• A Beginner’s Guide to Horror Films

    Lucian Woolley For many, myself included, October is an excuse to persuade relatives and friends to indulge in the frightfully iconic genre that dominates the segment of the calendar. Horror is perhaps stereotyped for its intimidatingly high entry level, with people not used to its oddly sinister charm supposing...
  • Spooky books to unsettle

    Zoe Monroe Halloween is the perfect time for uncovering spooky novels of the past, each one as gruesome and twisted as the other. Whether you are looking for a quick read depicting the horrors of the human mind or something bordering the lines between the mythical and the supernatural,...
  • Impact’s Music Essentials: Halloween Hits

    Halloween is a great opportunity to listen to some of the spookiest or even cheesiest songs. There are so many iconic Halloween songs, most that have come from movies and TV shows, that emphasise its uneasy, scary feel, so why not celebrate some of the best music for the...
  • Spotlight on Horror: The Arthouse of Horror

    An expressive genre that has been a playground for creatives to place artistic and experimental centrality and emphasis at the forefront of their films, arthouse horror is a subgenre of horror that exists outside the mainstream and typically defies conventionality of clichés and expectations in horror films. Impact's Natalie...
  • Spotlight on Horror: Who is the Final Girl?

    From Laurie Strode to Ellen Ripley, every iconic horror film has its iconic Final Girl. Impact's Dona Deric explores the evolution of the character, and how it has become a trope central to contemporary horror....
  • Halloween

    The History Of Halloween

    Impact investigates what the history of Halloween is - why do we use pumpkins and not turnips? Why do we go trick or treating? This article reveals all!...
  • Halloween Creative Showcase – Halloween Haiku

    For the Creative Showcase, Bethan shares with us the haikus she wrote for the spooky time of the year....