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Freelance journalist specialising in film 🎥 Deputy editor at Filmhounds Magazine. Bylines: Second Sight Films, Fangoria, Dread Central, Rue Morgue, Total Film, Little White Lies, Metro UK, and more 🩸🦇 https://linktr.ee/blsaycewrites?fbclid=PAAa
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Always a pleasure, never a chore to chat to @kill-lizt.bsky.social and @boiledeggly.bsky.social, OR breaking down Jennifer's Body. Honestly, gorgeous boutique release when? (Only if someone lets me write something for it)

Nature is healing

New byline alert! As a social media addict I’m thrilled to have contributed an essay to this OCN/Shudder release of the gloriously psycho girlypop SISSY 💕💄🍬✨

It's shark week over at @filmhounds.co.uk for the release of Dangerous Animals. The first of my cast and crew interviews drops today, and in it, lead stars Hassie Harrison and Josh Heuston open up about a terrifying shark encounter they experienced while filming. filmhounds.co.uk/2025/06/dang...

If you haven't got your ticket to Sohome Horror Pride yet, read all about why you should right here in my interview with @sohohorrorfest.bsky.social own Mitch Harrod for @metro.co.uk metro.co.uk/2025/05/31/l...

It's been a very heavy month, so I decided to make it even heavier by examining how maternal mental health is explored via mother-daughter relationships in horror for @nighttidemag.bsky.social. Thank you @momoshaty.bsky.social for giving me the space 💚

Day one cop. One of my faves of 2023 and a constant rewatch 🐶

Another week, another Horror Haunt column, and in this one, I am once again shouting about why Thirteen Ghosts should be adapted into a TV series metro.co.uk/2025/05/27/t...

Excited for Dangerous Animals? You should be. And to get you in the mood, I've rounded up 13 of the best shark films streaming right now in the UK metro.co.uk/2025/05/26/1...

I'm covering Tribeca for the first time this year! PR of any horror titles, please get at me for coverage: [email protected]. Particularly interested in Man Finds Tape, Neverland, and LOUD #tribeca #tribeca2025

My latest column for @metro.co.uk is live, and for the 35th anniversary of The Witches, I'm exploring why it continues to traumatise generation after generation metro.co.uk/2025/05/20/c...

I need Alpha and I need it now

Joining the masses ranking the best Final Destination deaths now Bloodlines is in cinema. In no particular order, these 13 absolutely fucked me up metro.co.uk/2025/05/16/1...

Happy Final Destination: Bloodlines release day! It's bloody good fun, but there's one singular line that I haven't been able to stop thinking about since seeing it. Read more in my latest column for @metro.co.uk metro.co.uk/2025/05/14/f...

Final Destination: Bloodlines is an assault of blood and guts, with an emotional, beating heart at its core. Read my full review now for @filmhounds.co.uk filmhounds.co.uk/2025/05/fina...

Plenty of new phobias unlocked with Final Destination: Bloodlines. Fear runs in the family in this frenzied, blood-curdling, laugh-out-loud instalment in the franchise that has been haunting nightmares for 25 years. I had a blast and a few minor breakdowns. Full review coming soon.

Mexican bandits! Snake intestines! Bible-bashers! Cobra-headed vampire women! @blsaycewrites.bsky.social helped us dig into FROM DUSK TILL DAWN: THE HANGMAN’S DAUGHTER… open.spotify.com/episode/0oUS...

LINEUP COMING THIS FRIDAY 9TH MAY!

This has truly made my day we're so back

I'm back from a much-needed holiday and time off dealing with some huge life changes, and to mark that, my latest column is here. House of Wax turns 20 this month, but there's one ugly piece of history we haven't left behind metro.co.uk/2025/05/06/2...

It’s Cinco de Mayo 🇲🇽 today, so definitely not a coincidence we’ve reviewed FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3: THE HANGMAN’S DAUGHTER with @blsaycewrites.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0oUS...

I'm back on @vampirevideos.bsky.social watching another bizarre sequel. This time, From Dusk Till Dawn 3. Listen to our thoughts in all the good places you get your podcasts

She's here, and she's beautiful 😍 still hasn't sunk in that I got to contribute to this amazing @secondsightfilms.bsky.social release, and my name is right there on the case. You can grab your copy now to watch my video essay on postpartum mental health in The Coffee Table 👶

Let's talk about sex, baby 💟 in my latest column, I'm discussing how the sex scenes in Sinners open up very important conversations about the sanitisation of cinema, female pleasure, and so much more. I could write about this film for hours upon hours. metro.co.uk/2025/04/23/s...

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Anyone else wondering how accurate Conclave was? I got you metro.co.uk/2025/04/21/a...

I truly can't stop thinking about Sinners

Happy Sinners day to those who celebrate. As a lover of blues music, vampire films, and especially Michael B Jordan, this was so supremely my shit. My film of 2025 so far filmhounds.co.uk/2025/04/sinn...

Michael B Jordan. That's it. That's the post. Go see Sinners on the biggest screen possible

Thrilled to announce that I'm taking over the Horror Haunt column at Metro, a space to talk about genre cinema from indie gems to forgotten classics. I've loved reading all of Alicia's pieces, and I'm so chuffed I've been trusted to make it my own

Our friends at the BFI are creating an archive of online videos – from the dawn of the internet to today. If you have something you’d like to recommend or submit, you can do so here:   www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-national...

What better way to mark the first edition of @filmhounds.co.uk since becoming one of the deputy editors, than with a cover feature? Grab the latest issue for my exclusive chat with Oscar-winning Anora director Sean Baker, and while you're at it, read my Robert Eggers chat too

I never thought I'd be explaining Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, and Jonny Craig lore in a national newspaper piece but here I am, explaining Blue Dream going viral and the wild world of swancore at @metro.co.uk metro.co.uk/2025/04/14/s...

The Ugly Stepsister is coming to UK cinemas this month and cinemagoers are in for a wild, goopy, gory ride. I adored everything about this film, and you can find out why in my review for @filmhounds.co.uk filmhounds.co.uk/2025/04/ugly...

Excited for Sinners this month? Get prepared to dance with the devil in my latest piece for @fangoria.com breaking down everything you need to know about Ryan Coogler and Michael B Jordan's latest collaboration www.fangoria.com/sinners-movi...

Submitted the first installment of something very exciting today. My heart is very full and I can't wait to share it with you all

Excited for the Yellowjackets season three finale? In my latest piece for @fangoria.com, I explore all of the fan theories that we could see come to fruition www.fangoria.com/yellowjacket...

New Julia Ducournau? We're so back

Disruptive cinema guests are a symbol not only of increasing lack of empathy and awareness for others but also the shift to everything being content. If there is no difference between what is on a cinema screen and your phone screen why would anyone feel the need to respect it and pay attention