Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 23/01/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 23/01/2022

[Mother of Fears] Nature vs Nurture in Mama (2013)

Marketed as a supernatural horror movie, Mama (2013) is mainly the story of two young sisters, Victoria and Lily…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/12/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/12/2021

[Mother of Fears] The Past Comes Back to Haunt Cherry Falls (2000)

While many of the movies I’ve covered as part of Mother of Fears place the motherly characters front and centre, this time I’ve decided to look at a film with two mothers…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 28/11/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 28/11/2021

[Mother of Fears] The Baby (1973)

Horror is the perfect genre for portraying the often complicated relationships between mothers and their children…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 03/11/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 03/11/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break (2021)

Thirty-one years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, in the hopes that by enforcing certain standards in business….

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 25/10/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 25/10/2021

[Mother of Fears] Laurie Strode Fights Her Fate and Fear in Halloween H20 20 Years Later

Few movie timelines are as confusing as the Halloween (1978) series. Not only are there currently three separate timelines…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/09/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/09/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Run (2021)

Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen star in Run, a title that dropped online at the end of 2020 and never saw as much press as expected given the rather serious marketing campaign…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 25/09/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 25/09/2021

[Mother of Fears] These Boys Need A Mother in The Lost Boys (1987)

The Lost Boys (1987) may be the perfect ‘80s vampire movie, but it’s also a lot of other things…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/08/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/08/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: A Quiet Place Part 2 (2021)

I eagerly looked forward to this follow-up from John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place, which introduced a different vision of the apocalypse…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 12/08/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 12/08/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Don’t Breathe (2016)

Fede Alvarez’s Don’t Breathe was a break-out indie horror hit upon its release in 2016, a fact somewhat remarkable given its premise, an old blind vet who is both victim and villain defending his home from good-looking burglars…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/07/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/07/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Introduction

Within the world of horror films, disability representation has had a fraught history, but one I’ve paid careful attention to all my life. I was born with a rare disease that took half my hearing, half my vision, and half my face…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 24/07/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 24/07/2021

[Mother of Fears] Mother Gets Hangry in Sleepwalkers (1992)

To celebrate my beloved Mother of Fears column’s new home at Ghouls Magazine, I knew I had to pick a movie that was something special…