Halloween 3: A Consumerist Critique that Became the Franchise’s Future
The Halloween franchise has never really been a cohesive series within horror. After the last two installments from David Gordon Green, even longtime fans have lost faith in the franchises’ direction. I blame capitalism. John Carpenter’s Halloween was never supposed to have a sequel– let alone a whole franchise. But the studio saw how audiences reacted to the first: particularly to Michael Myers. At the dawn of the slasher boom, Halloween’s lasting impression was far removed from the slain babysitters.
All Guts, No Glory: Reflecting on Him One Year Later
There’s nothing quite like anticipating a movie that actually meets your expectations. That doesn’t account for when the film becomes a punching bag for a majority of audiences. Him (2025), directed by Justin Tipping, disappointed the majority. Not me. It had all the guts it needed to scrutinise America’s fetish with football. It never had the glory of recent original works like Obsession (2026) and Buddy (2026), though.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Psychosexual
There’s a lot of conversations circulating about sex in the media today. Today’s target audience of Gen Z are ranking higher on the puritanical scale, which has sparked discussion of a generational moral panic amongst young people. While the media can be a looking glass to the anxieties of society, audience reception also says a thing or two on shared ideologies amongst said society.
The People We Don’t Meet on Vacation
The horror genre is full of lessons: don’t leave your doors unlocked, check under your bed, don’t descend into a dark, mysterious basement. For some with anxiety, like me, it offers a guidebook to staying out of danger. My own anxiety stretches into traveling because I watched too many vacation horror movies.
Four Favourites: June
This month’s Four Favourites from girlblog! Editor-in-Chief Rachel Gambling cover ground from recently released horror and thriller titles Die My Love, Backrooms, and Faces of Death to Coralie Fargeat’s feature debut Revenge.
Jungian Archetypes and Womanhood in Horror Cinema
I can’t remember a time where I didn’t fear my body. From a young age, I was taught to be hyperconscious of how I positioned myself physically. I made sure my legs were always pressed together tight or crossed when seated. I tested the appropriateness of my outfits by raising my arms to see if my shirts would expose my belly, or bending over to check if my undergarments would remain fully covered by my dress. By the time I got my period, I noticed my father would wince when I needed him to pick up tampons at the store, and he would clam up if I told him I had cramps. I was scared of being overexposed: of the length of my skirt being the reason I’d get a write up at school. I was scared of being seen as disgusting: of having to put my bloodstained bedsheets in the hamper for my father to wash.
Your ‘Instant Cult Classic’ is Kitschy
Film & TV Editor for girlblog! Avery Jay gives their dissection into what makes a modern cult classic in an era of short attention spans and social media.
Four Favourites: May
Vroom vroom! girlblog’s four favourites for May, picked by Editor-in-Chief Rachel Gambling, range from a film about kitty cats to two about public shags.
girlblog! Recommends: Gritty Girlhood Coming-of-Age Films
Ah, the living nightmare of girlhood. What films truly capture its essence? girlblog! Editor-in-Chief Rachel Gambling shares her recommendations for gritty and girly coming-of-age.
Four Favourites: April
girlblog! Editor-in-Chief Rachel Gambling gives bitesize reviews for her four favourite watches in April 2026: Friendship (2024), Candyman (2021), The Terminator (1984), and Prey (2022).
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