Michael Wehunt follows his Bram Stoker-winning debut with a novel that grafts vampire folklore onto a serial-killer plot, and asks what a family passes down along with its blood. Ginger Nuts of Horror gives it four stars, held back only by a slow-burning middle stretch. Full review inside.
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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Nikias Chryssos turns an elite tennis academy into a gory, darkly funny sports horror in Bloody Tennis, now on Shudder. Hope Madden finds a strong lead in Sandra Guldberg Kampp and a gleefully committed Elina Löwensohn. This Suspiria-inspired horror has plenty of blood, but not quite enough mystery to linger.
In this J. Todd Kingrea interview, the Virginia pastor and indie horror author talks about Only Angels Have Blue Eyes, a cult horror novel drawn from a true crime case. He explains building a cult leader’s theology from scratch and timing his heroine’s slow awakening, plus self-published horror, psychological horror without the gore, and the dying town of Black Rock in With A Blighted Touch.
Hope Madden reviews Never After Dark, Dave Boyle’s Japanese ghost story about a travelling medium sent to a remote inn. Moeka Hoshi leads a slow burn horror that borrows the look of early 90s J-horror without feeling borrowed. It takes its time as a supernatural thriller, then gets nasty when it counts.
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Kelly McWilliams talks to Ginger Nuts of Horror about American Nightmare, her Black horror novel built from Walter F. White’s real history as a NAACP spy during the Red Summer of 1919. She explains why the book, unlike her debut Mirror Girls, refuses any monster a reader could kill, and how the Atlanta Race Riot and racial passing shaped its uncanny, rule-less dread.
Michael Mulvihill’s Rot Land drags the reader into Rathgar, a town where every resident carries their own strain of decay. This Rot Land review looks at how the novel turns crime, social media and entitlement into political horror with a wicked sense of humour. Our verdict: a hidden gem of a horror novel.
Tatiana Schlote-Bonne’s What Feeds Below is a YA horror fantasy that descends into the Void and refuses to let you back up for air. Cave horror, fungal body horror, and a devastating friendship story combine into something genuinely new. Our full review explores what makes this one of 2026’s essential horror reads.
