Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 19/11/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 19/11/2021

[Editorial] Black Gloves, Blood and Style : The History of The Giallo Part 1

Giallo (the Italian word for yellow) cinema found its name from the cheap paperback crime novels of the time...

Ariel Baska / Contributor 03/11/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 03/11/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break (2021)

Thirty-one years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, in the hopes that by enforcing certain standards in business….

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 21/10/2021 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 21/10/2021

[Editorial] Spencer Charnas from Ice Nine Kills chats The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood

We caught up with Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas to chat all about their latest album The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood…

Gelsomina De Lucia / Contributor 05/10/2021 Gelsomina De Lucia / Contributor 05/10/2021

[Editorial] The Age of Arcless Women: How ‘Telltales: The Walking Dead’ Depicts a Leading Lady Accurately

Female characters in film and television have always been present; however, the MeToo movement birthed the discourse which revealed there were not enough independent…

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 03/10/2021 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 03/10/2021

[Editorial] The Horror of Found Footage: Discussing Found Footage Horror Films

Diving into the depth of found footage horror films! With guests Jed Shepherd, Aislinn Clarke, Adrian Tofei and Mary Beth McAdnrews….

Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/09/2021 Ariel Baska / Contributor 27/09/2021

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Run (2021)

Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen star in Run, a title that dropped online at the end of 2020 and never saw as much press as expected given the rather serious marketing campaign…

Mallika Pal / Contributor 21/09/2021 Mallika Pal / Contributor 21/09/2021

[Editorial] Revisiting Megan is Missing: When Shock Horror Exploits Teenage Girls

I grew up as an only child in the mid-1990s. Coming off the heels of newfound worries plaguing concerned mothers across the nation…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/09/2021 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 14/09/2021

[Editorial] Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2021 Round-Up and Review

Where can you see a queer-cannibal-ballet film, a fake trailer for a movie about ghosts having sex, a music video in reverse, a film exploring transhumanism…

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…

Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 03/08/2021 Jerry Sampson / Senior Contributor 03/08/2021

[TV Review] Etheria: The Series (2021)

The Series has assembled nine of the most promising filmmakers (who happen to be ladies) for a collection of dark, hilarious, and twisted stories…

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 03/08/2021 Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana / Senior Contributor 03/08/2021

[Editorial] North Bend Film Festival 2021

This year’s North Bend Film Festival brought the fantastical, eclectic and surreal to the big screen and it’s audiences…

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 31/07/2021 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 31/07/2021

[Editorial] Preview: Fantasia International Film Festival 2021

Quentin Tarantino dubs it “the most important and prestigious genre film festival in the world” and Guillermo Del Toro calls it “a shrine”

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…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 18/07/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 18/07/2021

[Film Review] Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021)

Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021) is the last part of the epic Fear Street story, and it had a tall order ahead of it as we looked to find out what happened in 1666…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 09/07/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 09/07/2021

[Film Review] Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)

This time, we get to meet C. Berman (Gillian Jacobs), the sole survivor of the Camp Nightwing massacre…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 06/07/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 06/07/2021

[Film Review] Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)

The first part in an epic Netflix horror trilogy event finally hit our screens after months of waiting…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 06/07/2021 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 06/07/2021

[Editorial] I Don’t Want to be Here Anymore: Dealing with Emotional Abuse Through Colossal (2016)

You can never predict the movies that you’re going to connect with on a personal level. When I settled down to finally watch Colossal (2016)…

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…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 01/06/2021 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 01/06/2021

[Editorial] Top Sci-Fi Horror Of 2020

Science Fiction and horror have always made for good companions and 2020 brought several films which explored the nature of time, bodily autonomy and the scary side of technology…

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?