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"Unlike the aristocratic vampire of Dracula, whose predation is frequently externalized and tied to anxieties about invasion, Good Stab’s transformation is explicitly located within colonial encounter ... Vampirism is thus inseparable from colonial incursion; it is produced by it."
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter: Vampires and Colonial Violence
How Stephen Graham Jones's The Buffalo Hunter Hunter uses vampirism and contested testimony to confront colonial violence and resist Indigenous erasure.
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September 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"Unlike the aristocratic vampire of Dracula, whose predation is frequently externalized and tied to anxieties about invasion, Good Stab’s transformation is explicitly located within colonial encounter ... Vampirism is thus inseparable from colonial incursion; it is produced by it."
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Fuck all the pretty people on Friday, October 16th at LOST LIZARD VIDEO as we screen Alex de la Iglesia's feature debut ACCION MUTANTE (1993). Presented on PAL VHS. Projected on EIKI Video. FREE & BYOB. Donations welcome. #MutantActionNow 🧑🦽 💣 💥
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September 21, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Fuck all the pretty people on Friday, October 16th at LOST LIZARD VIDEO as we screen Alex de la Iglesia's feature debut ACCION MUTANTE (1993). Presented on PAL VHS. Projected on EIKI Video. FREE & BYOB. Donations welcome. #MutantActionNow 🧑🦽 💣 💥
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📢 OPEN CALL: JAMES WAN-UARY ❄️
WSB is seeking non-fiction papers on the horror films of James Wan — Conjuring, Saw, Insidious. Film analysis, essays, all interpretations welcome.
Submissions Close Monday, Nov. 30.
whatsleepsbeneath.com/submit
#jameswan #horrorwriting #callforpapers
WSB is seeking non-fiction papers on the horror films of James Wan — Conjuring, Saw, Insidious. Film analysis, essays, all interpretations welcome.
Submissions Close Monday, Nov. 30.
whatsleepsbeneath.com/submit
#jameswan #horrorwriting #callforpapers
Submit — What Sleeps Beneath
What Sleeps Beneath is now accepting guest writers! We are looking for original scholarly articles, film analysis, book reviews, and pieces that examine the horrific and the horror genre.
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September 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
📢 OPEN CALL: JAMES WAN-UARY ❄️
WSB is seeking non-fiction papers on the horror films of James Wan — Conjuring, Saw, Insidious. Film analysis, essays, all interpretations welcome.
Submissions Close Monday, Nov. 30.
whatsleepsbeneath.com/submit
#jameswan #horrorwriting #callforpapers
WSB is seeking non-fiction papers on the horror films of James Wan — Conjuring, Saw, Insidious. Film analysis, essays, all interpretations welcome.
Submissions Close Monday, Nov. 30.
whatsleepsbeneath.com/submit
#jameswan #horrorwriting #callforpapers
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New book review from @lunagrayhorror.bsky.social; a gruesome animal-led revenge narrative with 🚨big, 🚨glaring 🚨content 🚨warnings from @scotthawkinswrites.bsky.social! 🐺
#horrorsky #booksky #blacktail
#horrorsky #booksky #blacktail
Blacktail Review: Scott Hawkins' Brutal Eco-Horror
Scott Hawkins' Blacktail turns a wolf-dog's revenge into brutal eco-horror. Our review examines its animal perspective, violence, folklore, and moral ambiguity.
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September 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
New book review from @lunagrayhorror.bsky.social; a gruesome animal-led revenge narrative with 🚨big, 🚨glaring 🚨content 🚨warnings from @scotthawkinswrites.bsky.social! 🐺
#horrorsky #booksky #blacktail
#horrorsky #booksky #blacktail
Wonderful article by an amazing writer!
Dave V. Riser takes us on a journey (and stocks our TBR) with over 60 incredible trans horror books from 18 authors, both new and established, from large and small publishers!
