Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 04/05/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 04/05/2022

[Film Review] The Aviary (2022)

The Aviary is a surprisingly intriguing character study of the effects of psychological trauma and cult practices…

Amber T / Contributor 03/05/2022 Amber T / Contributor 03/05/2022

[Film Review] The Yellow Wallpaper (2021)

Charlotte Perkins-Gilman’s infamous short story The Yellow Wallpaper still resonates 130 years later

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022

[Book Review] Mums and Sons (2022)

Horror films often have so much to show and tell us, it can be impossible to catch everything in a movie in just one viewing…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022

[Editorial] Interview: Mums and Sons - An Examination of the Child/Parent Relationship Pocketbook with Rebecca McCallum

Ariel Powers-Schaub chats to Rebecca McCallum all about her upcoming book, Mums + Sons, which examines the familial relationships in three horror films.

Jessica Scott / Contributor 30/04/2022 Jessica Scott / Contributor 30/04/2022

[Film Review] Vampyr (1932)

Carl Theodor Dreyer’s masterful Vampyr (1932) straddles the line between silent and sound pictures…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/04/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/04/2022

[Editorial] Carmilla Isn't Just a Lesbian Vampire – She's Also a Really Bad Girlfriend

Whether she's known by Carmilla, Mircalla or Millarca, the bewitching queer vampire at the heart of Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella Carmilla …

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 28/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 28/04/2022

[Editorial] My Arms Are Hungry for You-A Study of Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

In Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), the story mainly centres around Mina, the fiancée of solicitor Jonathan Harker, and the possible reincarnation of Dracula’s first love, Elisabeta

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022

[Editorial] Droch Fola (Evil Blood): The Irish Vampire

A billowing silken black cloak envelopes a tall, pale European aristocratic gentleman

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 26/04/2022 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 26/04/2022

[Editorial] In Defence of Twilight

14 years after the cultural phenomenon which was Twilight (2008) hit our worlds, I believe we should start to view the Saga with much kinder eyes…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/04/2022

[Editorial] 9 of the Creepiest Alternative Vampires in Horror

Vampires are one of the earliest examples of classic horror creatures…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 25/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 25/04/2022

[Mother of Fears] Fighting Real-Life Monsters in Cujo (1983)

Welcome to Mother of Fears – a monthly column that will explore the various roles that mothers play within the horror genre…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 23/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 23/04/2022

[Editorial] Top 15 Horror Films with Werewolves

If we’re talking classic movie monsters, werewolves are right at the top along with vampires, zombies, and ghosts, and are definitely my favourite creepy creature…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 22/04/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 22/04/2022

[Editorial] Horror Filmmakers to Watch: Nathan Crooker

I met writer and director Nathan Crooker at FilmQuest (see my rave review of the festival here) last November after watching his incredible short film #Nofilter

Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 21/04/2022 Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 21/04/2022

[Editorial] Inside No. 9’s Top 5 Horror Episodes

The bonds that women form as teenagers are necessary for dealing with a hostile world and the many changes of adolescence…

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 19/04/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 19/04/2022

[Editorial] Room 237, Conspiracy Theories, and You

In July 64 A.D. a fire broke out in Rome. The fire began in a commercial neighborhood near the Circus where stores with flammable goods went up quickly

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 17/04/2022 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 17/04/2022

[Editorial] The Blood Soaked Woman – An Observation and Reading of a Horror Trope

It’s an image we have seen over and over again; a woman, head to toe saturated in blood, the whites of her eyes piercing through the red – she is transformed…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 15/04/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 15/04/2022

[Editorial] 9 Horror Films From 9 Years Ago

9 Horror Films to Revisit From 9 Years Ago (2013)

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 14/04/2022 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 14/04/2022

[Event Review] 2:22 A Ghost Story

From the beginning, 2:22 sets a tone that will haunt you for the rest of the show…

Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 12/04/2022 Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 12/04/2022

[Editorial] Penis Severing in Horror

Those who have followed me on Instagram for a while will be aware of one of my favourite parts of movies, the penis severing

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 10/04/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 10/04/2022

[Film Review] The Last Possession (2022)

The Last Possession (2022) is a haunted house chiller with an intercosmic twist.