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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The Greatest Moment in Film
A lot of what the pros refer to as “creative nonfiction” will often have a headline that will be pure hyperbole and sometimes, clickbait. In this instance however, I’m not kidding.
[Movie Review] ‘The Omicron Killer’ (2024)
The COVID-19 pandemic has left a lasting scar on the world, but one of the few silver linings that we can take from the experience is the sea of pandemic-inspired horror that came out of quarantine.
The Book of Queer Saints, Vol. 2 - Reviewed
The Book of Queer Saints, Volume 2 is editor Mae Murray's highly anticipated follow-up to her own 2022 anthology that rings terrifyingly relevant, forcing readers to confront cold truths facing us today.
Dark Reflections: Horror Games and Mirror Neurons
Contributor Brandon Allison delves into the world of horror video games, where mirror neurons play a pivotal role, especially in those crafted to elicit spine-tingling thrills for our enjoyment.
Horror Movies Featuring A Presidential Figure
Explore the dark side of politics this President's Day weekend with our bone-chilling movie list, featuring several commanders-in-chief facing terrifying aliens, zombies, the supernatural, and more.
[Movie Review] There Is a Monster (2024)
There Is a Monster, a small budget supernatural horror film from writer and director Mike Taylor, is fresh out of the starting gate on VOD platforms. Based loosely on his own family’s experiences, There Is a Monster is a personal work for Taylor, starring Joey Collins as Jack, a veteran portrait photographer whose small studio is just starting to gain traction.
Revisiting the Old Haunts
As we find ourselves in the midst of the years’ most frigid days, we are also at our most reflective. Seasonal solitude coinciding with holiday festivities creates a space to contemplate relationships past and present. Do you traipse around your house in the shadows of early nightfall? Catch a glimpse of a specter of the previous you? Or maybe, someone you used to know? Film grants us the opportunity to explore these experiences of isolation, contemplation, and fear of someone near and dear not being exactly the same as you remember.
[Book Review] ‘Silver Nitrate’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Renowned author of the novel Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia weaves occult, supernatural, and conspiracy in her latest novel Silver Nitrate.
Magic and Murder - A Review Of Memories of Sorrow Book 1: Obsession
Obsession follows protagonist Shion, a loner-type teenage boy struggling with his relationship with his parents, his friends, and keeping his magic abilities secret.
The Mystery of Three Keys - Ghost Stories by First Grade Students at Falk School
In collaboration with Falk School, What Sleeps Beneath is proud to publish a scary story written by Mr. Kevin Goodwin’s first grade class. These youngsters tackle what makes something scary, and how teamwork can comfort even the most frightened.
[Book Review] I Walked with A Zombie
Author Gregory William Mank reviews a piece of Hollywood history in Clive Dawson’s I Walked with A Zombie.
Navigating Shared Trauma in Mike Flanagan’s ‘Oculus’
Mike Flanagan’s lesser known film Oculus has the trappings of your average haunted house story, but with a twist up its sleeve.
Book Review: Blood Ending
Released one year ago today, Michael McGovern’s Blood Ending takes you on a decades-long adventure filled with vampires and an angry alchemist with little-to-no opportunities to catch your breath.
The Fall of The House of Usher: A Modern Gothic Tale
Call it karmic retribution, or karma, call it fate, destiny even—everything is said to have its consequence. In the case of Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of The House of Usher, Consequence inevitably returns to collect on a deal made with the Ushers.
The Beetlejuice Cocktail
Get ready for Halloween weekend with a Beetlejuice inspired cocktail recipe that’s sure to raise the dead.
A Master in the Making: Mike Flanagan's ‘Absentia’
Flanagan’s remarkable understanding of the ghost story subgenre pulls through in his 2011 film Absentia in which the ghost stands in for a character’s pain.
The Horror Structure Paradigm: A Guide to Writing a Horror Screenplay
Investigating screenplay genres and how they are narratively separated based on their relationship to death.
Lindsay Theater To Host Second Annual Thriller Picture Show
Pittsburgh’s Moving Picture Festival: Thriller Picture Show will showcase a collection of independent films from October 7-9 at the Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.
Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories
Set in the Arctic Circle, Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories is a collection of haunted tales by award winning Indigenous authors that chill to the bone.
Hubtoberfest Features Romero’s The Amusement Park
Join us on September 22 for a special screening of George A. Romero’s psychological horror film, The Amusement Park.