Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 28/02/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 28/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: “Touch With Your Eyes” - Julia Ducournau’s Cinema of Sensation

During the magnetic, roaming camera sequence set to Doing It To Death by The Kills early in Titane, a man is removed from the show after touching one of the girls…

Jenn Adams / Contributor 26/02/2022 Jenn Adams / Contributor 26/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Black Swan (2010) and the Death of Perfection

A beautiful ballerina waits on a cold, dark stage. The picture of innocence, she dances in a perfect white tulle dress with skirts falling to her mid calves…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 24/02/2022 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 24/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Love Letter to… Interview with Alex West

Back in 2019, I was just on the edge of becoming a horror writer and I found myself thinking ever more deeply and introspectively about the genre…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 22/02/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 22/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Mary Lambert’s Return Trip to the Pet Sematary

The horror genre is no stranger to Stephen King adaptations and after the original property has proven popular, we are sometimes treated to sequels that decide to tell a different story in King’s universe…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 20/02/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 20/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Letter to Béatrice Dalle: In Honor of la Femme & Gorgeous Villainy

Chère Béatrice, I remember the first time I saw your visage on screen. I was horrified. As the flame of the lighter just kissed the tip of your cigarette…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 18/02/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 18/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Love Letter to… Monika in Nekromantik 2

There are times in life when you think that you will never fully be understood by those around you, and unfortunately for you Monika…

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 16/02/2022 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 16/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Beauty Creating the Beast – A Posthumous Love Letter to Milicent Patrick

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 classic monster horror from Universal Studios. The creature struck fear into the hearts of audiences across America…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 14/02/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 14/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Mary Shelley - Mother of Monsters

It was a dark and tempestuous night in Villa Diodah, Switzerland in 1816 when the young Mary Shelley birthed a tale so monstrous…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 12/02/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 12/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Women and Grief in Pyewacket (2017)

Pyewacket (2017) is a story about women and grief. It’s a horror film because the protagonist Leah (Nicole Muñoz) summons a demon out of anger at her mother (Laurie Holden), and it is a cautionary…

Nicole Sanacore / Contributor 10/02/2022 Nicole Sanacore / Contributor 10/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Love Letter to Elaine in The Love Witch (2016)

The Love Witch (2016) herself, Elaine Parks (Samantha Robinson) is a woman on a mission–to get her man…

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 08/02/2022 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 08/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: A Love Letter to Sarah Michelle Gellar

Scream Queen, Sustainable Sweetheart, Style Icon, Slayer – Celebrating the on-screen and real-life roles of the irreplaceable Sarah Michelle Gellar…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 08/02/2022 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 08/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: February’s Love Letters to Horror…

To celebrate Valentine’s Day we have decided to turn our gaze towards the females of the genre in a celebratory collection of essays…