George Daniel Lea’s Thirteen for Halloween tour reaches Medusa and the Gorgons, the monsters he met first in a childhood Ladybird book. He reads the Medusa myth through Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Ray Harryhausen’s Clash of the Titans, and asks how a creature built to terrify became a feminist icon.
Book Reviews
Honest, in-depth reviews of new horror novels, collections and novellas, from the big releases to the small presses and indie voices you won't find anywhere else.
Film Reviews
Reviews of new horror films in cinemas, on streaming and on the festival circuit, from the blockbusters to the micro-budget gems worth hunting down.
Interviews
Conversations with the writers and filmmakers shaping horror today: what drives their work, where the dread comes from, and the stories behind the stories.
Features
Long reads on why horror matters, from genre histories and deep dives into classics to our personal My Life in Horror, What's On Shudder essays and Fright Club lists.
The Young Blood Library
Round-ups, age-by-age reading lists and reviews written with young readers, for parents, teachers and librarians looking for the right scare.
Jo Salazar’s If We Survive the Night started out as The Dead Weight, released by the author herself, and arrives from Sourcebooks Fire in 2026. In this interview, the YA zombie writer talks about building a protagonist you follow but never trust, writing institutional damage without a diagnosis, and why Quinn will never get the redemption arc readers keep waiting for.
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George Daniel Lea’s Thirteen for Halloween tour reaches Medusa and the Gorgons, the monsters he met first in a childhood Ladybird book. He reads the Medusa myth through Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Ray Harryhausen’s Clash of the Titans, and asks how a creature built to terrify became a feminist icon.
Alex Goyette’s Breeder sends a broke geneticist to dinner with a dog breeder who thinks he would make the perfect stud. Hope Madden finds this dark comedy horror uncomfortable, smart and often funny, with Dot-Marie Jones giving a masterful performance that holds firm even when the third act falters.
Dani Soncasie spent much of her childhood at Shriners Hospital for Children, afraid of being left behind and of being different. In this guest feature, she traces how those childhood fears in horror form found their way into Blood of the Forsaken, her vampire graphic novel about a family home that stops being safe.
