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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- B-Movies & Cult Classics
- Body Horror
- Books & Literature
- Classic Horror Films
- Cosmic Horror
- Cults & Religious Horror
- Essays
- Events
- Folk Horror
- Found Footage & Mockumentary
- Gendered & Queer Horror
- Ghosts & Hauntings
- Holiday Horror
- Independent Films
- International Horror
- Interviews
- Lists
- Possession & Exorcism
- Recipes
- Sci-Fi Horror
- Slashers
- Survival & Environmental Horror
- TV
- Thrillers
- True Crime
- Vampires
- Werewolves & Transformations
- Women in Horror
- Zombies
We Don’t Go Back: An Interview with Howard David Ingham
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.
Supernatural Studies: Tennessee Wraith Chasers and Classism in Paranormal Reality TV
In an interview with author Antares Leask, we explore some of the unexpected elements of paranormal reality TV.
The Haunted Spaces of Suburbia: An Interview with Robert McLaughlin
Hauntings are not restricted to the dead: economic, social, cultural factors, and the very past itself can come to bear on the present. In this interview with Robert McLaughlin, author and lecturer, we discuss hauntology and suburban life.
Gothic Children: Investigating Comics & Children's Literature with Dr. Julia Round
Like the specters that have been known to haunt the Gothic fiction genre, Gothic modes have a tendency of cropping up where they might be least expected. For Dr. Julia Round, this means investigating comics and children’s literature.
Women in Horror: An Interview with Professor Aalya Ahmad
Driven by a passion to bridge the gap between academia and fandom in horror, Dr. Aalya Ahmad has spent much of her career teaching students from a variety of backgrounds about what the genre has to offer, as well as diving into the intersection of feminist theory and horror.
Reading the Bible with Horror: An Interview with Professor Brandon Grafius
There is something both viscerally compelling and haunting about religious horror, whether it simply be flavored with something like Catholic iconography or saturated with a terrifying belief system baked into the very writing.
The Influence of WWI on Horror: An Interview with Historian W. Scott Poole
Both Halloween and Veteran’s Day have come and gone, but around the end of October, I found myself thinking about the role of war in horror.
A Flowering of Hellebore: An Interview with Founding Editor Maria Pérez Cuervo
I recently had the chance to talk with magazine founding editor Maria Pérez Cuervo about what inspired the creation of [Hellebore] magazine, plans for the future, and how folk horror inspires her.