The Discomfort Zone: On The Wicker Man
James Fleming unpacks the alienating experience of folk horror classic The Wicker Man…
Film
Welcome to the Horrified Film page. Here, you’ll find writing including articles, essays, analysis, retrospectives, insights and love letters to everything British horror film…
‘A weakness can often be close to cruelty’: José Ramón Larraz’s British Films
In this in-depth essay on the work of José Ramón Larraz, Paul Lewis explores the director’s work, focusing on his early films made in 1970s Britain…
Another Santa Is Slain: Don’t Open Till Christmas
Jae Prowse heads back to 1980s Britain to look at the troubled production of much-derided festive slasher, Don’t Open Till Christmas…
Duality in The Descent (2005)
Blurring the line between hero and villain, monster and human. Emma Louise Platt examines the gendered duality of 2005’s The Descent….
Revenge of the Nerd: Slaughter High (1986)
Slaughter High (1986) was Britain’s answer to the influx of US-made slashers during the 1980s, but was it any good? Chris Andrews goes behind the mask…
Accidental Villains and Unreliable Narrators in The Hole (2001)
While teen horror movies usually give us sympathetic characters that we can root for, Kim Morrison explores The Hole (2001) and its central villain, Liz, an unreliable narrator fuelled by teenage desires the audience can relate to.
Fantastic sights, chivalric symbolism and deep chills: David Lowery’s The Green Knight
Graham Williamson digs into the 2021 adaptation of the Arthurian legend…
Eye of the Devil (1966)
Jane Nightshade revisits Eye of the Devil: an early, often overlooked example of folk horror cinema…
Last Night in Giallo?
Matt Rogerson asks: is Edgar Wright’s surreal psych-horror Last Night in Soho a love letter to Swinging Sixties’ London or a celebration of the giallo? This article contains spoilers for the film Last Night in Soho.
Robots, Aliens, Monsters, and Surreal Trips: An Interview With Terry Cooper
We talk to Terry Cooper about his forthcoming horror comedy, Bloody Students, which is now in development…