Vanessa Cordner / Contributor 17/12/2022 Vanessa Cordner / Contributor 17/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] Mortality, Reality and Hilarity in Final Destination

Years ago, I had a habit of getting drunk after post-work drinks and ending up getting the wrong train home. My husband made a joke one night that on my gravestone it would say Here Lies Vanessa, she finally got the right train.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 16/12/2022 Kristen Leer / Contributor 16/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] The Genesis Paradox in the Alien Franchise

The Alien (1979-present) franchise has been a cornerstone in science-fiction horror cinema…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 16/12/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 16/12/2022

[Film Review] Confessions of a Necrophile Girl (2021)

Directed by controversial director Cristiano Domiziano (Vore Gore, Nightmare Symphony), Confessions of a Necrophile Girl follows a young mortuary makeup artist as she documents through a video diary her struggles to fight her necrophiliac urges whilst on the job, or run the risk of getting caught.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 15/12/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 15/12/2022

[Editorial] 10 of the Best Snow-Filled Horror Movies

Snow has started falling, temperatures continue to drop, and the nights are getting darker and darker, so it’s the perfect time to look at some of the best horror movies set in the winter and filled to the brim with snow!

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 15/12/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 15/12/2022

[Film Review] Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

If your Christmas wish list includes the robots from Chopping Mall (1986) in Santa suits awash in neon and set to rock n’ roll music, you are in luck!

Amanda Bianchi / Contributor 15/12/2022 Amanda Bianchi / Contributor 15/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] 1, 2, Freddy’s Coming for My Type-A Personality

If I fell into a pit of snakes, I would do something slick to tie them together to make a rope to climb out of said pit…

Candy Allison / Contributor 14/12/2022 Candy Allison / Contributor 14/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] The Sleepaway Camp Franchise And The Unsung Slasher Queen We All Deserve

Sleepaway Camp, the now-cult camp slasher film with an infamous twist, came to the horror realm in 1983…

Kat Hughes / Contributor 13/12/2022 Kat Hughes / Contributor 13/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] “A Bond That Would Not Be Broken”: Exploring Sisterhood Within The Ginger Snaps Franchise

Maintaining consistency within film franchises is difficult…

Xanthe Pajarillo / Contributor 12/12/2022 Xanthe Pajarillo / Contributor 12/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] ‘Zoms Vs. Poms!’ In Defense of Disney’s Zombies as Gateway Horror

Disney has a turbulent past with children's horror…

Mx Bel Morrigan / Contributor 11/12/2022 Mx Bel Morrigan / Contributor 11/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] How The Purge Franchise is Both Terrifyingly Relevant and Disappointingly Hollow

The Purge film franchise deals with themes of classism, racism, poverty, and inequality…

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 10/12/2022 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 10/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] REC and the story of the Monstrous Woman: La Niña Medeiros

Many horror franchises have an iconic villain at their centre…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/12/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/12/2022

[Film Review] To the Moon (2021)

The complex (and often twisted) relationship between siblings has provided the tension for dozens of horror movies….

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 30/11/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 30/11/2022

[Film Review] Celluloid Screams Film Festival: The Leech (2022)

Eric Pennycoff’s The Leech delivers on fierce satire and wry dark comedy in this (mostly) three-way Christmas pot-boiler.

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 29/11/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 29/11/2022

[Editorial] The Complicated History of the Lesbian Vampire

“You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish.” — Carmilla, Sheridan LeFanu, 1872. There is perhaps no monster in our western glossary of beasts more adaptable and ready to be an allegory than the vampire.

Robyn Adams / Contributor 28/11/2022 Robyn Adams / Contributor 28/11/2022

[Film Review] Eating Miss Campbell (2022)

Troma films are something you either do or don’t get…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 27/11/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 27/11/2022

[Mother of Fears] Three Generations of Trauma in Halloween (2018)

One thing that is interesting about the constant reworking of the Halloween (1978) timelines is that we get to see a different side to the characters involved depending on who is at the creative helm for each particular movie.

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 21/11/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 21/11/2022

[Film Review] Celluloid Screams Film Festival: The Elderly (2022)

A surprising and effective horror on the peril of ignoring your elders.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 21/11/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 21/11/2022

[Editorial] 15 Wicked Horror Films About Witchcraft

Ever since I was a kid, I have been obsessed with witches. Viewings of The Craft (1996) in primary school and Practical Magic (1998) in my teen years pretty much shaped me as a person, and definitely had a lasting effect on my fashion sense and music taste.

Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 17/11/2022 Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 17/11/2022

[Editorial] 7 Bizarre Yet Beautiful Black and White Extreme Horror Films

Looking for a bizarre and slightly disturbing horror movie to watch? Then look no further than these seven black and white horror films that blend beautiful cinematography with brutal, mind-bending content.

Candy Allison / Contributor 13/11/2022 Candy Allison / Contributor 13/11/2022

[Editorial] A Maniac for William Lustig’s Maniac (1980)

A film like 1980’s Maniac has a troubled and controversial past and makes it hard, as a feminist, to defend what is widely considered misogynistic serial killer fare. I am not undertaking this to change minds on that fact, but more to speak upon the fascinating uniqueness of what is truly a grindhouse cult classic that gets so much right.