Demonic, the latest film from South African-Canadian wunderkind Neil Blomkamp, begins with protagonist Carly (Carly Pope) searching through an abandoned mental hospital for her mother Angela (Nathalie Boltt). This opening… Continue reading "Ghosts in the Machine: Neil Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’ Melds Tech with the Occult"
Imagine that Rosemary’s Baby didn’t focus on the toxic yuppie couple, but was instead about the kindly, elderly Satanists living next door. The end result would probably look a little bit… Continue reading "Reverse Exorcism Film ‘Anything For Jackson’ Showcases the Mundanity (and Hilarity) of Evil"
If you’re at all familiar with the kind of films you find for free on Amazon Prime, you won’t be surprised to learn that 2000’s Bless The Child has recently… Continue reading "Suffer The Little Children To Sit Through This Nonsense: ‘Bless The Child’ Falls Flat"
Set entirely within the confines of a single house, I Trapped the Devil creates wonderful tension by combining a claustrophobic setting with the highest stakes imaginable. The film follows a… Continue reading "FrightFest 2019: I Trapped the Devil"
As the spookiest time of the year approaches, we at Vampire Squid are psyched. Halloween brings joy to hearts of horror fans worldwide, but the 31st October is not just… Continue reading "How to Celebrate Halloween in True Wiccan Style"
Just days away from the first arc coming to a conclusion, the rich and mysterious plot of Cognition has been brewing for years. The combination of Ken Reynolds’s narrative and… Continue reading "‘Cognition’ Blends Horror and Steampunk in a Wonderfully Dark Mystery"
A blend of steampunk design and occult horror storytelling, the Cognition series has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the latest instalments in the series. Issues #3 and #4… Continue reading "INTERVIEW: Ken Reynolds on Bringing ‘Cognition’ Full Circle with His Final Kickstarter"
Adam MacDonald’s 2014 film Backcountry did for the woods what Jaws did for the ocean. His tale of hikers facing down against an angry bear tapped into something primal; a… Continue reading "INTERVIEW: Director Adam MacDonald on Woodland Horror ‘Pyewacket’"
1. Night of the Demon Jacques Tournier’s masterpiece is a loose adaptation of Casting the Runes, an M.R. James story in which an English occultist offs his rivals by surreptitiously… Continue reading "M.R. James Onscreen: 6 Terrifying Jamesian Tales from Film and TV"
Blending a lifetime of religious stories with a fascination with death, Kat Jennings creates art that challenges the distinctly human fear of our own mortality. With excruciatingly fine detail inked… Continue reading "INTERVIEW: Artist Kat Jennings Talks ‘Knife Dance’"
Drawing on the mingled inspirations of an esoteric world view, Sp3ktr blends occult imagery with a dark sense of the erotic and elements of sci-fi. His distinct style and unique… Continue reading "INTERVIEW WITH AN ARTIST: Sp3ktr On Terror, Arousal, and Occult Influences"
An artist that explores the beauty in death, Agathe Sauvageot is a French illustrator who uses the contrast between black and white to expose the most fundamentally human fears. She… Continue reading "INTERVIEW WITH AN ARTIST: Agathe Sauvageot On Contrast, Tim Burton, and the Constant Fear of Death"