[Editorial] “I control my life, not you!”: Living with Generalised Anxiety Disorder and the catharsis of the Final Destination franchise
Editorial, Horror, Analysis Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser Editorial, Horror, Analysis Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser

[Editorial] “I control my life, not you!”: Living with Generalised Anxiety Disorder and the catharsis of the Final Destination franchise

I can sometimes go months without having a panic attack. Unfortunately, this means that when they do happen, they often feel like they come out of nowhere. They can come on so fast and hard it’s like being hit by a bus, my breath escapes my body, and I can’t get it back.

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[Editorial] If Looks Could Kill: Tom Savini’s Practical Effects in Maniac (1980)
Editorial, Horror, Analysis Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser Editorial, Horror, Analysis Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser

[Editorial] If Looks Could Kill: Tom Savini’s Practical Effects in Maniac (1980)

In the late seventies and early eighties, one man was considered the curator of all things gore in America. During the lovingly named splatter decade, Tom Savini worked on masterpieces of blood and viscera like Dawn of the Dead (1978), a film which gained the attention of hopeful director William Lustig, a man only known for making pornography before his step into horror.

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[Editorial]  Eat Shit and Die: Watching The Human Centipede (2009) in Post-Roe America 
Editorial, Horror, Analysis Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant Editorial, Horror, Analysis Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant

[Editorial]  Eat Shit and Die: Watching The Human Centipede (2009) in Post-Roe America 

On Saturday, 17th June 2023, I sat down with two friends to watch The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009) and The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2012). I was nervous to be grossed out (I can’t really handle the idea of eating shit) but excited to cross these two films off my list.

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[Editorial] They’re Coming to Re-Invent You, Barbara! Night of the Living Dead 1968 vs Night of the Living Dead 1990
Editorial, Horror, Analysis Candy Allison / Contributor Editorial, Horror, Analysis Candy Allison / Contributor

[Editorial] They’re Coming to Re-Invent You, Barbara! Night of the Living Dead 1968 vs Night of the Living Dead 1990

The year was 1968 and a young man named George A. Romero had shot his first film, a horror movie that would change the world of cinema and not just horror cinema, at that. Night of the Living Dead (1968), would go on to become one of the most important and famous horror films of all time as it tackled not only survival horror but also very taboo and shocking topics like cannibalism and matricide.

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[Editorial] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 vs 2003: The Birth and Evolution of the Final Girl Trope
Editorial, Horror, Analysis Candy Allison / Contributor Editorial, Horror, Analysis Candy Allison / Contributor

[Editorial] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 vs 2003: The Birth and Evolution of the Final Girl Trope

Leatherface, the chainsaw-wielding and hulking antagonist of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), was a gift given to horror fans by visionary filmmaker Tobe Hooper. The concept of a violent—often childlike in the original version— beast of a man who wears the faces of his victims’ grabbed audiences in the 1970s and is still a horror cultural icon today, synonymous with powerhouse slasher icons like Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and Jason Voorhees.

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