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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7 Horror-Comedy Fusions to Treat Yourself to This Weekend
Horror-comedies are enjoying a rare moment in the spotlight. These genre-fusions can make us laugh and scream—here’s some of our favorite films.
Intertwining True Crime and the Supernatural: A Review of ‘The Black Phone’
The Black Phone is a psychological thriller about a 13-year-old boy who must fight to escape the clutches of a neighborhood serial killer.
Skinamarink Preys on Your Worst Childhood Nightmares
Kyle Edward Ball’s debut horror feature, Skinamarink, is an experimental nightmare that taps into our basest childhood fears of helplessness, loneliness, and the dark.
Bones (and love) and All
The 2022 release of Luca Guadagnino’s movie Bones and All is a genre-bending romantic horror film about living on the run. It is a vampiric, cannibalistic, grotesque, haunting, and gut wrenching account of two young lovers coming of age at the margins of society.
[Movie Review] David Gordon Green's ‘Halloween Ends’ (2022)
In our first guest post movie review, writer Brian Naccarelli shares his take on Halloween Ends, the latest in a decades-long franchise, noting that the film is a refreshing change of pace and that the actions by Michael Myers and other characters were genuinely surprising.
Krampus & the Wassail Witch: A Christmas Love Story
Eamon McNamee’s Krampus and the Wassail Witch is a short, timeless love story woven with holiday folklore that is bound to warm your heart and maybe even bring a tear to your eye.
Top Ten Shudder Original Films
Shudder has become an indispensable source of horror with its highly curated collections and broad selection of original works. Read on for a list of (more than) top ten Shudder original films.
Victorian Ghosts & Bone Chilling Tales: A Winter Horror Reading List
From Christmas traditions, to ghostly classics and horrific tales, something on this list is bound to make your winter season more terrifyingly wonderful. Check out this winter horror reading list!
Interview with ‘Spirit of Fear’ Director Alex Davidson
Director Alex Davidson speaks to Ande Thomas about his upcoming film, Spirit of Fear, the challenges of maintaining tension with a sparse cast, and how fear and faith can sometimes go hand in hand.
Movie Review: Nyla Innuksuk's ‘Slash/Back’ (2022)
Slash/Back–an Indigenous, young-adult supernatural slasher thematically evocative of The Thing (1982)--both interweaves young tenacity against monstrous odds with engaging ideas.
Diving into Dahmer: A Serial Review
Ryan Murphy’s recent adaptation of infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s life and murderous encounters in Netflix’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story seems to focus on the humanization of Dahmer, more so than the unhuman acts he committed to 17 men and boys.
“The Night He Came Home!”: Michael Myers as a Revenant of (and Against) Capitalism
In John Carpenter's Halloween, there is a thematic throughline of Michael Myers as the Boogeyman, and also as revenant.
[Book Review] Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror Volume II
Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror Vol. II delivers a compelling series of personal essays from women, transgender, and non-binary people from all around the globe.
A Good Story Will Haunt You: An Interview With the Owners of Canada’s First Indie Horror Bookstore
Little Ghosts Books, Canada's first indie horror bookstore, is a cozy place that celebrates the darkness in horror and our hearts.
[Book Review] ‘Shredded: A Sports and Fitness Body Horror Anthology’
Edited by Eric Raglin and published by the Cursed Morsels Podcast, Shredded is the kind of love letter to body horror for the kids who were picked last in gym class and fitness nuts alike.
Deadly Manners: The Limits of Tolerance in ‘Speak No Evil’
When a Danish family accepts the invitation of the Dutch family they met on vacation, they never expected just how grave their mistake could be.
Book Review: A Rose for Her Grave
Former Seattle police officer turned true crime author Ann Rule recalls the chilling case of Randy Roth, a serial killer known for swooning women into marriage, opening hefty life insurance policies on them and then profiting from their tragic deaths. His story, among others in the anthology, reminds us that even the sweetest of charmers can have a dark side.
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.
‘Who Invited Them’ Brings the Home Invasion Thriller to a Housewarming Party
A new take on the classic home invasion thriller genre in Duncan Birmingham’s debut feature film.
Strange Relics, Stories of Archaeology and the Supernatural, 1895-1954
Strange Relics, Stories of Archaeology and the Supernatural, 1895-1954, is the latest utterly enchanting anthology from Handheld Press, bringing together the best in short story explorations of the past and supernatural literature.