Hands up, who knew Michael Winner made a prequel to The Turn of the Screw, with Brando and Stephanie Beacham as Peter Quint and Miss Jessel? Yep, I watched THE NIGHTCOMERS (1972). It’s a little better than I expected, the grim corruption of the children quite well handled...

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folks we are cooked

The Theorizing Zombiim 4 cfp is available on the Zombie Studies Network website. The 20025 conference will be hosted at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Ca. We look forward to reading your abstracts soon. zombiestudiesnetwork.com/theorizing-zom…

As a reminder - while Milton is bearing down on a state where more than 80% of Florida homes lack flood insurance and 1 in 10 homes have no insurance at all - 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 is the kind of thing GOP lawmakers were obsessing over instead of dealing with the state's insurance crisis.

Most tangential Halloween card ever.

In 1444, the Ottoman sultan abdicated and placed his twelve year old son on the throne. The Ottomans were losing a war, and the son wrote a letter to his father: "If you are the sultan, come and lead your armies. If I am the sultan I hereby order you to come and lead my armies."

i like this from Simon Pegg on why slow zombies are better theguardian.com/media/2008/nov…

AI is so insanely WRONG sometimes. I was looking for an early 20th C. French portrait painter; AI gives me Jacques-Louis David, who painted during the French Revolution and Napoleonic eras. Among other works, he painted “The Death of Marat” in 1793. 🙄

“Dixie” - he’s not trying to be subtle…

Our Gothic podcast rec list is up! 👻💀🎧See any familiar faces? Icy Sedgwick The Shropshire Witches Podcast @ohwitchplease Spirits As always, tell us what we missed! lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com/podcasts/

I have released three new prints. This is one of them. They are all available now: tomgauld.com/shop

Just keep a grotesque self-portrait in your attic like a normal person

Beware of Jenny Greenteeth! This terrifying water hag from English folklore lurks in ponds, ready to drag unsuspecting children to their doom. A chilling tale used to keep kids far away from dangerous waters. #FairyTaleTuesday #31DaysofHaunting 🎨Dall-E

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This is a sweet Halloween treat! “Dracula author Bram Stoker's lost story unearthed after 134 years” bbc.com/news/articles/…

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