#horrorsky #booksky
#horrorsky #booksky
Trans Horror Books: 60+ Novels, Anthologies & More
Discover 60+ trans horror books by 18 authors, from body horror and queer Gothic fiction to graphic novels, cosmic horror, and small-press anthologies.
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August 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Wonderful article by an amazing writer!
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PENNY LANE IS DEAD is a brutal debut from Mia'Kate Russell on @shudder.com starting 8/28!
#horrorsky #filmsky
#horrorsky #filmsky
Penny Lane is Dead Review: Ozploitation With Punk Swagger
Mia’Kate Russell’s Penny Lane Is Dead revives Ozploitation with punk swagger, gendered rage, and a brutal beach-house fight for survival.
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August 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
PENNY LANE IS DEAD is a brutal debut from Mia'Kate Russell on @shudder.com starting 8/28!
#horrorsky #filmsky
#horrorsky #filmsky
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Catching an early screening tomorrow. 🦄
Buddy | Official: Teaser 2 | In Theaters August 28
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August 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Catching an early screening tomorrow. 🦄
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Here's an essay that we're really excited about! @heyriette.bsky.social introduces us to the manananggal, a creature from Filipino folklore that is as gruesome as it is loaded with national identity.
#horrorsky #folklore
#horrorsky #folklore
The Manananggal Explained: Filipino Horror, Feminism, and Colonialism
Within Filipino folklore, no creature captivates and horrifies like the viscera-sucker, or manananggal . In Ramos’s taxonomy of aswangs, they are typically portrayed as beautiful women with long hair...
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August 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Here's an essay that we're really excited about! @heyriette.bsky.social introduces us to the manananggal, a creature from Filipino folklore that is as gruesome as it is loaded with national identity.
#horrorsky #folklore
#horrorsky #folklore
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Happy Shark Week! To all those who celebrate, enjoy our spin on the Shark Bite cocktail, inspired by the GOAT of shark films!
#horrorsky #cocktailrecipe #sharkweek
#horrorsky #cocktailrecipe #sharkweek
Blood in the Water: A ‘Jaws’ Cocktail Recipe
In celebration of Shark Week 2026, we bring you…Blood in the Water.
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July 30, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Happy Shark Week! To all those who celebrate, enjoy our spin on the Shark Bite cocktail, inspired by the GOAT of shark films!
#horrorsky #cocktailrecipe #sharkweek
#horrorsky #cocktailrecipe #sharkweek
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Join us at 8PM on August 19th at the @glitterboxtheater.bsky.social for Matt Mahurin's I LIKE KILLING FLIES (2004), a punk-rock-doc on the late great master chef Kenny Shopsin. Free chili and raffle included. 🍳
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Join us at 8PM on August 19th at the @glitterboxtheater.bsky.social for Matt Mahurin's I LIKE KILLING FLIES (2004), a punk-rock-doc on the late great master chef Kenny Shopsin. Free chili and raffle included. 🍳
🎟️ : www.eventbrite.com/e/subcinema-...
July 30, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Newsletter just dropped: zc.vg/Tzl4n?m=0 🗞️
Join us at 8PM on August 19th at the @glitterboxtheater.bsky.social for Matt Mahurin's I LIKE KILLING FLIES (2004), a punk-rock-doc on the late great master chef Kenny Shopsin. Free chili and raffle included. 🍳
🎟️ : www.eventbrite.com/e/subcinema-...
Join us at 8PM on August 19th at the @glitterboxtheater.bsky.social for Matt Mahurin's I LIKE KILLING FLIES (2004), a punk-rock-doc on the late great master chef Kenny Shopsin. Free chili and raffle included. 🍳
🎟️ : www.eventbrite.com/e/subcinema-...
I've been planning this series for months...
It only just became a memorial 😩
It only just became a memorial 😩
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: SAM NEILLVEMBER 🎃
This November, we're dedicating our pages to one of horror's most underrated leading men: Sam Neill.
