Ariel Baska / Contributor 10/05/2022 Ariel Baska / Contributor 10/05/2022

[Editorial] #HeldByHorror: How 'Starfish' represents the horror of living with PTSD

This week is #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and filmmaker, podcaster and writer, Ariel Baska, talks about the horror movie Starfish.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/04/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/04/2022

[Editorial] Carmilla Isn't Just a Lesbian Vampire – She's Also a Really Bad Girlfriend

Whether she's known by Carmilla, Mircalla or Millarca, the bewitching queer vampire at the heart of Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella Carmilla …

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022

[Editorial] My Arms Are Hungry for You-A Study of Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

In Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), the story mainly centres around Mina, the fiancée of solicitor Jonathan Harker, and the possible reincarnation of Dracula’s first love, Elisabeta

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022

[Editorial] Droch Fola (Evil Blood): The Irish Vampire

A billowing silken black cloak envelopes a tall, pale European aristocratic gentleman

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/04/2022

[Mother of Fears] Fighting Real-Life Monsters in Cujo (1983)

Welcome to Mother of Fears – a monthly column that will explore the various roles that mothers play within the horror genre…

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 17/04/2022 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 17/04/2022

[Editorial] The Blood Soaked Woman – An Observation and Reading of a Horror Trope

It’s an image we have seen over and over again; a woman, head to toe saturated in blood, the whites of her eyes piercing through the red – she is transformed…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/03/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/03/2022

[Editorial] Folie à Deux: When Teenage Bonding Goes Too Far

The bonds that women form as teenagers are necessary for dealing with a hostile world and the many changes of adolescence…

Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 10/03/2022 Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 10/03/2022

[Editorial] The Exploration of Paraphilias in Extreme Horror

Sex and horror have been tied together for decades, scenes alluding to a sexual nature are often seen in most of the classic horrors…

Laura Riordan / Contributor 08/03/2022 Laura Riordan / Contributor 08/03/2022

[Editorial] Transploitation: Glen or Glenda

What is transploitation? Some introduction to the term is necessary, certainly, but I don’t want to take too much away from Glen or Glenda.

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 04/03/2022 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 04/03/2022

[Editorial] Horror in a ‘Not Horror’ Film: Deconstructing The Humans (2021)

As The Humans ended, I sat in stunned silence…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/02/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/02/2022

[Mother of Fears] How Mommy Killed The Monster in A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984

Welcome to Mother of Fears – a monthly column that will explore the various roles that mothers play within the horror genre…

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 25/02/2022 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 25/02/2022

[Editorial] The Ones Who Did Not Die: The Final Girls of Horror Q&A Event

Do you love final girls? Host Rebecca McCallum chats to some Ghouls Magazine contributors all about their favourite final girls the the evolution of the final girl in horror…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 20/02/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 20/02/2022

[Editorial] The Revival and Rebirth of the Final Girl in Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

In 1974 the world was shocked by what was depicted on-screen; something so unimaginable, so heinous and so depraved…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 01/02/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 01/02/2022

[Editorial] Exploring Womanhood Through Ginger Snaps Back 2: Unleashed

If I had to watch one horror movie on repeat for the rest of my life, it would be Ginger Snaps (2000)..

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/01/2022 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/01/2022

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Midnight (2021)

If you’ve seen Squid Game, you’re probably already familiar with Wi Ha-Joon, the persistent detective determined to find out the truth behind the deadly games…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 25/01/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 25/01/2022

[Editorial] “How Do Girls Know How To Do That?” – Female Adaptation And Evolution In Spring Pt.2

The hypocrisy in the treatment of women finds its place in horror and thriller perhaps more than other genres…

Claire Davidson / Contributor 15/12/2021 Claire Davidson / Contributor 15/12/2021

[Editorial] A New Wave of Horror Stories in Pop Music - Part 3

These reclamatory bodies of work are also uniquely suited to the current landscape of pop music…

Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 11/12/2021 Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 11/12/2021

[Editorial] Taking Back Control: Women Empowerment in Malignant (2021)

Malignant (2021) braved the big screen recently, introducing a grungy new horror full of energy and fun. Director James Wan…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 07/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 07/12/2021

[Editorial] Exploring Fear and Extreme Film in S&Man (2006)

Where is the line between real and fake? What scares you the most? What boundary will you not cross?

Claire Davidson / Contributor 01/12/2021 Claire Davidson / Contributor 01/12/2021

[Editorial] A New Wave of Horror Stories in Pop Music - Part 2

While an artist like Halsey has described their aforementioned visual album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power as a work of body horror, and acts…