Grab yourself a half price copy of my books
- The Metamodern Slasher Film shorturl.at/wOga0
- The Postmodern Slasher Film shorturl.at/j43ry
or any of the excellent books by my fellow members of
@horrorstudies.bsky.social
@profsaabbott.bsky.social
@kte75.bsky.social
@russhunter.bsky.social
28.11.2025 14:31 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Reminder - Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University
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09.10.2025 11:32 β π 19 π 19 π¬ 1 π 1
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13.09.2025 15:42 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1
'TIME TO WATCH!'
Genre Short Film form doesn't get much better than this. Especially when we receive a BRAND NEW #35mm print to screen! Experience @mike-williamson.bsky.social Mike Williamsonβs MR STATIC in #35mm 5.1 Dolby Digital audio at GRINDFEST!
Screening ahead of XTRO.
08.09.2025 09:14 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
GRINDFEST #35mm print checking and assembly continues!
#3D
#demimoore
09.08.2025 17:33 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Reflecting on the rise of 'women in horror'
A story on Letterboxd.
New on @letterboxd.social! Nia reflects on the rise of 'women in horror' in the past 15 years ahead of an appearance at @dirtinthegate.bsky.social's Grindfest VII: letterboxd.com/abertoir/sto...
10.08.2025 17:25 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0
Film festival celebrating cult classics returns to Christchurch
Grindfest 2025 returns to Christchurch's Regent Cinema, celebrating 35mm genre cinema with cult classics, rare film prints, and UK horrorβ¦
BIG filmic thumbs up to @bournemouthecho.bsky.social, @filmhubsw.bsky.social, @abertoirfest.bsky.social, @horrorstudies.bsky.social #vinegarsyndrome and of course the beautiful art deco Regent for your much valued support in making GRINDFEST an ongoing key event in the film festival calendar!
13.08.2025 09:15 β π 8 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks Matt! So glad you enjoyed it and it was great to see you! Thanks for chairing too!
03.07.2025 05:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Coming to the end of day one and reflecting on what great work @kte75.bsky.social and @cinefeline.bsky.social have done to put together a conference that is wide ranging in terms of discipline, cultures, and periods covered while also designing panels that are coherent and compelling. Great day one!
01.07.2025 16:36 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Youth X Horror conference; text showing on the screen and two people talking in front of the conference room, people sitting in the room listening to them
Stuffed animals: a green mallard with Dracula clothes, a creepy but cute orange cat with a Walkman and headphones and Count Von Count with 3D glasses, along with horror comics, other horror-esque toys and video cassettes on a table. Behind the table posters with text about Youth and Horror.
Youth X Horror conference was amazing - the inspiring talks, the meaningful conversations with great people! Thank you @cinefeline.bsky.social and @kte75.bsky.social for the absolutely marvellous work you did to make this happen! β€οΈβ¨ππ»
#youthxhorror #horrorresearch #musicresearch #birmingham
02.07.2025 19:01 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0
Thanks so much Katariina! It was lovely to see you and great to have you there! Your paper was brilliant!
02.07.2025 22:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This was the best academic conference I have ever attended. Well done to @kte75.bsky.social and @cinefeline.bsky.social and all who presented/chaired.
02.07.2025 18:19 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
Thank you Sian. So pleased to hear that and great to have you there!
02.07.2025 22:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
24 hours to go!!! @kte75.bsky.social
30.06.2025 07:57 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
[posted on behalf of researcher Chloe Gibson]
Are You a Horror Film Fan? I am looking for horror fans who are willing to take part in a 30min (max) interview regarding the Halloween film series and requels. If interested, please contact me at chloe6.gibson@northumbria.ac.uk #horrorNU
25.06.2025 18:05 β π 11 π 10 π¬ 0 π 0
Very chuffed to have written the obituary, for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, of the inspiring, multi-talented (and, in my view, underappreciated) British Queen of Horror, Barbara Shelley. RIP Barbara.
22.06.2025 13:21 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
For anyone in the Birmingham area over the next week, come and see the Fear in the Bedroom exhibition, curated by @cinefeline.bsky.social Simon Brown and I! #horrorNU
13.05.2025 13:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Check out this article about an excellent horror exhibition by @cinefeline.bsky.social and our own @kte75.bsky.social #horrorNU
02.05.2025 15:08 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Registration is now open for Horror Studies Now 2025 (May 29th-30th, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)
For information on how to register and to see the line-up, visit: research.northumbria.ac.uk/horrorstudie...
#horrorNU
01.05.2025 12:21 β π 10 π 12 π¬ 0 π 0
www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/... @horrorstudies.bsky.social
02.05.2025 15:02 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Quite right too! β€οΈ
01.05.2025 18:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Fear in the Bedroom
Mine and @kte75.bsky.social's exhibition 'Fear on the Bedroom' opens in just over 2 weeks!
