What Sleeps Beneath is an online magazine that explores the horror genre as one of the most important cultural vehicles of our time. It is a home for all horror-loving nerds, and a space to investigate what the genre tells us about ourselves. We write book and movie reviews, conduct interviews, and write original academic research.
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The Entity (1982): Trauma and the Transgression of Spirits
Sidney Furie’s film attracted a fair amount of attention—not least because this film, like The Amityville Horror before it, was based on a true, and well-documented, story.
Review: Ghostwatch (1992)
Celebrating halfway to Halloween with Ghostwatch, the 1992 reality-horror, mockumentary-style film is one of the well-remembered examples of found footage, though it was taken from the air after its first showing.
Christmas Ghost Stories: Looking at Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
We look at how Charles Dickens’ classic tale, A Christmas Carol, has been repeatedly adapted, but continues to teach us the same lesson.
TV Review: The Haunting of Bly Manor
In succeeding Mike Flanagan’s Haunting of Hill House Netflix original series, The Haunting of Bly Manor draws horror back to its roots in Gothic Romance, leaving us haunted in its loose retelling of The Turn of the Screw.
Memory, Introspection, & Grief: A Ghost Story
And though I would first consider A Ghost Story (David Lowery) an unblinking, compassionate look at grief, there are also beautiful moments of introspection through the lens of memory.