Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 30/12/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 30/12/2022

[Editorial] A Reconstruction: Ten Years of Kill List (2011)

'Part modern folk tale with dark carnival influences and part exploration of the damaged male psyche'; Caitlyn Downs explores the mythos amid the horror in Ben Wheatley's 2011 sophomore film, Kill List.

Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 28/12/2022 Caitlyn Downs / Contributor 28/12/2022

[Editorial] "Dreadful, Mad Hunger”: The Danger of Silence in The Woman In Black (1989)

Caitlyn Downs discusses the division of masculine and feminine behaviour within The Woman in Black (1989) and how male silence and complicity perpetuates the Woman's immutable desire for vengeance...

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/12/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/12/2022

[Mother of Fears] Mother of Fear-Escaping a Mother’s Love in Run (2020)

Going away to college can be a difficult time for both parents and children. While both parties are no doubt looking forward to the new-found freedom which will come with the change in circumstances, it also brings a lot of disruption to the status quo of the past eighteen years.

Tiffany Aleman / Contributor 22/12/2022 Tiffany Aleman / Contributor 22/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] Comedy in The Evil Dead Franchise

Horror and comedy go together like peanut butter and jelly, and anyone who tries to tell you differently is a gaslighter of the third kind.

Rebecca Sayce / Contributor 21/12/2022 Rebecca Sayce / Contributor 21/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] How Scream Changed the Representation of the Final Girl

If I fell into a pit of snakes, I would do

The slasher genre has married gore and sexuality in an unholy bond that has remained strong since its inception

The roots of the slasher film began in Italian giallo films of the 1960s and 1970s, well known for their innovative use of violence, gore, and sexuality in their murder mystery narratives.

Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 20/12/2022 Zoë Rose Smith / Editor-in-Chief 20/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] August Underground: The most disturbing franchise ever made

Is August Underground the most extreme and disturbing franchise to exist? The answer is probably yes. Whilst extreme cinema has been around for many years, and has always been boundary pushing, Fred Vogel’s gruesome threesome has been cited as one of the most heinous and depraved pieces of filmmaking to ever be created.

Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 19/12/2022 Hannah Ogilvie / Contributor 19/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] Resident Evil “You’re all going to die down here”

A new zombie film franchise kicking off right at the beginning of the zombie renaissance based on a beloved horror game series? Check.

Starring an actress in a fantastic red dress and combat boot combo who kicks zombie ass and takes evil corporation’s names? Check.

Creepy English children being the faces of evil AI? Check.

Reyna Cervantes / Contributor 18/12/2022 Reyna Cervantes / Contributor 18/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] The Happy Death Day films and the Grieving Process

Grief is complex. Okay, that might be an oversimplification. Grief tends to be one of the most complex human emotions one can experience.

Vanessa Cordner / Contributor 17/12/2022 Vanessa Cordner / Contributor 17/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] Mortality, Reality and Hilarity in Final Destination

Years ago, I had a habit of getting drunk after post-work drinks and ending up getting the wrong train home. My husband made a joke one night that on my gravestone it would say Here Lies Vanessa, she finally got the right train.

Kristen Leer / Contributor 16/12/2022 Kristen Leer / Contributor 16/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] The Genesis Paradox in the Alien Franchise

The Alien (1979-present) franchise has been a cornerstone in science-fiction horror cinema…

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 15/12/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 15/12/2022

[Editorial] 10 of the Best Snow-Filled Horror Movies

Snow has started falling, temperatures continue to drop, and the nights are getting darker and darker, so it’s the perfect time to look at some of the best horror movies set in the winter and filled to the brim with snow!

Amanda Bianchi / Contributor 15/12/2022 Amanda Bianchi / Contributor 15/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] 1, 2, Freddy’s Coming for My Type-A Personality

If I fell into a pit of snakes, I would do something slick to tie them together to make a rope to climb out of said pit…

Candy Allison / Contributor 14/12/2022 Candy Allison / Contributor 14/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] The Sleepaway Camp Franchise And The Unsung Slasher Queen We All Deserve

Sleepaway Camp, the now-cult camp slasher film with an infamous twist, came to the horror realm in 1983…

Kat Hughes / Contributor 13/12/2022 Kat Hughes / Contributor 13/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] “A Bond That Would Not Be Broken”: Exploring Sisterhood Within The Ginger Snaps Franchise

Maintaining consistency within film franchises is difficult…

Xanthe Pajarillo / Contributor 12/12/2022 Xanthe Pajarillo / Contributor 12/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] ‘Zoms Vs. Poms!’ In Defense of Disney’s Zombies as Gateway Horror

Disney has a turbulent past with children's horror…

Mx Bel Morrigan / Contributor 11/12/2022 Mx Bel Morrigan / Contributor 11/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] How The Purge Franchise is Both Terrifyingly Relevant and Disappointingly Hollow

The Purge film franchise deals with themes of classism, racism, poverty, and inequality…

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 10/12/2022 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 10/12/2022

[For The Love Of Franchises] REC and the story of the Monstrous Woman: La Niña Medeiros

Many horror franchises have an iconic villain at their centre…

Melanie Moyer / Contributor 29/11/2022 Melanie Moyer / Contributor 29/11/2022

[Editorial] The Complicated History of the Lesbian Vampire

“You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish.” — Carmilla, Sheridan LeFanu, 1872. There is perhaps no monster in our western glossary of beasts more adaptable and ready to be an allegory than the vampire.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 27/11/2022 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 27/11/2022

[Mother of Fears] Three Generations of Trauma in Halloween (2018)

One thing that is interesting about the constant reworking of the Halloween (1978) timelines is that we get to see a different side to the characters involved depending on who is at the creative helm for each particular movie.

Megan Kenny / Contributor 26/11/2022 Megan Kenny / Contributor 26/11/2022

[Editorial] In Her Eyes: Tasya Vos in Possessor (2020)

Possessor is a slick futuristic thriller in which Tasya Vos, an assassin for hire, must manage her responsibilities as an elite killing machine and complex feelings towards her husband and son, whilst taking on another high-profile job that will push her to the edge of her sanity.