Leyla Hamedi / Contributor 27/06/2023 Leyla Hamedi / Contributor 27/06/2023

[Editorial] Dead Ringers (2023) and Bodily Autonomy

What any good remake or reboot should do is present the original concept in a way that captures the central idea while integrating new ideas and adapting it to the current audience as well as newcomers to the source material. It should not just be with one talking point such as, casting a trending TikToker.

Melissa Cox / Contributor 26/06/2023 Melissa Cox / Contributor 26/06/2023

[Editorial] 8 Short & Feature Horror Film Double Bills

In the end I decided to indulge myself by picking eight of my favourite shorts, and choosing features to pair with them that would work well as a double bill. The pairs might be similar in tone, subject or style; some of the shorts are clearly influenced by their paired movie, while others predate the features.

Isobel Frost / Contributor 26/06/2023 Isobel Frost / Contributor 26/06/2023

[Film Review] She Came From The Woods (2023)

Few subgenres of horror have become quite so entrenched in the cultural consciousness as the summer camp slasher — and with a new generation of filmmakers coming to the fore seeking to pay homage to Friday the 13th and other chilling classics, it’s having a bloody renaissance.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/06/2023 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 25/06/2023

[Mother of Fears] A Certain Hunger in Onibaba (1964)

Set during the mid-fifteenth century, Onibaba (1964) tells the story of two women fighting for survival. Credited only as Older Woman and Younger Woman (or Kichi's Mother and Kichi's Wife) according to IMDB, the story is focussed on the lengths these women will go to survive a war, and yet they’re not even given names, unlike the male characters.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 22/06/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 22/06/2023

[Film Review] Mind Leech (2023)

Just when you thought ice fishing would be boring, Mind Leech finds a way to pass the time— not with beer or music —but with a parasitic mind-controlling invertebrate. Set in a small town, specifically in 1998, police officers are met with a new foe, an unnervingly large leech which of course was created by a poor mishandling of a toxic substance in the local lake.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 20/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 20/06/2023

[Film Review] Creepypasta (2023)

An unnamed man searches for clues as to his whereabouts and how to escape the house he is currently trapped in by trawling through web videos associated with creepypastas.

Candy Allison / Contributor 19/06/2023 Candy Allison / Contributor 19/06/2023

[Editorial] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 vs 2003: The Birth and Evolution of the Final Girl Trope

Leatherface, the chainsaw-wielding and hulking antagonist of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), was a gift given to horror fans by visionary filmmaker Tobe Hooper. The concept of a violent—often childlike in the original version— beast of a man who wears the faces of his victims’ grabbed audiences in the 1970s and is still a horror cultural icon today, synonymous with powerhouse slasher icons like Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and Jason Voorhees.

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 12/06/2023 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 12/06/2023

[Film Review] The Boogeyman (2023)

Audiences will recognise some names from the story but The Boogeyman (2023) takes the story further, darker and into the depths of fear.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 11/06/2023

[Film Review] Old Man (2022)

Directed by Lucky McKee, Old Man is an exploration of the effects on the mind due to self-imposed isolation both environmental and psychological.

Val Pullin / Contributor 09/06/2023 Val Pullin / Contributor 09/06/2023

[Editorial] 90s Horror Attitude, Music and Friendship

The 1990s is a divisive decade for horror fans. Some say it is the worst decade for horror films, whereas others included) see it as a very influential and distinctive time for the genre, particularly teenage slashers.

Natalie Wall / Contributor 07/06/2023 Natalie Wall / Contributor 07/06/2023

[Book Review] Nineteen Claws And A Black Bird (2020)

Nineteen Claws And A Black Bird packs in plenty of sublime and disturbing short stories across its collection.

Laurence Boag-Matthews / Contributor 05/06/2023 Laurence Boag-Matthews / Contributor 05/06/2023

[Editorial] The Terrible Place: Visiting and Revisiting Hollywood in Horror

In recent years since the inception of the #MeToo movement, we have seen a turn towards discussing the abuses rife in the Hollywood system and the wider media landscape.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023

[Editorial] 9 Amazing Horror Movies with Equally Amazing Remakes

To celebrate the wonderful world of remakes, here are nine amazing films which have equally amazing remakes!

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 04/06/2023

[Film Review] Wolf Garden (2023)

Wolf Garden sees William hiding out in a remote and isolated country house, his psyche beginning to crumble as he struggles to contain the terrible secret hidden in the garden shed.

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 02/06/2023 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 02/06/2023

[Editorial] Top 15 Aliens in Sci-Fi & Horror Films

Strap in folks, because the aliens have landed and they’re here to probe, eviscerate, procreate, and replace…

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 01/06/2023 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 01/06/2023

[Video] The Blair Witch Project (1999) Live Panel Discussion

Pitch those tents and grab your camcorders for a discussion all about found footage horror film - The Blair Witch Project (1999)! This panel discussion was recorded live at the Ghouls Magazine monthly horror film club at True Romance in Camden, London.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 01/06/2023 Megan Kenny / Contributor 01/06/2023

[Film Review] Cherry Tree (2015)

Cherry Tree (2015) tells the story of Faith, a girl whose father is dying of cancer. Desperate to save him, she makes a pact with a coven of witches, led by her hockey teacher Sissy, who need blood sacrifices to nourish the cursed roots of the eponymous cherry tree.

Rabia Sitabi / Contributor 30/05/2023 Rabia Sitabi / Contributor 30/05/2023

[Film Review] Invitation Only (2009)

Invitation Only is a testament to the fact that you can really grow in your career and how trends in Horror can influence someone’s style.

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/05/2023 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 29/05/2023

[Film Review] The Resurrection of Charles Manson (2023)

When a couple takes a last minute mini vacation into the desert to work on an audition tape for a film about cult leader Charles Manson, they soon realise the script’s content is beginning to reflect their reality.

Melissa Cox / Contributor 28/05/2023 Melissa Cox / Contributor 28/05/2023

[Editorial] 8 Nature Horror Shorts

There’s nothing quite like the terrifying and implacable force of Mother Nature for instilling a sense of existential dread