Amber T / Contributor 08/07/2023 Amber T / Contributor 08/07/2023

[Film Review] The Sound of Summer (2022)

There are certain sounds that encapsulate life in Japan. The gentle 'beep boop' of the pedestrian crossing signal. The lighthearted arrival jingles that signal the approach of your commuter train.

Jenn Reid / Contributor 06/07/2023 Jenn Reid / Contributor 06/07/2023

[Film Review] Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares - The Robert Englund Story (2023)

Like many horror fans, I have vivid memories of seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) for the first time. Or, more accurately, I have vivid memories of the nightmares I had afterwards. As a kid, I was terrified of Freddy Krueger.

Alix Turner / Contributor 05/07/2023 Alix Turner / Contributor 05/07/2023

[Editorial] Interview with Ariel Baska on Access:Horror Film Festival

Access: Horror is “a two-day event packed full of academic panels, short films, and talks exploring and celebrating the history, impact and future of disability in the horror genre”, and as you can see from the festival’s website, the subjects under discussion and the panels alike are all rather fascinating. Earlier this week, I spent half an hour in the company of Ariel Baska, the person who came up with the idea for Access: Horror to dig into her motivation and what pass-holders might expect.

Emma Bailey / Contributor 04/07/2023 Emma Bailey / Contributor 04/07/2023

[Editorial] Blood, Guts and Mommy Issues in The Witch (2015)

The Witch (2015), written and directed by Robert Eggers, is a horror movie about the most terrifying phenomenon to befall a young woman: mommy issues. While the movie is beloved for a variety of reasons, such as for its haunting visuals, eerie soundtrack, and feminist overtones, it is seldom recognized for its fascinating portrayal of mother-daughter conflict.

Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 01/07/2023 Iona Walling-Smith / Events Manager (London) 01/07/2023

[Editorial] Ranking M. Night Shyamalan: his Good, his Bad, Not so Good, and his Twists

I am a Shyamalan apologist. I would say I’m sorry but I’m really not. I know he has some questionable films and has made some unorthodox choices over the years when it comes to his twists, but the king of narrative spin still stands tall in my book.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 30/06/2023 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 30/06/2023

[Ghouls Podcast] The Last House on the Left (2009) with Zoë Rose Smith and Jerry Sampson

This June we’ve been looking at originals and their remakes—and whilst we don’t always agree with horror film remakes, some of them often bring a fresh perspective to the source material. For this episode, we are looking at the remake of one of the most controversial exploitation films, The Last House on the Left (2009).

Candy Allison / Contributor 30/06/2023 Candy Allison / Contributor 30/06/2023

[Editorial] They’re Coming to Re-Invent You, Barbara! Night of the Living Dead 1968 vs Night of the Living Dead 1990

The year was 1968 and a young man named George A. Romero had shot his first film, a horror movie that would change the world of cinema and not just horror cinema, at that. Night of the Living Dead (1968), would go on to become one of the most important and famous horror films of all time as it tackled not only survival horror but also very taboo and shocking topics like cannibalism and matricide.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 29/06/2023 Kristen Leer / Contributor 29/06/2023

[Film Review] The Ancestral (2021)

If you think a haunted house is scary, imagine that your house is built on top of a problematic psychiatric hospital. Ancestral (2021) is a Vietnamese film directed and written by Le-Van Kiet who is well known for his film, Furie (2019) and recent release, The Princess (2022).

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 27/06/2023 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Brand Manager & Admin Assistant 27/06/2023

[Ghouls Podcast] Ghouls Watch: Bones and All, Suitable Flesh, The Human Centipede & more

In this episode, host is joined by Ghouls Magazine Senior Contributor & Social Media Manager, , alongside Ghouls contributor . As always these three have been busy watching and reading lots of horror media and discuss films like Bones and All (2022), Suitable Flesh (2023), The Human Centipede (2009) and more.

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.

Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 14/06/2023 Rebecca McCallum / Contributor 14/06/2023

[Ghouls Podcast] 3 Original vs. Remake Horror Films with Rebecca McCallum & Kim Morrison

In this episode join Assistant Editor at Ghouls Magazine and host, Rebecca McCallum as strips back the layers of flesh on these films alongside Senior Contributor & Social Media Manager, Kim Morrison. And no, these two don't just think that remakes are all trash - there's love in here for originals and remakes including House of Wax (2005) and more.

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.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 11/06/2023 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 11/06/2023

[Editorial] Refreshing Perspectives and Voices With Horror Remakes

There was a time in my life when the word ‘remake’ sent me into an angry frenzy and one that I couldn’t back down from. I was adamant that remaking anything was the worst idea known to humankind, and felt like an atrocious crime had been committed.

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.