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A Mutual Fascination: British Horror and the Psy Disciplines

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A Leverhulme Trust Research Project, based at the University of Glasgow, investigating the relationship between the ‘psy disciplines’ and horror fiction in British culture.

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'The paradox of horror': How scary films can soothe your anxiety Jump scares and gore might not seem like the most soothing watching, but scary films can actually be the ideal therapy during anxious times.

For my American horror homies this Thanksgiving: A great article to send a family member on why we love scary movies. www.bbc.com/future/artic... #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #anxiety

28.11.2025 16:30 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Psych ward gothic: melodrama, hospitalisation anxiety and a case for the humanities in psychiatric research This article offers a critical assessment of representations of psychiatric hospitalisation in modern Western societies, with the goal of informing clinicians’ approach to communication and reassuranc...

Great to see this article by @alasmorrison.bsky.social that explores the relationship between genre fiction and psychiatric care while making a case for interdisciplinary study.

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05.12.2025 14:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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"And where do you live, Simon"? The Asylum and its Patients on Film - The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Exploring film, folklore, and media, this lecture asks why female rage is pathologised while male violence remains disturbingly normalised.

London folks: come to @miskatonicihs.bsky.social on 9 December to hear Headpress Press Officer @harbottlestores.bsky.social talk about the history of the asylum on film.
#histpsych #horror #session9 #historyofhorror #horrorstudies

Tickets: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/the-a...

12.11.2025 10:50 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
A photo of a blank notebook and two books; P.M. Pickard's I Could A Tale Unfold and Martin Baker's A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign.

A photo of a blank notebook and two books; P.M. Pickard's I Could A Tale Unfold and Martin Baker's A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign.

work begins...

14.11.2025 15:04 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

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