Just watched I Know What You Did Last Summer and feel myself slipping into a fisherman horror rabbit hole. The violent instruments of fishing, the uncanniness of humans being at sea, the gross plastic outfits 😰

I passed my viva with minor corrections! 💫 now to do absolutely nothing for a few days

1 week today until my viva! Any little bits of advice from people who have been there? 😅

Happy Valentine's Day! May you enjoy the eerie splendour of the Yorkshire moors while you and your offspring play out versions of the same love affair and the memory of you drives your lover to madness 🧡🩷❤️👻

Fine. We'll make a gothic music rec list 👻🎵🎶 What should be on it? Gothic references, creatures, characters and vibes all welcome. Think Wuthering Heights, Vampire, Everybody Scream

Have you got a wyrd take on pop culture you are desperate to share? We are now open for guest blog posts! Any length, as informal as you like (just cite your sources). Dm or email us your proposed posts or any questions 👻 Check out our past posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

The second heat of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here! Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier Vs Nights as the Circus - Angela Carter Vote in the comments!

Our journey to find the best gothic novel ever continues... The Monk - Matthew Gregory Lewis Vs Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi Vote in the comments!

A recent addition to our fiction rec list, Bunny is a surreal and gruesome exploration of loneliness, creativity and femininity. It asks how can women do wrong when they are so cute? makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/

What work of gothic fiction is on your TBR this year? Check out our recommendations and suggest your own in the comments! makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/fiction/

It's 2026 and we're so back! What have been your gothic/wyrd faves while we've been away? Films, TV, books, music, games - leave them in the comments! 👻👻👻

Just submitted my phd thesis on the prescient ecologies of David Rudkin. Someone get me a mince pie, pronto! 🎈🥳🎉

Christmas is a time for cheer and disgusting homicidal monsters. We have a blog post for that: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/t...

We may be a bit quiet on here for a few weeks while our social media person (@scarlettbutchers1.bsky.social) is busy prepping for PhD submission. Spooky things to come soon though 👻👻👻👀

Been thinking about temporal pandemonium and gothic repetition in video games recently. What game does it best (and why is it @undertale.com)?

Pumpkins on every corner, maybe a skeleton, if you're lucky. But something's wrong. It's Halloween, but you don't FEEL it. But then, tears of joy in your eyes, you remember makingitwyrd have rec lists with all kinds of spooky media. Halloween is saved! 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/recommendati...

Finally beginning to get ideas for research I want to pursue after my PhD is over. Taylor Swift studies, the ecology of His Dark Materials, and ecophobia in Lorde's Solar Power need to watch their back 👀👀👀

Finally beginning to get ideas for research I want to pursue after my PhD is over. Taylor Swift studies, the ecology of His Dark Materials, and ecophobia in Lorde's Solar Power need to watch their back 👀👀👀

As we approach Halloween, it's the perfect time to read about the most terrifying thing in the world: daily life. makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/f...

The next Best Gothic Novel Ever battle is here! We are firmly in the 21st century with this one... The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón Vs If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio 👻👻👻 Vote in the comments

I'm getting through the last months of my phd by making teaser trailers for it. I would urge you all to do the same

A tale of murders, secrets, cults and floor plans... Strange Houses is contemporary urban gothic out of Japan and is the perfect October read!

We're trying out some new things on Making it Wyrd to see what sticks. Should Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine stick?

We're trying out some new things on Making it Wyrd to see what sticks. Should Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine stick?

episode 2 of our Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine is here! Today we look at Charli xcx and the Abject. Do not despair, this is the introductory episode on Charli - we have more to say!

Picked up these beauties by @icysedgwick.bsky.social after the Fantastic Folklore event on Friday. The TBR list is getting unreasonable 😅

Folklore on a Friday! Can't wait to hear this talk from @icysedgwick.bsky.social @stonelands.bsky.social and @occultaria.bsky.social as part of the Lincoln Book Festival

I will not piss on anyone’s chips, but as a project which celebrates the English gothic and the weird every day of the year, I sigh heartily at the start of October. Celebration of the dark and strange should never be calendar constrained. #October

The next Best Gothic Novel Ever battle is here! Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia Vs The Tale-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe Vote in the comments!

Who can guess our upcoming blog post? Hint: 🐟➡️👩🌊🇯🇵 😰😰😰

We are very excited to hear @icysedgwick.bsky.social and @stonelands.bsky.social speaking about folklore on Friday in Lincoln! We couldn't track down Richard's bluesky but we are very excited to hear from him too!

We all love houseplants, but what does that mean it a time of climate precarity?🌱🪴🌵 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/f...

A little snippet of what we get up to on tiktok. Here is ep 1 of our Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine - Sabrina Carpenter

My PhD thesis is due 15 weeks today 😰 so, if anyone sees any jobs lying around in the lecturing, research, proofreading, or copywriting sphere, I am soon available! Research interests inc. gothic, folk horror, ecocritcism, cultural materialism, post-war British theatre, David rudkin, toxic nostalgia

It's time to add some new texts to our nonfiction rec list! Books, articles, blog posts - have you written something gothic you think should be on here? Have we missed your favourite? Let us know! 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/non-fiction/

What connects these works? Correct guesses get a warm feeling of a job well done 👻👻👻

Throwback to my blog post on the gothic double in Love Island

The next round of the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition is here! 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson Vs 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde Vote in the comments!

All this Wuthering Heights talk has us thinking about adaptation. What is the purpose of an adaptation? Can (or should) we expect adaptations to be faithful to the original work? 🤔

Who has spotted our new header? Tag yourself - are you disco ghost, book ghost or movie ghost? 👻👻👻

Introducing Making It Wyrd!

Did someone say rebrand? 👻👻👻 Check out our fresh blog: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

My next blog post for Lincoln Gothic Group is up! This one is about one of my favourite films this year.

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My next blog post for Lincoln Gothic Group is up! This one is about one of my favourite films this year.

Best Gothic Novel Ever is back! Picnic at Hanging Rock Vs The Turn of the Screw Vote in the comments! #LGGBestgothicnovel