I 2024 was the year of the vampire, 2025 is the year of the haunted house. This House Isn't Haunted But We Are by @stejhoward.bsky.social and The Staircase in the Woods by @chuckwendig.bsky.social are both MUST READS! So good. The rest are on my TBR Shop: bookshop.org/lists/2025-h...

Today marks 150 days until 8114 spreads its curse out into the world. 150 days until The Blackened Lady wraps her burnt hands around you. 150 days to get YOUR preorders in.

MOUTH was unleashed one year ago today (for real this time 😅) Crazy to think our weird, sweet, horrific teeth angel has been out in the world that long. I’m so grateful to every single person who has taken the time to read, review, and share the book. This book has been life changing—

Radiohead’s THE BENDS turns 30 years old today. It’s one of my favorite albums of all time… and one that means the world to me. So much so… it plays a *pivotal* role in 8114. Sharing a small snippet of the book to celebrate this momentous day 🖤

Matt Murdock on a known criminal running for office: “If this city actually elects him… maybe New York is getting the mayor it deserves.” 👀👀👀👀👀👀

We're adapting Frankenstein next year, and we want to cast entirely Trans VAs! All roles are paid $35/hour of recording time. No previous VA experience required! We're using this call to form a roster to cast specific characters from. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“…the magic, the madness, the grandeur and the joy of film, worldwide, is going to be with us forever.” - Conan O’Brien 🖤🖤🖤🖤

Happy Oscar Sunday to team Monstro Elisasue 💚💉

NICE LIST 👌 (feat. @sgj.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @joshuathehull.bsky.social @wnwagner.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social etc.) www.metastellar.com/nonfiction/r...

A good day to preorder 8114 👀

8114 (and a ton of other rad titles/friends) made this list over on… MEN’S HEALTH 😲🤯 What a fun surprise! And it will remain a fun surprise as long as Men's Health doesn’t ask me what my diet & exercise regiment was while writing 8114 (or you know… *anything* about my diet & exercise regiment 😅)

Coralie Fargeat sent out a 90 page (!!!) look-book with THE SUBSTANCE screenplay when they were shopping it. Not a pitch deck. An entire feature length look-book that tracks the movie from beginning to end with horrific images. It’s rad… and inspiring as hell. Link: drive.google.com/file/d/16jkY...

*in the middle of a film production call* Jason: Oh.. hey. You’re featured on @bloody-disgusting.com— What a rad surprise to see BD talking about 8114: bloody-disgusting.com/books/385566...

Someone asked: "So... public domain cosmic horrors that aren't Lovecraft. What do we got?" The tradition that gave us Lovecraft & co. is rich and deeply weird. While they aren't all cosmic horror, they all informed it. So. 1 like = 1 public domain weird story that isn't by H. P. Lovecraft.

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“The unfortunate, inescapable truth is that the world is full of horror. But horror cinema has also always been full of the world.” This is good.

“I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers ingesting spoon-fed images.” - Michael Haneke (Funny Games) 😏🏘️👤📹🎞️

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“Why do they keep making Jurassic Park/World movies??” Umm. Jurassic World Dominion was the SIXTH installment in the franchise and made ONE BILLION DOLLARS at the box office. That’s why 🙃 (Fun fact: The Lost World and JP3 are the only two in the franchise to NOT hit the one billion dollar mark…)

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Fun reminder: Osgood Perkins (LONGLEGS, THE MONKEY) played the commerical director in Jordan Peele’s NOPE.

These dudes deserved a spin-off—

Horror is a transgressive, punk rock genre that is at times VERY political. And a large component of our audience and community is very, very queer. You don't have to share our politics to enjoy horror, but you sure as shit should share the ideals that everyone has a right to exist if you make it.

It’s pretty simple: Horror movies have always AND will always be political. You can’t argue *that* fact. You can willfully ignore it… but you can’t deny it. THAT would be arguing with the stone cold facts of 100 plus years of horror cinema… which would be a SILLY thing to do 🙃🤷🏻‍♂️🙃

“Do you read Sutter Cane?” Happy 30th (!!!!) anniversary to John Carpenter’s IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS. I absolutely LOVE it… and it inspires me/my writing on a daily basis 🖤 (Art by Stephen Andrade)

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Josh Perlmutter (BootlegAF) just blew my mind with this surprise! Genuinely the coolest thing EVER. That caution tag 🤯😅 I love it beary much!!! Cc: @rebekahmckendry.bsky.social

*me noticing a string of negative comments about 8114 on Goodreads because of my use of… BOLD and ITALICS 😅

That January 31st feeling—

It’s possible to be— Upset/angered about what happened with Melissa Barrera and Scream. AND Excited about Matthew Lillard returning to the Scream franchise.

What… is happening 😱🤯😱

“THE BLACK SKULLS. Hell spawned super freaks playing out a ritual only they can understand.” Excerpt from the MANDY screenplay. Written by Panos Cosmatos and Aaron Stewart-Ahn. Story by Lenora Tor.

Ope *Genuinely a bit bummed we don’t get to see what all the ummm buzz (😅) is about…

Every single time I see a screenwriter ask “should I give up?” on a public forum, I want to say YES. Not in a negative way. More in a “if you’re already asking that, you won’t be able to deal with 20+ years of waiting, notes, starts & stops, and doubt” sort of way. Be patient & always have hope.

Extremely Adam Scott Voice: Are we having fun yet? www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...

Some news :) variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Book 12 of ‘25: WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix. 5 stars… & now my favorite Hendrix book. This is a beautiful, heartbreaking story about the horror that is birthed when a bunch of people force females to do things with their bodies & lives. Hmmm. Good thing this is fiction, right? 🤔😒

Them: You’re staring off. What ya thinking about? Me: Nothing really. Just that someone should cast Chalamet in like a Luhrmann-esque Frankenstein as the hip Doc who creates The Monster in a montage soundtracked by The Fall’s “Totally Wired”. Like I said… nothing really.

“I don’t think people realize just how much of this book is real…” - me about 8114 on a podcast just now Find out for yourself on August 26th. Preorder what Clay McLeod Chapman calls a “grief rot opera” TODAY 🏚️

Writer's block is usually one of two things: 1) You haven't figured out what to write. If this, step away. Go to a quiet place & think. 90% of writing happens away from your desk. 2) Fear what you write will suck. If this, accept that it will & remember no one gets to see it until it's finished.

My first real talk about 8114. Time to get spooky 🏚️👀🏚️

Good list. Love to see it… considering I just turned in a full POV horror movie a few days ago 👀

“Every time I survived a war zone, I thought I was sending a warning home - "Don't do this". But here we are.” Another late gamer… BUT… Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR absolutely RIPS. That cast. That cinematography. That final moment. Yeah, that will do. What a movie 🇺🇸 (Art by Marc Lafon)

Re: GLADIATOR 2. It was… fine-ish? I couldn’t help but think about the failed Nick Cave version of Gladiator 2. The one where a dead Maximus kills gods & comes back to life to keep fighting in wars. Sharing the incredible GLADIATOR 2 artwork Danny Schlitz created for our film book UNDEREXPOSED—

Sunday morning coffee paired with my favorite Kim Jee-woon motion picture.

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Late to the game… but AZRAEL is dope as hell. An almost no dialogue movie filled to the brim with bloodthirsty demons and Samara Weaving covered in blood. Beautifully cinematography and a wild final reveal. Super rad movie! Bonus points for the International Music System needle drop.

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Breaking news: Ellie has struck a first look deal with my director’s chair. The buzz (and adorable factor) is strong…