Gothic Nature is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that engages with the Gothic conceptions of, and relationship to, the natural world. For the TV and film review section of its sixth issue, the journal seeks reviews for ecoGothic television series and films released in the last couple of years (2023–2026). Issue VI of the journal is unthemed, so there is no restriction on the types of film and TV we’d like reviews for. As a general guideline, we’d be interested to see reviews of the following (please note that this is not an exhaustive list, reviews of other relevant films and programmes are more than welcome):

Film:

• Hokum (dir. Damien McCarthy, 2026)
• The Caretakers (dir. Shugo Praico, 2025)
• Humane (dir. Caitlin Cronenberg, 2024)
• The Devil’s Bath (dir. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, 2024)
• Fréwaka (dir. Aislinn Clarke, 2024)
• Starve Acre (dir. Daniel Kokotajlo, 2024)

TV:

• Something Very Bad is Going to Happen (Netflix, 2026)
• The Last of Us (Season 2 – HBO, 2025)
• Alien: Earth (FX / Hulu, 2025)
• Teacup (Peacock, 2024)

Reviews should be roughly 1,000 words in length. Summary of the work should not exceed 1-2 paragraphs to ensure that analysis is the focus. Reviews should be academic and critical with a clear argument and should engage with the following:

1) Why should the Gothic Nature community be interested in this text and your analysis of it;

2) why is the text significant to conversations on ecohorror/ecoGothic/Gothic Nature, and;

3) what does your analysis add to these conversations?

Please send reviews to Emma Davies at emma.l.davies@bristol.ac.uk.