Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 03/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 03/10/2023

[Editorial] Interview with Bishal Dutta, Writer and Director of It Lives Inside (2023)

With It Lives Inside, writer and director Bishal Dutta created a horror film that is as moving as it is terrifying. Ghouls Magazine was able to sit down with the award-winning filmmaker to discuss the inspirations behind the movie.

Leyla Hamedi / Contributor 02/10/2023 Leyla Hamedi / Contributor 02/10/2023

[Film Review] Perpetrator (2023)

Perpetrator opens with a girl walking alone in the dark. Her hair is long and loose just begging to be yanked back and her bright clothes—a blood red coat, in fact—is a literal matador’s cape for anything that lies beyond the beam of her phone screen.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/10/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 01/10/2023

[Film Review] Mercy Falls (2023)

Filmed on location in Scotland, Ryan Hendrick's new thriller Mercy Falls (2023) uses soaring views of the Scottish Highlands to show that the natural world can either provide shelter or be used as a demented playground for people to hurt each other.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/09/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 30/09/2023

[Film Review] Somewhere Quiet (2023)

After watching the psychological thriller Somewhere Quiet (2023), viewers will need hours (or days) to decompress.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/09/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 29/09/2023

[Film Review] It Lives Inside (2023)

It Lives Inside, written and directed by Bishal Dutta, won the 2023 Midnighters Audience Award Winner at SXSW – and with good reason.

Natalie Wall / Contributor 28/09/2023 Natalie Wall / Contributor 28/09/2023

[Book Review] Penance (2023) by Eliza Clark

Penance is Eliza Clark’s eagerly awaited second novel following her debut Boy Parts, which found much love and notoriety in online reading circles.

Kitty Hurst / Contributor 27/09/2023 Kitty Hurst / Contributor 27/09/2023

[Film Review] Homebodies (1974)

Writer/director Larry Yust challenges these stereotypes in his 1974 comedy horror Homebodies in which a group of elderly neighbours are on the verge of being evicted from their homes.

Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/09/2023 Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor & Social Manager 26/09/2023

[Editorial] 9 Best Slashers Released Within 10 Years of Scream (1996)

The slasher sub genre has always been huge in the world of horror, but after the ‘70s and ‘80s introduced classic characters like Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Leatherface, and Jason, it’s not harsh to say that the ‘90s was slightly lacking in the icon department.

Sarah Miles / Contributor 25/09/2023 Sarah Miles / Contributor 25/09/2023

[Film Review] The Nun 2 (2023)

This year marks ten years since the release of James Wan’s The Conjuring, the story of real life paranormal investigators/well-meaning kooks/dangerous frauds (delete as applicable) Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 25/09/2023 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 25/09/2023

[Film Review] The Puppet Asylum (2023)

It would be incredibly unfair to review the documentary Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story without also looking at the short horror created by the titular man himself, The Puppet Asylum.

Isobel Frost / Contributor 23/09/2023 Isobel Frost / Contributor 23/09/2023

[Game Review] First Look Preview: Cabernet (2024)

True within the video gaming world as it is within the film industry, horror is a genre that frequently houses some of the most uniquely interesting and successful projects being produced by smaller studios and creators.

Amber T / Contributor 17/09/2023 Amber T / Contributor 17/09/2023

[Film Review] FrightFest: The Ghost Station (2023)

Based on the legendary Korean webtoon Oksu Station Ghost by author Horang, Jeong Yong-ki’s The Ghost Station made its UK premiere at FrightFest to a crowd keen for some fresh and terrifying Asian horror.

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 16/09/2023 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 16/09/2023

[Documentary Review] Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story (2023)

Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story is a beautifully constructed documentary that is real, honest and brutal about the world’s perceptions of people with Down’s Syndrome, through the eyes of someone who has it, whilst maintaining a comic undertone of wholesome affection.

Sarah Miles / Contributor 15/09/2023 Sarah Miles / Contributor 15/09/2023

[Film Review] Children of the Corn (2020)

Movie adaptations have followed Stephen King’s work since the very beginning of his illustrious career, with Brian de Palma’s Carrie being released two years after the publication of the book of the same name, King’s first.

Amber T / Contributor 14/09/2023 Amber T / Contributor 14/09/2023

[Documentary Review] FrightFest: The J-Horror Virus (2023)

Why is Japanese horror so scary? What is the ‘J-horror boom’? Is The Ring the first J-horror film? What makes J-horror a distinct cinematic movement outside of the broader ‘Japanese horror’ umbrella?

Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 13/09/2023 Iona Smith / Senior Contributor & Events Organiser 13/09/2023

[Film Review] Herd (2023)

This film keeps audiences guessing where it will lead them next, with subtle and nuanced changes in the narrative that will surprise even the most zombie-literate to a degree.

Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 12/09/2023 Liz DeGregorio / Senior Contributor 12/09/2023

[Film Review] We Might Hurt Each Other (2022)

The Lithuanian slasher film We Might Hurt Each Other (also known as Pensive) deftly combines folklore, horror and the navigation of a high school social system to create a thrilling and thought-provoking movie.

Amber T / Contributor 11/09/2023 Amber T / Contributor 11/09/2023

[Film Review] FrightFest: New Life (2023)

John Rosman’s New Life takes this distillation of the subgenre to create an impressive, emotionally-charged debut that weaves together veins of horror and drama to create a unique take on a well-trod path, one that will leave its audience both moved and uncomfortably in touch with their own mortality.

Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 06/09/2023 Ariel Powers-Schaub / Senior Contributor & Admin Assistant 06/09/2023

[Film Review] Beaten to Death (2022)

Horror films love to ask the question, “What would you do if you were stranded in an unfamiliar area, and had to rely on the kindness of strangers?” And Beaten to Death (2022), written and directed by Sam Curtain, screams this question.

Amber T / Contributor 05/09/2023 Amber T / Contributor 05/09/2023

[Film Review] FrightFest: Good Boy (2022)

One of the most anticipated features among attendees to this year’s FrightFest, Viljar Bøe’s Good Boy, is a bizarre and unsettling Norwegian thriller that will have even the most ardent of dog lovers think twice before letting their pooch sleep in the same bed.