[3] A horror reporter for various magazines and websites from 2005 to 2008, Carolyn's non-fiction career culminated with the 2008 publication of It Lives Again!

She also had several short stories published in various anthologies, including in Dark Delicacies III, and The Mammoth Book of Body Horror.

After writing and directing a handful of award-winning short films, Axelle released her first feature, ghost story Soulmate, in 2014.

In 2019, Axelle Carolyn directed episode 8 of Mike Flanagan's Netflix project The Haunting of Bly Manor[8] entitled "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes.

2021 also sees the release of her second full feature as writer-director: The Manor, a horror mystery produced by Amazon Studios, Blumhouse and Sandy King, and starring Barbara Hershey.