Very happy to announce that I'm taking over as the editor of the journal HORROR STUDIES & will be promoting all of its fab essays & contributors - and looking for more. Message or email me with ideas for articles or special issues! #HorrorStudies #horror https://t.co/TkTvRD6xaU

Why M3GAN 2.0 is one of the most interesting horror films (and I said interesting, not best!) of 2025. And, yes, part of what I argue is that it is a horror film #M3GAN #horror #thething #bodyhorror #AI https://t.co/l4gKm58may

With the "twisted reimagining" of SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT hitting theatres on 12/12, you should check out this great article on why the 1984 original stirred up so much #horror - & how there's actually an important theme to it #SilentNightDeadlyNight https://t.co/w7GYtZDvrt

It's December, the season of ghosts and all things spooky, so you know what that means - it's time for this year's SCARRED FOR LIFE ADVENT CALENDAR! Kicking things off, behind door number 1 is legendary paranormal documentary series ARTHUR C CLARKE'S WORLD OF STRANGE POWERS!

One of my favorite Agatha Christie novels (my 2nd favorite, to be precise), AND THEN THERE WERE NONE - made an appearance in episode 5 of Pluribus, & I'm going to be very interested to see how this reference plays out. It def got me thinking in ways I hadn't before #Pluribus

Well, it's December . . . @DutchMarich do we have a definite release date and platform?? #HorrorintheHighDesert

All the paperbacks in the Horror Studies series are now £25! https://t.co/SbwuPzhXbu #horror #horrorstudies

RIP the legendary Tom Stoppard. Among his more famous achievements, he radically rewrote Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (under the pen-name Barry Watson), adding most of the thrilling beats and hilarious gags. One of my favourites: the cut to Brody, after being hyped up as

This is a very interesting reading of the latest episode of Pluribus. Watch the episode before reading about the famous 70s film it (possibly) evokes. I thought of this too #Pluribus Pluribus Episode 5 Recap: The Horrors of Biohacking https://t.co/H1zSsTOTtT via @autostraddle

Between the people who clearly decided they hated a new movie or show before they even saw it and the people who clearly are acting like everything's a masterpiece for engagement, it's so hard to find genuine honesty and real opinions on the internet anymore. Can we change that?

Why M3GAN 2.0 is one of the most interesting horror films (and I said interesting, not best!) of 2025. And, yes, part of what I argue is that it is a horror film #M3GAN #horror #thething #bodyhorror #AI https://t.co/A0SbZdm5Fw

THE MEZZOTINT, written and dir. by Mark Gatiss and based on the MR James story, is by far the best Ghost Story for Christmas episode in the contemporary series imho. The story of an engraving of a house, with an obscure figure on the lawn (sometimes), is genuinely dread-inducing

GOOD BOY is nominated for Best First Feature, and Indy has earned a Best Performance nomination at the Astra Film Awards. 🐕 Stream the film everyone can’t stop talking about on Shudder.

"One of my favorite things about horror fiction is that part of its DNA seems to be the realization that we should listen to the sensitive, intuitive and usually marginalized characters, even though this is rarely made explicit." #horror https://t.co/b6EITaOdmu

2025 Astra Film Awards – Nominations Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller: • Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later • Alison Brie – Together • Ethan Hawke – Black Phone 2 • Indy The Dog – Good Boy • Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back • Sophie Thatcher – Companion

The past refuses to stay buried in ‘Beyond the Drumlins’, a new independent horror film that fuses the earthy dread of ‘The Ritual’ with the cosmic unease of ‘Annihilation’. See the trailer: https://t.co/KpbhrymFXC #movies

The trailer for a very interesting upcoming cosmic horror / folk horror film, BEYOND THE DRUMLINS, dir. by Dan Bowhers, from Black Mandala Films #cosmichorror #folkhorror #horror https://t.co/w7WD83MXC6

On the great 'Penda's Fen' https://t.co/Ozb3zb4WMp

Coming soon to a bookshop near you! Sunday Times bestseller and @polariprize longlisted, ‘Queer as #folklore: The hidden queer history of myths and monsters’ by @sachacoward is now available in this gorgeous paperback edition https://t.co/A4af9W9ir7 Get your copy from tomorrow!

Next essay up in our new issue of HORROR STUDIES (16.2) is on the TV series, THE TERROR, & how the notion of geotrauma allows us to understand subjectivity in the Anthropocene as it is 'contaminated by the nonhuman other' @IntellectBooks #horror #TheTerror https://t.co/Xj6d5Jqvus

Oooh. Interesting!