In the wake of his passing, we want to celebrate that legacy properly.
🖤 Submissions Open Now! 🖤
#SamNeillvember #HorrorWriting #CallForPapers
This November, we're dedicating our pages to one of horror's most underrated leading men: Sam Neill.
In the wake of his passing, we want to celebrate that legacy properly.
🖤 Submissions Open Now! 🖤
#SamNeillvember #HorrorWriting #CallForPapers
July 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I've been planning this series for months...
It only just became a memorial 😩
It only just became a memorial 😩
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This will be an ongoing series for the next ⌚👀 six years 🥲
First victim: "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971) from @vinsyn.bsky.social
#horrorsky #wheelofterror #physicalmedia
First victim: "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971) from @vinsyn.bsky.social
#horrorsky #wheelofterror #physicalmedia
July 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This will be an ongoing series for the next ⌚👀 six years 🥲
First victim: "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971) from @vinsyn.bsky.social
#horrorsky #wheelofterror #physicalmedia
First victim: "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971) from @vinsyn.bsky.social
#horrorsky #wheelofterror #physicalmedia
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July 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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July 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Mina Wynter reflects on anxiety, transition, and existential responsibility in Jane Schoenbrun's "I Saw the TV Glow."
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#horrorsky #horrorfilm #queerhorror
“There is Still Time”: Self-Annihilation in ‘I Saw the TV Glow’
Glow , directed by Jane Schoenbrun, was released in 2024, and has built up a not-undeserved reputation as being the modern trans horror film. Its protagonist is Owen, a timid individual with no clos...
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June 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Mina Wynter reflects on anxiety, transition, and existential responsibility in Jane Schoenbrun's "I Saw the TV Glow."
#horrorsky #horrorfilm #queerhorror
#horrorsky #horrorfilm #queerhorror
I cannot begin to describe my love for this film right now.
"CAMP is the latest in @avalonfast.bsky.social's growing collection of self-described 'Girl Horror'—a genre that focuses, not on its characters’ feminine rage or trauma, but on community and the forging of their own paths, unencumbered by the structures set in place for them."
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[Movie Review] Avalon Fast’s “CAMP” is the Latest in the New Wave of Transgressive Filmmaking
The knee-jerk synopsis you’re likely to hear most frequently for CAMP is a dreamy, mumblecore version of The Craft . And honestly, that’s a fair place to start. Like that ’90s classic, CAMP does ...
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June 25, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I cannot begin to describe my love for this film right now.
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"[LUCKY DAY] is wildly over the top, but that’s the point. @chucktingle.bsky.social has always been imaginative and creative. He really kicks that up a notch here."
Read @nickrwriter.bsky.social's review of LUCKY DAY on What Sleeps Beneath!
#horror #booksky #horrorsky
Read @nickrwriter.bsky.social's review of LUCKY DAY on What Sleeps Beneath!
#horror #booksky #horrorsky
[Book Review] “Lucky Day” by Chuck Tingle
Vera Norrie’s life is going swimmingly. She’s respected at work (where she’s the youngest statistics professor in school history), has a supportive group of friends, and is getting engaged to the love...
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June 22, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"[LUCKY DAY] is wildly over the top, but that’s the point. @chucktingle.bsky.social has always been imaginative and creative. He really kicks that up a notch here."
Read @nickrwriter.bsky.social's review of LUCKY DAY on What Sleeps Beneath!
#horror #booksky #horrorsky
Read @nickrwriter.bsky.social's review of LUCKY DAY on What Sleeps Beneath!
#horror #booksky #horrorsky
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@shudder.com releases Izabel Pakzad's rape-revenge debut "Find Your Friends." @ande.whatsleepsbeneath.com weighs whether or not the message is clear.
#horrorsky #moviereview #horror #revenge
#horrorsky #moviereview #horror #revenge
[Movie Review] Izabel Pakzad’s “Find Your Friends” Debuts on Shudder
The revenge film is back, baby! Izabel Pakzad’s directorial debut looks to add a new voice to the resurgence of the revenge film with Find Your Friends , a movie about five friends partying in Joshua...
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June 19, 2026 at 9:59 PM
@shudder.com releases Izabel Pakzad's rape-revenge debut "Find Your Friends." @ande.whatsleepsbeneath.com weighs whether or not the message is clear.
#horrorsky #moviereview #horror #revenge
#horrorsky #moviereview #horror #revenge
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Stokercon may be over, but our city still stands. Keep reading for more spooky sites around Pittsburgh!
#stokercon #hwa #weirdpittsburgh
#stokercon #hwa #weirdpittsburgh
Stokercon 2026 Visitor’s Guide Part II: More Spooky Locations of Pittsburgh
Not satisfied yet? Here’s four more locations around Pittsburgh with creepy histories, spooky atmospheres, or ties to famous events that every horror fan should know about!
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June 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Stokercon may be over, but our city still stands. Keep reading for more spooky sites around Pittsburgh!
#stokercon #hwa #weirdpittsburgh
#stokercon #hwa #weirdpittsburgh
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Have you read our review of West Ambrose's INFERNAS, a horrifying retelling of Dante's DIVINE COMEDY in verse?
#horror #horrorwriting
#horror #horrorwriting
[Book Review] The History of Transgressive Canonical Horror in ‘Infernas’
West Ambrose’s verse novel glosses over the original Inferno with the wordplay in its title, proposing Infernas as "a place or condition suggestive of hell...a conflagration [and]...the lower part...
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June 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Have you read our review of West Ambrose's INFERNAS, a horrifying retelling of Dante's DIVINE COMEDY in verse?
#horror #horrorwriting
#horror #horrorwriting
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@westofcanon.bsky.social explores the "De-christing" of religious symbolism in @tarsierstudios.bsky.social's REANIMAL!
bunnydeath: Jiibayaabooz and the De-christing of Indigenous Horror Amidst Fascist Hellscapes in ‘Reanimal’
Reanimal , Tarsier Studios’s latest near-wordless video game, shows players a hellscape steeped in fascism where five children journey into the maws of death. On the surface, it is about a boy finding...
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June 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
@westofcanon.bsky.social explores the "De-christing" of religious symbolism in @tarsierstudios.bsky.social's REANIMAL!
Drafting a specific, actionable policy on detecting AI in submissions and like...
Is this what I should be doing with my time? 😖
Is this what I should be doing with my time? 😖
June 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Drafting a specific, actionable policy on detecting AI in submissions and like...
Is this what I should be doing with my time? 😖
Is this what I should be doing with my time? 😖
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Life is marked by fingerprints. Embrace human imagination, passion, skill and effort... what we invest ourselves into should never be diminished, copied or replaced.
We are loving this magical anti-AI statement illustration of the most precious sword-wielding green dragon by Grace Billington
We are loving this magical anti-AI statement illustration of the most precious sword-wielding green dragon by Grace Billington
June 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Life is marked by fingerprints. Embrace human imagination, passion, skill and effort... what we invest ourselves into should never be diminished, copied or replaced.
We are loving this magical anti-AI statement illustration of the most precious sword-wielding green dragon by Grace Billington
We are loving this magical anti-AI statement illustration of the most precious sword-wielding green dragon by Grace Billington
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Jose Cruz looks back to season 1 of the 1960 series THRILLER—specifically, episode 15: "The Cheaters."
#horror #television #horrorsky
#horror #television #horrorsky
SMALL DARK WONDERS: “The Cheaters”
This column was created to give proper notice to the motion picture’s kith and kin: the television drama. Each installment, we’ll closely examine a stalwart story from the land of anthology horror. Wh...
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May 26, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Jose Cruz looks back to season 1 of the 1960 series THRILLER—specifically, episode 15: "The Cheaters."
#horror #television #horrorsky
#horror #television #horrorsky