[Editorial] 7 Rape Revenge Films Directed by Women You Need to See
The rape-revenge genre can be a difficult one for people to enjoy because of the extremely sensitive subject matter,
[Book Review] The Aosawa Murders (2020)
A girl stands with her back to the viewer, quietly defiant in her youthful blue-and-white print dress, which blends in with a matching background
[Editorial] From One Fat Girl to Another: Thank You Piggy (2022)
We have an issue in society with fat people, treating them as sub-human…
[Ghouls Podcast] Good For Her Horror Film Recommendations
In this episode host Ariel Powers-Schaub is joined by Ghouls Magazine contributors, Liz Bishop and Amber T, to embrace the on-screen women who make getting revenge, necrophilia and being drawn to bloodlust look damn cool. From Excision to Nekromantik 2 to Captivity to Prevenge and more...
[Editorial] “Name Your Price:” Good for Beth in Hostel: Part II (2007)
It’s a somewhat recent trend to celebrate women in horror films by highlighting them as “good for her” stories
[Film Review] Project Wolf Hunting (2022)
What do you get when you pair a Con-Air-esque South Korean action thriller with a sci-fi horror that reminds you of Resident Evil mixed with Universal Soldiers?
[Film Review] Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)
Huesera: The Bone Woman is the directorial debut for co-writer Michelle Garza Cervera.
[Film Review] Irreversible (2002) (Straight Cut)
Irréversible (2002) is a French extremity film from Gaspar Noé. It follows Alex, Marcus and Pierre over one traumatic fever dream of a night in Paris.
[Editorial] Editor’s Note: We want sex! We want sex! We want sex!
The words are on everyone’s lips in the horror world, and what we’re shouting is “We want sex!
[Film Review] Skinamarink (2022)
Just as Danielewski’s novel was a test on concentration, this film—100 minutes of ambient horror—is a test of patience.
[Film Review] Blood (2023)
Blood stars Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone) as Jess, a mother and nurse recovering from substance abuse and making a new start after the end of her dysfunctional marriage by moving her daughter Tyler (Skyler Morgan Jones) and younger son Owen (an outstanding performance from Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) into her childhood home.
[Film Review] The Outwaters (2022)
The Outwaters, the disturbing feature debut from Robbie Banfitch, with its Mojave setting of glaring sun and blood-stained sand is stylistically worlds apart from the — very real, very tragic — incident.
[Ghouls Podcast] Ghouls Watch: Severance, Run Sweetheart Run, Splice & more
In the new Ghouls Watch episodes of the podcast, we chat about what horror films and TV shows we’ve been watching lately! This time Ariel Powers-Schaub chats to Caitlyn Downs, Ariel Baska and Liz Bishop about sci-fi horror show Severance, horror film Run Sweetheart Run, sci-fi horror film Splice and more….
[Editorial] 8 Romance Horror Shorts To Watch
Horror and romance make for perfect bedfellows
[Mother of Fears] Striving for Perfection in M3GAN (2022)
Motherhood isn’t always a choice. And for Gemma, that’s most definitely the case when she suddenly finds herself the sole carer of her young niece Cady in M3GAN (2022)
[Film Review] Daughter (2022)
After having its world premiere at FrightFest 2022, taut thriller Daughter has now been released to rent or own digitally for the UK and Ireland.
[Ghouls Podcast] Nekromantik with Zoë Rose Smith & Rebecca McCallum
Extreme horror films often look at the relationship between sex and death, examining the ways in which they intertwine and talk to one another in disturbed ways. Which is why for the month of love, we are looking at a complicated and tragic love story with Jorg Buttgereit’s 1988 horror film Nekromantik.
[Film Review] Next Exit (2023)
If the existence of ghosts, and therefore life after death, was proven, how would the world respond
[Editorial] “Aren’t People in Love Supposed to be Happy?” Nekromantik 2 (1991) Reaction
I decided to broaden my horizons with a new love story, as the director lovingly calls it, “The Return of the Loving Dead.”
[Editorial] Interview with Mali Elfman Writer and Director of Next Exit (2022)
There’s been quite a buzz about Next Exit since its UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest last year…
