Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 30/11/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 30/11/2021

[Editorial] The Craft: Witchcraft, Sisterhood and Empowerment Part 2

Although the film tackles some ground-breaking issues, many have highlighted a major flaw in The Craft that is hard to ignore…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 23/11/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 23/11/2021

[Editorial] The Craft: Witchcraft, Sisterhood and Empowerment Part 1

Andrew Fleming’s The Craft (1996) is a film that most teenage girls throughout the twenty-first century have watched and treasured…

Claire Davidson / Contributor 17/11/2021 Claire Davidson / Contributor 17/11/2021

[Editorial] A New Wave of Horror Stories in Pop Music - Part 1

From Billie Eilish to Kim Petras to CHVRCHES, all of these iconic female pop stars are weaving horror throughout their music & aesthetics to tell their stories…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 09/11/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 09/11/2021

[Editorial] Do You Think Me Wicked? A Study of the Witches in Sleepy Hollow (1999)

When Tim Burton reworked this story into his 1999 movie, he made several notable changes to the narrative to ensure it stood out as its own adaptation…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 02/11/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 02/11/2021

[Editorial] Feminism in The Slumber Party Massacre Series, Part 2: From the Party to the Massacre

Here in part two, we look at each movie in turn, and how the plot lends to the overall themes of the trilogy…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 26/10/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 26/10/2021

[Editorial] Feminism in The Slumber Party Massacre Series, Part 1: Sex, Snacks, and Friendship

The Slumber Party Massacre (SPM) series is full of feminism. It’s also full of blood, naked breasts, and 1980’s hair…

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 19/10/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 19/10/2021

[Editorial] A Nightmare to Die For: A Deep Dive of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

On a rare, empty evening recently, I found myself looking for a slice of horror that was intelligent and engaging but that also contained a strong sense of nostalgia; one film immediately sprung to mind…

Jenn Adams / Contributor 14/10/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 14/10/2021

[Editorial] Laurie Strode: A Portrait of Trauma and Survival in The Halloween Franchise, Part 2

Iconic final girl, Laurie Strode (Jaime Lee Curtis) has seen more than a lifetime of trauma and terror…

Jenn Adams / Contributor 08/10/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 08/10/2021

[Editorial] Laurie Strode: A Portrait of Trauma and Survival in The Halloween Franchise, Part 1

Laurie Strode may not be the first final girl, but she is arguably the most iconic…

Gelsomina De Lucia / Contributor 05/10/2021 Gelsomina De Lucia / Contributor 05/10/2021

[Editorial] The Age of Arcless Women: How ‘Telltales: The Walking Dead’ Depicts a Leading Lady Accurately

Female characters in film and television have always been present; however, the MeToo movement birthed the discourse which revealed there were not enough independent…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 28/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 28/09/2021

[Editorial] “I’ve never killed anyone”: The Hypocrisy of Jigsaw

Amanda Young and Jill Tuck are the stand-out women of the Saw franchise. They seem like complete opposites…

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 25/09/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 25/09/2021

[Editorial] Reviving Freddy: A Critical Reassessment of Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare Part 2

Backstories for villains in horror films are divisive, they can be illuminating for some. but for others, the mystique should be left untampered with…

Mallika Pal / Contributor 21/09/2021 Mallika Pal / Contributor 21/09/2021

[Editorial] Revisiting Megan is Missing: When Shock Horror Exploits Teenage Girls

I grew up as an only child in the mid-1990s. Coming off the heels of newfound worries plaguing concerned mothers across the nation…

Emma Platt / Contributor 14/09/2021 Emma Platt / Contributor 14/09/2021

[Editorial] The Evolution of Gale Weathers

When reassessing The Exorcist, there are implications of abuse brought on by Chris MacNeil’s reluctance to be a proper ‘mother’ to Regan…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 08/09/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 08/09/2021

[Editorial] Re-assessing The Exorcist: Religion, Abuse, and The Rise of the Feminist Mother.

When reassessing The Exorcist, there are implications of abuse brought on by Chris MacNeil’s reluctance to be a proper ‘mother’ to Regan…

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 07/09/2021 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 07/09/2021

[Editorial] Fat as a Death Sentence in Horror

Trigger warning of fat-phobia. I use the word “fat” as a descriptor rather than a derogatory term.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 03/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 03/09/2021

[Editorial] Unravelling Mitzi Peirone’s Braid (2018)

Everyone must play, no outsiders allowed, nobody leaves.

Kay Hanifen / Contributor 01/09/2021 Kay Hanifen / Contributor 01/09/2021

[Editorial] “The Blood Ceiling”: Women in Horror and the Fight for Recognition Behind the Camera

Hannah Macpherson’s frustration grew as she sat in the lobby of Blumhouse Productions and took in the black and white photographs adorning the wall…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 31/08/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 31/08/2021

[Editorial] Consenting to Fear

As a horror fan, I opt into fear, and I am always chasing a good scare…

Jessica Scott / Contributor 25/08/2021 Jessica Scott / Contributor 25/08/2021

[Editorial] You Can Hear Me: Navigating the Aural Gaze in Carnival of Souls (1962)

When engaging critically with a film, we often talk about its gaze. Film is, after all, a visual medium, and how we look at the objects and characters on the screen shapes our relationship with the story…

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