Mary Shelley’s work will continue to echo through the ages and inspire new interpretations. No matter how false or factual, all will offer truth.

That thing when you realise you followed someone who once sexually harassed you because you showed concern. It sucks that it's so hard to keep on top of this stuff.

A subtly smart script steadily builds suspense and atmosphere, the horror creeping like a water stain to a haunting, sublime climax. A Mother's Embrace is on digital on 10 November. www.exquisiteterror.com/a-mothers-em...

Erik Hofstatter's deft hand conjures a sensation of being sunk so deep in the midst of corruption that there is no light nor a breath of clean air.

Superb use of sound creates an implicit rhythm which worms into the subconscious, transforming it into an unseen physical entity. Takashi Shimizu's Sana and Sana: Let Me Hear stream on Arrow from 27 October.

Just watching Metal Lords, and I think you'll find that actuallllly the RATM song is called "Killing in the Name", not "Killing in the Name of". Maybe that's part of the joke. I don't think it is. Yes, I am insufferable.

Often unbearable tension in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase show a filmmaker brimming with technical ability and creative flair. Delivery Run is on digital today.

Mesmerising and enchanting images prove the strange, sublime, gothic folk that Britain built is still very much alive and well. The Severed Sun is on digital on 6 October. www.exquisiteterror.com/the-severed-...

Erik Hofstatter's Bankrupting Sky Banks is available from Aqueduct Press now. Enter the draw for a copy.

Like the complexities of the Lament Configuration, a few twists and buttons pressed open up Concierge's complex inner workings.

Home decor. #vincentprice #horror

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 2 is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital from Acorn Media International on 25 August.

Tim Lebbon's Secret Lives of the Dead is a strong tale of how humans can cut themselves off from hope by refusing to accept their power to pursue the better angels of their nature. @titanbooks.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social

Together is a twisted love story that masterfully subverts emotional and physical, and literal and metaphorical, connection.

Despite shortcomings, there's fun to be had with soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. Out tomorrow. www.exquisiteterror.com/wuchang-fall...

Finally got round to visiting Castle Cinema in Homerton today -- I'm a 20-minute walk away; shameful -- and it is just lovely. So is The Ballad of Wallis Island, my first of what will be many films there. #communitycinema #independentcinema

Bob Vylan's drummer used to be my favourite barman, so I'm proud of them.

It feels strangely uncomfortable for an alien (yes, in a film, but still...) to tell me there'll be nuclear war in six months.

Saturnalia was just stunning all round. @raindance.org

Stone Martyrs by dark fiction author Erik Hofstatter is available from Aqueduct Press now.

Lusus Naturae by Chris Coppel is available from Cranthorpe Millner on 20 May.

Absolutely love all the scroll bars with the new WordPress. By love, I mean hate.

WIN: The Creep Tapes S1 Blu-ray Shudder Original The Creep Tapes is available from Acorn Media International on Blu-ray, DVD and digital on 12 May.

The Ugly Stepsister is a superb addition to the blossoming canon of body horror focussed on the beauty industry’s inflictions on the female body. www.exquisiteterror.com/the-ugly-ste...

Black Cab is available from Acorn Media International on Blu-ray, DVD and digital now. Enter the draw for a Blu here.

Scanners is available from Second Sight on limited edition 4K/UHD and standard Blu-ray on 31 March.

When horror breaks rank and explores the raw realities of postnatal depression, we’re witnesses to something even more terrifying. Mom is on digital on 17 February.

WIN: V/H/S/Beyond Blu-ray Shudder Original V/H/S/Beyond is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms via Acorn Media International on 10 February.

It shows the sad state of publishing when I find myself inordinately pleased at the correct spelling of the word 'storey'. (The book in question is Butter, by Asako Yuzuki.)

Let the Right One In is available across digital platforms via Vertigo Releasing on 20 January. Maybe win a poster here.

I probably shouldn't have been allowed to watch Blue Velvet when I was 10 years old. Glad I was, though.

Sigh.

What Nosferatu said. Please contact me if you'd like to write for Exquisite Terror. #horror #film #writing #filmcriticism

Birdeater's brooding cinematography, jarring audio and oddball cast build a sense of tension and paranoia that looms like a black cloud.

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