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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Jane Toppan: America's First Female Serial Killer

America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster, authored by Mary Kay McBrayer, is an interesting and experimental novel focused on exactly who you’d expect: Jane Toppan.

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Laura Kemmerer Laura Kemmerer

Global Horror Cinema Today, Reviewed

In Global Horror Cinema Today: 28 Representative Films from 17 Countries, this broad-strokes perspective on the genre’s recent filmic history will have horror fans keeping Letterboxd open—so many amazing moves, so little time.

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The Horrors of the Human in ‘Midnight Mass’

The horror in Midnight Mass isn’t its vampire, though that is horrifying as well, but in its people—that an entire town of good, well-meaning families could be so easily convinced to turn on each other and their humanity. It’s a difficult but necessary pill to swallow in a post-COVID, post-QAnon world.

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WSB's Halloween Favorites

The WSB team discusses their favorite things about the Halloween holiday. From movies to crafts, decorations and aesthetics, each author conveys what brings them most joy during the spooky season.

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