Michelle Swope is a freelance film journalist and lifelong cinephile and horror fan, who has been writing about movies since 2016. She is a columnist for Bloody Disgusting and a regular contributor at Elements of Madness, with bylines at Daily Dead, Dread Central, Scream Horror Magazine, Arrow Video, Second Sight, and more. She is a Tomatometer-approved film critic and member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association. You can find her on bluesky @redheadfrommars.bsky.social.