Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/12/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/12/2021

[Mother of Fears] The Past Comes Back to Haunt Cherry Falls (2000)

While many of the movies I’ve covered as part of Mother of Fears place the motherly characters front and centre, this time I’ve decided to look at a film with two mothers…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 23/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 23/12/2021

[Editorial] Ho Ho Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2021

What could be a better way to boost the holiday spirit than a mini-festival of spooky seasonal short films? Before the holiday season gets maximally crazy…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 22/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 22/12/2021

[Film Review] Red Snow (2021)

Red Snow (2021) follows aspiring novelist Olivia Romo (Dennice Cisneros), who is alone in her family’s cabin around Christmas…

Mae Murray / Contributor 20/12/2021 Mae Murray / Contributor 20/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

A rich husband and wife attend a Christmas party pulsating with innuendo, minor indiscretions, and flirtatious boundary-pushing, but when he becomes privy to his wife’s secret sexual fantasies…

Jessica Scott / Contributor 19/12/2021 Jessica Scott / Contributor 19/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Christmas Evil (1980): Finding Santa’s Tune

There are only so many Christmas songs in the world. You don’t realize how many different versions there are of each one until you’re forced to listen to Christmas music all day…

Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 18/12/2021 Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 18/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: The X-Files’ “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas”

It was Christmas, 1917—a time of dark, dark despair. The First World War and a deadly flu virus ravaged the world; populations were decimated with previously unimaginable speed…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 17/12/2021 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 17/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: League of Gentlemen Christmas Special – Yule Never Leave

When downloading episodes of The League of Gentlemen from the UK GOLD on demand service, each episode is now preceded by a disclaimer…

Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 17/12/2021 Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 17/12/2021

[Editorial] Take-Two: A Reevaluation of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

It all started on Halloween night in 1978 when a masked killer set his path on murdering a few babysitters in Haddonfield, Illinois…

Becky Darke / Contributor 16/12/2021 Becky Darke / Contributor 16/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Smart sexual politics are a draw, but subversive sparkle is what makes Black Christmas (2019) a modern festive classic

Much has been written about Sophia Takal and April Wolfe’s 2019 version of sorority horror Black Christmas since its release…

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 16/12/2021 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 16/12/2021

[Film Review] Pyewacket (2017)

Teenage rebellion is often a key theme in horror; revolts against authority figures are shown through excessive drinking, sex, and drugs…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 15/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 15/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: 5 reasons you should give Black Christmas (2006) a rewatch this year

The first time I watched the 2006 remake of Black Christmas (sometimes called Black Xmas) I thought it was a straightforward, fun slasher…

Claire Davidson / Contributor 15/12/2021 Claire Davidson / Contributor 15/12/2021

[Editorial] A New Wave of Horror Stories in Pop Music - Part 3

These reclamatory bodies of work are also uniquely suited to the current landscape of pop music…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/12/2021

[Editorial] Exploring Fear and Extreme Film in S&Man (2006)

Where is the line between real and fake? What scares you the most? What boundary will you not cross?

Jenn Adams / Contributor 14/12/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 14/12/2021

[Editorial] He Is Everyone’s Boogeyman: Trauma in Halloween Kills (2021)

Halloween Kills Explores the Effects of Collective Trauma to Mixed Results

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 13/12/2021 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 13/12/2021

[Film Review] Grave Encounters (2011)

In one of the few clever post-Blair Witch Project found-footage entries, the film crew of the titular paranormal reality TV show finds themselves trapped inside a legitimately haunted former asylum…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 13/12/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 13/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Black Christmas (1974): The Bridge From Giallo To Slasher

Directed by Bob Clarke, the original Black Christmas from 1974 is a festive murder mystery film set in a sorority house over the holidays…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 12/12/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 12/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Why Is Inside (2007) So Appealing?

No film better epitomizes the spirit of Christmas than Inside (À l'intérieur) (2007), a movie about a widowed pregnant woman who is stalked by a mysterious intruder…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 11/12/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 11/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)

Christmas movies are designed to get us in the festive spirit, and the many entries in the Hallmark movie universe are designed…

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 10/12/2021 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 10/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Gremlins (1984): Horror for Children?

I am not a huge fan of the festive period, I have a very comfortable black jumper that says, “I Don’t Hate Christmas, I Just Hate People”, and those who know me well are aware …

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 09/12/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 09/12/2021

[Book Review] In the Cut (1995)

Despite its label as an erotic thriller, Susanna Moore's fourth novel In the Cut has such a nightmare-inducing plot and haunting imagery that it fits more closely into the horror genre…