Over the last 5+ years I have interviewed over 130 female directors, cinematographers, or talent who have starred in a film directed by a woman All of the interviews are linked in the notes of this @letterboxd.social list: letterboxd.com/oldfilmsflic...

On the eve of 1000+ rapid response "Ice Out for Good" protests, here's our generation's phil ochs/bob dylan/john prine/you get the idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0C...

"There is no feature in this year's show at all similar to the ugly circular-saw incident which made so many children shudder last Christmas." [Pall Mall Gazette reviews Drury Lane pantomime, 1900]

It’s time for the US to join the 125 nations who recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court at the Hague.

A woman was murdered by ICE this morning in Minneapolis. This was state-sanctioned violence, a predictable outcome of an agency empowered to treat human lives as disposable. We mourn her death, stand with her community, and reject the brutal systems that continue to terrorize our neighbors.

Finished #HorrorMoviesForTheHolidays with Hawkins Family Yule Log. Expect I'll continue watching some through all 12 Days of Christmas at least, though.

'Farewell, adieu dear Christmas Ghosts Back to the shade realm you must go But do not quail & have no fear For you return with each passing year In the meantime, there's the all seasons crew Everyday phantoms like me & you.'👻 (Art: Benjamin Konig)

These are unsettling times.

Believe it or not, Sinners wasn't the only #blackhorror movie released in 2025! Here are 30 others worthy of your time. #horrorsky www.blackhorrormovies.com/best-black-h...

You are about to experience a rare happening Palmer Rockey's SCARLET WARNING 666 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nEG...

"Don’t submit Christmas ghost stories in June, nor in December; the right time is about August, when the October magazines are going to press." Joseph, Michael. Short Story Writing for Profit. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1924. 176.

Cute little Christmas pamphlet, A Visit From St. Alphabet. Sometimes the letters represent the words they begin, sometimes words they rhyme with, sometimes it just seems to be about their position in the alphabet, other times I'm not sure!

First or second day of Christmas today, depending on the tradition. Continue watching/reading Christmas horror/ghost stories on into the New Year!

The annual flash fiction show went live yesterday! But it's still Christmas season until Epiphany (January 6). So stay in the weird-ass spirit and listen to some funky stories! weirdchristmas.com/2025/12/25/2...

Need something to read whilst escaping endless conversations today? kalaity.com/2025/12/24/f...

This was literally a children's game.

"A Santa Claus Killed; Professor Saunders, a Deaf Mute, Killed by His Nephew." Christmas real-horror from 1895, disturbingly common sort of story. "6 Shooter" segment in Christmas horror anthology The 12 Slays Of Christmas (2016) does similar, though it may really be Santa Claus. Merkin gun culture.

"Ghosts on Christmas Eve" Australia, 1908 #ChristmasPoetry Rather more melancholy ghosts than creepy ones!

Unknown #ChristmasMusic "Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt" to the tune of some famous tango, whose title I should know. Any idea of the artist here? (Showed up in Tatort: Münster "Väterchen Frost")

Couldn't let you wonder all Christmas who'll be sharing their winter tales for the 2nd annual Ghosts of Yuletide with #NightTideMag! Ghosts of Yuletide is NightTide’s annual winter event amplifying the haunting perspectives of women authors of color through seasonal horror and folklore. 👻📚❄️

PHOTOCRIME Who Killed Santa Claus? How good a detective are you? Can you solve this unusual Christmas Eve Murder Mystery? By Henry Johns Long Island Sunday Press. January 9, 1938: 4.

"Santa effigy hung" in 1975. I wonder how many fanatics have done this sort of thing over the decades, or centuries. I found another in 1980 where it shows a pastor stringing one up in front of children. #ChristmasHorror

Ghosts of Yuletide goes live on December 26, the Sixth Day of Yule, at 6 pm EST on #NightTideMag YouTube! In folklore, this day marks a quiet turning point, when the darkest stretch of winter begins to soften & stories are shared not just to haunt, but to hold. See you soon, friends! 👻📚❄️

#HorrorMoviesForTheHolidays #29 dir. Moira Armstrong: had Ignorance & Want, and depicted rarish passage "The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went." Decent 58m TV adaptation, though finale rushed.

Santa’s latest rebrand involved ditching the reindeer for a sustainable, free-range goose-powered chariot. This avant-garde choice sparked a minor theological debate among the elves.

A. I. can cyber suck it! (From Colbert's Cancelled Christmas: The Last Noel www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkEy... )

me when the AI bubble bursts

I'm delighted to announce that I'll be co-editing a special issue of Gothic Studies: Arctic Gothic with Monica Germanà and Sara Wasson. Check out the CFP here: www.globalgoth.org/blog/arctic-...

We want to share with you this charming piece of holiday ephemera from the Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division: An 1858 interactive Christmas card featuring a patriotic Santa Claus. 🎄🎅🇺🇸

[Through the ages, prophets told Of a long-awaited Savior. Through the ages, prophets told Of this Child we now behold.]

I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.

Les Edwards

And you thought reindeer were an odd choice for pulling a sleigh.

"A Christmas Ghost on Tap" from The Sketch Christmas Number, 1908. #ChristmasGhosts

So much better than the song it parodies! "Santa baby I need a milkin' pail for my cow And how... I used my shoes up till now Santa baby so hurry down the chimney tonight"

What's this deliciously idiosyncratic show? It's the "Ask Dr Hal" show, on which I'll be appearing this Sunday in 8 minute video of me playing a role, while reading from my book Ghost Confessions; with special video effects and music...You can Ask Dr Hal ANYTHING. He...is unique. Behold! Free!

#HorrorMoviesForTheHolidays #21 A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994) dir. Joanna Romersa: no Ignorance & Want, but depicted rarish passage "The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went. Every one of them wore chains like Marley's Ghost"

Spooky Advent day 13: Number 13 by M R James (of course). More on my blog inc tangential necropants: www.sarahcoomer.co.uk/blog

Day 20 of #HorrorMoviesForTheHolidays centered on the tradition of Christmas mummering. First time watch.

Old public domain Christmas marionette plays should definitely be mined for Christmas horror, could easily be a segment of a Christmas horror anthology. Heck, badly-curated Tubi Xmas short collections could be the anthology's theme. Puppets, short ballets, Russian cartoons, etc.

#Christmaspoetry from 1904 Who can wonder, at this season, If a poet lose his reason Searching for a rhyme to “Christmas”? Wouldn’t that produce strabismus?

Collier's printed Wallace Irwin's "Old Nick and Saint Nick" for Christmas 1906, the London Sphere, November 23, 1907. Satan is a sort of proto-Grinch or Jack Skellington here. Poem reprinted in www.valancourtbooks.com/the-valancou...

"Hiring a Christmas Ghost" from Pearson's Weekly, 1909. A pretty common gag for comics, humorous poems, etc.

Ghosts of Yuletide returns on the Winter Solstice. A celebration of women of color in horror sharing stories of ancestry, winter, lineage, and haunting. Premieres Dec 21 on @nighttidemag.bsky.social x Mourning Manor’s YouTube. ❄️👻📚

Search bsky.app/search?q=Chr... turns up a bunch of Christmas shape poems I'd posted last year. Also a bunch of Christmas ghost illustrations and comics I'd posted. bsky.app/search?q=Chr...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Christmas Ghosts, 1919. #ChristmasGhosts #christmasghoststories

Join us on 12/15 at 6:30 ET for Christmas Ghost Stories! Folklorists Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman trace the history of the winter ghost story, sharing tales and exploring how it became tied to Christmas. smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr... #carterhaughschool #christmasghoststories