Ecto-Web is an independent horror site written by fans who spend most of their free time watching, playing and reading about the genre. Three people handle the bulk of what gets published here, and each has a clear beat.
Rowan Vale
Rowan Vale covers horror movies and horror news for Ecto-Web: new releases, trailers, box office results, franchise developments and recommendations on what to watch. Rowan tracks studio release calendars and festival lineups so that dated items, from a theatrical opening to a streaming premiere, land on the site with the correct date attached. Trailer breakdowns focus on what the footage actually shows rather than guesswork about plot. Box office pieces use reported figures and name where they came from. Franchise coverage, from long-running slashers to newer series, gets the same treatment: what has been confirmed by a studio, what has only been reported, and what remains rumor.
Mika Sato
Mika Sato covers horror games: new releases, the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series, indie horror and game guides. Mika plays what gets written about, so reviews and impressions reflect time spent with the game rather than a press release. Guides are built the same way, with routes, puzzle solutions and boss strategies tested before publication and labelled by platform where differences matter. Coverage of Resident Evil and Silent Hill runs from remakes and remasters to patches and DLC. Indie horror gets dedicated attention, including small releases that larger outlets skip. When a rumor about an unannounced game surfaces, Mika reports who said it and that source’s track record.
Jules Harper
Jules Harper covers explainers, ending breakdowns, lore and the true stories behind horror. The explainer work takes a confusing film or game ending and lays out what happened, what the creators have said on record, and where interpretation starts. Lore pieces pull together timelines and character histories across a series, with the source for each detail named in the piece. For true-story articles, the ones about the real events behind a film or game, Jules works only from public records and published reporting. Private individuals are not named or pursued, and claims that cannot be traced to a document or a credible outlet do not get published.
How we work
Every factual claim on Ecto-Web should be traceable to something a reader could check: an official announcement, a trailer, a patch note, a court record, a published report from a named outlet, or our own hands-on time with a game or screening of a film. If we cannot trace it, we either say so or leave it out.
Rumors are labelled as rumors. When a story rests on a leak or an insider claim, the piece says where it came from and grades the source in plain language: official, a reporter with a proven record, a community datamine, or an anonymous account with a mixed history. We report on what leaks reportedly show as described by reputable outlets. We do not host, embed or point readers to leaked files, builds or footage, and we never guess at who an anonymous leaker might be.
Mistakes get fixed, visibly. When we correct a factual error, the article is updated and a note at the bottom explains what changed. If a rumor we covered turns out to be false, we update the original piece rather than quietly deleting it. Readers who spot an error can reach the site through the contact page, and we treat those messages as a priority.