Emma Platt / Contributor 14/09/2021 Emma Platt / Contributor 14/09/2021

[Editorial] The Evolution of Gale Weathers

When reassessing The Exorcist, there are implications of abuse brought on by Chris MacNeil’s reluctance to be a proper ‘mother’ to Regan…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 08/09/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 08/09/2021

[Editorial] Re-assessing The Exorcist: Religion, Abuse, and The Rise of the Feminist Mother.

When reassessing The Exorcist, there are implications of abuse brought on by Chris MacNeil’s reluctance to be a proper ‘mother’ to Regan…

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 07/09/2021 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 07/09/2021

[Editorial] Fat as a Death Sentence in Horror

Trigger warning of fat-phobia. I use the word “fat” as a descriptor rather than a derogatory term.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 03/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 03/09/2021

[Editorial] Unravelling Mitzi Peirone’s Braid (2018)

Everyone must play, no outsiders allowed, nobody leaves.

Kay Hanifen / Contributor 01/09/2021 Kay Hanifen / Contributor 01/09/2021

[Editorial] “The Blood Ceiling”: Women in Horror and the Fight for Recognition Behind the Camera

Hannah Macpherson’s frustration grew as she sat in the lobby of Blumhouse Productions and took in the black and white photographs adorning the wall…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 31/08/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 31/08/2021

[Editorial] Consenting to Fear

As a horror fan, I opt into fear, and I am always chasing a good scare…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 28/08/2021 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 28/08/2021

[Editorial] Extreme Horror Films Most Likely to Haunt Your Dreams

It’s downright infuriating to hear people blather on about how a film can – nay will – cause someone to go off the deep end…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/08/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/08/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: A Quiet Place Part 2 (2021)

I eagerly looked forward to this follow-up from John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place, which introduced a different vision of the apocalypse…

Jessica Scott / Contributor 25/08/2021 Jessica Scott / Contributor 25/08/2021

[Editorial] You Can Hear Me: Navigating the Aural Gaze in Carnival of Souls (1962)

When engaging critically with a film, we often talk about its gaze. Film is, after all, a visual medium, and how we look at the objects and characters on the screen shapes our relationship with the story…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 24/08/2021 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 24/08/2021

[Editorial] “How do girls know how to do that?”: Female Adaptation and Evolution in Spring (2014) Part 1

The time spent under lockdown due to the pandemic has meant audiences often turned to films and television for comfort, escapism or even challenge…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 16/08/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 16/08/2021

[Editorial] Five Films About Necrophilia That You May Love To Death

Necrophilia, aka, the sexual attraction towards dead bodies, or a sexual act involving dead bodies is probably one of the biggest taboos not only in real life…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 12/08/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 12/08/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Don’t Breathe (2016)

Fede Alvarez’s Don’t Breathe was a break-out indie horror hit upon its release in 2016, a fact somewhat remarkable given its premise, an old blind vet who is both victim and villain defending his home from good-looking burglars…

Kelly Gredner / Contributor 10/08/2021 Kelly Gredner / Contributor 10/08/2021

[Editorial] Medusa’s Man: Examining Brad in Teeth (2007)

Teeth (2007) is a refreshing coming of age tale starring the underrated Jess Weixler as the virginal Dawn who has been cursed (or blessed, based on your perceptions) with the folkloric vagina dentata…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 03/08/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 03/08/2021

[Editorial] Sorority Sister and Seasonal Slayings-Comparing Black Christmas (1974, 2006 and 2019)

While slashers are commonplace in the horror genre now, back in the ‘70s the sub-genre was on the brink of an explosion…

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/07/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/07/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Introduction

Within the world of horror films, disability representation has had a fraught history, but one I’ve paid careful attention to all my life. I was born with a rare disease that took half my hearing, half my vision, and half my face…

Trina Findlay / Contributor 20/07/2021 Trina Findlay / Contributor 20/07/2021

[Editorial] Familial Dysfunction and Intergenerational Female Dynamics: Determinism in Hereditary (2018)

My first experience of watching Hereditary had a profound effect upon me. I left the cinema reeling…

Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 13/07/2021 Lakkaya Palmer / Contributor 13/07/2021

[Editorial] Christine: 1958 Ford Fury or a Symbol of the Teenage Outcast?

John Carpenter’s Christine (1983) tells of the events which unfold when an unpopular nerd Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) buys a car called Christine which he quickly becomes obsessed with…

Katelyn Nelson / Contributor 10/07/2021 Katelyn Nelson / Contributor 10/07/2021

[Editorial] Fearing Love, Loving Fear: How Horror and My Valentine Helped Me Reclaim My Story

I’ve always been a naturally anxious and markedly sensitive person. As a child, I spent most of my time split between attending school and traveling to the hospital…

Sarah Miles / Contributor 29/06/2021 Sarah Miles / Contributor 29/06/2021

[Editorial] Zombie Movies With A Different Bite

Hopefully this list of recommendations will help to scratch that particular fleshy itch…

Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 28/06/2021 Harriet Fletcher / Contributor 28/06/2021

[Editorial] Interview with Yfke Van Berckelaer director of horror short Lili

Director of short horror film Lili, Yfke Van Berckelaer, talks to journalist Harriet Fletcher all about the film…