Very excited indeed to read this!

Wishing all a good #SCMS24 - catch up with our own Johnny Walker, Stacey Abbott and Damien Pollard there #horrorstudies #horrorNU

Are you an academic with research that includes an unusual interpretation of, or new way of thinking about, a book or painting that is considered a "classic"? If so I want to hear from you for a new series launching at The Conversation. Email is in my bio 💌

Brilliant evening on Monday talking animation and horror cinema with claymation nightmare-monger Lee Hardcastle! Terrifyingly interesting, interestingly terrifying Horror Studies at Northumbria Northumbria Uni #horrorNU

Wakaliwood hidden Scenes dropping soon youtube.com/watch?v=IImhzA… Subscribe for more

#GeordieGore is go! Damien Pollard

And a fantastic night it was, too! The festival continues over the weekend, so get over to Sunderland if you can

HORROR STUDIES NOW is...now over. Thank you to all our presenters for sharing such interesting research with us. Here is to Horror Studies Now 2025! #horrorNU

What a joy it was to be a part of #horrorstudiesnow24. Thanks so much to all of our speakers and to all my colleagues for making it such a rich, rigorous and warm couple of days! May the 2025 conference roll on like a lovingly made prosthetic head #horrorNU Horror Studies at Northumbria

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

BFI We have a special screening of Dario Argento’s chilling 70s classic SUSPIRIA, a tale of witchcraft and deception set against a vivid, visually striking backdrop. We are so excited to welcome the bold, visionary filmmaker Gaspar Noé to introduce this film. edfilmfest.org/film/gaspar-no…

‘Summer just got hotter’ is how I want all my new work announced… Check out my latest article on cruising, futurity and New Queer Realism below. Thanks to JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies for making it open access and available for free!

JOB! Three-year TA position in Latin American studies with us in ⁦Spanish & Portuguese at Cambridge⁩ ⁦Cambridge University⁩. Modern literary and cultural focus; ability to teach film and visual culture a bonus! Start date 1 Jan 2025. Deadline: 12 Sep 2024. jobs.ac.uk/job/DJC074/tea…

Film folks, can anyone suggest films/scenes in which air conditioners feature prominently? In any form, but particularly interested in cases where the sound of air conditioning is noticeable. Ta!

Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant to support research into Uganda's emerging film industry over the next two years! A huge thank you to everyone at Northumbria Uni who helped with the bid

So delighted to see this come into the world! Huge thank you to MHRA and to all of our incredible contributors!

The Soundtrack 16.1 is out now! 🎞️ Special Issue: ‘Foley Sound: New Theories and Approaches’ Including ‘Rendering the umwelt: Foley, animal life and ethics’ by Damien Pollard #FilmStudies #MediaStudies intellectdiscover.com/content/journa…

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