Senior Lecturer Film & TV, horror dork. Wrote @DevilsAdBooks The Shining / @EdinburghUP Reanimated. Co-convene @BAFTSS_Horror. Views are my own. She/her.
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My book REANIMATED is up for pre order from @EdinburghUP! 30% off with NEW30. Please do consider requesting for libraries, adding to reading lists for courses on adaptation/seriality/horror, or requesting for review. Happy for DMs re content/availability edinburghuniversitypress.com…
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CFP: Horror Studies Now 2025 (May 29th-30th) at Northumbria University
Call and submissions info here:
shorturl.at/XmTjU
#horrorNU
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My latest book, The Metamodern Slasher Film, is out in paperback next month
Preorder from @EdinburghUP: shorturl.at/Drc7I
Use the code PAPER30 for 30% off
My next book - The Postmodern Slasher Film - is also up for pre-order on the EUP site (out in July)
#horrorNU
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On Sunday 17 Nov, I'm hosting a post-film Q&A with @alicelowe following her new film “Timestalker”. Tickets via @mac_birmingham:
macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema/t…
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What an incredible "this you".
Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump on your victory.
The UK has no greater friend than the US, with the special relationship being cherished on both sides of the Atlantic for more than 80 years.
We look forward to working with you and @JDVance in the years ahead.
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Soooooo, I'm terrible / hate doing this but I have a book out next year, 'The Ecogothic Werewolf'. Probably not a stocking filler but I think a pretty good read - I was brutal in the edit. waterstones.com/book/the-eco…
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In case there was any reminder needed as to why our history/Black studies departments and academics across the university sector need defending/supporting more than ever.
Former British colonies owe ‘debt of gratitude’, says Robert Jenrick theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Can’t wait to be back at the brilliant @DirtInTheGate to introduce the 1990s return of Laurie Strode on 35mm this Halloween! It’s going to be a fantastic and spooky evening in the beautiful Regent Cinema, Christchurch with extra trailer treats from the DiTG team! 🎃👻 #HorrorNU
We're delighted to welcome back Dr Kate Egan who will be introducing our #35mm HALLOWEEN special! As a REEL TREAT, we also have a bumper selection of TRAILER TREATS presented from #35mm! Grab your SPOOK filled tickets here -> linktr.ee/dirtinthegate
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Thanks so much to @Slippery_Jack for this awesome flyer & the logo for the series. Excited to work with @elementaladam and @RobCEdgar on this. Send us your ideas! #Spectres
Announcement 2
Rob Edgar (@RobCEdgar), Dawn Keetley (@DawnKeetley) & I are now editors of a new book series at @BloomsburyAcad
Rob & I are contracted to write the first book (about the 18th century!).
And yes, those illustrations are by RICHARD WELLS (of Damnable Tales)!!
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Final issue of Total Film on shelves today. We’re all extremely proud of it. Packed with exclusives and long-form writing of tremendous brio, blending passion and expertise. Worth mounting a rhino and charging to your nearest shop for*, I promise
*Please don’t. Walk safely
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Absolutely despicable on every level.
London's Historic Evening Standard Newspaper Plans To Revive Acerbic Art Critic Brian Sewell In AI Form As It Stops Daily Presses & Fires Journalists deadline.com/2024/09/the-eve…
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If you want to pick up my cultural history of werewolf films in ebook format, it's currently just over a fiver in this @EdinburghUP sale. Tons of other good stuff here but I hugely recommend @LauMee's excellent book on horror remakes, too.
🔥🔥HORROR ACADEMICS ASSEMBLE! 🔥🔥 Get yourself to @EdinburghUP immediately for 75% off most ebooks. All the horror/gothic nonfiction titles below, plus many more I couldn't fit in the photo, are $6.00-$10.00 USD. Scary! Educational! Cheap! #EUP75
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ALT A collage of 20 book covers. First row includes "The California Gothic in Fiction and Film," "The American Horror Film: An Introduction," "Japanese Horror Film," "Deleuze and Horror Film," and "Selling the Splat Pack." Other titles concern grindhouse films, post-horror, Tim Burton, and horror films from the US, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea.
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I hired a top London agency to create a glossy promo for my upcoming illustrated Folk Horror anthology. Not really, I took it on holiday to The Lakes, silly goose! TALES ACCURSED, published ten days hence, pre-order from wherever you get yer books..!
My REANIMATED ebook is a whole fiver in this sale, alongside loads of great titles
🔥🔥HORROR ACADEMICS ASSEMBLE! 🔥🔥 Get yourself to @EdinburghUP immediately for 75% off most ebooks. All the horror/gothic nonfiction titles below, plus many more I couldn't fit in the photo, are $6.00-$10.00 USD. Scary! Educational! Cheap! #EUP75
edinburghuniversitypress.com…
ALT A collage of 20 book covers. First row includes "The California Gothic in Fiction and Film," "The American Horror Film: An Introduction," "Japanese Horror Film," "Deleuze and Horror Film," and "Selling the Splat Pack." Other titles concern grindhouse films, post-horror, Tim Burton, and horror films from the US, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea.
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The Metamodern Slasher Film ebook is included in this sale, alongside *loads* of absolute bargains and bangers 😀
🔥🔥HORROR ACADEMICS ASSEMBLE! 🔥🔥 Get yourself to @EdinburghUP immediately for 75% off most ebooks. All the horror/gothic nonfiction titles below, plus many more I couldn't fit in the photo, are $6.00-$10.00 USD. Scary! Educational! Cheap! #EUP75
edinburghuniversitypress.com…
ALT A collage of 20 book covers. First row includes "The California Gothic in Fiction and Film," "The American Horror Film: An Introduction," "Japanese Horror Film," "Deleuze and Horror Film," and "Selling the Splat Pack." Other titles concern grindhouse films, post-horror, Tim Burton, and horror films from the US, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea.
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now, it's not often I ask you to do stuff for me... please retweet if a. you believe in fairies b. you support second time female filmmakers and c. you support British cinema. Timestalker is released in cinemas in the UK & Ireland on 11th October 💜❤️🩷🌭☸️🐦🪓
7 eras. 1 love. 💔 Watch the trailer for #Timestalker and get ready for @AliceLowe's “triumph of the imagination” (@LWLies). Coming to UK & Ireland cinemas October 11.
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We've got a 4K UHD copy of The Silence Of The Lambs to give away courtesy of @ArrowFilmsVideo! Just follow us both and share this post to enter.
Can't wait? Buy a copy here! arrowfilms.com/4k/the-silenc…
