Emma Kostopolus / Contributor 15/05/2023 Emma Kostopolus / Contributor 15/05/2023

[Film Review] Brightwood (2022)

Dane Elcar’s film Brightwood (screened at Panic Fest and Salem Horror Festival) does the seemingly impossible – it makes the outdoors seem claustrophobic.

Amber T / Contributor 14/05/2023 Amber T / Contributor 14/05/2023

[Book Review] Manhunt (2022)

Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Manhunt, a novel that holds both horror and heart in equal regard, a biting and brilliant debut from one of horror-fiction’s most exciting names.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 14/05/2023 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 14/05/2023

[Editorial] 9 Top Horror Films Steeped in Nature

To celebrate Nature Horror Month at Ghouls, here are nine of the most beautiful and scary horror movies steeped in nature.

Faye Toulson / Contributor 13/05/2023 Faye Toulson / Contributor 13/05/2023

[Editorial] Best 7 Modern Folk Horror Movies

Ghouls Magazine’s list of the top 7 modern folk horrors

Isobel Frost / Contributor 12/05/2023 Isobel Frost / Contributor 12/05/2023

[Film Review] Lola (2022)

Set in the depths of World War II-ravaged England, scientist sisters Thomasina ‘Thom’ (Emma Appleton) and Martha ‘Mars’ Hanbury (Stefanie Martini) develop the titular LOLA: a complex machine capable of intercepting broadcasts from the future.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/05/2023

[Editorial] Dead By Dawn: A Retrospect on the Original Evil Dead Trilogy

With the recent release of Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise, The Evil Dead franchise has encountered a resurgence from its bloody grave…

Nicole Sanacore / Contributor 10/05/2023 Nicole Sanacore / Contributor 10/05/2023

[Editorial] The Female Lens in Cat People (1942)

In Cat People (1942), Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) is terrified of intimacy, and the possibility that it will prove a folktale from her hometown in Serbia true—that she will become consumed by lust and passion, transforming into a panther.

Natalie Wall / Contributor 08/05/2023 Natalie Wall / Contributor 08/05/2023

[Book Review] Eyes Guts Throat Bones (2023)

Moïra Fowley’s debut adult work is a shapeshifting and arresting short story collection which looks at the queer female body through experiences both horrific and sensual.

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 07/05/2023 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 07/05/2023

[Editorial] Working Class Representation in Horror panel discussion

Join host and Assistant Editor at Ghouls Magazine, Rebecca McCallum for a panel discussion on ‘Working Class Representation in Horror’. Looking at the current status of working class in horror, emerging perspectives, ‘hoodie horror’, Ben Wheatley’s contributions, queerness and class, and how to improve the representation of working class voices in horror films and within the community.

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 05/05/2023 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 05/05/2023

[Editorial] Poetry, Literature, Fairy Tales and the Gothic in An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Whether it be the mist-covered expanses of the Yorkshire moors or in the confines of the back of a Hackney Taxicab, an American Werewolf in London is haunted by the past through its inclusion and allusions to poems, rhymes, fairy tales and stories.

Amber T / Contributor 03/05/2023 Amber T / Contributor 03/05/2023

[Editorial] Director Mark Jenkin Talks Identity and Ambiguity in Enys Men

Ahead of Enys Men’s US release, I got to chat with BAFTA-award winning director and writer Mark Jenkin about ambiguity, Cornish folklore and the importance of identity.

Amber T / Contributor 01/05/2023 Amber T / Contributor 01/05/2023

[Editorial] The Stone Swallows You Whole: Reconciling A Self Through Enys Men [2022]

It was about halfway through my inaugural viewing of Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men that I burst into tears for the first time.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 01/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 01/05/2023

[Film Review] Evil Dead (2013)

Fede Álvarez’s feature directorial debut Evil Dead (2013) is a gut wrenching and richly subtextual reimagining of Sam Raimi’s cult classic.

Rebecca Sayce / Contributor 30/04/2023 Rebecca Sayce / Contributor 30/04/2023

[Editorial] Reclaiming Femininity and Coming of Age in Raw (2016)

In a world where our bodies are so tightly policed and our desires are shunned, it seems no surprise that there is an abundance of horror films that see women rebel and reclaim their bodily autonomy

Vanessa Cordner / Contributor 29/04/2023 Vanessa Cordner / Contributor 29/04/2023

[Editorial] The Losers Club: The Best Friends I Never Had

I can’t quite remember exactly what age I was when I first read It by Stephen King but I think I was around 13.

Jenn Reid / Contributor 28/04/2023 Jenn Reid / Contributor 28/04/2023

[Film Review] Deep Woods (2022)

In Deep Woods, we follow Ty, the aforementioned businessman, and his old college roommate Nick, a Native American Game Warden who Ty seeks out to be his guide to the wilderness.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 27/04/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 27/04/2023

[Film Review] Spoonful of Sugar (2022)

Spoonful of Sugar is a Shudder original film that combines an assortment of horror elements that keeps you speculating about the narrative's intent.

Christina Brennan / Contributor 26/04/2023 Christina Brennan / Contributor 26/04/2023

[Editorial] Interview With Amber Doig-Thorne (Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey)

I met British actress Amber Doig-Thorne to chat about women in slasher horror, her experiences making Blood and Honey, and LGBTQ+ representation in horror.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/04/2023 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/04/2023

[Editorial] Blood and Monsters: Coming of Age in Carrie (1976) and IT (1990)

Coming-of-age stories are something that Stephen King deals with in a lot of his work,

Faye Toulson / Contributor 24/04/2023 Faye Toulson / Contributor 24/04/2023

[Film Review] Wrong Turn 2021

Wrong Turn could easily fall prey to the usual out in the woods / folk horror tropes, but this one hits differently.