Mae Murray / Contributor 05/01/2022 Mae Murray / Contributor 05/01/2022

[Film Review] The Last Matinee (2021)

If you’re a cinephile and old enough to remember a time before everyone had a cell phone, before streaming services took over as the go-to way to catch a movie…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 02/01/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 02/01/2022

[Editorial] Editor’s Note: … And That’s A Wrap!

Corrrrr… 2021 what a fucking year, right?! I feel like we all went through 2020 more than certain that a year couldn’t get any worse than that at all and unfortunately we were proven completely wrong once again…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 02/01/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 02/01/2022

[Editorial] Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2022

Horror in 2021 had plenty to offer everyone, from fiercely independent films to new, big franchise entries that all had an impact on audiences…

Elizabeth Bishop / Events (Midlands) & Social Media 30/12/2021 Elizabeth Bishop / Events (Midlands) & Social Media 30/12/2021

[Editorial] Ghouls Magazine Top 10 Horror Films of 2021

2021 has been yet another weird year - both for the good of humanity and the good of cinema… But here’s our top 10 horror films of the year, and damn they were good!

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 28/12/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 28/12/2021

[TV Review] The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 4

Created by The Boulet Brothers, Dragula follows the trials and tribulations of eleven contestants as they battle it out to be drag’s number one super monster…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 27/12/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 27/12/2021

[Film Review] Menopause (2021)

Imagine a blonde woman, bloody, screaming and stabbing someone out of the camera's range. When she's satisfied her work is done, she calmly gets out some ice cream from her freezer..

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 26/12/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 26/12/2021

[Mother of Fears] The Past Comes Back to Haunt Cherry Falls (2000)

While many of the movies I’ve covered as part of Mother of Fears place the motherly characters front and centre, this time I’ve decided to look at a film with two mothers…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 23/12/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 23/12/2021

[Editorial] Ho Ho Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2021

What could be a better way to boost the holiday spirit than a mini-festival of spooky seasonal short films? Before the holiday season gets maximally crazy…

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