Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 24/08/2021 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 24/08/2021

[Editorial] “How do girls know how to do that?”: Female Adaptation and Evolution in Spring (2014) Part 1

The time spent under lockdown due to the pandemic has meant audiences often turned to films and television for comfort, escapism or even challenge…

Kelly Gredner / Contributor 10/08/2021 Kelly Gredner / Contributor 10/08/2021

[Editorial] Medusa’s Man: Examining Brad in Teeth (2007)

Teeth (2007) is a refreshing coming of age tale starring the underrated Jess Weixler as the virginal Dawn who has been cursed (or blessed, based on your perceptions) with the folkloric vagina dentata…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 03/08/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 03/08/2021

[Editorial] Sorority Sister and Seasonal Slayings-Comparing Black Christmas (1974, 2006 and 2019)

While slashers are commonplace in the horror genre now, back in the ‘70s the sub-genre was on the brink of an explosion…

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…

Trina Findlay / Contributor 20/07/2021 Trina Findlay / Contributor 20/07/2021

[Editorial] Familial Dysfunction and Intergenerational Female Dynamics: Determinism in Hereditary (2018)

My first experience of watching Hereditary had a profound effect upon me. I left the cinema reeling…

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…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 06/07/2021 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 06/07/2021

[Editorial] Hex The Patriarchy: 25 Years of The Craft Discussion at Soho Horror Festival

To celebrate 25 years since the release of witchcraft coming-of-age teen horror, THE CRAFT, we were invited to host a panel discussion at Soho Horror Film Festival…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 06/07/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 06/07/2021

[Editorial] I Don’t Want to be Here Anymore: Dealing with Emotional Abuse Through Colossal (2016)

You can never predict the movies that you’re going to connect with on a personal level. When I settled down to finally watch Colossal (2016)…

Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 02/07/2021 Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 02/07/2021

[Editorial] Top 5 Saw Horror Movie Traps Ranked

What trap do you love the most from the SAW horror movie franchise? Aspen Esquivel, ranks the top 5 traps within the torture porn series….

Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 28/06/2021 Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 28/06/2021

[Editorial] Interview with Yfke Van Berckelaer director of horror short Lili

Director of short horror film Lili, Yfke Van Berckelaer, talks to journalist Harriet Fletcher all about the film…

Jane Nightshade / Contributor 23/06/2021 Jane Nightshade / Contributor 23/06/2021

[Editorial] Alex Forrest Read Too Many 80s Fashion Magazines

Alex Forrest, played by Glenn Close in British director Adrian Lyne’s 1987 film Fatal Attraction, is one of the most famous female villains in movie history…

Jenn Adams / Contributor 22/06/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 22/06/2021

[Editorial] Shame, Fear, and Pain in The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Something about The Poughkeepsie Tapes called to me. I knew it was an intensely disturbing Found Footage film…

Emma Platt / Contributor 15/06/2021 Emma Platt / Contributor 15/06/2021

[Editorial] The Evolution of Sidney Prescott

When Scream (dir. Wes Craven) was released in 1996, it was a breath of fresh air for fans and critics alike in a sub-genre that had seen its heyday in the mid-1980s…

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 14/06/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 14/06/2021

[Editorial] Reviving Freddy: A Critical Reassessment of Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare PART 1

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) is one of my favourite horror films - I think about it, I write about it and I sometimes wish I was in it…

Grace Britten / Contributor 08/06/2021 Grace Britten / Contributor 08/06/2021

[Editorial] Raw: Abandoning Social Ideologies Through Embracing Female Eroticism

Despite the moral rejection of cannibalism amongst society, horror allows for such a graphic obscenity to be raw, ferocious, and ultimately seductive…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 26/05/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 26/05/2021

[Editorial] Make Your Choice: What Would Jigsaw Do?

“Only those who have looked death in the face can appreciate life.” This is what Jigsaw says, but does he walk his talk?

Alison Peirse / Contributor 25/05/2021 Alison Peirse / Contributor 25/05/2021

[Editorial] ‘You Didn’t Know I Exist!’: The Feminist Possibilities of Mausoleum (1983)

One afternoon, in the hazy sunlight of her psychiatrist’s office, a woman is hypnotized. She lays back on the oxblood chesterfield sofa…

Emma Platt / Contributor 18/05/2021 Emma Platt / Contributor 18/05/2021

[Editorial] Mothers In Horror

Since its inception, women have always had a role in the horror genre. Early on, they were screeching and fainting damsels in distress, evolving later to ‘Final Girls’…