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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Shark Week: 24 Hours of the Best & Worst Sharks in Film, Part II
Sometimes you really can take Shark Week too seriously. Sitting through 36 Shark Week staples. And others.
A resurgence of Folk-Horror - Round Table Discussion of “Midsommar”
Largely billed as horror that takes place in broad daylight, Midsommar was director and screenwriter Ari Aster’s first heavy-hitting film following Hereditary. In this collaborative review, we hear from all three founding writers on their perspectives in the resurgence of folk-horror.
This is Who We Are: Meet the Contributors
It all started with a Black Phillip coffee mug. We're a group of writers, friends, and horror-loving nerds. Come hang out with us!
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Even by today’s standards, we can unfortunately predict that such a polite, attractive and considerate person isn’t easy to come by. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile never delivers that fear-for-your-life expectation, not until the very end.
Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse (2017) [Movie Review]
The four-act structure and the subsequent slide of one woman, living alone, into the relentlessly grinding maw of social expectations, culture, and the Old High German titular “witch” (Hagazussa) concept was a deeply moving joy.
Shark Week: 24 Hours of the Best and Worst Sharks in Film
Sometimes you really can take Shark Week too seriously. Sitting through 36 Shark Week staples. And others.