[Film Review] The Forever Purge (2021)
I wonder if James DeMonaco realised he was building a horror franchise which will be a vehicle for representing the political, classist and racial tensions in the USA…
[TV Review] Inside No.9 (2014)
Unlike The League of Gentlemen and Psychoville, each episode of Inside No. 9 is a self-contained tale…
[Film Review] Debris Documentar (2003)
As a lover of extreme horror films, there are times when you must see past the merits of traditional filmmaking to look into the ‘extremity’ of what is being depicted on-screen…
[Film Review] Sadistic Intentions (2018)
A solid entry into the ‘horror hangout’ subgenre that takes interpersonal tensions and a love of metal to some very dark places.
[Film Review] #MeowToo (2021)
If curiosity killed the cat, there’s no telling what animosity will do to a rapist. Director Ryan Kruger returns to his roots with his 2021 short film #MeowToo…
[Film Review] Antebellum (2020)
“Antebellum” refers to the period in the history of the Southern United States between the American Revolution and the Civil War in 1861…
[TV Review] Etheria: The Series (2021)
The Series has assembled nine of the most promising filmmakers (who happen to be ladies) for a collection of dark, hilarious, and twisted stories…
[Editorial] Sorority Sister and Seasonal Slayings-Comparing Black Christmas (1974, 2006 and 2019)
While slashers are commonplace in the horror genre now, back in the ‘70s the sub-genre was on the brink of an explosion…
[Film Review] Vore Gore (2021)
Made up of nine shorts, Vore Gore (2021) is an anthology that explores the links between sex and violence, consumption and capitalism all under the umbrella theme of voraphilia…
[Film Review] The Boy Behind The Door (2020)
The Boy Behind the Door is about two boys, not one: true close friends, or as they put it “friends to the end”.
[Book Review] Mirrorland (2021)
There is no shortage of horror films about the complicated relationship between sisters, and earlier this year, a horror novel that focuses on this relationship was published…
[Film Review] The Blair Witch Project (1999)
In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later, their footage was found…
[Book Review] Uzamaki (1998)
I opened the first page to the weird and crazy world that is Junji Ito. Before I knew it, I had finished the book….
[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…
[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…
[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…
[Film Review] Carrie (1976)
Put simply, Carrie is a story about what loneliness can do to a person. And it's also a story about how women find their power, sometimes in the most unusual ways…
[Film Review] Werewolves Within (2021)
The value of horror comedies in a world gone mad is priceless. We can relate to characters and their struggles as they traverse the most cockamamie situations…
[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…
[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…
