horror

Hellifax Horror Festival reviews

The good, bad, and downright terrifying

The sounds of fear

How composers craft the perfect horror soundtrack

AIFF 2024: Festival in review

Reviewing some of the Gazette staff’s notable watches after eight celebratory days of film, media and creativity in Halifax

Why do we love horror?

The seduction of safe scares

Dal alumna publishes horror story collection

Lauren Messervey on writing and creativity
In this image: Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe.

The Lighthouse is a maelstrom of terror

The new horror film stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe

Horror movie-but-not: Mother!

Disconcerting almost-horror film will leave you intrigued debating theories

“It” draws you in just to freak you out

Horror movie takes the innocent and makes it terrifying

Fallen Matthews

She follows the path straight to both her academic and writing dreams
Never underestimate the horror you can get from a simple kid’s movie. (Illustration by Carlo Collodi, from Le avventure di Pinocchio)

Dance Magic Dance: A selection of traumatizing children’s movies

Hollywood horror lost in the dark

Horror movies grew out of the rubble of post-war Germany like a psilocybin mushroom sprouting from the front lawn of a cop station.
Be wary of vampires. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Why vampires should never, ever be blood-sucking fairies