[Film Review] Grave Encounters (2011)
In one of the few clever post-Blair Witch Project found-footage entries, the film crew of the titular paranormal reality TV show finds themselves trapped inside a legitimately haunted former asylum…
[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] 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 …
[Book Review] In the Cut (1995)
Despite its label as an erotic thriller, Susanna Moore's fourth novel In the Cut has such a nightmare-inducing plot and haunting imagery that it fits more closely into the horror genre…
[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?
[Film Review] I Love Snuff (1995)
Sometimes I wonder, as I sit watching movies like Jean-Louis Costes and Yves Pierog’s 1995 extremely nasty I Love Snuff, what the fuck is wrong with people?
[Film Review] That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes (2021)
In the realm of experimental cinema, there are few contemporary films that stand out as truly unique and memorable…
[Film Review] Hate Crime (2012)
The last review I wrote was a little difficult to get started because of how complex the film was. This one is different: Hate Crime is difficult to review …
[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] 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…
[Film Review] Puppet Killer (2019)
Puppet Killer (2019) is the Christmas horror-comedy to add to your watchlist this season. It tells the story of Jamie (Aleks Paunovic), who watches a horror movie with his mom and dad every Christmas…
[Film Review] XXX Dark Web (2019)
To many people, the words ‘dark web’ conjures up images of illegal weapons trading, chemical experimentation the likes of which most of us can only imagine…
