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Writer, editor, comms manager • Founder and editor @helleborezine (World Fantasy Awards finalist 2022) • History, art, myth, mystery • She/her.
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The new
@helleborezine
has arrived and it might be the most gorgeous one to date. Happy
#WalpurgisNight
!
👉🏽
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TFW you walk into a rural church in Wales and stumble upon a folk horror object.
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The water in the old wash house of Robles de Laciana flows through a Medieval sarcophagus.
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This Reader’s Digest illustrated ‘Gothic Treasure Trove’ is providing exactly the kind of thrills I need right now.
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“Making a movie is casting a spell.”
—Kenneth Anger (1927 - 2023)
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Julius Von Klever's take on the legend of the Erlkönig:
"Father, do you not see the Elf-king?
The Elf-king with crown and cape?"
"My son, it's a streak of fog."
(Goethe)
#FolkloreThursday
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Feeling like a total grump, so excuse me while I retire to the mysterious manor house I’ve inherited from a distant relation, a distinguished archaeologist who died in strange circumstances.
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Max Shreck (Nosferatu) as The Angel of Death in Hanneles Himmelfahrt, 1922.
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I’d rather be in the iridescent world of a 1980s fairy tale adventure, where talking puppets act as threshold guardians, the snow is dazzling but never harsh, David Bowie is the goblin king, and the songs of Kate Bush define the ambience.
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Edward Gorey's animated introduction to 'MYSTERY!', the PBS show.
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The animal encyclopedia that traumatised me for life.
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I can't be the only one who uses this book as a travel guide and holiday planner.
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Gothic romance books "always engage with a specific fear: that someone you trust, who has more power than you, will hurt you behind closed doors." Something Is Wrong in This House: How Bluebeard Became the Definitive Fairy Tale of Our Era
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The legendary Island of the Hand of Satan, thought to be located in the Atlantic Ocean.
#FolkloreThursday
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The mythological creatures of the Sacro Bosco in Bomarzo, Italy, built in the 16th century
#FolkloreThursday
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Desperately wishing I was the 2nd, nameless wife of a brooding English aristocrat, so I could retire to the unused rooms in the north wing of his Cornish manor house, where there's always an unexplained chill and you can hear the sea roaring in the distance.
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Driving to a stone circle on your lunch break is self care.
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This could well be the perfect Tinder pic. Dark, brooding, and into folk horror.
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I get a fair share of peculiar emails, but the sheer audacity of this has me dragging my feverish body out of bed to slap them in the face with the frilliest of my white gloves.
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The Round House at Stanton Drew. It used to be a toll house, but please. Look at the hares on the roof top and the whole layout and tell me it’s not a witch’s cottage.
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Ventriloquism was originally a religious practice. In Ancient Greece, the noises produced by the stomachs of gastromancers were thought to be the voices of the dead, able to foretell the future.
#FolkloreThursday
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Because, gasp! How can a 19-year-old *girl* be a GENIUS? Pah, it was mostly penned by her husband after Byron's idea. And her parts? She was just talking about her feelings! Anyway, it's just A FANTASY NOVEL!
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The wilis, spirits of betrothed girls who died before their wedding night, dancing men to death
#FolkloreThursday
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So many reasons to celebrate Roger Corman and his approach to filmmaking. His Poe cycle was a favourite of mine, astonishing, immersive and mesmerising.
“The house is the monster.”
—Roger Corman (1926-2024)
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More from the animal encyclopedia that traumatised me for life.
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The Great Shadow (1925) by Martin Lewis. Probably East 34th St., NYC.
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The Island of the Hand of Satan (or Island of Satanazes) was thought to be in the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Azores. According to the legend, the hand of Satan emerged from the Sea of Darkness to drag sailors to the bottom of the sea.
#FolkloreThursday
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In Japanese folktales, foxes with 9 tails are +100 years old and have the power of omniscience.
#FolkloreThursday
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This legendary Christopher Lee interview is my favourite. His reaction to the question "Do you regard black magic as being purely fictitious or is there some truth in it?" is EVERYTHING.
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Peter Cushing’s annotated copy of the script for Hammer’s Hound of the Baskervilles.
