[TV Review] Etheria: The Series (2021)
The Series has assembled nine of the most promising filmmakers (who happen to be ladies) for a collection of dark, hilarious, and twisted stories…
[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…
[Film Review] Vore Gore (2021)
Made up of nine shorts, Vore Gore (2021) is an anthology that explores the links between sex and violence, consumption and capitalism all under the umbrella theme of voraphilia…
[Film Review] The Boy Behind The Door (2020)
The Boy Behind the Door is about two boys, not one: true close friends, or as they put it “friends to the end”.
[Book Review] Mirrorland (2021)
There is no shortage of horror films about the complicated relationship between sisters, and earlier this year, a horror novel that focuses on this relationship was published…
[Film Review] The Blair Witch Project (1999)
In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later, their footage was found…
[Book Review] Uzamaki (1998)
I opened the first page to the weird and crazy world that is Junji Ito. Before I knew it, I had finished the book….
[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Introduction
Within the world of horror films, disability representation has had a fraught history, but one I’ve paid careful attention to all my life. I was born with a rare disease that took half my hearing, half my vision, and half my face…
[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…
[Editorial] Director Daeil Kim Talks Capturing American Culture
To those living outside of the United States, the looming threat of constant mass shootings may parallel the fear felt while watching a modern day horror film…
[Film Review] Carrie (1976)
Put simply, Carrie is a story about what loneliness can do to a person. And it's also a story about how women find their power, sometimes in the most unusual ways…
[Film Review] Werewolves Within (2021)
The value of horror comedies in a world gone mad is priceless. We can relate to characters and their struggles as they traverse the most cockamamie situations…
[Editorial] Interview with My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To director Jonathan Cuartas
Thanks to Twitter, I’d been anticipating the arrival of My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To – and indeed chatting with its writer/director Jonathan Cuartas – for a long, long time…
[Mother of Fears] Mother Gets Hangry in Sleepwalkers (1992)
To celebrate my beloved Mother of Fears column’s new home at Ghouls Magazine, I knew I had to pick a movie that was something special…
[Film Review] Kandisha (2021)
Do you ever wish you could call on some supernatural being to wreak vengeance on your behalf? You know it won’t end well, don’t you?
[Game Review] Until Dawn (2015)
Horror games have always scared me more than films. I believe its because you are the character, you have to push the joystick to move around the corner and you are responsible for their fate…
[Film Review] Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Motherhood is a theme dealt with a lot in horror movies, but Rosemary’s Baby (1968) perhaps gives us one of the best representations of the isolation and loneliness a mother can feel …
[Film Review] Plurality (2021)
Plurality is an ambitious mix of crime thriller, near-future sci-fi and psychological horror…
[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…
[Film Review] House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
“Do you like blood, violence, and freaks of nature? Well, then, come on down!”