[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: 5 reasons you should give Black Christmas (2006) a rewatch this year
The first time I watched the 2006 remake of Black Christmas (sometimes called Black Xmas) I thought it was a straightforward, fun slasher…
[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…
[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?
[Editorial] He Is Everyone’s Boogeyman: Trauma in Halloween Kills (2021)
Halloween Kills Explores the Effects of Collective Trauma to Mixed Results
[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Black Christmas (1974): The Bridge From Giallo To Slasher
Directed by Bob Clarke, the original Black Christmas from 1974 is a festive murder mystery film set in a sorority house over the holidays…
[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Why Is Inside (2007) So Appealing?
No film better epitomizes the spirit of Christmas than Inside (À l'intérieur) (2007), a movie about a widowed pregnant woman who is stalked by a mysterious intruder…
[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…
[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Christmas movies are designed to get us in the festive spirit, and the many entries in the Hallmark movie universe are designed…
[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Gremlins (1984): Horror for Children?
I am not a huge fan of the festive period, I have a very comfortable black jumper that says, “I Don’t Hate Christmas, I Just Hate People”, and those who know me well are aware …
[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: The Dorm That Dripped Blood (a.k.a. Death Dorm 1982)
Hidden in the cult classic shadows of such slashers as Halloween (1978) and Black Christmas (1974), a little-known Christmas story waits patiently for someone…
[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Krampus (2015)
Christmas is a time to make memories. Or at least that’s what we’re told. Every year when the calendar reaches its final page…
[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?
[Editorial] 6 Tent Horror Films That’ll Stop You Going Camping
This article was inspired by a recent camping trip with my partner. As we were lying there, waiting for sleep, listening to the silence of the country-side…
[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…
[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…
[Editorial] Interview with Alessandra of A Gothic Cookbook
We caught up with co-writer Alessandra all about the latest ghoulish and spooky way to indulge in the culinary in A Gothic Cookbook…
[Editorial] Director Rob Jabbaz talks all about horror film The Sadness
We caught up with director Rob Jabbaz to talk all about his shocking splatter Taiwanese horror film The Sadness…
[Editorial] Director Alex Noyer talks all things Sound of Violence
We caught up with director Alex Noyer to talk all about his sensory horror film Sound of Violence…
[Mother of Fears] The Baby (1973)
Horror is the perfect genre for portraying the often complicated relationships between mothers and their children…
[Editorial] Sally Hardesty in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
It’s not wholly obvious in the first thirty minutes of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre just who our final girl will be…
