Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 25/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 25/10/2023

[Event Review] Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody (2023)

For any horror fan, a musical parody of the Saw franchise would be a treat. But a very campy, very queer musical reimagining of the plot? Now that's a little piece of heaven.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 23/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 23/10/2023

[Book Review] The Book of Queer Saints Volume II (2023)

Happily, her new anthology The Book of Queer Saints Volume II is being released this October. With this new collection, queer horror takes center stage.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 17/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 17/10/2023

[Film Review] Kill Your Lover (2023)

When someone is in a toxic relationship, it can affect more than just their heart and mind. Their bodies can weaken or change due to the continued stress and unhappiness that comes from the toxicity.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 07/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 07/10/2023

[Book Review] Wylding Hall (2015)

It's fitting that Elizabeth Hand's novel Wylding Hall (2015) won the Shirley Jackson Award; her writing echoes and pays homage to the subtle scariness and psychological horror of Shirley Jackson's works.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 03/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 03/10/2023

[Editorial] Interview with Bishal Dutta, Writer and Director of It Lives Inside (2023)

With It Lives Inside, writer and director Bishal Dutta created a horror film that is as moving as it is terrifying. Ghouls Magazine was able to sit down with the award-winning filmmaker to discuss the inspirations behind the movie.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/10/2023

[Film Review] Mercy Falls (2023)

Filmed on location in Scotland, Ryan Hendrick's new thriller Mercy Falls (2023) uses soaring views of the Scottish Highlands to show that the natural world can either provide shelter or be used as a demented playground for people to hurt each other.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/09/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/09/2023

[Film Review] Somewhere Quiet (2023)

After watching the psychological thriller Somewhere Quiet (2023), viewers will need hours (or days) to decompress.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/09/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/09/2023

[Film Review] It Lives Inside (2023)

It Lives Inside, written and directed by Bishal Dutta, won the 2023 Midnighters Audience Award Winner at SXSW – and with good reason.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 12/09/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 12/09/2023

[Film Review] We Might Hurt Each Other (2022)

The Lithuanian slasher film We Might Hurt Each Other (also known as Pensive) deftly combines folklore, horror and the navigation of a high school social system to create a thrilling and thought-provoking movie.

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.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 11/04/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 11/04/2023

[Editorial] The 9 Best New York City Horror Movies

Ghouls Magazine looks back at iconic horror films that will put you in a New York state of mind.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 15/03/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 15/03/2023

[Book Review] The Aosawa Murders (2020)

A girl stands with her back to the viewer, quietly defiant in her youthful blue-and-white print dress, which blends in with a matching background

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/12/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/12/2022

[Film Review] To the Moon (2021)

The complex (and often twisted) relationship between siblings has provided the tension for dozens of horror movies….

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 21/10/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 21/10/2022

[Film Review] Brooklyn Film Festival: Old Flame (2022)

In writer and director Christopher Denham's third feature film Old Flame (2022), what initially appears to be a romantically charged meeting at a college reunion swiftly turns into an uneasy meditation on memory, truth and violence.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 20/10/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 20/10/2022

[Film Review] Brooklyn Film Festival: Repulse (2021)

After originally debuting at Prague's Febiofest in 2021, Emila Křižky's quietly disturbing film Repulse (Hrana Zlomu) had its North American debut at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in October 2022.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/09/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/09/2022

[Book Review] It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror (2022)

Queer horror is rapidly growing genre. The essay collection It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror, which will be published by The Feminist Press on October 1, is bursting with stories of LGBTQ+ writers sharing their personal connections with horror films, and describing how these movies intersect with their queer identities.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/06/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/06/2022

[Editorial] The Low-Key Bisexuality of May (2002)

Lucky McKee's cult classic May (2002) introduces viewers to a lonely young woman (Angela Bettis) who longs for connection and understanding…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 11/05/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 11/05/2022

[Event Review] Boston Underground Film Festival Features

The Boston Underground Film Festival took place this year at the end of March. We reviewed three feature films from the fest this year.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/04/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/04/2022

[Editorial] Carmilla Isn't Just a Lesbian Vampire – She's Also a Really Bad Girlfriend

Whether she's known by Carmilla, Mircalla or Millarca, the bewitching queer vampire at the heart of Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella Carmilla …

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 06/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 06/04/2022

[Editorial] Top 15 Horror Films with Kids

Kids in horror films are often remembered as falling into two brackets - annoying or evil…