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Jeremy Brett in the 1978 Broadway production of Dracula, with costumes and sets designed by Edward Gorey.
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Roberto Kusterle, Il bambino e il suo bosco 2, 2005.
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The Swedish ritual known as årsgång, or “year walk,” was a form of divination, a solitary walk in a forest at night to encounter the spirits of the dead and all sorts of monstrous creatures.
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I'm on BBC Culture today, discussing Maxine Peake's new version of folk horror classic 'Robin Redbreast' and the horrors of seeing a woman's body as an extension of the fertility of the land.
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Statue of Uta von Ballensted in Naumburg Cathedral, inspiration for the Evil Queen in Disney's Snow White.
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Never give pearls as a gift: From the sea they come, to the sea you'll go.
#FolkloreThursday
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Mythological Circus, Polish theatre poster by Ryszard Kaja.
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The secret is out! I'm editing a limited-run magazine inspired by
#FolkHorror
,
#witchcraft
, and the
#occult
. Meet
@helleborezine
. Pre-orders open in September, cover reveal coming soon!
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One of my life goals is to bring back the 70s-style composite gothic book cover to the mainstream.
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It's
#WorldGothDay
, so here's a thread on how my favourite gothic mansion in literature has been depicted in film.
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Don Claudio, from Goya's 'The Bewitched Man', believes that his life depends on keeping a lamp alight.
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The most haunting line from 'Faeries' (Froud and Lee, 1979):
"The spirit of the birch tree is called 'The One with the White Hand'. If it touches a head, it leaves a vivid white mark and inflicts madness, but if it touches a heart, it is the touch of Death."
#FolklorePlants
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I'm not interested in this weather if it doesn't come with a manor on the moors, fire crackling in the library, a mysterious, brooding visitor, and the distant howls of a giant hound.
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Vincent Price's commercial for The Enchanted World, a series of books on myth and folklore released in the 1980s.
#FolkloreThursday
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A Lavishly Illuminated Medieval Bestiary Goes Online
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I'm already obsessed with the parade from THE PALE HORSE.
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From 'Don’t be Afraid of the Dark. Blackwood’s Guide to Dangerous Fairies', by
@RealGDT
, C. Golden and Troy Nixey.
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Merry Christmas, my friends. Don’t forget to throw your raisin-based puddings into a hole in the ground.
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Ravens protected the body of St. Vincent of Saragossa from being devoured by vultures until his followers recovered it.
#FolkloreThursday
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2. One of the most terrifying representations of a ghost in art: Boy Staring at an Apparition. Francisco de Goya, c. 1824-1825.
#GothicAdvent
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We made a book! I hope many people throw it in their bags and rucksacks, and I hope it leads to many wonderful journeys.
They’re here and they’re beautiful! We’ll be packing all your orders tonight 🖤
Get your copy from
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It's October, so I'll be posting about my favourite supernatural/ gothic/ horror films and TV programmes for
#31DaysOfHalloween
.
Thread below.
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"The moon shone upon his almost transparent hands, and Stephen saw that the nails were fearfully long and that the light shone through them."
(M.R. James, Lost Hearts)
#GothicAdvent
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Modern day TV sucks. I want characters to find more walled-up skeletons, meet spectral monks in churchyards, and summon the forces of darkness in abandoned chapels in the woods.
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Happy birthday, Christopher Lee and Vincent Price. Here they're sharing a delightful moment in House of the Long Shadows (1983).
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1/31 THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968).
A fine occult thriller based on the novel by Dennis Wheatley, where rich socialites worship the devil in the English countryside. Possibly my favourite by
@hammerfilms
. Richleau was Christopher Lee's favourite role.
#31DaysOfHalloween
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BBC, make the occult detective period drama we’re all waiting for, you cowards!
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Holy Week in Malaga is peak Gothic Catholicism and after many years I’m here for it.
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I love that the Italian poster for The Blood on Satan's Claw looks like an Avon Satanic Gothic from the 70s. 100% would read.
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Jeremy Brett and Edward Gorey on the set of Dracula, designed by Gorey, in 1977.
