Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 22/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 22/12/2021

[Film Review] Red Snow (2021)

Red Snow (2021) follows aspiring novelist Olivia Romo (Dennice Cisneros), who is alone in her family’s cabin around Christmas…

Mae Murray / Contributor 20/12/2021 Mae Murray / Contributor 20/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

A rich husband and wife attend a Christmas party pulsating with innuendo, minor indiscretions, and flirtatious boundary-pushing, but when he becomes privy to his wife’s secret sexual fantasies…

Jessica Scott / Contributor 19/12/2021 Jessica Scott / Contributor 19/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Christmas Evil (1980): Finding Santa’s Tune

There are only so many Christmas songs in the world. You don’t realize how many different versions there are of each one until you’re forced to listen to Christmas music all day…

Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 18/12/2021 Marisa Mercurio / Contributor 18/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: The X-Files’ “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas”

It was Christmas, 1917—a time of dark, dark despair. The First World War and a deadly flu virus ravaged the world; populations were decimated with previously unimaginable speed…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 17/12/2021 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 17/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: League of Gentlemen Christmas Special – Yule Never Leave

When downloading episodes of The League of Gentlemen from the UK GOLD on demand service, each episode is now preceded by a disclaimer…

Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 17/12/2021 Aspen Esquivel / Contributor 17/12/2021

[Editorial] Take-Two: A Reevaluation of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

It all started on Halloween night in 1978 when a masked killer set his path on murdering a few babysitters in Haddonfield, Illinois…

Becky Darke / Contributor 16/12/2021 Becky Darke / Contributor 16/12/2021

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Smart sexual politics are a draw, but subversive sparkle is what makes Black Christmas (2019) a modern festive classic

Much has been written about Sophia Takal and April Wolfe’s 2019 version of sorority horror Black Christmas since its release…

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 16/12/2021 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 16/12/2021

[Film Review] Pyewacket (2017)

Teenage rebellion is often a key theme in horror; revolts against authority figures are shown through excessive drinking, sex, and drugs…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 15/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 15/12/2021

[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…

Claire Davidson / Contributor 15/12/2021 Claire Davidson / Contributor 15/12/2021

[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…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 14/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 14/12/2021

[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?

Jenn Adams / Contributor 14/12/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 14/12/2021

[Editorial] He Is Everyone’s Boogeyman: Trauma in Halloween Kills (2021)

Halloween Kills Explores the Effects of Collective Trauma to Mixed Results

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 13/12/2021 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 13/12/2021

[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…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 13/12/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 13/12/2021

[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…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 12/12/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 12/12/2021

[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…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 11/12/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 11/12/2021

[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…

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 10/12/2021 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 10/12/2021

[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 …

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 09/12/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 09/12/2021

[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…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 09/12/2021 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 09/12/2021

[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…

Jenn Adams / Contributor 08/12/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 08/12/2021

[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…