Studios love taking a chance on a new up and coming director…when they’re a cis white man. 🙃

Contributor copies of HELTER SKELTER and SAKURAN in my LiLiCo shrine 🍒🌸🫧💋 (c/o @jaspersharp.bsky.social @sarahappleton.bsky.social and @timessqkungfu.bsky.social 🙏💖)

Incredible writing as always from the immensely talented @violetshrieks.bsky.social 🌺 also peep my LiLiCo nails

The amount of cis men currently directing films about women’s trauma and doing it POORLY. Please stop. Just please.

So moved that someone secretly sent this to me 😭🏳️‍⚧️

Dear hive mind: working on a horny horror crones piece. Wondering if anyone has some deep cut suggestions for films to look at (things like X and Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker are already on the list)

So they could have paid you all along.

UPDATE: as of posting this I just got a PayPal for my invoice. Keeping this up thought because honestly no one should be dealing with this

This does not surprise me - I'm done pre-ordering anything from them since I've got two big batches of pre-orders I placed at @orbitdvd.bsky.social that stupidly included a TerrorVision title that've been sitting in limbo for months cuz TV can't get their shit together. Spend your money elsewhere

If companies can't pay, be straight up about it and communicate. No excuse for this.

All I've heard about them behind the scenes for the past year or so is that nobody gets paid and nobody gets sent contributor copies. So yeah, not great.

Pay people for their work!

Yo Terror Vision, sort your shit out.

Important thread. People need to be paid for their hard work!

Read this thread and avoid supporting Terror Vision

Few of you asked what company I was talking about the other day re: not paying contributors/not sending contributor copies/having emails ignored. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like that was an isolated incident!

Hate to call out a distribution company but I would really think twice about supporting Terror Vision. It’s been over a year since I wrote an essay for their release of Patchwork and I still have not been paid.

www.macabredaily.com/articles/pho... Found a home for my rape revenge piece and I’m so excited about it :)

It was a joy? To write this 🤣

I was absolutely staggered by THE CREMATOR, which is as damning a portrayal of masculinity ("masculinity") as I've ever seen on film. So after she talked about it on the podcast, we asked @theneonbanshee.bsky.social to also write an essay about the film.

I BEG

People are really still out there saying if you watch a movie you endorse everything fictional that happens on screen irl? Bring back media literacy I beg.

Didn't think we'd ever cover a Criterion release on the podcast, didja? Welp, welcome back @theneonbanshee.bsky.social as this week's special guest, who brings us her latest sleepover favorite (no joke), Juraj Herz's THE CREMATOR. Oh the places this conversation goes...

Love chatting with my friends over at Certified Forgotten about some bleak ass horror.

Good chat about bad times 🥳

Got to explore an interesting aspect of Cronenberg’s work, cult mentality and the many forms it takes.

From VIDEODROME to THE BROOD and beyond, Cronenberg’s films don’t just scare, they challenge how we think about science, technology, and power. Read our latest article by @theneonbanshee.bsky.social #horrorsky

Gosh there are so many writers that constantly make me think "fuck - what a privilege to read this" @blondekwaidan.bsky.social @blsaycewrites.bsky.social @bjcolangelo.bsky.social @momoshaty.bsky.social @theneonbanshee.bsky.social @sharai.bsky.social @psycstar.bsky.social So many more too

This is so incredibly kind and I adore @emilyhughes.bsky.social’s work! I’d have to recommend: @sharai.bsky.social @andrewpope.bsky.social @antbit.projectedfigures.com @xghorror.bsky.social @bavalamp.bsky.social @horrornonna.com @theneonbanshee.bsky.social @blondekwaidan.bsky.social

Sup Bsky. Keep forgetting you’re a thing.

I had to start somewhere because I am drowning in receipts. Here’s why I quit though: buymeacoffee.com/sharai/why-i...

Freelancing in this field - writing about movies at all - is a tough racket. No one’s getting rich and most folks are struggling. If you’re hiring them, that should be your starting point. No need to make their lives harder. Anyway, excited to have Sharai make her Fango print debut this winter 🖤❄️

In our commentary for 88 Films’ HELTER SKELTER, @theneonbanshee.bsky.social and I go long on Ninagawa, girly photo, the power of gyaru and the Shibuya scene, Erika Sawajiri and ‘betsu-ni’-gate, and much more. Still pinching myself that I got to be part of this release with a bestie ❤️🤍

As someone who has asked the question many times over the years “why doesn’t HELTER SKELTER have a good physical release?” I’m thrilled that 1. Now it does and 2. That I’m doing my first commentary track with my girl @blondekwaidan.bsky.social

Got 2 of my productions jobs on this list of @88films.bsky.social March releases, Mika Ninagawa's SAKURAN and HELTER SKELTER. Will bleat closer to release, but you can be sure they involve @blondekwaidan.bsky.social @theneonbanshee.bsky.social @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social @violetshrieks.bsky.social

New Episode 💻 // ASSASSINATION NATION (2018): @daddydisco.bsky.social @garrettmcdowell.bsky.social & @theneonbanshee.bsky.social fight for their lives after their secrets are exposed! Sub-genres include: coming-of-age, exploitation, social thriller • #HorrorSky 🍎: bit.ly/47WRJ9j 🟢: bit.ly/3KfFNpY

Finally got to cross this one off my watchlist and I had a blast seeing it. Thanks for having me!

MJ's @theneonbanshee.bsky.social says, "DIE MY LOVE certainly won’t be for everyone but feels like an important watch either way." #DieMyLove is now playing in theaters.

Added to the ASSASSINATION NATION episode: @theneonbanshee.bsky.social 👊🏽

Happy Halloween 🎃

Halfway through report: Digging it

This review is just so on point

The Satō Vol. 1 boxset from @vinsyn.bsky.social has arrived and is - as expected - an absolute beauty. Feels surreal to be holding such a high quality release of some of his earliest films, and I’m so glad I am alive to witness such a renaissance. Keep your pervert eyes peeled for Vol. 2… 👀💕

Shout out to @jlalibs.com and @jaspersharp.bsky.social for such an amazing release, and to my babe @theneonbanshee.bsky.social for having an amazing essay onboard. Can’t wait to dive in.

Everyone be sure to wish erotic thriller aficionado @theneonbanshee.bsky.social a happy birthday! Take a listen to her sensual analysis of Park Chan-wook’s THE HANDMAIDEN 🍎: apple.co/3SpcIcV 🟢: spoti.fi/3SAzW09

MJ’s Jenika McCrayer and Bash Ortega chat with @brooklynhorror.bsky.social Programmer @theneonbanshee.bsky.social about all the fangtastic happenings at this year’s film fest.

Thank you so much Jenika and Bash and Moviejawn for spotlighting my fest 🥰

Got to do a fun interview about how I got involved with Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and what I am excited for at the festival this year!

MJ's @theneonbanshee.bsky.social calls SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS "a breath of fresh air". #SheLovedBlossoms is now available to watch on demand.

So lucky to be a part of this amazing release with Second Sight 😍