Anne Séguin / Contributor 04/11/2022 Anne Séguin / Contributor 04/11/2022

[Film Review] Rave (2020)

Loud, bellowing drums are at the forefront of the opening scene while we see partygoers heading towards a mysterious abandoned factory, the primary location of Nils Alatalo’s Swedish psychedelic body horror Rave (2020).

Sarah Miles / Contributor 03/11/2022 Sarah Miles / Contributor 03/11/2022

[Film Review] Yokai Monsters Trilogy (1968 - 1969)

To talk about the Yōkai Monsters trilogy, now available on Shudder after a great Arrow box set release last year, it’s necessary to give an idea of what yōkai actually are. However, it’s a little difficult to say as most definitions fall short in encompassing the role that they play in Japanese folklore.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 01/11/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 01/11/2022

[Film Review] My Best Friend’s Exorcism (2022)

Another beloved horror novel has been given the movie treatment this October as Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friend’s Exorcism (2022) hit Amazon Prime. Based on the 2016 novel, which many of us bought for its beautiful ‘80s VHS-style cover, My Best Friend’s Exorcism focuses on the relationship between best friends Abby (Elsie Fisher) and Gretchen (Amiah Miller) after a night at a lake house goes very wrong.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 31/10/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 31/10/2022

[Film Review] Hounded (2022)

Tommy Boulding’s Hounded (2022) is a fast-paced and violent appraisal of classism. Four friends make their living as thieves, stealing art from the homes of wealthy people and selling it to art dealers.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 29/10/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 29/10/2022

[Film Review] Mother Superior (2022)

In 1975, Sigrun, an anesthetist in training, agrees to care for the ailing, eccentric Baroness Heidenreich in her crumbling, dilapidated country pile. Alone, except for the Baroness and her equally strange man servant Otto, Sigrun begins to explore the long abandoned dusty rooms, filled with records, chemistry sets, esoteric symbols and taxidermy animals, searching for the truth about her past.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 21/10/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 21/10/2022

[Film Review] Brooklyn Film Festival: Old Flame (2022)

In writer and director Christopher Denham's third feature film Old Flame (2022), what initially appears to be a romantically charged meeting at a college reunion swiftly turns into an uneasy meditation on memory, truth and violence.

Amber T / Contributor 20/10/2022 Amber T / Contributor 20/10/2022

[Film Review] V/H/S/99 (2022)

Last year’s V/H/S/94 breathed new life into the found-footage franchise that had lain dormant since 2014’s poorly received V/H/S: Viral, becoming Shudder’s biggest premiere ever and reigniting the spark that burned in the first two V/H/S movies.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 20/10/2022 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 20/10/2022

[Film Review] Brooklyn Film Festival: Repulse (2021)

After originally debuting at Prague's Febiofest in 2021, Emila Křižky's quietly disturbing film Repulse (Hrana Zlomu) had its North American debut at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in October 2022.

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 17/10/2022 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 17/10/2022

[Film Review] Two Witches (2022)

Witches don’t die before leaving their legacy. Two Witches, told in two separate acts that come together to weave a tale of inheritance, begins with the pregnant Sarah (Belle Adams) and her partner Simon (Ian Michaels) who are out to dinner when they receive an evil eye from a random woman at another table, the chapter’s titular Boogeywoman (Marina Parodi).

Mo Moshaty / Contributor 11/10/2022 Mo Moshaty / Contributor 11/10/2022

[Editorial] Best 9 Haunted House Horror Films

The Paranormal Horror genre has had a chokehold on audiences for eons. It’s followed us home and from the theatre, it’s had us checking around the dark corners of our bedrooms, our heart jumping at every ping, ding, and crack from our homes.

Ariel Baska / Contributor 26/05/2022 Ariel Baska / Contributor 26/05/2022

[Editorial] Disability and Horror: Fresh (2022)

It’s time we had a talk. The film I want to talk about, Fresh, was a major hit out of Sundance back in March…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 18/05/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 18/05/2022

[Film Review] Torn Hearts (2022)

Torn Hearts (2022) warns what may happen if you meet your heroes. Director Brea Grant’s new film follows a band called Torn Hearts, a two-woman contemporary country music act in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 01/05/2022

[Editorial] Interview: Mums and Sons - An Examination of the Child/Parent Relationship Pocketbook with Rebecca McCallum

Ariel Powers-Schaub chats to Rebecca McCallum all about her upcoming book, Mums + Sons, which examines the familial relationships in three horror films.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 04/04/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 04/04/2022

[Video] The Creators of Horror: Panel Discussion with Women in Horror

For too long women in the horror industry haven’t had the space for their voices to shout loudly, but this is changing and that’s thanks to the phenomenal people creating content!

Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 04/04/2022 Rebecca McCallum / Assistant Editor 04/04/2022

[Editorial] Women in Horror Films Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

Want to test your knowledge of women in horror? Then Rebecca McCallum is going to make you realise that you probably don't know too much with fun & exciting horror quiz to try at home…

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 04/04/2022 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 04/04/2022

[Video] The Ghouls Gang Discuss Horror Films, Writing and Inspiration

Do you want to know what horror films inspire the Ghouls Magazine writers? Or perhaps how they first got into writing about horror? Have a watch of this discussion!

Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 10/03/2022 Natasha O'Neill / Contributor 10/03/2022

[Editorial] The Exploration of Paraphilias in Extreme Horror

Sex and horror have been tied together for decades, scenes alluding to a sexual nature are often seen in most of the classic horrors…

Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 01/03/2022 Elizabeth Bishop / Senior Contributor 01/03/2022

[Editorial] Best of Netflix Horror Films Part 1

After her recommendations on the Classics, Modern Masterpieces and Something A Little Netflix Nasty in part 1, here Elizabeth Bishop continues with a definitive list of horrors…

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 28/02/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 28/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: “Touch With Your Eyes” - Julia Ducournau’s Cinema of Sensation

During the magnetic, roaming camera sequence set to Doing It To Death by The Kills early in Titane, a man is removed from the show after touching one of the girls…

Jenn Adams / Contributor 26/02/2022 Jenn Adams / Contributor 26/02/2022

[Editorial] Hearts of Darkness: Black Swan (2010) and the Death of Perfection

A beautiful ballerina waits on a cold, dark stage. The picture of innocence, she dances in a perfect white tulle dress with skirts falling to her mid calves…