Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 18/02/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 18/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Love Letter to… Monika in Nekromantik 2

There are times in life when you think that you will never fully be understood by those around you, and unfortunately for you Monika…

Alix Turner / Contributor 17/02/2022 Alix Turner / Contributor 17/02/2022

[Film Review] Isolation (2021)

All around the world, 2020 was the year of the pandemic; and for so many of us that also meant lockdown…

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 16/02/2022 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 16/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Beauty Creating the Beast – A Posthumous Love Letter to Milicent Patrick

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 classic monster horror from Universal Studios. The creature struck fear into the hearts of audiences across America…

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 14/02/2022 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 14/02/2022

[Editorial] Romance Gone Wrong: The Anti-Valentines Movie List

Sick of seeing lovesick posts of couples snogging all over social media? Allow me to present to you: The Anti-Valentines movie list…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 14/02/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 14/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Mary Shelley - Mother of Monsters

It was a dark and tempestuous night in Villa Diodah, Switzerland in 1816 when the young Mary Shelley birthed a tale so monstrous…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 13/02/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 13/02/2022

[Film Review] Exorcist Vengeance (2022)

Exorcist Vengeance follows tough cookie Catholic priest Father Josef as he battles against the ultimate evil, the Devil himself…

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 12/02/2022 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 12/02/2022

[Film Review] Two / Dos (2021)

Have you ever sat down to watch your favourite Spanish telenovela and thought, “you know what would make this better?

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 12/02/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 12/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Women and Grief in Pyewacket (2017)

Pyewacket (2017) is a story about women and grief. It’s a horror film because the protagonist Leah (Nicole Muñoz) summons a demon out of anger at her mother (Laurie Holden), and it is a cautionary…

Nicole Sanacore / Contributor 10/02/2022 Nicole Sanacore / Contributor 10/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Love Letter to Elaine in The Love Witch (2016)

The Love Witch (2016) herself, Elaine Parks (Samantha Robinson) is a woman on a mission–to get her man…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 09/02/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 09/02/2022

[TV Review] Marianne (2019)

Marianne, born on Tuesday, she was happy on Wednesday, got married on a Thursday, became a witch on a Friday…

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 08/02/2022 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 08/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Love Letter to Sarah Michelle Gellar

Scream Queen, Sustainable Sweetheart, Style Icon, Slayer – Celebrating the on-screen and real-life roles of the irreplaceable Sarah Michelle Gellar…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 08/02/2022 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 08/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: February’s Love Letters to Horror…

To celebrate Valentine’s Day we have decided to turn our gaze towards the females of the genre in a celebratory collection of essays…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 07/02/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 07/02/2022

[Film Review] Thirteen Ghosts (2001)

As the ‘90s came to a close, Dark Castle Entertainment was conceived to remake the popular horror works of famed director William Castle…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 05/02/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 05/02/2022

[TV Review] Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)

The latest Shudder Exclusive documentary takes a dip into the horror vaults to follow the life and career of Universal’s Frankenstein’s Monster, Boris Karloff

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 05/02/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 05/02/2022

[Editorial] Black Gloves, Blood and Style: The History of the Giallo Part 2

Despite the golden age of the giallo lasting a relatively short time period in the context of horror subgenres, with its heyday occurring between the years 1970 and 1975…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 04/02/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 04/02/2022

[Video] A Teen Screams Icon: Discussing Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Do you love Buffy the Vampire Slayer? We got a scoobie gang together to discuss why the TV show and character has become such a teen icon in horror…

Anne Séguin / Contributor 03/02/2022 Anne Séguin / Contributor 03/02/2022

[Film Review] Stay Pretty, No Pity (2021)

Lucy (Maria Ozawa) has fled an abusive relationship and is now experiencing sudden visits from a ghost…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 01/02/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 01/02/2022

[Editorial] Exploring Womanhood Through Ginger Snaps Back 2: Unleashed

If I had to watch one horror movie on repeat for the rest of my life, it would be Ginger Snaps (2000)..

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 31/01/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 31/01/2022

[Film Review] An Exquisite Meal (2021)

An Exquisite Meal follows dinner hosts Dave and Irene as they aim to entertain their dearest friends with a sumptuous meal…

Melissa Cox / Contributor 29/01/2022 Melissa Cox / Contributor 29/01/2022

[Editorial] Katie in Paranormal Activity (2009), Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) and Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

Although the horror genre is not renowned for giving its characters the happiest of arcs, Katie from the Paranormal Activity series is one of the more thoroughly doomed…