They're brides of our lord and savior … but which one? "Nuns in Popular Culture" includes essays on habited horrors like ALUCARDA, THE NUN, and even the venerable BLACK NARCISSUS. New from McFarland and eds Marcus & Meredith Harmes. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/nuns-i…

The Horror Lex® site has been updated with tons of up-to-the-minute books & articles to research, fixed links, and new journals. The wolf salutes: ASAP/Journal Moveable Type JAAAS Journal of African Cinemas #Shima #HomicideStudies #NightTideMagazine ++. Awooo! horrorlex.com

With the sequel to 1988's BEETLEJUICE heading to theaters in 3 weeks, check out this article on the representation of the family in the original #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice #Beetlejuice horrorhomeroom.com/beetlejuice-an…

I am delighted to share that my article on experimental/horror filmmaker Curtis Harrington was recently published in Quarterly Review of Film and Video. You can message me if you would like a free digital copy provided by the journal. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I have a new piece at Bright Lights Film Journal on Todd Cook’s series of custom tapes, Lisa’s Nightmares. I’ve long been fascinated by his approach to capturing domesticity on camera and am proud to have this piece now available: brightlightsfilm.com/spectacles-of-…

Destroying, or making something new? "Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction" looks at twisted-nature films like ANNIHILATION & ANTICHRIST where humans experience identity crisis + climate crisis. New Northwestern University Press Steven Swarbrick Jean-Thomas Tremblay nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810147195/…

Excellent essay by Kev Da Wookiee that traces the #horror roots of GODZILLA MINUS ONE back to JAWS "To understand Minus One’s horror, we need only turn to Jaws (1975) to see how fear & dread reflected in the eyes of characters elicit shock in the viewer" horrorhomeroom.com/terror-in-the-…

We're back after a brief late-summer break. 🎃 Time to make movie plans for October! 💀 Check out our brand new Definitive Spooky Season Watchlist on #letterboxd. letterboxd.com/horrorlex/list…

"I dreamed that I killed you and Danny ... I chopped you into little pieces." "Shadows of Fatherhood, Jung, and Film" by Mark Holmwood is new with a chapter on Jack Torrance and other murderous dads of pop culture. @RoutledgeBooks routledge.com/Shadows-of-Fat…

New Horror Studies just dropped, with thoughts on all the theological talkiness in MIDNIGHT MASS, masculinity in latter-day Wes Craven films & our indigenous Final Girl in PREY. @intellectbooks Riana Slyter D. Scott Diffrient Shane Brown #CassandraKrauss intellectdiscover.com/content/journa…

Attention Dexter-heads, Fannibals & True Detectives: "Serial Killers in Contemporary Television," slicing 'n' dicing your fave small-screen slashers, is now in paperback. Routledge Books Eds Brett Robinson & Dr. Christine Daigle routledge.com/Serial-Killers…

It's time we talk about *real* American issues: Racism. Sexism. Giant ants. Sneaky aliens that hide inside strippers. Martin Harris writes about all manner of politically-tinged sci-fi in "Horror & Science Fiction Cinema & Society," new from @Routledge. routledge.com/Horror-and-Sci…

"I believed in Satan when no one else would." New in paperback is Steve Haberman's monograph on the reddest, most eye-popping, most Vincent-Pricey version of Prince Prospero's last dance. "The Masque of the Red Death" @AuteurPub liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.38…

It’s finally spooky movie season, which means it’s NIGHTMARE FUEL’s time to shine! 🖤🖤

Also new in paperback is Shellie McMurdo's "Blood on the Lens: Trauma & Anxiety in American Found Footage Horror Cinema," a look at realist horrors and the shocks we can't leave behind, via QUARANTINE, THE SACRAMENT, etc. Edinburgh University Press Shellie McMurdo edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-blood-on-…

Do you have a scaredy friend who avoids spooky season? Best innoculate them now with emilyhughes.bsky.social ✨'s new "Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch." They'll be ready for HELLRAISER in no time! @QuirkBooks penguinrandomhouse.com/books/756651/h…

SISTERS, CARRIE, THE FURY, BLOW-OUT … the 10 years 1972-1981 were transformative for both Brian De Palma and film. "The De Palma Decade: Redefining Cinema w/Doubles, Voyeurs, & Psychic Teens" is new from Laurent Bouzereau Running Press. Incl. audiobook! hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurent…

Who severed the tiger's spine? Soohee Kang digs deep into Japan-Korea political conflict in the "Traumas of Occupation and Partition in EXHUMA," a new piece for FLOW Journal. #openaccess FLOW flowjournal.org/2024/08/who-se…