Jenn Adams / Contributor 22/06/2021 Jenn Adams / Contributor 22/06/2021

[Editorial] Shame, Fear, and Pain in The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Something about The Poughkeepsie Tapes called to me. I knew it was an intensely disturbing Found Footage film…

Emma Platt / Contributor 15/06/2021 Emma Platt / Contributor 15/06/2021

[Editorial] The Evolution of Sidney Prescott

When Scream (dir. Wes Craven) was released in 1996, it was a breath of fresh air for fans and critics alike in a sub-genre that had seen its heyday in the mid-1980s…

Grace Britten / Contributor 08/06/2021 Grace Britten / Contributor 08/06/2021

[Editorial] Raw: Abandoning Social Ideologies Through Embracing Female Eroticism

Despite the moral rejection of cannibalism amongst society, horror allows for such a graphic obscenity to be raw, ferocious, and ultimately seductive…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 26/05/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 26/05/2021

[Editorial] Make Your Choice: What Would Jigsaw Do?

“Only those who have looked death in the face can appreciate life.” This is what Jigsaw says, but does he walk his talk?

Alison Peirse / Contributor 25/05/2021 Alison Peirse / Contributor 25/05/2021

[Editorial] ‘You Didn’t Know I Exist!’: The Feminist Possibilities of Mausoleum (1983)

One afternoon, in the hazy sunlight of her psychiatrist’s office, a woman is hypnotized. She lays back on the oxblood chesterfield sofa…

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 20/04/2021 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 20/04/2021

[Editorial] Releasing the Cuffs: Trauma and Healing in Gerald’s Game (2017)

Cuffed to the bed and without the promise of help for miles around, Jess gradually realises that her husband is not coming back…

Kate Bowen / Contributor 30/03/2021 Kate Bowen / Contributor 30/03/2021

[Editorial] “Where Is My wife?”: Losing Yourself In (And To) Sexual Trauma In Honeymoon

You awaken in the middle of the woods. The night air burns cold on your naked skin…

Dani Bethea / Contributor 20/01/2021 Dani Bethea / Contributor 20/01/2021

[Editorial] An Analysis of The Babadook and The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent makes movies that hurt but also heal…

Dani Bethea / Contributor 20/01/2021 Dani Bethea / Contributor 20/01/2021

[Editorial] Tigers Are Not Afraid

A childhood undercut by violence and the ghosts that remain to haunt the living…

Dani Bethea / Contributor 20/01/2021 Dani Bethea / Contributor 20/01/2021

[Editorial] The Body Politics of It Follows

This film is an exploration of the sexualized voyeurism of women…