Just e-ttended a great #Fear2000 online roundtable hosted by the ever excellent Dr Robyn Ollett on contemporary queer horror. I got me some films to watch!

Starting us off is Dr Eddie Falvey discussing ‘Streaming Independent Global Horror: Independence, Inclusivity and Transnational Exchange in the ‘Netflix Original’ Horror Film’ #fear2000 🐺

Cracking panel on folklore and adaptation featuring @EliDollliver Mary Going and Jen Cooke / @jenniferjtcooke.bsky.social to kickstart day 2 of #Fear2000 @SHUfear2000

Romantic cannibals and taking the Ir- out of Irreversible from rae bamber and Nikkita at @SHUfear2000 #Fear2000

Now the inimitable Darren Elliot-Smith keynoting on queer horror, pathology and mental illness @SHUfear2000 #Fear2000

A really great panel on care, gender and transactional relations in contemporary horror featuring @wick85c @Alicehbryan and @fatscoleman . Some great comments on The Babadook, Barbarian and Pearl, and (the just about contemporary) Audition @SHUfear2000 #Fear2000

Great to see Craig Ian Mann interviewing Simon Barrett about The Guest for @SHUfear2000 #Fear2000

Great panel on generic boundaries to open day three of @SHUfear2000 featuring Dr Stephen Curtis - @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social Stella Marie Gaynor and Dr Sarah Cleary #Fear2000

Yet another great panel—there’s a trend emerging here—on found footage horror featuring stellar work from @jennyachinnery Ami and Pete Turner ✌️ @SHUfear2000 #Fear2000

Ending the Fear2000 proceedings on a fantastic high, we’ve got Shellie McMurdo keynoting on the politics of independent found footage horror films @SHUfear2000 #Fear2000

The cost of train fares in this country is frankly nothing short of a knowing attack on the working class.

My (late) contribution to the #barbenheimer discourse.

As someone who has taught New Hollywood for years, this selection of films being called “New Hollywood” is driving me mad…

*HALLOWEEN COMPETITION* Get in the spirit with this batch of classic horror. To be in with a chance to win just: ✅ follow us ✅ repost ✅ respond with a horror you’d like to see us release! Winner chosen at random tomorrow! Beware of scam accounts. Check replies carefully!

Having finally seen Poor Things I can say that while I greatly enjoyed it it probably won’t trouble my Lanthimos top 3. Lots of fun, gorgeous to look at, but more hollow than I expected and—despite some of its content—less daring than YL operating at his peak.

If anyone missed out on the hardback and fancies a more affordable copy of The Cinema of Yorgos Lanthimos, it is now available in paperback: amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/150137…

Happy World Book Day! One week today: Female Servants in Early Modern England - out 14th March with The British Academy Oxford Academic

Kim Gordon is 70 years old and has just dropped an album with the energy, innovation l, and cool-as-fuck style of an artist in their 20s. The Collective is absolutely fucking banging!