[Film Review] Cube (2021)
Inspired by Vincenzo Natali’s 1997 film of the same name, Cube joins a group of six strangers as they awaken in a nightmarish puzzle box.
[Editorial] The 9 Most Amazing Antler Deaths in Horror
Let’s take a look at nine of the most amazing antler deaths in horror!
[Film Review] Renfield (2023)
Nicolas Cage as Dracula. What more could you want? Renfield knows what you are here for, and it delivers deliciously.
[Editorial] 9 of The Best Home Invasion Horror Movies
Here are 9 home invasion horrors that will cause you to double check whether you’ve locked all your doors and windows.
[Film Review] The Unheard (2023)
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the core concept for Shudder Original The Unheard is a familiar one. Starring television horror alum Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Chucky), the film opens on profoundly deaf student Chloe Grayden (Watson) as she undergoes an experimental clinical trial in the hopes of regaining her hearing
[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.
[Ghouls Podcast] The Ruins (2008) with Ash Millman & Zoë Rose Smith
In this episode join host Zoë Rose Smith as she is joined by Playstation presenter, gaming streamer and The NoSleep Podcast voiceover artist - Ash Millman! Together they pull vines from their minds, and examine environmental horror film The Ruins (2008).
[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.
[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.
[Editorial] Best 7 Modern Folk Horror Movies
Ghouls Magazine’s list of the top 7 modern folk horrors
[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.
[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…
[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.
[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.
[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.
[Editorial] Editor’s Note: An Uncontrollable Force of Horror
When I think back to my first memory of fear, I instinctively think of the darkness.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
