The CFP for A Nightmare on Elm Street @ 40 hosted by The University of Nottingham in association with Fear2000 is finally live! Have a look if you haven't already. I'm extremely happy to be one of the confirmed keynotes together with Steve Jones

Can't wait for this conference! My keynote will be about Freddy's Dead. Looking forward to hearing everyone else's research on my favourite horror franchise #horrorNU

Memories of Horror Studies Now 2024 Northumbria Uni youtu.be/3PchX6Grlco #horrorNU #horrorstudies #CultureCreativityNU

For those who couldn't attend Horror Studies Now 2024, this video put together by Steve Jones wonderfully sums up the vibrant, engaging and collegiate nature of the conference. #horrornu #HSN24 #northumbriauniversity youtube.com/watch?v=3PchX6…

We have been shortlisted for a Shine award at Northumbria Uni - the ceremony is tonight. Wish us luck! #horrorNU #Shineawards2024 #culturecreativityNU

We might not've won, but we're still winners #horrorNU #NUshineawards2024

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Hope to see you there! It’s going to be a fascinating discussion! #horrorNU

EXCITING NEWS! We are delighted to be collaborating this year with Northumbria University’s Horror Studies Research Group who will be introducing selected screenings. The team are widely recognised as leaders in horror studies and have held talks at European Film Festivals.

Check the video out if, like me, you had to miss the live discussion - thanks to Laura Mee and Shellie McMurdo for recording these sessions #horrorNU

📣 We're delighted to announce Dr. Kate Egan from Northumbria Uni will be introducing our upcoming #35mm screening of JAWS THE REVENGE! DITG regulars will know her from our previous engagements (Evil Dead 1&2, Life Of Brian 35mm events) - Tix here —> theregent.co.uk/whatson/35mm

🩸PARTICIPANTS NEEDED🩸 Are you a parent of a child who loves #horror? Located in Birmingham UK or West Midlands? Seeking child interviewees & filmmakers aged 9-15 for a Uni of Birmingham study on children’s opinions of the horror genre! ✨ Please share ✨ & see flyer for details:

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Join us to celebrate A Nightmare on Elm Street Nov 8-9! We have amazing keynotes in Dr. Bruna Foletto Lucas and Steve Jones, brilliant industry guests in Dustin McNeill @ Harker Press and Shannon & Swift and TWO screenings over the two days at Arc Cinema. Full cfp here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/06/06…

After lunch, we are now treated to Stacey Abbott giving us a preview of her forthcoming monograph on animated horror, with a focus specifically on how TV cartoons teach kids the language of horror. Zoinks!

Northumbria’s brilliant Stacey Abbott giving her excellent paper on the language of horror and TV cartoons at the Youth and Horror network/Recreational Fear Lab workshop in Aarhus yesterday! Can’t wait for the book, Stacey! #horrorNU

Russ Hunter Stacey Abbott and I giving introductions to The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, The Keep and The Fly (respectively) at last weekend’s superb Grindfest 2024 event. Thanks for having us Dirt In The Gate Movies We loved every minute of the weekend! #horrorNU

The Metamodern Slasher Film ebook is included in this sale, alongside *loads* of absolute bargains and bangers 😀

Hello fiends It seems like just yesterday that we were bidding you a temporary farewell for the summer, but now the 2024-25 academic year is upon us (our thoughts and dark prayers are with you at this time) we wanted to give you a few reminders! 1/4