Megan Kenny / Contributor 27/07/2023 Megan Kenny / Contributor 27/07/2023

[Film Review] The Wicker Man (1973)

If you haven’t seen The Wicker Man then drop whatever you’re doing, light your Hand of Glory and fire up the Maypole. Summer is coming, and the land awaits your sacrifice.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 01/06/2023 Megan Kenny / Contributor 01/06/2023

[Film Review] Cherry Tree (2015)

Cherry Tree (2015) tells the story of Faith, a girl whose father is dying of cancer. Desperate to save him, she makes a pact with a coven of witches, led by her hockey teacher Sissy, who need blood sacrifices to nourish the cursed roots of the eponymous cherry tree.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 31/05/2023 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 31/05/2023

[Ghouls Podcast] Ghouls Watch: The Devil’s Candy, Morgana, Dead Ringers & more

In this episode, host Zoë Rose Smith is joined by Ghouls Magazine Assistant Editor, Rebecca McCallum, and contributors Kat Hughes and Meg Kenny. They have been busy watching horror movies like The Devil’s Candy (2015), Rope (1948), Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023), binging TV shows such as Dead Ringers (2023) also also reading with the likes of My Heart is a Chainsaw and Dennis Coopers’ The Sluts.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 14/04/2023 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 14/04/2023

[Ghouls Podcast] 5 Coming-of-Age Horror Film Recommendations

In this episode host Zoë Rose Smith is joined by Ghouls Magazine contributors Kat Hughes, Iona Smith, Ariel Baska and Meg Kenny to talk discovering sexuality, battling bullying, navigating teen struggles and being that 'spooky bitch'. From Hellraiser to IT to Excision and more...

Megan Kenny / Contributor 06/03/2023 Megan Kenny / Contributor 06/03/2023

[Film Review] Irreversible (2002) (Straight Cut)

Irréversible (2002) is a French extremity film from Gaspar Noé. It follows Alex, Marcus and Pierre over one traumatic fever dream of a night in Paris.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 26/11/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 26/11/2022

[Editorial] In Her Eyes: Tasya Vos in Possessor (2020)

Possessor is a slick futuristic thriller in which Tasya Vos, an assassin for hire, must manage her responsibilities as an elite killing machine and complex feelings towards her husband and son, whilst taking on another high-profile job that will push her to the edge of her sanity.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 02/11/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 02/11/2022

[Book Review] Hear Us Scream Vol II

Hear Us Scream Vol II is a collection of over thirty essays from horror writers, scholars and fanatics. Touching on topics ranging from the monster within, to family values and reclaiming our bodies through horror, this is a deeply personal collection. Every contribution is meticulously crafted and edited, with care and insight into the film and genre being discussed.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 29/10/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 29/10/2022

[Film Review] Mother Superior (2022)

In 1975, Sigrun, an anesthetist in training, agrees to care for the ailing, eccentric Baroness Heidenreich in her crumbling, dilapidated country pile. Alone, except for the Baroness and her equally strange man servant Otto, Sigrun begins to explore the long abandoned dusty rooms, filled with records, chemistry sets, esoteric symbols and taxidermy animals, searching for the truth about her past.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 13/10/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 13/10/2022

[Film Review] The Lost Boys (1987)

David and his younger brother Sam move with their mother Lucy to the seaside town of Santa Carla. Still recovering in the aftermath of divorce, Lucy settles in with her eccentric father and looks for work in the sinister, yet bustling, town known, according to local graffiti, as the murder capital of the world.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 29/09/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 29/09/2022

[Film Review] Two Thousand Maniacs (1964)

Two Thousand Maniacs (1964) from The Shudder Herschell Gordon Lewis Collection

Megan Kenny / Contributor 27/09/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 27/09/2022

[Book Review] House of Psychotic Women

House of Psychotic Women is a fascinating beast. Part autobiography, part reference book, it is a love letter to the topic of female neurosis from author Kier-La Janisse.