Continuing the seasonal tradition of ghost stories, I spoke with Dr. Murray Leeder about his research into the intersection of the supernatural and early cinema, his interest in ghost stories, and how all of this connects.

We look at how Charles Dickens’ classic tale, A Christmas Carol, has been repeatedly adapted, but continues to teach us the same lesson.

Author Grafton Tanner, in his latest book Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech, criticizes the intersection of the nostalgia industry and Big Tech and underscores the imminent need for dreaming a better future that is not at the behest of the surveillance state.

Possessor, Brandon Cronenberg’s latest feature, leans into the family legacy of body horror but also struggles to maintain focus.

Thanksgiving is over, and while most of us couldn’t see our families this year, that didn’t stop us from feasting. Here's a food horror roundup to celebrate Thanksgiving 2020.

A story of South Sudanese refugees looking to make a new life in Britain, His House, written and directed by Remi Weekes, is the latest and greatest in 2020’s juggernaut social horror showcase.

Horror is haunted by nostalgia, and in his latest book, author Grafton Tanner examines the intersection of Big Tech and the commodification of nostalgia, and how that, too, appears in horror movies.

In director Ben Wheatley’s take on Daphne du Maurier’s Gothic horror masterpiece Rebecca, Wheatley’s distinctive, macabre style is muted by stylistic missteps and a lack of critical components from the novel.

Looking for ways to keep the Halloween spirit alive? Looking for horror recommendations? We put together a list of our favorite movies, as well as tricks and treats, to get you in the marathoning holiday spirit.

Though the pandemic made us rethink how we celebrate Halloween, Pittsburgh’s very own ScareHouse, known as one of America’s scariest haunted houses, made some changes to keep the nightmares rolling.

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.

Women’s Weird 2: More Strange Stories by Women, 1891-1937, published by Handheld Press, is a joy of a read that expands on women’s role in horror and the Weird.

In our latest horror review of Natalie Erika James’ Relic, Destiny Johnson dives into what works and what doesn’t for the narrative, and how the mind is truly a haunted house.

An incredibly fun Halloween horror watch, Haunt captures the thrills and chills of the season and the extremes we’ll push ourselves to for the sake of October. but also reveals some genre sore spots.

In the second installment of our collaboration with Supernatural Studies, Laura Kemmerer spoke with Bowling Green State University adjunct instructor and author Olivia Taylor Zolciak about her research into the monstrousness of motherhood in the context of The Babadook.

TikTok star and embalming apprentice Beckie-Ann Galentine @mybloodygalentine shares her inspirations for Halloween and cemetery history.

Just over a year ago, we started What Sleeps Beneath because we were a group of nerds who wanted to talk and write about horror movies.

With a global recession and nationalism on the rise, folk horror is taking center stage. Recently, Laura interviewed author Howard David Ingham about the resurgence of folk horror and its core themes.

Twenty-five years after release, The Prophecy both remains a cult fixture in the film landscape and a compelling take on religious horror.

In an interview with author Antares Leask, we explore some of the unexpected elements of paranormal reality TV.