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It's been brought to my attention that there's a new Netflix show about Sigmund Freud hunting down a serial killer in Vienna. With séances, psychics, cocaine, skulls, psychoan *breathes into a paper bag*
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The Pop-Culture Evolution of Frankenstein’s Monster
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1/19. Hello! Thanks for inviting me to discuss history and archaeology in
@helleborezine
for
#PATC5
. I’m Maria, and I’m the founding editor of HELLEBORE, a small press magazine devoted to British
#FolkHorror
and the
#Occult
.
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We opened this box yesterday and have been its servants for the last 24h. We’ve just been released.
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The algorithm is fully aware that finding ruined churches and chapels in the woods releases dopamine.
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I wrote about the politics of monsters and talked to
@RealGDT
about
#TheShapeofWater
for this month's
@forteantimes
.
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Is your kid texting about Gothic literature? Know the signs!
OMFG Ominous Mist, Feeling Gloomy
IRL I Reek of Laudanum
WTH? Were They Haunted?
BRB Being Rather Byronic
BAMF Brontës Are My Friends
FCOL Frankenstein's CREATURE! Oh, Lord.
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I’ve spent most of the day doing admin (urrrgh), so rewarding myself with some comfort viewing tonight.
#NowWatching
NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957).
Fun fact: Margaret Murray, then 93, acted as witchcraft consultant.
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It’s time to read this folk horror anthology lavishly illustrated by
@Slippery_Jack
and including one of my favourite stories 🎃
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Losing followers over political tweets, so I'm going to be pretty clear:
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"Visión Fantasmal" is a lost painting by Goya that has just been found after almost a century of being lost.
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In the mood for a rewatch of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2015)
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Beware of fireplaces at night: the dead gather around them, seeking the warmth they knew in life.
#FolkloreThursday
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Apropos of the Roman Empire discourse, I think of escaping a gothic mansion (or a ruined chapel, graveyard, or stone circle) wearing a flowing dress on a daily basis.
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Well, this is pretty overwhelming. I’ve just found out I’ve been nominated for the World Fantasy Awards in the category ‘Special Award—Non-professional’ for
@helleborezine
.
Huge thanks to
@Richard_Kadrey
and everyone involved.
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Happy birthday, M. R. James. Let's celebrate with Tourneur.
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If I was a rich woman I would invite my Twitter friends to my country manor for an evening of ghost stories in front of the fire, only to be interrupted by the mysterious stranger caught in the storm outside, who happens to know too much about each guest’s past.
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I’m planning to celebrate the post-pandemic roaring 20s wrapped up in jewel-coloured evening coats.
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I'm obsessed with this behind-the- scenes image of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Utterly awe-inspiring, even better than the final effect.
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I bought this poster for my office*
*I don’t have an office
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Charity shop find of the year! The elderly gentleman at the till celebrated it with a “Blimey!”
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The Father of the Glaciers. A snowman at the summit of Muir Glacier, Alaska, in 1902.
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Christmas present to myself. I’m going to wrap it up and resist the urge to play with it because look at that kitty! the candelabrum! the grimoire!
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Ah, I’ve just remembered what old school beekeeping looked like. Isn’t life wonderful?
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It’s the perfect day to wander into a ruined church, searching for the tomb of the wicked Squire Cabell, rumoured to have sold his soul to the Devil, and also the inspiration for Conan Doyle’s Sir Hugo Baskerville.
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Our first ever travel guide is finally here! The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain features over 500 destinations with magical links, including film, TV, and literary locations, and custom-made maps.
👉 Pre-order now from:
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Witch trials, oaths of secrecy, Devil worshippers, village secrets, cursed artefacts, and seductive enchantresses.
The Malefice Issue is finally here.
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Inside you there are two wolves: one knows your duvet is too much for a hot summer night; the other needs something heavier than a bed sheet. Both will lose and tomorrow you’ll be sleep deprived. Good night, everyone.
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Just finished watching The Wicker Man with my dad, who hadn’t seen it before. Will I ever not get goosebumps the first time the wicker man appears on the horizon?
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Edward Gorey and a giant teddy bear, proving no one will ever beat him at author photos.
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