Gelsomina De Lucia / Contributor 12/05/2022 Gelsomina De Lucia / Contributor 12/05/2022

[Editorial] The Love Witch: A Horrific Exploration about the Mental Repercussions of Abusive Relationships

Biller's attempt to discuss feminism fails, while topics such as mental health prevails…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 10/05/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 10/05/2022

[Film Review] Peppergrass (2021)

In a mid-Covid world, it was only a matter of time before the pandemic became a factor in film…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 10/05/2022 Ariel Baska / Contributor 10/05/2022

[Editorial] #HeldByHorror: How 'Starfish' represents the horror of living with PTSD

This week is #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and filmmaker, podcaster and writer, Ariel Baska, talks about the horror movie Starfish.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 08/05/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 08/05/2022

[Editorial] Black Gloves, Blood and Style: The History of the Giallo Part 3

After the golden age of giallo had waxed and waned during the years of 1970 and 1978, the popularity of the Italian horror subgenre began to decline into the 1980s…

Amber T / Contributor 06/05/2022 Amber T / Contributor 06/05/2022

[Editorial] 10 Horror Witches Who Need More Love

Alongside vampires, ghosts and monsters, the witch is an iconic symbol of horror, showing up in pretty much every culture since the inception of storytelling…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 04/05/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 04/05/2022

[Film Review] The Aviary (2022)

The Aviary is a surprisingly intriguing character study of the effects of psychological trauma and cult practices…

Amber T / Contributor 03/05/2022 Amber T / Contributor 03/05/2022

[Film Review] The Yellow Wallpaper (2021)

Charlotte Perkins-Gilman’s infamous short story The Yellow Wallpaper still resonates 130 years later

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022

[Book Review] Mums and Sons (2022)

Horror films often have so much to show and tell us, it can be impossible to catch everything in a movie in just one viewing…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022

[Editorial] Interview: Mums and Sons - An Examination of the Child/Parent Relationship Pocketbook with Rebecca McCallum

Ariel Powers-Schaub chats to Rebecca McCallum all about her upcoming book, Mums + Sons, which examines the familial relationships in three horror films.

Jessica Scott / Contributor 30/04/2022 Jessica Scott / Contributor 30/04/2022

[Film Review] Vampyr (1932)

Carl Theodor Dreyer’s masterful Vampyr (1932) straddles the line between silent and sound pictures…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/04/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/04/2022

[Editorial] Carmilla Isn't Just a Lesbian Vampire – She's Also a Really Bad Girlfriend

Whether she's known by Carmilla, Mircalla or Millarca, the bewitching queer vampire at the heart of Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella Carmilla …

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022

[Editorial] My Arms Are Hungry for You-A Study of Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

In Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), the story mainly centres around Mina, the fiancée of solicitor Jonathan Harker, and the possible reincarnation of Dracula’s first love, Elisabeta

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 28/04/2022

[Editorial] Droch Fola (Evil Blood): The Irish Vampire

A billowing silken black cloak envelopes a tall, pale European aristocratic gentleman

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 26/04/2022 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 26/04/2022

[Editorial] In Defence of Twilight

14 years after the cultural phenomenon which was Twilight (2008) hit our worlds, I believe we should start to view the Saga with much kinder eyes…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 26/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 26/04/2022

[Editorial] 9 of the Creepiest Alternative Vampires in Horror

Vampires are one of the earliest examples of classic horror creatures…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/04/2022

[Mother of Fears] Fighting Real-Life Monsters in Cujo (1983)

Welcome to Mother of Fears – a monthly column that will explore the various roles that mothers play within the horror genre…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 23/04/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 23/04/2022

[Editorial] Top 15 Horror Films with Werewolves

If we’re talking classic movie monsters, werewolves are right at the top along with vampires, zombies, and ghosts, and are definitely my favourite creepy creature…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 22/04/2022 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 22/04/2022

[Editorial] Horror Filmmakers to Watch: Nathan Crooker

I met writer and director Nathan Crooker at FilmQuest (see my rave review of the festival here) last November after watching his incredible short film #Nofilter

Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 21/04/2022 Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 21/04/2022

[Editorial] Inside No. 9’s Top 5 Horror Episodes

The bonds that women form as teenagers are necessary for dealing with a hostile world and the many changes of adolescence…

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 19/04/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 19/04/2022

[Editorial] Room 237, Conspiracy Theories, and You

In July 64 A.D. a fire broke out in Rome. The fire began in a commercial neighborhood near the Circus where stores with flammable goods went up quickly

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