I'm gonna be real with y'all right now: I would fuck this casserole UP.

Back at the gym doing heavy deadlifts for the first time since...Labor Day? This is gonna suuuuuck.

The Good Stuff is back in the house.

I had never heard this live version before. Is it possible for you to feel goosebumps on your soul? She's not just singing, she is *channeling* something from beyond our understanding. God, Sinead O'Connor was one-of-one.

It's Fleetwood Mac Deep Cut O'Clock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Sh...

I think...I think this thread just unlocked the reason why I really don't enjoy trying to predict the way narratives will go on the shows I like, the way so many fans do. I think about it more like a writer, which means I want to see how you write your way out, not how I hope it goes.

Hell Yeah!

The October edition of Horror Secret Handshakes is live at @popheist.com. It's Karloff. It's Lugosi. It's THE BLACK CAT.

Get @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social onto your boutique releases ASAP!

Hey! I would love to get into the booklet essay/commentary/special features game for boutique horror releases. I think I could be good at that, and if you want proof, here are 13 consecutive days of essays on a single film: matthewjacksonwrites.com/tag/tracing-...

For the evening crowd, we are now on to Lucky Number 13 in my HALLOWEEN essay series, go read it!

Onion Headline: Dad Standing Up to Watch Football Is Not Sure About That Call

Ooooohhh the Falcons are wearing the red helmets tonight

The October edition of Horror Secret Handshakes is live at @popheist.com. It's Karloff. It's Lugosi. It's THE BLACK CAT.

The only possible answer for me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-EF...

Dude was sitting outside Kyle Field with a jug of whiskey and a pimento cheese sandwich. That is one of the Most Texas Things I've ever heard, and I've lived here for 39 years.

This right here. I don't care if you live two miles from the theater, if you used your car to get to a screening, write down that mileage and write it off later.

Replies ranging from "just use 911" to "yeah but you have to convince someone to let you borrow their phone because no landlines" and some of y'all need to learn the phrase "Just In Case." If you're stranded at the truck stop on I-10 at one in the morning what the fuck else do you do?

Did y'all know there's a version of "Sledgehammer" that includes Phil Collins on drums *and* guitar work by Brian May? Anyway, here ya go. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftB2...

Younguns, I'm begging y'all to please memorize *at least* one important phone number so you don't die when your phone does.

Sometime over the summer, we hit a big sales milestone and somehow, I missed it. It's been busy. We sold our first book in the summer of 2022. We sold our 50,000th book sometime in the summer of 2025. Here's to 50,000 more! Huge thanks to our authors, artists and especially, our readers.

Just wanted to share this one again: a few weeks ago, we lost trailblazing FX artist Michele Burke & I wanted folks to really know her story, so I shared my full book interview with her here. Available for free & paid subs:

Today on Tracing The Shape, my 31-day essay series about John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, we dig deeper into the (self-imposed?) damnation of Sam Loomis, who haunts the Myers House almost as much as Michael does. matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...

Hey! I would love to get into the booklet essay/commentary/special features game for boutique horror releases. I think I could be good at that, and if you want proof, here are 13 consecutive days of essays on a single film: matthewjacksonwrites.com/tag/tracing-...

Watched THE CHAIR COMPANY last night and I'm all-in on that thing. Also I will be laughing about Tim Robinson popping up in bed and shouting "I swear I have the worst pillow in town!" for at least a month.

TV and Film Historians: What's the best place to find floor plans of old TV soundstages from circa the 1960s? I'm doing research for a thing and I'd love to familiarize myself with the logistics of doing a variety show in the period. Do I just...email the Museum of Television?

If it's possible for movies to be caffeinated, they definitely did that to this one.

When someone buys your pitch and you realize you have to actually write it

The Great Gatsby sucks and I read it five times just to make sure.

New at @readbookpage.bsky.social, my Starred review of @joe-hill.bsky.social's towering returning to novels, KING SORROW, on sale next week. www.bookpage.com/reviews/king...

In 2019 I ranked every single goddamn Rush song. Please click, read, share. www.thrillist.com/entertainmen...

Today on Tracing The Shape, my 31-day essay series about John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, we dig deeper into the (self-imposed?) damnation of Sam Loomis, who haunts the Myers House almost as much as Michael does. matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...

Today's installment in my 31-day essay series on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN is about the illusion of middle class domestic calm in Haddonfield, how Tommy Doyle sees through it, and how Laurie Strode gets swept up in it just as the knife's about to come down. matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...

If it's possible for movies to be caffeinated, they definitely did that to this one.

OK yeah, we're doing this.

Reposting just to make sure @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social sees this because I can absolutely imagine them wearing it when I walk into the bookstore.

Is it time for me to fire up GREEN ROOM again? Been thinking about that movie all week and this might be a sign.

She's the new James Bond.

The only Jared Leto performance that hits for me every time is PANIC ROOM, which gives rise to my theory that Jared Leto can only touch true greatness when he's next to Dwight Yoakam. That's probably true for a lot of people honestly.

Ingrid Bergman in this movie is serving the best any person has ever looked in a motion picture.

Loaned my copy of @ericlarocca.bsky.social's WE ARE ALWAYS TENDER WITH OUR DEAD to Mama Jackson this weekend. We'll see how she reacts.

Oh, Butker out here missing chip shots?

The only Jared Leto performance that hits for me every time is PANIC ROOM, which gives rise to my theory that Jared Leto can only touch true greatness when he's next to Dwight Yoakam. That's probably true for a lot of people honestly.

Eclectic Laundry Eclectic, AL

when you hit the wrong button

No other film ending has ever gone this hard. Every time this rolls up on-screen I immediately think, “Damn right I have.”

I am really loving this whole series of essays about one of my favorite movies. If you like awesome stuff, follow along!

Today's installment in my 31-day essay series on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN is about the illusion of middle class domestic calm in Haddonfield, how Tommy Doyle sees through it, and how Laurie Strode gets swept up in it just as the knife's about to come down. matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...

Today on Tracing The Shape, my 31-day HALLOWEEN essay series, we examine the carefully timed death of Annie Brackett, what it says about Michael, and John Carpenter's moment to play Hitchcock. matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...