[Editorial] The Body as the Scene of the Crime: The Autopsy of Jane Doe and Reporting Sexual Assault
The Autopsy It’s both terrifying and rich with deep meaning and social commentary…
[Editorial] Gone Girls: Missing Women on Screen
The horror genre is full of active, complex female characters that drive narratives and become iconic figures…
[Editorial] Releasing the Cuffs: Trauma and Healing in Gerald’s Game (2017)
Cuffed to the bed and without the promise of help for miles around, Jess gradually realises that her husband is not coming back…
[Editorial] Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Father Figures, Feminism and My Formative Years
I’ve sat in front of my laptop countless times, wanting to write about the show that changed my life…
[Editorial] Do We Need More Female Killers On-Screen?
The question is less do we need more female killers on-screen, and more why the fuck do we need more male killers on-screen?!
[Editorial] Welcome To The World Of Horror
I’m tired of articles which list the “best of” a film genre, and only offer British or American titles which are usually modern, fairly big budget and widely known…
[Editorial] “Where Is My wife?”: Losing Yourself In (And To) Sexual Trauma In Honeymoon
You awaken in the middle of the woods. The night air burns cold on your naked skin…
[Editorial] Women On Fire: Fierce Females Of The Classic TV Series Tales Of The Unexpected
Cooking up a storm of murder with these fierce women from the classic TV series…
[Editorial] The Loved Ones (2009)
Hell hath no fury like a schoolgirl scorned…
[Editorial] “Forgive Me”: Remaking Martyrs
Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs (2008) is an experience of the narrative regularly netting it a spot in lists of “most disturbing films”…
[Editorial] Confronting Grief Through Hereditary and Midsommar
Grief is the one emotion that I have consistently avoided for the last ten years…
[Editorial] An Analysis of The Babadook and The Nightingale
Jennifer Kent makes movies that hurt but also heal…
[Editorial] Tigers Are Not Afraid
A childhood undercut by violence and the ghosts that remain to haunt the living…
[Editorial] The Body Politics of It Follows
This film is an exploration of the sexualized voyeurism of women…
