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Empty Empires: A Review of Alma Katsu’s Fiend - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom Empty Empires: A Review of Alma Katsu’s Fiend on Horror Homeroom

Our review of Alma Katsu's forthcoming novel, FIEND - which the author was inspired to write after finishing HBO' Succession. You'll also find linked here reviews of two of Katsu's previous novels, The Fervor and The Deep #Fiend #Succession

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"What Are You Waiting For?": Talking I Know What You Did Last Summer - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom "What Are You Waiting For?": Talking I Know What You Did Last Summer on Horror Homeroom

On this episode of Horror Homeroom Conversations, we're talking I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER - both the OG 1997 film and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson's legacy sequel, now in theatres but coming pretty imminently to digital. Spoiler - we recommend both!
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Chlorinated Slaughter: Predation and Power in Ten Horror Movie Swimming Pools - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom Chlorinated Slaughter: Predation and Power in Ten Horror Movie Swimming Pools on Horror Homeroom

Summer may be waning, but it's still hot enough to risk a dip in the pool - or, maybe not if you take a look at this list of #horror movie swimming pools by @cullenwade.bsky.social

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Yes, Zach Creggers' Weapons is (almost) that good - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom Yes, Zach Creggers' Weapons is (almost) that good on Horror Homeroom

Zach Creggers' WEAPONS may not be one of the best horror movies ever made (as some have claimed), but it is damn good #WeaponsMovie #Weapons

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Texas Chainsaw Mass-Trauma Ritual: Illuminati Panic in The Next Generation - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom Texas Chainsaw Mass-Trauma Ritual: Illuminati Panic in The Next Generation on Horror Homeroom

After escaping Leatherface, what the hell was Renee Zellwegger doing in the back of that limo? Adam Pasen has a theory about TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION, the Illuminati & a famous book on myth. Read his new essay @horrorhomeroom.bsky.social
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Texas Chainsaw Mass-Trauma Ritual: Illuminati Panic in The Next Generation - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom Texas Chainsaw Mass-Trauma Ritual: Illuminati Panic in The Next Generation on Horror Homeroom

Conspiracy theories and the Illuminati in A Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake? Check out what Adam Pasen has to say. #TexasChainsaw

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What is Your House Made Of: Colonial Returns in The Wolf House (2018) - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom What is Your House Made Of: Colonial Returns in The Wolf House (2018) on Horror Homeroom

Check out this incredibly interesting essay by Emily Naser-Hall on Cristóbal León and Joaquin Cociña’s The Wolf House (2018), a stunning & weird film about violence and postcolonialism

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50 Years Later: Talking the Jaws Franchise - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom 50 Years Later: Talking the Jaws Franchise on Horror Homeroom

For the 50th anniversary of the brilliant JAWS, we're talking about all 4 Jaws films - and what our rankings are! (Will any of us rank JAWS: THE REVENGE as our top choice? Listen and find out . . . #Jaws50 #JAWS #jaws50thanniversary
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Working on Attila Veres' sophomore collection, which is amazing. Fans of THE BLACK MAYBE will love it! What's even more amazing, though, is that Attila translated the stories himself from Hungarian, and his translations need less editing than almost any I've seen even from a native speaker.

Your Body is Naught but a Vessel: Racial Fetishization and Gendered Violence in Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic and Peele’s Get Out - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom Your Body is Naught but a Vessel: Racial Fetishization and Gendered Violence in Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic and Peele’s Get Out on Horror Homeroom

Check out this fascinating read by
@avadevries.bsky.social on the connections between Jordan Peele's GET OUT and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's MEXICAN GOTHIC #MexicanGothic #GetOut
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We’ve finally made it to Bluesky!

We’re excited to announce that the call for papers for Haunted Futures 2025 will be released shortly!

Get those abstracts ready!

Awesome! And . . .they should cite you!

Fifty years after ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre,’ is the classic slasher film dead, or just waiting in the shadows? | CNN A look at the movie that ushered in a golden age of slasher films, and is still celebrated today.

Recently discovered that my piece on slashers (2021) for the @horrorhomeroom.bsky.social special issue on the genre was cited in a CNN article from last year - what are the odds?! amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/10/...

My review of an excellent recent entry into the folk horror canon, Dean Puckett's THE SEVERED SUN.

"I would argue, in fact, that in many ways, The Severed Sun is an early 21st-century re-imagining of Blood on Satan's Claw." @darkskyfilms.bsky.social
#folkhorror

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The Whale God: On the Shores of Folk Horror - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom The Whale God: On the Shores of Folk Horror on Horror Homeroom

"Rich in motifs associated with folk horror . . . Daiei Motion Picture Company’s The Whale God (1962) depicts a village’s descent into madness in its quest to slay a deified cetacean known as Kujiragami, or the Whale God." #TheWhaleGod

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Wild Zero: The Best High Camp Rock ‘n’ Roll Zombie Film You’ve Never Seen - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom Wild Zero: The Best High Camp Rock ‘n’ Roll Zombie Film You’ve Never Seen on Horror Homeroom

Tetsuro Takeuchi's WILD ZERO: "Yes, in 1999, a Japanese punk band without any queer members made an explosion-filled horror comedy about zombies, the power of rock music, and trans love."
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‘Everything but people’ – Joshua Erkman’s A Desert - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom ‘Everything but people’ – Joshua Erkman’s A Desert on Horror Homeroom

My review of Joshua Erkman's A DESERT, now playing from
@darkskyfilms.bsky.social "A Desert is a beautiful & devastating film – &, although watching it is at times difficult, it’s also an important film." For any fans of PSYCHO out there, an especial must-see
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I'm always thankful for Horror Homeroom's willingness to indulge my movie obsessions!

Who Rules? The Elderly Care Home Horror of The Rule of Jenny Pen - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom Who Rules? The Elderly Care Home Horror of The Rule of Jenny Pen on Horror Homeroom

Check out this fascinating piece by @lkremmel.bsky.social on THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, dir. by James Ashcroft and streaming on @shudder.com - an important and very disturbing film, replete with creepy dolls and more! @ifcfilms.bsky.social #horror #elderhorror
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A Frendo in Need: Talking Clown in a Cornfield - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom A Frendo in Need: Talking Clown in a Cornfield on Horror Homeroom

So we loved Adam Cesare's novel, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, which we talk excitedly about here. Check out his novel as well as the film (which opens today) #ClownInACornfield #horror #Podcast
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Title card of From the Old Earth, showing a ritual fire and next to it a Celtic head

The unearthed Celtic Head looks like a stylised Tobias Menzies.

A Hexham head-inspired film that delivers 46 minutes of beautifully shot ritual sacrifice, standing stones, archaeological excavations, bedroom presences, and Frazer/Murray-inspired writing. FROM THE DARK EARTH (O'r Ddaear Hen, 1981) is perfect comfort viewing.

Talk about an article appearing at the right time & right place (to support my own interests). Fascinating.