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hookland.bsky.social
Nothing in Hookland is made up, just remembered differently.
September 29, 2026 at 12:13 PM
hookland.bsky.social
Less so in Hookland.
Public Information Films and Hookland – Less than Jack All Among many of my contemporaries and fellow creators in the loosely-styled genre of folk horror, there is almost a veneration for Public Information Films (PIFs) from the 1970s. Titles such as Apaches, Lonely Water and Robbie are always being discussed not only as childhood cicatrix, but masterworks of horror. I am regularly asked what part such films played in inspiring Hookland. Surprisingly, people don’t like the honest answer: “Less than Jack All.” Writing is exorcism. It is clear to anyone reading Hookland it partly exists as a way of dealing with early year trauma. All my veins furred with fear being cleared out by stories told. As an author, when you are too poor for therapy, there is always the spilling of words. While Public Information Films – from Kenny Everett’s wonky growls of Charlie Says to Dave Prowse’s frankly risible style of superheroing in the Green Cross Code series – were part of the cultural static of my childhood, their signal hasn’t crossed county lines. Nor has the implied farm death pornography of Apaches, the life-threatening stupidity of Joe and Petunia. The feet-severing by train of Robbie was seen, as was Bernard Cribbins playing a robin too stupid to be afraid of electricity pylons. However, any scaring or scarring of my pre-teen mind wasn’t deep enough to echo into the now. Recently I’ve been given further reflection on why PIFs don’t hit as hard as an inspiration for me. Partly it is my disdain for easy nostalgia. Partly I suspect it comes from being a generally nervous child. I didn’t need to be told to stay away from the slurry pit and if you’ve ever been forced to pick potatoes on behalf of an abusive farmer, there’s not much chance of lensing a farm as a playground. As a non-swimmer, five-year old me seeing Lonely Water thought: “Yeah, I’ll be careful, I won’t fall in, but right now I’m more worried about who killed the owner of The Orange Tree cafe and the UFOs being reported on the television.” The biggest factor in PIFs not really inspiring Hookland is because the 1970s of my childhood was much weirder and more horrifying than anything the Central Office of Informa tion could come up with. When the farmer you are staying with walks around his property with a loaded shotgun and forbids you from signalling UFOs with your Eveready torch because the TV signal was hijacked by someone posing as aliens1, being told not to play with matches by a grassing ginger cartoon cat doesn’t rate as significant. You don’t need an ominous advert to warn you of the dangers of fire works when you go to school with a boy with two fewer fingers than average due to some gunpowder malarkey. You don’t need the Green Cross Man when you already have an
September 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
palimpsest22.bsky.social
Night Hookland from the Tokyo Tower. The Hum is very strong here.
A view of the Tokyo Tower looking down from the observation platform. Red girders.
September 29, 2026 at 11:39 AM
lynneahardy.bsky.social
Good morning, Hookland. May it be a gentle one
September 29, 2026 at 8:59 AM
thequantummage.bsky.social
Goodnight, Hookland, goodnight. Rest well and dream deep.
September 29, 2026 at 3:49 AM
kinniska.bsky.social
Good night Hookland, may you rest well
September 29, 2026 at 2:19 AM
mijiyoon.bsky.social
Hazelgrove & Pecksmith what wonderful surnames

G'Nite Hookland night is falling earlier now
September 29, 2026 at 12:58 AM
kayeinglis.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland.
September 29, 2026 at 12:25 AM
melancholyhammer.bsky.social
Goodnight, dear Hookland. I have been working long,long hours but always look forward to a last peek at home before bedtime.
September 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
buffytvssummers.bsky.social
Good night, Hookland.
September 28, 2026 at 11:56 PM
blytheroad.bsky.social
Goodnight, Hookland. Sleep well.
September 28, 2026 at 11:34 PM
craftyprimrose.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland
September 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
whatters2.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland. Peaceful slumbers.
September 28, 2026 at 11:11 PM
sineadpaghan.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland
September 28, 2026 at 11:06 PM
theswampwytch.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland! ❤️
September 28, 2026 at 10:38 PM
burntcopper.eurosky.social
Night night hookland.
September 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM
samanthasearrings.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland x
September 28, 2026 at 10:12 PM
pseudoscott.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland, sleep well
September 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
apocalypsehere.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland.
September 28, 2026 at 9:47 PM
sevenpitches.bsky.social
May we all hear what we need. Goodnight and sweet peace, Hookland.
September 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
davidseed.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland
September 28, 2026 at 9:23 PM
kainsoch.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland. I am mithering about the light slowly fading as we move on with the year.. Sleep well x
September 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
sharondavis.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland, I hope you have a restful night 🌙
September 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
amberglas.bsky.social
Goodnight Hookland.
September 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
catatart473.bsky.social
Charlie’s listening. Lizzie’s listening. I’m listening. Going luck to both of them but I’m hoping not to hear the scritty, scratty noises I heard last night in my wall.
Goodnight Hookland. Rest well.
September 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM