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Independent non-fiction publisher since 1991. We publish the stuff you love. Film. Music. Strangeness. Head honcho: @davidkerekes.bsky.social. Press: @harbottlestores.bsky.social. We do not use or publish AI-generated work in any form.

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From the counterculture to pop culture: @davidkerekes.bsky.social reflects on 35 years of #indiepublishing at @headpress.com:

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Culture Pop! 35 Years And Counting
A small publisher that has been around for over a half-century is cause for a celebration. Headpress celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary in May 2026.
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Now available for pre-order: paperback, hardback, and a limited number of *signed* editions of Sex Murder Art: The Films of Jörg Buttgereit, by @davidkerekes.bsky.social. Expanded and revised from the 1994 edition. Get yours here:

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September 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Doing a noise set at this all-dayer on 10 October ///
September 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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More lovely reviews, this time for @goanthonytaylor.bsky.social's JACKsploitation! #JackHill #SpiderBaby #cultfilm

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JACKSPLOITATION! THE FILMS OF JACK HILL | The Bedlam Files
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September 7, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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Good to see @headpress.com author H.E. Sawyer quoted in this @cnn.com piece on #darktourism:

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Meet the travelers who vacation in the world’s most treacherous places | CNN
Forget beach resorts. These curious travelers actively seek out war zones, radiation sites and volatile borderlands for their holidays.
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September 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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Can't resist a TV movie paperback.
Image of a paperback book titled Cry for the Strangers by John Saul. The cover image depicts a young boy looking afraid as large waves crash behind him.
September 5, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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We're so pleased to see Rachel Walther's Born to Lose reviewed in the latest issue of @glreview.bsky.social! Special mention for Rachel's "emotionally intimate" chapter on Liz Eden. Get the July/August issue here: glreview.org
Image of an orange and black book cover, depicting a man standing on a street and raising his arm triumphantly. The title is Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon, by Rachel Walther.
September 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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Thank you to the wonderful Adam at The Bedlam Files for this review of Nick Cato's Dark Dreams, a film that "hits hard and compels attention in a way most other slasher pics don’t":

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#horror #cultfilm #filmbooks
DARK DREAMS: AN OBSESSIVE LOOK AT ROMANO SCAVOLINI’S NIGHTMARE | The Bedlam Files
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September 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Thank you @headpress.com for sending me a copy of BORN TO LOSE:The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon by @rwalth.bsky.social ... Stay tuned for my interview with Rachel !

#sidneylumet #dogdayafternoon #AlPacino
August 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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All proceeds from this (plus any tips / donations / sales) are going toward printing a new chapbook. I'm trying to keep my work self-sustaining / sterling neutral, where possible.

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#horror #weird #weirdhorror #thriller #historicalhorror #weirdfiction #books #booksky
THE RECONSTRUCTED MAN Horror Novella ePUB file - kek-w's Ko-fi Shop
This is an ePub digital version of my short novella THE RECONSTRUCTED MAN. A mixture of Historical Horror and Conspiracy Theory Thriller. Paperback ...
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August 19, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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*NEW ON THE BLOG* @harbottlestores.bsky.social on The Sorcerers and mind control in swinging London:

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#cultfilm #boriskarloff #mkultra
Mind Control in Carnaby Street
What would you do if you could experience “ecstasy with no consequence”? It’s a possibility explored with great style in Michael Reeves’ 1967 film, The Sorcerers, as JENNIFER WALLIS explores.
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August 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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ICYMI, Headpress author Robert Guffey recently appeared on the Conspirinormal podcast talking about the Georgia Guidestones:

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August 11, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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Check out an excerpt from Robert Guffey's Hollywood Haunts the World, over at Film International:

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#cultfilm #winterkills #jfk
Cronus Devouring His Children: William Richert’s Winter Kills (1979) - FilmInt.nu
By Robert Guffey. For no matter who eats who first, the grave swallows both father and son in time….” What follows is a brief excerpt from my latest book, Hollywood Haunts the World: An Investigation ...
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July 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Julian Upton on @thehorrormaster.bsky.social's Halloween (1978) and its innovative use of #Panaglide technology.

#Halloween #horror #filmhistory

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Electra Glide in ‘Boo!’: Steadying the Camera in Halloween
Lingering shots of a killer’s POV were pretty fresh in 1978, which makes the Panaglide, writes JULIAN UPTON, the true innovation in John Carpenter’s 1978 movie.
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July 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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A really thoughtful review and overview of @valbarano.bsky.social's Aesthetic Deviations over at Sex Ray Spex:

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#horror #SOVhorror #womeninhorror
(BOOK REVIEW) Aesthetic Deviations: A Critical View of American Shot-On-Video Horror, 1984-1994
Vincent Albarano's book finds artistic value in the rough edges of shot-on-video horror.
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August 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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An interesting event in #London on 16 September hosted by the Sohemian Society: An Evening With Mr Talking Pictures TV. #cultfilm #cultTV

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An Evening With Mr Talking Pictures TV
Noel will be discussing his extraordinary life, which began on London’s Abbey Road. When he left school at the age of fourteen, he found a job as a post-boy at Rank’s Advertising Films Division. From ...
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August 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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*NEW ON THE BLOG*
Julian Upton on @thehorrormaster.bsky.social's Halloween (1978) and its innovative use of #Panaglide technology.

#Halloween #horror #filmhistory

headpress.com/blog/2026/07...
Electra Glide in ‘Boo!’: Steadying the Camera in Halloween
Lingering shots of a killer’s POV were pretty fresh in 1978, which makes the Panaglide, writes JULIAN UPTON, the true innovation in John Carpenter’s 1978 movie.
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July 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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Check out an excerpt from Robert Guffey's Hollywood Haunts the World, over at Film International:

filmint.nu/cronus-devou...

#cultfilm #winterkills #jfk
Cronus Devouring His Children: William Richert’s Winter Kills (1979) - FilmInt.nu
By Robert Guffey. For no matter who eats who first, the grave swallows both father and son in time….” What follows is a brief excerpt from my latest book, Hollywood Haunts the World: An Investigation ...
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July 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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It's Friday so that means:
Coffee and proofing (exciting western horror themed book incoming) ✅️
A weekend drink later ✅️

Have excellent weekends everyone 🍻🥂
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July 17, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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Precariousness in Media History: Lost Films, Dead Links, Forgotten Stories - an interesting call for papers, deadline 10 August: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/07/...
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July 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Shocked and saddened to hear of Sam Neill’s death. Always a joy to see on screen and a rare actor who could skip between genre and mainstream film, treating both with equal respect. RIP.
July 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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A new blog by me. This was a special evening.
July 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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*NEW ON THE BLOG* @davidkerekes.bsky.social on Angeline Morrison in concert: headpress.com/blog/2026/07...

#folk #psych #gigs #oxford
Angeline Morrison live at the Cowley Workers Sports and Social Club
Psych folk and the simulacrum of workers clubs: ANGELINE MORRISON in concert. DAVID KEREKES reports.
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July 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Thank you to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and @rj-buchanan.bsky.social for this cat-tastic interview with Pink Tsunami author, Alan Brender! #HelloKitty #kawaii 😽

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Alan Brender, "Pink Tsunami: The Hello Kitty Kawaii Wave that has Swept the World" (Headpress, 2026) - New Books Network
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July 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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From the counterculture to pop culture: @davidkerekes.bsky.social reflects on 35 years of #indiepublishing at @headpress.com:

headpress.com/blog/2026/06...
Culture Pop! 35 Years And Counting
A small publisher that has been around for over a half-century is cause for a celebration. Headpress celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary in May 2026.
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June 25, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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robinbougie.bsky.social
They gave US zinester Elizabeth Soto *50 fucking years* in prison for publishing a zine that supports an anti-fascism stance. Prosecutors also used her feminism themed zine, and an anti-AI zine as evidence against her. This is unprecedented.
June 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM