Horror director Eli Roth: ‘All you can do is prepare your child. You can’t protect them’
As his latest film, Ice Cream Man, is released, the film-maker explains why horror can’t be just ‘gross and repellent’. It has to be clever too
Horror
Reviews and other articles about horror fiction and other media
No Ghosts by Max Lury: a rigorous new exploration of the creepypasta aesthetic
Ambitious debut novel successfully describes the warped state of human-computer interactions, but its protagonists lack substance and emotional depth
Obsession: The best US horror film of the 2020s – starring a ringer for Paul Mescal
Twisted love story directed by Curry Barker delivers a chilling critique of human relationships
Undertone review: Creepy Catholic iconography adds to unease of debut director’s eerie chiller
Ian Tuason shot the film in his own childhood home, where he cared for both parents at the end of their lives
Scream 7: Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox return for meta-textual bloodletting
The latest addition to the franchise struggles to find fresh ways to snark at slasher conventions
Politics of fear: horror has always been deeply political
From Addams Family Values to Dawn of the Dead, the genre is a political Trojan horse concealing all manner of subversive social messages. Here are 10 of the best political horror films for Halloween
Patrick Freyne’s guide to the biggest horror TV shows, from Stranger Things to Sesame Street
Including the attractive conformists of Wednesday’s posh private school, the paranormal Baywatch spinoff and the Joanna Lumley show that scarred an Irish child for life
‘Isn’t that the horror guy?’ - Kildare author tackles another Hollywood boogeyman
Wayne Byrne on You Can’t Kill the Boogeyman: The Ongoing Halloween Saga – 13 Films and Counting
Together review: Alison Brie and Dave Franco star in stomach-churning masterclass in eugh
This twisty, shameless entertainment starring the real-life marrieds has tremendous fun playing with how the sexes are perceived
Good books: The 20 best holiday reads this summer
Chillers, thrillers, romance, comedy, a GAA travelogue and Chekov in the west of Ireland
Sarah Maria Griffin: ‘I will be trying to figure out what the internet means to me for the rest of my life’
The author on her new novel, Eat the Ones You Love; the importance of libraries; and her love of video games
Your Monster: Audacious debut swerves from romcom to horror. Be prepared for it to cast a spell
Writer-director’s auspicious debut sustains audacious tonal balancing act
An Taibhse review: Queasy atmosphere and good performances drive this taut Irish-language horror
At a taut, busy 92 minutes, John Farrelly’s film works itself into a symphony of niggling submelodies: blood, religion, familial abuse
Demi Moore has just made one of the great film comebacks. How did that happen?
Donald Clarke: Cannes film festival has gone wild for the biggest star of 1995. Will she build on the success? What does history tell us?
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