Author: Andrew Cook


  • Haunters of the Silence is an inspired folk-horror trip

    WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD Haunters of the Silence is a 2026 surrealist folk-horror film by Finnish husband and wife duo Tatu Heikkinen and Veleda Thorsson-Heikkinen. Their debut feature proves to be an interesting piece of work, forgoing buckets of blood and jump scares in favor of a slow-burn, atmospheric approach, telling a visually poetic story about…

  • How Stephen Kingโ€™s Carrie is a Definitive Piece of 70s Horror

    Recently I re-read Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie. I hadn’t read it since high school and reading it again as an adult gave me a far deeper understanding of the book. Not just as a profound empathetic statement, not just as a piece of social commentary, but also as a formative text for King as…