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Exquisite Terror is a once-in-a-blue-moon indie horror film journal with an accessible-academic approach to the genre. Posts by boss lady Naila. www.exquisiteterror.com

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A Mother's Embrace - Exquisite Terror A subtly smart script steadily builds suspense and atmosphere, the horror creeping like a water stain to a haunting, sublime climax.

A subtly smart script steadily builds suspense and atmosphere, the horror creeping like a water stain to a haunting, sublime climax. A Mother's Embrace is on digital on 10 November. www.exquisiteterror.com/a-mothers-em...

07.11.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bankrupting Sky Banks - Exquisite Terror Remarkably talented writing from Erik Hofstatter walks a line where one can read the divine and the profane within the same sentence.

Erik Hofstatter's deft hand conjures a sensation of being sunk so deep in the midst of corruption that there is no light nor a breath of clean air.

01.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sana / Sana: Let Me Hear - Exquisite Terror Superb use of sound creates a constant, implicit rhythm which worms into the subconscious, transforming sound into an unseen physical entity.

Superb use of sound creates an implicit rhythm which worms into the subconscious, transforming it into an unseen physical entity. Takashi Shimizu's Sana and Sana: Let Me Hear stream on Arrow from 27 October.

24.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

T-shirt worthy, or maybe a tote bag. At the least, a badge.

20.10.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just watching Metal Lords, and I think you'll find that actuallllly the RATM song is called "Killing in the Name", not "Killing in the Name of".

Maybe that's part of the joke. I don't think it is. Yes, I am insufferable.

18.10.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You weren't missing anything. I hear you on time!

11.10.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You'd hope so, but given they got it in the first place... Maybe once they realised it might push people away? I definitely wouldn't touch them!

11.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I nearly had an arm broken by one in a petting zoo as a kid (unintended pun). S/he didn't mean it, and I still love them.

11.10.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think he'd been badly attacked before. I guess the prison is bad, but I can't bring myself to care when it happens to someone like this.

What I was actually talking about the other day was someone who got a tattoo of him when it all came out, complete with 'mega lolz'. Grim.

11.10.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow. I was literally talking about him two days ago. If that means I'm in any way responsible, I'm okay with that.

11.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Delivery Run - Exquisite Terror A slasher for burned-out, financially insecure millennials as sure as Scream was for the cynical, fiercely independent Gen Xers.

Often unbearable tension in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase show a filmmaker brimming with technical ability and creative flair. Delivery Run is on digital today.

06.10.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Severed Sun - Exquisite Terror Mesmerising and enchanting images prove the strange, sublime, gothic folk that Britain built is still very much alive and well.

Mesmerising and enchanting images prove the strange, sublime, gothic folk that Britain built is still very much alive and well. The Severed Sun is on digital on 6 October. www.exquisiteterror.com/the-severed-...

04.10.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WIN: Bankrupting Sky Banks - Exquisite Terror Erik Hofstatter's Bankrupting Sky Banks is available from Aqueduct Press now. Enter the draw for a copy here.

Erik Hofstatter's Bankrupting Sky Banks is available from Aqueduct Press now. Enter the draw for a copy.

25.09.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Concierge - Exquisite Terror Concierge feels familiar yet also pulls apart genre and art styles, putting them back together in fascinating new arrangements.

Like the complexities of the Lament Configuration, a few twists and buttons pressed open up Concierge's complex inner workings.

17.09.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home decor.

#vincentprice #horror

07.09.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WIN: Mayfair Witches BoxΒ Set Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 2 is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital from Acorn Media International on 25 August.

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 2 is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital from Acorn Media International on 25 August.

24.08.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only cats can do this in a non-pervy way.

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Secret Lives of the Dead - Exquisite Terror A strong tale of how humans can refuse to accept their power to actively focus on and pursue the better angels of their nature.

Tim Lebbon's Secret Lives of the Dead is a strong tale of how humans can cut themselves off from hope by refusing to accept their power to pursue the better angels of their nature. @titanbooks.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social

21.08.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Together - Exquisite Terror Together is a twisted love story that masterfully subverts emotional and physical, and literal and metaphorical, connection.

Together is a twisted love story that masterfully subverts emotional and physical, and literal and metaphorical, connection.

10.08.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers - Exquisite Terror Despite shortcomings, there’s plenty of fun to be had here in mastering weapon sets, and enjoying the thoughtful boss design.

Despite shortcomings, there's fun to be had with soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. Out tomorrow.

www.exquisiteterror.com/wuchang-fall...

23.07.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally got round to visiting Castle Cinema in Homerton today -- I'm a 20-minute walk away; shameful -- and it is just lovely. So is The Ballad of Wallis Island, my first of what will be many films there.

#communitycinema #independentcinema

17.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure I read that in Kerrang.

02.07.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bob Vylan's drummer used to be my favourite barman, so I'm proud of them.

30.06.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It feels strangely uncomfortable for an alien (yes, in a film, but still...) to tell me there'll be nuclear war in six months.

24.06.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saturnalia was just stunning all round. @raindance.org

21.06.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Erik forgot to tell me he signed them, so this giveaway is now considerably more sexy.

27.05.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WIN: Stone MartyrsΒ Book Stone Martyrs by dark fiction author Erik Hofstatter is available from Aqueduct Press now.

Stone Martyrs by dark fiction author Erik Hofstatter is available from Aqueduct Press now.

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WIN: Lusus NaturaeΒ Book Lusus Naturae by Chris Coppel is available from Cranthorpe Millner on 20 May.

Lusus Naturae by Chris Coppel is available from Cranthorpe Millner on 20 May.

20.05.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely love all the scroll bars with the new WordPress. By love, I mean hate.

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WIN: The Creep Tapes S1Β Blu-ray Shudder Original The Creep Tapes is available from Acorn Media International on Blu-ray, DVD and digital on 12 May.

WIN: The Creep Tapes S1Β Blu-ray

Shudder Original The Creep Tapes is available from Acorn Media International on Blu-ray, DVD and digital on 12 May.

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