[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.
[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!
[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!
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[Ghouls Podcast] Soho Horror Film Review with Hannah Ogilvie & Caitlyn Downs
Did you listen to our episode talking about what we were excited to see at Soho Horror Film Festival? Well we’re back from crawling our worm bodies out of the earth to discuss what films we managed to catch at the festival and talk about which ones were our fav!
[Film Review] To the Moon (2021)
The complex (and often twisted) relationship between siblings has provided the tension for dozens of horror movies….
[Ghouls Podcast] Final Destination 1 & 2 with Ariel Powers-Schaub & Iona Smith
Join Ariel Powers-Schaub and Iona Smith as they strap in for the rollercoaster ride that is the Final Destination franchise!
[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.
[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.
[Film Review] Eating Miss Campbell (2022)
Troma films are something you either do or don’t get…
[Mother of Fears] Three Generations of Trauma in Halloween (2018)
One thing that is interesting about the constant reworking of the Halloween (1978) timelines is that we get to see a different side to the characters involved depending on who is at the creative helm for each particular movie.
[Ghouls Podcast] The Borderlands (2013) with Jen Handorf
When you go down to the Church tonight, you're going to be in for a surprise... At Ghouls Magazine we love independent cinema and to champion indie horror, Assistant Editor Rebecca McCallum caught up with Jen Handorf!
[Editorial] In Her Eyes: Tasya Vos in Possessor (2020)
Possessor is a slick futuristic thriller in which Tasya Vos, an assassin for hire, must manage her responsibilities as an elite killing machine and complex feelings towards her husband and son, whilst taking on another high-profile job that will push her to the edge of her sanity.
[Film Review] Celluloid Screams Film Festival: The Elderly (2022)
A surprising and effective horror on the peril of ignoring your elders.
[Editorial] 15 Wicked Horror Films About Witchcraft
Ever since I was a kid, I have been obsessed with witches. Viewings of The Craft (1996) in primary school and Practical Magic (1998) in my teen years pretty much shaped me as a person, and definitely had a lasting effect on my fashion sense and music taste.
