/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 31/08/2021

[Editorial] Consenting to Fear

As a horror fan, I opt into fear, and I am always chasing a good scare…

Jessica Scott / Contributor 25/08/2021 Jessica Scott / Contributor 25/08/2021

[Editorial] You Can Hear Me: Navigating the Aural Gaze in Carnival of Souls (1962)

When engaging critically with a film, we often talk about its gaze. Film is, after all, a visual medium, and how we look at the objects and characters on the screen shapes our relationship with the story…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 24/08/2021 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 24/08/2021

[Editorial] “How do girls know how to do that?”: Female Adaptation and Evolution in Spring (2014) Part 1

The time spent under lockdown due to the pandemic has meant audiences often turned to films and television for comfort, escapism or even challenge…

Kelly Gredner / Contributor 10/08/2021 Kelly Gredner / Contributor 10/08/2021

[Editorial] Medusa’s Man: Examining Brad in Teeth (2007)

Teeth (2007) is a refreshing coming of age tale starring the underrated Jess Weixler as the virginal Dawn who has been cursed (or blessed, based on your perceptions) with the folkloric vagina dentata…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 03/08/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 03/08/2021

[Editorial] Sorority Sister and Seasonal Slayings-Comparing Black Christmas (1974, 2006 and 2019)

While slashers are commonplace in the horror genre now, back in the ‘70s the sub-genre was on the brink of an explosion…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 27/07/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 27/07/2021

[Editorial] Top 10 British Horror Films

One of the only ‘historic’ films on the list occurs in eighteenth century, rural England. Fearing their community has been taken over by witchcraft…

Trina Findlay / Contributor 20/07/2021 Trina Findlay / Contributor 20/07/2021

[Editorial] Familial Dysfunction and Intergenerational Female Dynamics: Determinism in Hereditary (2018)

My first experience of watching Hereditary had a profound effect upon me. I left the cinema reeling…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 13/07/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 13/07/2021

[Editorial] Christine: 1958 Ford Fury or a Symbol of the Teenage Outcast?

John Carpenter’s Christine (1983) tells of the events which unfold when an unpopular nerd Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) buys a car called Christine which he quickly becomes obsessed with…