Explore True Blood Season 2 through Maryann Forrester, the monster of excess. This essay examines her seductive, maternal, and orgiastic power, revealing how female-centered horror shifts from private desire in Season 1 to chaotic, communal body horror.

This Girl Horror essay explores True Blood as a Southern Gothic fairy tale, examining how Sookie Stackhouse’s girlhood is shaped by small-town restrictions, supernatural ruptures, and the collision of innocence with violence in Bon Temps, Louisiana.

Before we ever meet a monster on screen, we learn to fear something closer to home: our own soft, unpredictable bodies. The first horror...

It wouldn't be spooky season without a re-watch of the original  Friday the 13th (1980)  and Halloween (1978) . These films sit side by...

Hercules Poirot is back. Kenneth Branagh  takes the proverbial stage and directs himself once more as the distinguished detective - the...

There is so much beauty throughout this film, even in the moments of horror. To be well. A desire we all have had. A huge portion of the...

It was clear to me from the poster advertising for this film that it would hit me in my goolies, as it were. For me, anything that...

Everybody knows it's Barbie season. Greta Gerwig's new Barbie film  has had an absolutely phenomenal start to its season, being both the...

There is something incessantly fascinating about the story of a con artist. In particular a con artist who is also a woman. There are so...

Written and directed by the incredible Rose Glass , the unbelievable religious terror of Saint Maud (2019)  is truly haunting. This film...

Netflix' new approach at the traditional Addams Family  story has been highly contested since its release earlier this year. Some people...

Directed by the incredible Maria Schrader  and starring the powerful Carey Mulligan , Zoe Kazan , and Patricia Clarkson , this year saw...

Earlier this month (November, 2022), Netflix UK released The Wonder , directed by Chilean Sebastián Lelio . This film is a slow and...