Author name: Esser Marrow

Esser Marrow is the pen name of a horror explorer and unapologetic lover of gore. She also writes darkly humorous character-driven fiction and poetry to unearth the rot beneath social norms and internalized trauma. Her debut novel, Kitten, is complete, and she is currently at work on a poetry collection inspired by iconic horror films. She lives in Durham, NC, with her family and two cats locked in a lifelong feud.

Sad moms and their monsters: Woman in the Yard vs. Babadook

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Grief, motherhood and the horror of living on. The horrors of motherhood are many, and a ton of brilliant (and terrible) films/books/etc have been sharpening this trope, especially in the last ten years. In this post, I’m comparing two: The Babadook (2014) and The Woman in the Yard (2025). I’m looking at how both films use grief […]

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Applying a Biological Lens to Horror: What your culture tells you about what your body remembers

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The “sense of fear in human psychology is prehistoric, pre-scientific and universal.” –Animesh Bag, Of Atopic World: A Bio-cultural Approach to Contemporary Horror Films and TV Shows  As horror fans and creators, we talk a lot about what scares us. Doomed houses, strange neighbors, monstrous children, zombie outbreaks. But our fears aren’t just random responses

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