Scott Dorward

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

It feels more like a 1933 moment

A split graphic. On the left the book cover for a horror anthology, Blood In The Bricks, depicts a sinister figure with a rat's head standing in a dirty lane with a spray can in his hand. The tones are yellow and brown with splashes of red. On the right, "Nineteen chilling tales of urban folk horror" and several glowing endorsement quotes.

It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).

www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

The Mountain Goats ‘Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan' Review: A Bold Musical Experiment - Trebuchet John Darnielle and company deliver their most ambitious album yet, a shipwreck musical that confronts mortality with surprising vitality

I wrote a review of the new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album for @trebuchetmag.bsky.social

www.trebuchet-magazine.com/the-mountain...

I can't wait!

Hot War, 2nd edition Raw Text 1.1 Complete text for editing 04/11/25

Psssttttt...

...yes, you!

As of this evening I have completed the text for #HotWar 2nd edition. It's now off for editing, then layout, with the great team at @handiworkgames.bsky.social.

Just wait until your see it!

I wouldn't recommend it

This was a fascinating discussion that went in unexpected directions. I did not anticipate learning how the LARP and BDSM communities share safety tools.

All this meant the episode went long, and I had to cut some interesting stuff. The unedited version on Patreon is 40 minutes longer.

I haven't yet. It was on my long list, but I opted for Perewangan instead. The Elixir might have been more fun.

My book, Fulci's Inferno, is the first major new writing on Lucio Fulci in years, and the first to fully analyse the themes across his work. It analyses his entire career, and includes over 50 photos.

This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.

Link in bio.

I don't actually know how it was filmed. It wouldn't surprise me if they handled the black & white in post-production, however. Not many people shoot on film these days.

It feels weird not to be posting a horror film review today, like I've forgotten something important

Those two are about as different as you can get while being in the same genre

Bring Her Back (2025) - OHMC 2025 Day 31 - Blasphemous Tomes Scott Dorward watches some creepy old occult videos to learn how to Bring Her Back to conclude his 2025 October Horror Movie Challenge

It's the end of another October Horror Movie Challenge!

Bring Her Back is everything I hoped it might be. It's refreshing to watch a horror film that actually horrifies. This is brutal, upsetting stuff, and it hurts in all the right ways.

blasphemoustomes.com/2025/11/01/b...

#ohmc #horror

God I love this job!

So proud of everyone we’ve ever worked with! On we go to more true stories!

October Horror Movie Challenge 2025 - A Post Mortem - Blasphemous Tomes Scott Dorward performs a post mortem of his 2025 October Horror Movie Challenge, picking the best, worst and weirdest films of the month

I'm still writing my final review, but here's my OHMC wrap-up to keep you going until then. Once again, I have picked my three best, worst, and weirdest films of the month, along with some near misses.

blasphemoustomes.com/2025/10/31/o...

#ohmc #horror

I watched that a few years ago and I think I enjoyed it!

I've said before how I'd rather watch a bad film than a mediocre one, and this really got me thinking about why. After over fifty years of watching horror, I just appreciate films that show me something new. Perewangan did not do that.

Perewangan (2024) - OHMC 2025 Day 30 - Blasphemous Tomes Scott Dorward reflects on Perewangan and its cursed mirror as part of his 2025 October Horror Movie Challenge

Perewangan is a painfully average tale of demonic possession and a cursed mirror. Well made but terribly predictable.

blasphemoustomes.com/2025/10/30/p...

#ohmc #horror

I became aware of @malcolmcraig.bsky.social’s Cold City/Hot War listening to an episode of the GFoJE several years ago where @sdorward.bsky.social was enthusing about them. Eventually I hunted down copies (a major challenge) and wasn’t disappointed! A majestic diptych of TTRPGs. Unparalleled!

Just over six hours to go!

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Reminder: Thursday night the @tearthemapartpod.bsky.social rises from the dead for a Youtube livecast. Join @mryellovich.bsky.social, our return guest @sdorward.bsky.social and me at 8 pm EST for a spirited (ha ha, get it?) discussion of our Halloween horror watches:
www.youtube.com/live/asAUdh_...

Bundle of Tentacles 7 Investigator! This Bundle of Tentacles 7 is our seventh all-new library of Sanity-shattering tabletop roleplaying ebooks inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. Illuminate your position in the cosmos with fiv...

I'm in a Bundle of Holding! You can get Stealing Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark and Fairyland by @sdorward.bsky.social here, along with Lovecraftesque by @armadajosh.bsky.social and other stuff.

Please repost this and appease the nameless gods.

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I'm still not sure if I watched this as a kid. The fact that I can't remember is excuse enough for me to review it this month.

Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) - OHMC 2025 Day 29 - Blasphemous Tomes Scott Dorward goes for a dip with the Creature From the Black Lagoon as part of his 2025 October Horror Movie Challenge

Creature From the Black Lagoon is one of the weaker Universal monster movies, but the creature itself is still something special. A tighter script might have made this a classic.

blasphemoustomes.com/2025/10/29/c...

I'm still trying to work out whether I enjoyed Enys Men, but it was certainly a hell of an experience. In a month in which I've watched a number of challenging films, this was perhaps the most experimental. And I did love how perfectly it captured the mood of the 1970s.

Enys Men (2022) - OHMC 2025 Day 28 - Blasphemous Tomes Scott Dorward stops and smells the flowers with the Enys Men as part of his 2025 October Horror Movie Challenge

I can't imagine Enys Men being a good fit for anyone's Halloween watch party, but it is the kind of eerie folk horror oddity you'll want to save for a rainy, introspective evening

blasphemoustomes.com/2025/10/28/e...

#ohmc #horror

Poster on a wooden pole saying: in the age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk as fuck, be punk as fuck.

In the age of performative cruelty, #kindness is #punk as fuck, be punk as fuck.

Glad you liked it!