I reviewed the 'lost' Irish folk horror film 'The Outcasts' (1982) for Horror Homeroom. www.horrorhomeroom.com/the-outcasts...

The Outcasts (Robert Wynne-Simmons, 1982) - Newly Restored Irish Folk Horror Film - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom

The Outcasts (Robert Wynne-Simmons, 1982) - Newly Restored Irish Folk Horror Film on Horror Homeroom

From the lands of bears, werewolves, and iron curtains ... Apparatus journal has published its second of a 2-issue run on Soviet/post-Soviet film, incl. Ukranian & Belarusian #horror#openaccesswww.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/ap...

You’ll Never Find Me review – profoundly creepy and thrillingly bold Australian horror film

You’ll Never Find Me review – profoundly creepy and thrillingly bold Australian horror film

This debut feature steeps you in a kind of waking nightmare – with a shockingly brilliant final act you may not be able to forget The debut feature from Adelaide film-makers Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen is thrillingly bold and inventive despite being steeped in familiar horror tropes: a darkened hallway, flashes of lightning, creaking walls and floorboards, the howling of wind. In this way, You’ll Never Find Me – which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca film festival and is released nationally on Thursday – reminded me of the pleasures of reading Edgar Allan Poe or HP Lovecraft, whose narratives are filled with foundational horror elements but unfold with a kind of unselfconscious purity (or perhaps “sickliness” is a better word), coming alive in the magical ebb and flow of the prose. There’s a feverishly wet and moody ambience to this film; it feels like it’s dripping all over you. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

All hail King George of the Dead! One of the most beloved directors in horror is getting a new career examination. "Raising the Dead" is out tomorrow in hardcover/ebook, with a paperback soon to follow. Adam Charles Hart / Oxford UP #horrorglobal.oup.com/academic/pro...

"20-Century Gothic" is now in a wallet-friendly paperback. Still packed w/psychopaths, monsters & more from the dark side of film. Ed. S Ní Fhlainn / M Leeder / X Aldana Reyes / @murphgothic.bsky.social@edinburghup.bsky.socialedinburghuniversitypress.com/book-twentie...

Save the Date! 'Reading Shirley Jackson in the 21st Century' 3 will take place this 4th of July. It should be a hybrid event, with an in-person element at Trinity College Dublin. Expect a CFP in the coming weeks, with info here or at shirleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com#ShirleyJackson

The Year One!

This has got to be one of the best few weeks for quality new cinema releases in years - Poor Things, The Holdovers, American Fiction, Zone of Interest, All of Us Strangers...each fantastic in their own way.

Here's a 1963 picture of Ida Lupino directing an episode of Twilight Zone, in case you're compiling a list of People Who Could Kick Your Ass.

CFP for a volume on "Poetry and the Gothic" I'm co-editing with Thomas Leonard D. Shaw and Li-hsin Hsu!!! Please send us an abstract! Tell your friends/colleagues! If you have any questions you can reach out to us via the email in the CFP or reply to this post. gothicinasia.org/2024/01/22/p...