Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 06/02/2023 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 06/02/2023

[TV Review] Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (2023)

For years, I have been a woman obsessed with the sensational work of manga writer and artist Junji Ito

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 22/05/2022 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 22/05/2022

[Ghouls Podcast] The Wicker Man with Lakkaya Palmer

Rebecca McCallum and Lakkaya Palmer discuss one of the most iconic British folklore horror films ever made - The Wicker Man (1973).

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 30/11/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 30/11/2021

[Editorial] The Craft: Witchcraft, Sisterhood and Empowerment Part 2

Although the film tackles some ground-breaking issues, many have highlighted a major flaw in The Craft that is hard to ignore…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 23/11/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 23/11/2021

[Editorial] The Craft: Witchcraft, Sisterhood and Empowerment Part 1

Andrew Fleming’s The Craft (1996) is a film that most teenage girls throughout the twenty-first century have watched and treasured…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 08/09/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 08/09/2021

[Editorial] Re-assessing The Exorcist: Religion, Abuse, and The Rise of the Feminist Mother.

When reassessing The Exorcist, there are implications of abuse brought on by Chris MacNeil’s reluctance to be a proper ‘mother’ to Regan…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 28/08/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 28/08/2021

[Book Review] Tomie (1987)

Manga artist Junji Ito, one of the pioneers of modern horror in manga, kick started his career with Tomie…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 14/08/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 14/08/2021

[Book Review] Love Sickness (2021)

Lovesickness is one of Junji Ito’s lesser-known titles - Tomie and Uzamaki are the most famous - but Lovesickness certainly rivals them in terms of storytelling…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 28/07/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 28/07/2021

[Book Review] Uzamaki (1998)

I opened the first page to the weird and crazy world that is Junji Ito. Before I knew it, I had finished the book….

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 27/07/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 27/07/2021

[Editorial] Top 10 British Horror Films

One of the only ‘historic’ films on the list occurs in eighteenth century, rural England. Fearing their community has been taken over by witchcraft…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 13/07/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 13/07/2021

[Editorial] Christine: 1958 Ford Fury or a Symbol of the Teenage Outcast?

John Carpenter’s Christine (1983) tells of the events which unfold when an unpopular nerd Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) buys a car called Christine which he quickly becomes obsessed with…