Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 24/08/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 24/08/2023

[Book Review] The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear

However Nat Segaloff’s book The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear is a surprising and fascinating literary documentation of the movie that caused moviegoers to faint and vomit in the aisles of the cinema.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 20/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 20/06/2023

[Film Review] Creepypasta (2023)

An unnamed man searches for clues as to his whereabouts and how to escape the house he is currently trapped in by trawling through web videos associated with creepypastas.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/06/2023

[Film Review] Old Man (2022)

Directed by Lucky McKee, Old Man is an exploration of the effects on the mind due to self-imposed isolation both environmental and psychological.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023

[Film Review] Wolf Garden (2023)

Wolf Garden sees William hiding out in a remote and isolated country house, his psyche beginning to crumble as he struggles to contain the terrible secret hidden in the garden shed.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/05/2023

[Film Review] The Resurrection of Charles Manson (2023)

When a couple takes a last minute mini vacation into the desert to work on an audition tape for a film about cult leader Charles Manson, they soon realise the script’s content is beginning to reflect their reality.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 22/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 22/05/2023

[Film Review] Little Bone Lodge (2023)

Little Bone Lodge directed by Matthias Hoene centres itself around the fierce ferociousness of mothers as two sibling criminals invade the isolated farmhouse home of Mama (Joeley Richardson) after seeking refuge from a frantic storm.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 17/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 17/05/2023

[Editorial] 9 of The Best Home Invasion Horror Movies

Here are 9 home invasion horrors that will cause you to double check whether you’ve locked all your doors and windows.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/05/2023

[Editorial] Dead By Dawn: A Retrospect on the Original Evil Dead Trilogy

With the recent release of Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise, The Evil Dead franchise has encountered a resurgence from its bloody grave…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 01/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 01/05/2023

[Film Review] Evil Dead (2013)

Fede Álvarez’s feature directorial debut Evil Dead (2013) is a gut wrenching and richly subtextual reimagining of Sam Raimi’s cult classic.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 21/04/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 21/04/2023

[Editorial] In Her Eyes: Jennet Humfrye in The Woman In Black (2014)

The Woman In Black, directed by James Watkins, is the second cinematic adaptation of the 1983 novel written by Susan Hill.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 12/04/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 12/04/2023

[Film Review] Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Evil Dead Rise is a return to unpretentious and unrestrained, gore-soaked terror for mainstream horror, bringing the franchise back to be with the maggots, in the best possible way.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 08/03/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 08/03/2023

[Film Review] Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)

Huesera: The Bone Woman is the directorial debut for co-writer Michelle Garza Cervera.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 05/02/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 05/02/2023

[Editorial] Top 9 Greatest Satanic and Occult Films Of All Time

The very definition of the term occult is a deep knowledge of that which is hidden and is used to describe a set of beliefs that are supernatural in nature and outside the scope of science or religious faiths.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 18/01/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 18/01/2023

[Film Review] Deep Web XXX (2018)

Deep Web XXX is an anthology that explores the depths of depravity immersed in the deep web, as well as the natural human condition of morbid curiosity.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 16/01/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 16/01/2023

[Film Review] Kiddo (2022)

Set amongst a bleak and certainly grim landscape, Kiddo introduces viewers to a dystopian world where humans are divided into those who eat, and those who are eaten.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 12/10/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 12/10/2022

[Podcast Review] Smile, It’ll Be Over Soon

After having to move into a brand-new home with her mother’s new partner, Hanna begins to be haunted by the monsters that have set their sights on her.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 06/10/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 06/10/2022

[Film Review] DeadStream (2022)

Disgraced social media personality and vlogger Shawn Ruddy attempts to face his fear of ghosts and return to his former glory by live streaming himself spending the night in an infamous haunted manor house.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 12/06/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 12/06/2022

[Ghouls Podcast] Noroi: The Curse & Perfect Blue with Sarah Miles and Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

In the latest episode of the podcast, host Zoë Rose Smith is joined by Sarah Miles and Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana to discuss not one, but two, J-Horror films. The first film they talk about is Koji Shiaishi’s Noroi: The Curse which is a found footage mockumentary film from 2005. The second film they chat about is Satoshi Kon’s psychological anime thriller Perfect Blue from 1997.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 08/05/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 08/05/2022

[Ghouls Podcast] You Are Not My Mother with Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

Together Ygraine and Zoë are examining a film from 2022, which is Kate Dolan’s Irish horror film You Are Not My Mother. Whilst the film looks at Irish folklore, it also looks at mental illness and how this can have an effect on family relationships.