James Rendell

Had the most brilliant time at the National Film Archive of Japan

25.08.2025 10:00 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thrilled to get my contributor’s copy of this brilliant edited collection. My chapter analyses online racist (anti-)fan cultures’ toxic conspiracies of ‘blackwashing’ directed at Black actors cast in Western screen media, which perpetuates white victimhood.

14.05.2025 08:08 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thrilled to get my contributor’s copy of The Nightmare Before Christmas edited collection. I wrote about three of my favourite things: horror, media audiences… and food!

21.03.2025 16:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Three upcoming special screenings curated and hosted by our brilliant third-year Media, Culture and Journalism students as part of their Curation, Exhibition & Events module. These events are autism-friendly relaxed screenings.

19.03.2025 18:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A wonderful trip with our third year Media, Culture and Journalism students to Bristol to visit the @wshed.bsky.social A huge thanks to Steph Read and Maddy Probst for the tour and their session on film programming and curation. Great to catch a screening of Mickey 17 too!

10.03.2025 20:06 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The cover of the book "The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film" featuring a full-page image from the film HIS HOUSE, in which an African couple their 30s stands together against a wall of peeling paint, each with their hands clasped together and a serious look on their face.

BIG new release, all dressed in Black. #OxfordUP's latest handbook is all about horror noire, with a global scope. Still aca-priced, so set your librarian to work! Eds. @robinmeanscoleman.bsky.social + Novotny Lawrence + a huge cast of writing talent.
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07.03.2025 13:48 — 👍 46    🔁 20    💬 1    📌 0

The cover of the book "The Nightmare Before Christmas" featuring a large photo of the film's lead character Jack Skellington, an animated skeleton-man in a striped suit. He's holding out a paper snowflake in his fingers and looking at it in wonder.

Xmas in …February! A new tome on THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS has essays on foodcraft, action figures, theme parks, swirly fashions & all things Burtonesque. @augustaquarius.bsky.social @jamesrendell.bsky.social @luxx-mishoux.bsky.social @nicolleness.bsky.social
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20.02.2025 13:22 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

5 Horror Books by Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read in 2025 A list of 2025 horror book releases written by black authors!

New for @inlovewithhorror.bsky.social “Only about 5.3% of books are written by Black authors, even less by Black women.”

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#blackbooksky #horrorsky #horrorbooks #blackhorrorsky

21.01.2025 15:23 — 👍 70    🔁 24    💬 3    📌 1

This is so good! In my book I write about the music in Twin Peaks and fans who recreate foods from the show

19.01.2025 06:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A screenshot of the Horror Lex blog post "David Lynch Resources for Free" featuring a black-and-white photo of the director looking contemplative. The blog post starts "Cinephiles were reeling this week with the news of David Lynch's death at the age of 78..."

In the wake of the death of David Lynch, those inspired to write about his signature real-as-surreal style should check out our blog. We've pulled together 75+ books & essays about Lynch and his films that are **FREE** to read and/or download. #davidlynch #openaccess
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18.01.2025 20:41 — 👍 33    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0

382 films watched in 2024. A new high score for me. Highlights were watching Black Christmas on the big screen, revisiting Bong Joon-Ho’s body of work, and Perfect Days.

01.01.2025 08:42 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I had the best time talking to Mike about these monster movie cult classics!

13.12.2024 17:12 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

👀Voting opens for SXSW London panels tomorrow!
Black & Brown voices are missing in horror—as creators & critics. Systemic barriers limit our ability to shape the genre. Jordan Peele can't be our only way in! Let’s amplify marginalized voices & demand real change. Representation matters. #SXSWLondon

05.12.2024 13:02 — 👍 23    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2

On the left, a standard cover of the journal New Review of Film & Television Studies, black background with a colorful pixelated design on the left and plain white text. On the right, a still from the film BATTLE ROYALE (2000) in which a preteen Japanese girl in braces, clutching a bloodied doll, smiles in triumph, having won a battle.

"Transnational #Horror Media Now" is the new issue of NRFTS: spooky Oz kids' TV, heavy breathing in MIDSOMMAR, William Castle's THE TINGLER & the fanbase of BATTLE ROYALE. Last two #openaccess! @kte75.bsky.social @jamesrendell.bsky.social @drdantils.bsky.social
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02.12.2024 14:50 — 👍 23    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0

And as part of the special dossier on horror fans and audiences I got to write about my favourite film of all time. You can read my open-access article on Battle Royale fans here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

28.11.2024 16:50 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Special dossier introduction: horror fans and audiences This introduction to the New Review of Film and Television’s special dossier on horror fans and audiences discusses how the study of horror viewership has frequently been limited to certain US cult...

Thrilled to see published the special dossier on Horror Fans and Audiences (that I co-edited with @kte75.bsky.social) as part of the New Review of Film and Television Studies' new issue on Transnational Horror Media. You can read our introduction here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

28.11.2024 16:50 — 👍 25    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Black horror is having a big moment. So is its pioneer, Tananarive Due Tananarive Due's new novel, 'The Reformatory,' is the latest in a career of Black horror fiction. It began with an upbringing steeped in civil-rights activism.

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03.11.2023 15:49 — 👍 150    🔁 43    💬 3    📌 2