Elizabeth Bishop / Events (Midlands) & Social Media 31/07/2021 Elizabeth Bishop / Events (Midlands) & Social Media 31/07/2021

[Editorial] Preview: Fantasia International Film Festival 2021

Quentin Tarantino dubs it “the most important and prestigious genre film festival in the world” and Guillermo Del Toro calls it “a shrine”

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/07/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/07/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Introduction

Within the world of horror films, disability representation has had a fraught history, but one I’ve paid careful attention to all my life. I was born with a rare disease that took half my hearing, half my vision, and half my face…

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…

Sam Vargas / Contributor 26/07/2021 Sam Vargas / Contributor 26/07/2021

[Editorial] Director Daeil Kim Talks Capturing American Culture

To those living outside of the United States, the looming threat of constant mass shootings may parallel the fear felt while watching a modern day horror film…

Alix Turner / Contributor 25/07/2021 Alix Turner / Contributor 25/07/2021

[Editorial] Interview with My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To director Jonathan Cuartas

Thanks to Twitter, I’d been anticipating the arrival of My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To – and indeed chatting with its writer/director Jonathan Cuartas – for a long, long time…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 24/07/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 24/07/2021

[Mother of Fears] Mother Gets Hangry in Sleepwalkers (1992)

To celebrate my beloved Mother of Fears column’s new home at Ghouls Magazine, I knew I had to pick a movie that was something special…

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…

Katelyn Nelson / Contributor 10/07/2021 Katelyn Nelson / Contributor 10/07/2021

[Editorial] Fearing Love, Loving Fear: How Horror and My Valentine Helped Me Reclaim My Story

I’ve always been a naturally anxious and markedly sensitive person. As a child, I spent most of my time split between attending school and traveling to the hospital…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 09/07/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 09/07/2021

[Editorial] 10 Years Later: You’re Next (2011)

For many fans of You’re Next, Erin is the reason to watch. She is partly relatable, and partly what we might wish to be…

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….

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 02/07/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 02/07/2021

[Editorial] 50 Years Later: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Let's Scare Jessica to Death is one of several American horror movies that focus on hippies gone haywire…

Sarah Miles / Events (London) & Contributor 29/06/2021 Sarah Miles / Events (London) & Contributor 29/06/2021

[Editorial] Zombie Movies With A Different Bite

Hopefully this list of recommendations will help to scratch that particular fleshy itch…

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…

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 19/06/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 19/06/2021

[Editorial] Ruth Daniels in Prevenge (2017)

Ruth (short of course, for ruthless) is heavily pregnant, jobless and has recently lost her partner Matt, in a climbing accident…

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…