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…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 19/11/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 19/11/2021

[Editorial] Black Gloves, Blood and Style : The History of The Giallo Part 1

Giallo (the Italian word for yellow) cinema found its name from the cheap paperback crime novels of the time...

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…

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 11/11/2021 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 11/11/2021

[Editorial] Interview with the makers of Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)

I had a conversation with writer Phil Drinkwater and Producer Giles Edwards on Broadcast Signal Intrusion…

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…

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 04/11/2021 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 04/11/2021

[Editorial] Celluloid Screams: Interview with Max Booth III writer of We Need to Do Something

I was lucky enough to catch up with screenwriter Max Booth III of We Need to Do Something at this years Celluloid Screams: Sheffield Horror Festival…

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 03/11/2021 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 03/11/2021

[Editorial] London Horror Festival: Scare Slam (2021)

The 6th annual Scare Slam, part of the London Horror Festival, was held in the downstairs of The Pleasance Theatre…

Sam Vargas / Contributor 03/11/2021 Sam Vargas / Contributor 03/11/2021

[Editorial] Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2021

While most horror fans might envision desolate cabins or sheltered, suburban neighborhoods as the backdrop for their favorite midnight movies…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 03/11/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 03/11/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break (2021)

Thirty-one years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, in the hopes that by enforcing certain standards in business….

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…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 02/11/2021 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 02/11/2021

[Editorial] Nightstream Film Festival 2021

Through a collaborative effort from some of the most hard-working genre festival programmers, NIGHTSTREAM presents a thrilling…

Alix Turner / Contributor 31/10/2021 Alix Turner / Contributor 31/10/2021

[Editorial] Interview with Demigod (2021) Writer and Director Miles Doleac

Demigod is a new film from Miles Doleac, about a terrifying secret awaiting a woman when she returns to her birthplace in Germany with her husband…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/10/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/10/2021

[Editorial] Recipe: Zombie Brain Chocolate Cupcakes

Mmmmmmmm brains! Just for Halloween we have some gooey but delicious living dead cupcakes that you can make at home…

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…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/10/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/10/2021

[Mother of Fears] Laurie Strode Fights Her Fate and Fear in Halloween H20 20 Years Later

Few movie timelines are as confusing as the Halloween (1978) series. Not only are there currently three separate timelines…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 21/10/2021 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 21/10/2021

[Editorial] Spencer Charnas from Ice Nine Kills chats The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood

We caught up with Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas to chat all about their latest album The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood…

Robyn Adams / Contributor 20/10/2021 Robyn Adams / Contributor 20/10/2021

[Editorial] Top 5 Short Horror Films from Grimmfest 2021

Grimmfest, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is probably the biggest genre film festival in the north of England…

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…

Jane Nightshade / Contributor 12/10/2021 Jane Nightshade / Contributor 12/10/2021

[Editorial] Margaret Robinson: Hammer’s Puppeteer

Filmdom’s conventional wisdom in the mid-20th Century decreed that horror was no place for a lady. That is, unless it was as a shrieking victim dressed in a bosom-baring, diaphanous nightie…

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