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Mark Fryers

@mffrench.bsky.social

Writer, academic, filmmaker, animal lover, cinephile.

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- ghosts are in constant pain for unresolved trauma; vampires and zombies are condemned to a painful living death; werewolves undergo painful transformations and mental pain and conflict…

16.07.2025 18:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m not sure if this is helpful, but your post prompted me to consider whether a number of stock horror character tropes are indicative of persistent pain and trauma…

16.07.2025 18:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Television wasn’t the death knell for cinema – and that holds lessons for the creative industries and AI The ‘death of cinema’ has been touted ever since the introduction of the TV, but never fulfilled its promise.

theconversation.com/television-w...

18.04.2025 09:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Buy cinema tickets for New Writings: The Woman in Black with Mark Fryers | BFI Southbank 2025-04-28T18:30:00.000

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Please join me at the BFI Southbank next month where I will discuss my new book on Nigel Kneale’s adaptation of The Woman in Black (1989)

31.03.2025 08:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie The handbook is an encompassing overview of zombies across cultures, histories and mediums. Useful for studies across a broad range of scholarship.

Couple more essays for the Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie:

— “Love and Romance in Zombie Narratives” by Ildikó Limpár

— “Harold’s Going Stiff: Aging and Mental Health in Zombie Narratives” by Mark Fryers

They can be found here:
link.springer.com/referencewor...

26.03.2025 06:22 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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DT allegedly unhappy with his portrait…

24.03.2025 09:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for the tag ☺️

06.03.2025 13:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The cover of the new book about the TV film "The Woman in Black" which has a painting of a famous scene of the film, in which a woman in black mourning wear stands alone in a graveyard, ominously.

The cover of the new book about the TV film "The Woman in Black" which has a painting of a famous scene of the film, in which a woman in black mourning wear stands alone in a graveyard, ominously.

A very British story of "maternal rage and imperial disquiet." @mffrench.bsky.social's & Marcus K. Harmes' new book all about the 1989 televised kindertrauma flick THE WOMAN IN BLACK is now out from @livunipress.bsky.social.
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

06.03.2025 13:34 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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The Woman in Black (Devil's Advocates) Buy The Woman in Black (Devil's Advocates) by Fryers, Mark, Harmes, Marcus K. (ISBN: 9781836243472) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk/Woman-Black-...

25.02.2025 18:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌ Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.

Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...

13.01.2025 16:11 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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