Tiffany Aleman / Contributor 22/12/2022 Tiffany Aleman / Contributor 22/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] Comedy in The Evil Dead Franchise

Horror and comedy go together like peanut butter and jelly, and anyone who tries to tell you differently is a gaslighter of the third kind.

Rebecca Sayce / Contributor 21/12/2022 Rebecca Sayce / Contributor 21/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] How Scream Changed the Representation of the Final Girl

If I fell into a pit of snakes, I would do

The slasher genre has married gore and sexuality in an unholy bond that has remained strong since its inception

The roots of the slasher film began in Italian giallo films of the 1960s and 1970s, well known for their innovative use of violence, gore, and sexuality in their murder mystery narratives.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 20/12/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 20/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] August Underground: The most disturbing franchise ever made

Is August Underground the most extreme and disturbing franchise to exist? The answer is probably yes. Whilst extreme cinema has been around for many years, and has always been boundary pushing, Fred Vogel’s gruesome threesome has been cited as one of the most heinous and depraved pieces of filmmaking to ever be created.

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 19/12/2022 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 19/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] Resident Evil “You’re all going to die down here”

A new zombie film franchise kicking off right at the beginning of the zombie renaissance based on a beloved horror game series? Check.

Starring an actress in a fantastic red dress and combat boot combo who kicks zombie ass and takes evil corporation’s names? Check.

Creepy English children being the faces of evil AI? Check.

Reyna Cervantes / Contributor 18/12/2022 Reyna Cervantes / Contributor 18/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] The Happy Death Day films and the Grieving Process

Grief is complex. Okay, that might be an oversimplification. Grief tends to be one of the most complex human emotions one can experience.

Vanessa Cordner / Contributor 17/12/2022 Vanessa Cordner / Contributor 17/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] Mortality, Reality and Hilarity in Final Destination

Years ago, I had a habit of getting drunk after post-work drinks and ending up getting the wrong train home. My husband made a joke one night that on my gravestone it would say Here Lies Vanessa, she finally got the right train.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 16/12/2022 Kristen Leer / Contributor 16/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] The Genesis Paradox in the Alien Franchise

The Alien (1979-present) franchise has been a cornerstone in science-fiction horror cinema…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 16/12/2022 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 16/12/2022

[Film Review] Confessions of a Necrophile Girl (2021)

Directed by controversial director Cristiano Domiziano (Vore Gore, Nightmare Symphony), Confessions of a Necrophile Girl follows a young mortuary makeup artist as she documents through a video diary her struggles to fight her necrophiliac urges whilst on the job, or run the risk of getting caught.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 15/12/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 15/12/2022

[Editorial] 10 of the Best Snow-Filled Horror Movies

Snow has started falling, temperatures continue to drop, and the nights are getting darker and darker, so it’s the perfect time to look at some of the best horror movies set in the winter and filled to the brim with snow!

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 15/12/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 15/12/2022

[Film Review] Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

If your Christmas wish list includes the robots from Chopping Mall (1986) in Santa suits awash in neon and set to rock n’ roll music, you are in luck!

Amanda Bianchi / Contributor 15/12/2022 Amanda Bianchi / Contributor 15/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] 1, 2, Freddy’s Coming for My Type-A Personality

If I fell into a pit of snakes, I would do something slick to tie them together to make a rope to climb out of said pit…

Candy Allison / Contributor 14/12/2022 Candy Allison / Contributor 14/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] The Sleepaway Camp Franchise And The Unsung Slasher Queen We All Deserve

Sleepaway Camp, the now-cult camp slasher film with an infamous twist, came to the horror realm in 1983…

Kat Hughes / Contributor 13/12/2022 Kat Hughes / Contributor 13/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] “A Bond That Would Not Be Broken”: Exploring Sisterhood Within The Ginger Snaps Franchise

Maintaining consistency within film franchises is difficult…

Xanthe Pajarillo / Contributor 12/12/2022 Xanthe Pajarillo / Contributor 12/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] ‘Zoms Vs. Poms!’ In Defense of Disney’s Zombies as Gateway Horror

Disney has a turbulent past with children's horror…

Tadhg Bentham / Contributor 11/12/2022 Tadhg Bentham / Contributor 11/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] How The Purge Franchise is Both Terrifyingly Relevant and Disappointingly Hollow

The Purge film franchise deals with themes of classism, racism, poverty, and inequality…

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 10/12/2022 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 10/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] REC and the story of the Monstrous Woman: La Niña Medeiros

Many horror franchises have an iconic villain at their centre…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/12/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/12/2022

[Film Review] To the Moon (2021)

The complex (and often twisted) relationship between siblings has provided the tension for dozens of horror movies….

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 30/11/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 30/11/2022

[Film Review] Celluloid Screams Film Festival: The Leech (2022)

Eric Pennycoff’s The Leech delivers on fierce satire and wry dark comedy in this (mostly) three-way Christmas pot-boiler.

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 29/11/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 29/11/2022

[Editorial] The Complicated History of the Lesbian Vampire

“You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish.” — Carmilla, Sheridan LeFanu, 1872. There is perhaps no monster in our western glossary of beasts more adaptable and ready to be an allegory than the vampire.

Robyn Adams / Contributor 28/11/2022 Robyn Adams / Contributor 28/11/2022

[Film Review] Eating Miss Campbell (2022)

Troma films are something you either do or don’t get…

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