Meet the HorrorBuzz Team
HorrorBuzz is written by a crew of critics, journalists and lifelong horror fans covering movies, haunts, books, theme parks and everything that goes bump in the night. Meet the team.
Brian Fanelli
Brian Fanelli has been writing for HorrorBuzz since 2021. He fell in love with horror after watching the Universal Monster movies as a kid. His writing on film has also appeared in Signal Horizon Magazine, Bright Lights Film Journal, Horror Homeroom, Schuylkill Valley Journal, 1428 Elm, and elsewhere. Brian is an Associate Professor of English at Lackawanna College, where he teaches creative writing and literature, as well as a class on the horror genre.
Norman Gidney
Norman Gidney is the founder and editor-in-chief of HorrorBuzz, which he launched in 2015 to cover everything that goes bump in the night: horror films, haunts, books, games, and the people who make them. He also runs The Screaming Room Film Festival and hosts the Horror Movie Night series at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, California.
Sharai Bohannon
Sharai is a writer, horror podcaster, freelancer, and recovering theatre kid. She hosts the podcast A Nightmare On Fierce Street and cohosts Blerdy Massacre. She has bylines at Fangoria, Horror Movie Blog, NightTide Magazine, and other random outlets online.
Steph Cannon
Indie oddities, seasonal spooks, and the occasional good book: Steph Cannon has covered all of it for HorrorBuzz, with well over 125 film reviews since 2021.
Craig Wade
Craig Wade brings HorrorBuzz readers reviews fresh off the festival circuit, including Beyond Fest.
Justina Bonilla
You’ll find Justina Bonilla wherever horror fans gather: interviewing filmmakers, covering conventions and festivals, and reporting from The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream.
Xero Gravity
Xero is a community architect with a focus on diversity and inclusion in horror. When she’s not on her feet or behind the mic, you can find her online for killer movie reviews, podcasts, livestreams and commentary.
Matthew Meeks
Matthew Meeks reviews new independent horror for HorrorBuzz, always asking whether a film earns its scares.
Stephen Baker
Stephen Baker writes about horror on the page and on the screen: book and graphic novel reviews, plus essays on why some horror works and some doesn’t.
