Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/03/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/03/2022

[Editorial] Folie à Deux: When Teenage Bonding Goes Too Far

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

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 07/03/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 07/03/2022

[Book Review] Devil House (2022)

Books that you expect will scare you in one way but ultimately end up scaring you in a completely different way are often the most satisfying…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 04/03/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 04/03/2022

[Editorial] Top 10 Scary Women in Horror Films

What makes a female villain in a horror film especially frightening?

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..

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

[Editorial] 12 Ghouls of Christmas: Why Is Inside (2007) So Appealing?

No film better epitomizes the spirit of Christmas than Inside (À l'intérieur) (2007), a movie about a widowed pregnant woman who is stalked by a mysterious intruder…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 09/12/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 09/12/2021

[Book Review] In the Cut (1995)

Despite its label as an erotic thriller, Susanna Moore's fourth novel In the Cut has such a nightmare-inducing plot and haunting imagery that it fits more closely into the horror genre…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 18/11/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 18/11/2021

[Book Review] Night Rooms (2021)

Gina Nutt artfully connects horror movies, horror books and the infamous "final girl" trope to events from her own life…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 06/09/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 06/09/2021

[Book Review] Beyond the Pale Motel (2014)

Francesca Lia Block's books are always a mix of light and dark, magic and brutality. Best known for her Weetzie Bat young adult series, her work often illuminates both the grimness and glitter of Los Angeles…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 26/08/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 26/08/2021

[Film Review] Don't Look Now (1973)

Some of the most memorable modern horror movies (including À l'intérieur, The Invitation, The Babadook and Hereditary) bloom around characters' grief. ..

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 19/08/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 19/08/2021

[Book Review] Tinfoil Butterfly (2019)

Emma is on a mission to see the Badlands, a mountainous stretch of rocky terrain in South Dakota. Along the way, she must contend with both murderous strangers and the ghosts of her own past…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 09/08/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 09/08/2021

[Film Review] False Positive (2021)

American comedian and actress Ilana Glazer is best known as the co-creator of Broad City, a web series that grew into a popular American comedy…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/07/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/07/2021

[Book Review] Mirrorland (2021)

There is no shortage of horror films about the complicated relationship between sisters, and earlier this year, a horror novel that focuses on this relationship was published…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 26/07/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 26/07/2021

[Film Review] Carrie (1976)

Put simply, Carrie is a story about what loneliness can do to a person. And it's also a story about how women find their power, sometimes in the most unusual ways…

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/07/2021 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/07/2021

[Film Review] Ginger Snaps (2000)

The mood of Ginger Snaps, a Canadian indie horror film directed by John Fawcett, is established almost immediately…