Editorials

Return of the Living Dead 3
Return of the Living Dead 3

The Shakespearean Romance of ‘Return of the Living Dead III’

August 8th, 2023 • Kat Hughes

Kat Hughes explains why Brian Yuzna’s ‘Return of the Living Dead III’ serves as horror’s most faithful Shakespeare adaptation.

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

Resurrecting ‘Urban Legends: Bloody Mary’

August 8th, 2023 • Kim Morrison

Kim Morrison explains why Mary Lambert’s ‘Urban Legends: Bloody Mary’ deserves to sit alongside the other films in the franchise.

13B Fear Has a New Address

’13B’ and the Overlooked World of Indian Horror

August 3rd, 2023 • Luke David

Vikram Kumar’s ’13B: Fear Has A New Address’ sits alongside ‘Pulse’ and ‘One Missed Call’ as strong examples of international techno-horror.

Hilary Swank The Reaping

‘The Reaping’ Offers a Twisted Religious Horror Story

July 18th, 2023 • Molly Henery

Stephen Hopkins’s ‘The Reaping’ assembles an incredibly talented cast for a twisted, religious coming-of-age horror film.

Galadriel Stineman Murder Anyone

‘Murder, Anyone?’ and the Violence of Creation

July 13th, 2023 • Bee Delores

James Cullen Bressack’s ‘Murder, Anyone?’ is a comedic meta-horror that nevertheless finds true violence in the creative process.

No Telling

Revisiting Larry Fessenden’s ‘No Telling’

July 3rd, 2023 • Jamie Alvey

For his debut feature ‘No Telling,’ Larry Fessenden turned to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ for inspiration.

Censor Niamh Algar

Moral Panics and Video Nasties: How Fear Turns Into Censorship in ‘Censor’

June 30th, 2023 • Livia Reim

Set in a time of government censorship, Prano Bailey-Bond’s ‘Censor’ uses video nasties to explore the darker side of moral panics.

Elvira Mistress of the Dark

She’s a Queen: Camp, Queerness, and Comedy in ‘Elvira, Mistress of the Dark’

June 30th, 2023 • Peter Piatkowski

With ‘Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,’ Cassandra Peterson created an earnest tale of queer ostracization and isolation.

Hayley Griffith Satanic Panic

How ‘Satanic Panic’ Captures Adulthood Limbo

June 15th, 2023 • Molly Henery

In her latest Uterus Horror piece, Molly Henery explains how Chelsea Stardust’s ‘Sanatic Panic’ captures the limbo before adulthood.

The Wailing

‘The Wailing’ and the Identity Crises of a Korean Generation

June 1st, 2023 • Justin Kyle

Justin Kyle explains why Na Hong-jin’s ‘The Wailing’ has as much to say about generational divides as it does about religious horror.