If you are in the Birmingham area please come along and revisit horror ephemera of the past through the eyes of a child
flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/fear-i...
20.04.2025 11:17 β π 12 π 7 π¬ 0 π 2
JOIN US! Experience new and classic #35mm cinema. We have such sights to show you!
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13.04.2025 08:56 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Fear in the Bedroom
flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/fear-i... So chuffed to be overseeing - with the brilliant Cat Lester and Simon Brown - this exhibition, Fear in the Bedroom in May at the Parkside Gallery, Birmingham as part of the wonderful Flatpack Festival. #horrorNU
11.04.2025 09:04 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Twin Peaks 35mm print ready to whisk you away to the surreal world of David Lynch tomorrow night with special introduction from Associate Professor Steve Jones.π
Link to tickets in bioβοΈ
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#twinpeaks
#35mmfilm
#davidlynch
#dirtinthegatemovies
22.03.2025 17:21 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Unspooling THIS Sunday! Donβt miss your chance to see this ultra rare #35mm event at The Regent. Last remaining tickets ->
linktr.ee/dirtinthegate
20.03.2025 14:55 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
All our live 35mm events can be found here -> linktr.ee/dirtinthegate
Thanks for keeping film alive!
19.03.2025 14:52 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
We're thrilled to welcome back the Horror Studies Research Group from Northumbria University! Assistant Professor in Media and FIlm, Steve Jones will be introducing our David Lynch tribute 35mm screening of TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
14.03.2025 22:25 β π 18 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Our own @kte75.bsky.social will be presenting her research on Ghostwatch at @miskatonicihs.bsky.social tomorrow #horrorNU
10.03.2025 19:23 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Dr Maurizio Cinquegrani (he/him)
University of Kent
Senior Lecturer in Film and Media
EDI Lead (School of Arts and Architecture)
Exhibitions, Arts, Media and Books Editor (The London Journal)
π Film studies β’ Cultural studies β’ Literature
π PhD from the University of Manitoba
π³οΈββ§οΈ Non-binary (they/them)
The official BlueSky account for the Dark Talk podcast.
https://www.dark-talk.uk
PhD in horror cinema. Abjection/space
I make music, films and I act.
Studies the visual politics of cinema in late Ottoman and early Republican Turkey, focusing on how media practices contributed to the Republicβs ways of seeing. https://mustafaturkan.academia.edu/research
Pop Culture Theorist, Horror Studies SAE, Comics & Horror Scholar, English Professor.
Horror SIG Co-Chair, SCMS, HWA Member,
Founding Member, SSAG.
Feminist, Freedom Fighter. #RestrictedRebel #RestrictedRebelRealTimeReads
Peace, Progress, Purpose.
PhD Candidate | Luddite | Artificial Intelligence in Science Fiction | Space | Gothic | Cats |Writing | Bad Drawings in Ink
UCL Issues in Modern Culture
Researching horror, gaming and modes of storytelling β¨
she/her
Horror nerd/writer. Former pro wrestler. Just a dude from #BEYONDTHEHOLLER fueled by caffeine & nicotine he/him. stoned. vibing.
π³οΈβπ pro-LGBTQIA+
π΅πΈ pro-Palestine
π FUCK ICE, FUCK trump, FUCK FASCISM
πΉ loud and proud leftist cryptid scum
Interested in all things DIY, feminist and veggie. Also a Lecturer in Film studies @ Lancaster University. EDI Rep for Lancaster Uni UCU
The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
Horror Film Researcher
Bears and Bunnies enthusiast
Still trying to figure out this whole life thingβ¦
Screenwriter and director: 'Mum & Dad', 'Dead Mine'. Writer of dark fiction. Co-Director of Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social. Nottingham, UK. https://linktr.ee/StevenSheil
She/her. Writer and illustrator of spooky stories from picture books to adult fiction. South African in Bristol. Words in The Ghastling, Northern Gravy, The Amphibian. Winner of Wilko Johnson Writing Award 2024. Rep: Silvia Molteni @PFD Agents
Our AHRC funded project aims to make the history of womenβs screen work better known by working with #archives, #museums and #filmmaker donors. ποΈ ποΈ π₯ https://womensscreenwork.exeter.ac.uk/ Posts by Project Team, project lead: @helenexeter.bsky.social
Film History Β· Visual Culture
Researcher at Universidad AutΓ³noma de Madrid
PI www.docroma.org
Coord. at devisiones.com
Member of revistas.uam.es/secuencias
The International Gothic Association is a large family of academic researchers, students, artists and writers with a shared interest in all things Gothic. www.globalgoth.org
associate professor at UW Oshkosh | teaches/writes about nostalgia, regionalism (American Midwest), film, literature, comics, professional writing, genre (horror and science fiction) | still buys CDs and print books | he/him