Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 03/10/2021 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 03/10/2021

[Editorial] The Horror of Found Footage: Discussing Found Footage Horror Films

Diving into the depth of found footage horror films! With guests Jed Shepherd, Aislinn Clarke, Adrian Tofei and Mary Beth McAdnrews….

Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 30/09/2021 Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 30/09/2021

[Book Review] Sorrowland (2021)

Vern has escaped from Cainland. She’s pregnant. Through the woods, she flees from her husband, the Reverend Sherman, and from the cult-like settlement she grew up in…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/09/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/09/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Run (2021)

Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen star in Run, a title that dropped online at the end of 2020 and never saw as much press as expected given the rather serious marketing campaign…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 25/09/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 25/09/2021

[Mother of Fears] These Boys Need A Mother in The Lost Boys (1987)

The Lost Boys (1987) may be the perfect ‘80s vampire movie, but it’s also a lot of other things…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 23/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 23/09/2021

[TV Review] Slasher: Flesh and Blood

Slasher: Flesh and Blood (2021) is the fourth season of the Slasher series. This season follows a wealthy but dysfunctional family…

Emma Kostopolus / Contributor 23/09/2021 Emma Kostopolus / Contributor 23/09/2021

[Film Review] Basket Case (1982)

At this showing, they had managed to scrounge up the original trailer for Basket Case, and I was instantly enthralled. I had to see this movie…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 20/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 20/09/2021

[Film Review] We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021)

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021) is identity horror - taking place in the mind where one’s identity resides…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 20/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 20/09/2021

[Editorial] Top 5 Shorts from Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2021

I was lucky enough to virtually attend the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival (HIFF) this year…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 17/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 17/09/2021

[Editorial] An Interview with Horror Icon Julian Richings of Hall (2020)

After reviewing Hall (2020), the new virus outbreak horror film, I had the opportunity to send some questions to Julian Richings…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 15/09/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 15/09/2021

[Film Review] Stay Alive (2006)

The 2000s were a special time if you liked movies about dead, older women using inventive ways to return from the dead and kill people…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/09/2021

[Editorial] Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2021 Round-Up and Review

Where can you see a queer-cannibal-ballet film, a fake trailer for a movie about ghosts having sex, a music video in reverse, a film exploring transhumanism…

Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 13/09/2021 Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 13/09/2021

[Book Review] Thin Places (2020)

Thin places are parts of the world where the barrier between clay and the mist is more fragile, where it can be broken . . .

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 09/09/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 09/09/2021

[Film Review] A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)

Kim Jee-Woon’s A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) is the highest grossing South Korean horror film and was also the first to be screened in American cinemas…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 08/09/2021 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 08/09/2021

[Editorial] Am I Watching a Snuff Movie? 7 Disturbing Extreme Horror Films

Have you ever watched a horror film that just felt so damn real? Part of the extreme horror appeal is the uncomfortable feeling that what you’re watching could potentially be real…

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.

Alix Turner / Contributor 06/09/2021 Alix Turner / Contributor 06/09/2021

[Film Review] Nightdrive (2021)

Ever since Ida Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker, films have taught us over the years that getting into a car with a stranger is a bad idea…

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 06/09/2021 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 06/09/2021

[Film Review] Fantasia Film Festival 2021 - #Blue_Whale

In 2015, the Blue Whale Challenge became worldwide news when a string of young suicides were linked to the online game…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 06/09/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 06/09/2021

[Book Review] Beyond the Pale Motel (2014)

Francesca Lia Block's books are always a mix of light and dark, magic and brutality. Best known for her Weetzie Bat young adult series, her work often illuminates both the grimness and glitter of Los Angeles…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 06/09/2021 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 06/09/2021

[Film Review] Bloodthirsty (2020)

The independent horror scene is rife with new concepts and explorations of old lore, from vampires to werewolves…

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 02/09/2021 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 02/09/2021

[Film Review] Lake Mungo (2008)

The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film by Matt Glasby picked out Lake Mungo as one of the scariest movies ever…