Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 07/08/2023 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 07/08/2023

[Event Review] Access: Horror Film Festival (2023)

A two-day event packed full of academic panels, short films, and talks exploring and celebrating the history, impact and future of disability in the horror genre.

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 06/08/2023 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 06/08/2023

[Film Review] Talk to Me (2023)

Granted, Talk to Me, directed by brothers Danny and Michael Phillipou may not be the scariest film of the year, but it is thrilling, shocking and relentless nonetheless, with so many reasons to see it on the big screen.

Amber T / Contributor 05/08/2023 Amber T / Contributor 05/08/2023

[Film Review] New Religion (2022)

Since premiering at last year’s FrightFest, Keishi Kondo’s New Religion has been at the top of every Japanese horror fan’s watchlist. In his directorial debut, Kondo has created less of a straightforward horror movie and more a living, breathing thought experiment, fluttering in the midst of moral philosophy and asking an enraptured audience to reckon with the timeless, unanswerable question: what makes a human? Spine? Collarbone? Ribs? Hair? History?

Megan Kenny / Contributor 27/07/2023 Megan Kenny / Contributor 27/07/2023

[Film Review] The Wicker Man (1973)

If you haven’t seen The Wicker Man then drop whatever you’re doing, light your Hand of Glory and fire up the Maypole. Summer is coming, and the land awaits your sacrifice.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 20/07/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 20/07/2023

[Film Review] Jagged Mind (2023)

As a psychological horror film, Jagged Edge is hard to watch. But there are spots of hope that also make it an emotionally satisfying experience. As Billie grasps for answers, it is the women in her life that help her find herself again.

Alix Turner / Contributor 14/07/2023 Alix Turner / Contributor 14/07/2023

[Film Review] The Seeding (2023)

I love horror films set in the daylight. Sometimes stark, dry sunshine can be more chilling than darkness, and even more so when combined with the lonely expanse of a desert. Barnaby Clay’s debut feature film, The Seeding (2023), takes these elements and asks us to contemplate what it would take to survive in that environment, and what kind of people might thrive there.

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/07/2023 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 13/07/2023

[Film Review] Rose: A Love Story (2020)

This beautiful and moving film is a quiet nod to the enduring power of love, and while aspects of Rose: A Love Story are truly terrifying, it is the relationship built within the story that offers the viewer a truly unique experience.

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 13/07/2023 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 13/07/2023

[Game Review] Remakes, Rituals and Romance: Resident Evil 4 (2023)

It may shock some of you that I, a Taylor-Swift-loving, girly-girl, am the one to review the Resident Evil 4 video game for Ghouls Magazine, but let me be clear - I LOVE this franchise with my entire black heart.

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 10/07/2023 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 10/07/2023

[Film Review] Stephen King on Screen (2023)

Since Brian de Palma’s stellar triumph with his adaption of Carrie in 1976, people have been keen to turn Stephen King’s stories into film and television, with varying success. Some are incredible blockbusters, which the author himself hates (sorry Kubrick, King despises The Shining) whilst others are quietly released miniseries that become cult favourites (here’s looking at you 1990’s IT).

Amber T / Contributor 08/07/2023 Amber T / Contributor 08/07/2023

[Film Review] The Sound of Summer (2022)

There are certain sounds that encapsulate life in Japan. The gentle 'beep boop' of the pedestrian crossing signal. The lighthearted arrival jingles that signal the approach of your commuter train.

Jenn Reid / Contributor 06/07/2023 Jenn Reid / Contributor 06/07/2023

[Film Review] Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares - The Robert Englund Story (2023)

Like many horror fans, I have vivid memories of seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) for the first time. Or, more accurately, I have vivid memories of the nightmares I had afterwards. As a kid, I was terrified of Freddy Krueger.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 29/06/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 29/06/2023

[Film Review] The Ancestral (2021)

If you think a haunted house is scary, imagine that your house is built on top of a problematic psychiatric hospital. Ancestral (2021) is a Vietnamese film directed and written by Le-Van Kiet who is well known for his film, Furie (2019) and recent release, The Princess (2022).

Isobel Frost / Contributor 26/06/2023 Isobel Frost / Contributor 26/06/2023

[Film Review] She Came From The Woods (2023)

Few subgenres of horror have become quite so entrenched in the cultural consciousness as the summer camp slasher — and with a new generation of filmmakers coming to the fore seeking to pay homage to Friday the 13th and other chilling classics, it’s having a bloody renaissance.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 22/06/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 22/06/2023

[Film Review] Mind Leech (2023)

Just when you thought ice fishing would be boring, Mind Leech finds a way to pass the time— not with beer or music —but with a parasitic mind-controlling invertebrate. Set in a small town, specifically in 1998, police officers are met with a new foe, an unnervingly large leech which of course was created by a poor mishandling of a toxic substance in the local lake.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 20/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 20/06/2023

[Film Review] Creepypasta (2023)

An unnamed man searches for clues as to his whereabouts and how to escape the house he is currently trapped in by trawling through web videos associated with creepypastas.

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 12/06/2023 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 12/06/2023

[Film Review] The Boogeyman (2023)

Audiences will recognise some names from the story but The Boogeyman (2023) takes the story further, darker and into the depths of fear.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/06/2023

[Film Review] Old Man (2022)

Directed by Lucky McKee, Old Man is an exploration of the effects on the mind due to self-imposed isolation both environmental and psychological.

Natalie Wall / Contributor 07/06/2023 Natalie Wall / Contributor 07/06/2023

[Book Review] Nineteen Claws And A Black Bird (2020)

Nineteen Claws And A Black Bird packs in plenty of sublime and disturbing short stories across its collection.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023

[Film Review] Wolf Garden (2023)

Wolf Garden sees William hiding out in a remote and isolated country house, his psyche beginning to crumble as he struggles to contain the terrible secret hidden in the garden shed.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 01/06/2023 Megan Kenny / Contributor 01/06/2023

[Film Review] Cherry Tree (2015)

Cherry Tree (2015) tells the story of Faith, a girl whose father is dying of cancer. Desperate to save him, she makes a pact with a coven of witches, led by her hockey teacher Sissy, who need blood sacrifices to nourish the cursed roots of the eponymous cherry tree.