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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Ande Thomas 9/3/22 Ande Thomas 9/3/22

The Entity (1982): Psychiatry, Hysteria, and Women’s Healthcare

How the psychiatrists in The Entity represent the failings of the medical profession when it comes to women’s mental health.

Destiny King 7/30/22 Destiny King 7/30/22

Running Up That Hill: If Only Stranger Things’ Characters Could Beat Their Trauma

In Season 4 of Stranger Things characters dealing with mental illness and trauma are targeted and tortured by Vecna, leaving viewers to pick up the importance of getting help.

Ande Thomas 5/14/22 Ande Thomas 5/14/22

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.

Ande Thomas 5/3/20 Ande Thomas 5/3/20

Vampires & the Stigma of Mental Illness in ‘The Transfiguration’ and ‘Martin’

The Transfiguration stitches together a new vision of what it means to be a vampire in modern cinema. A lovechild between Let the Right One In, and the hidden ’70s gem, George A. Romero’s Martin, it effectively builds on the rich history of vampire films in the U.S. and maintains a sense of relevancy, without sacrificing its unique point of view.