Off to see a Star War. Even if it’s bad, Grogu will still rip!

Watched the first half of this one last night and man was it difficult to turn off.

A scene I would've loved to have watched with a full audience, back when the movie first came out in theaters:

off the dome— Cindy Lee Dijon Clairo Jawbreaker Caroline Polachek Cinerama Janelle Monae Lana Del Rey Massive Attack (w/ Elizabeth Fraser) Rocket From The Crypt

"... transgressions beget other transgressions." On Ducournau’s Raw.

"... transgressions beget other transgressions." On Ducournau’s Raw.

I live in a city where it smells like smoke several times a year and climate is still like priority number 6 for the liberals and progressives who run things.

Too much travel this week so I’m republishing one of my first pieces, even though it’s a little ragged. My most personal essay so far, in which I consider my own veganism alongside Julia Ducournau’s Raw. All about our appetites here: www.deadofnightletter.com/cannibal-rer... #filmsky #horrorsky

Ahh, Dog Star Man Wars

Too much travel this week so I’m republishing one of my first pieces, even though it’s a little ragged. My most personal essay so far, in which I consider my own veganism alongside Julia Ducournau’s Raw. All about our appetites here: www.deadofnightletter.com/cannibal-rer... #filmsky #horrorsky

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Thinking (via Hokum) about the creepiness of hotels and making an escape room of a honeymoon suite at www.deadofnightletter.com/fantasies-dr... #horrorsky #filmsky

Thinking (via Hokum) about the creepiness of hotels and making an escape room of a honeymoon suite at www.deadofnightletter.com/fantasies-dr... #horrorsky #filmsky

Here I am recommending Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil for the way V. E. Schwab reshapes the vampire myth while retaining its essential qualities. It’s “[t]he same myth with a new sense of magic, peril, eroticism, and tragedy.” www.deadofnightletter.com/fantasies-dr... #booksky #horrorsky

Here I am recommending Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil for the way V. E. Schwab reshapes the vampire myth while retaining its essential qualities. It’s “[t]he same myth with a new sense of magic, peril, eroticism, and tragedy.” www.deadofnightletter.com/fantasies-dr... #booksky #horrorsky

It’s election season in Los Angeles, which means we have some truly wonderful candidates running close races against absolute clowns.

On a "fantasy about fantasies." It's Blood Spattered Bride week at www.deadofnightletter.com/fantasies-dr... #filmsky #horrorsky

On a "fantasy about fantasies." It's Blood Spattered Bride week at www.deadofnightletter.com/fantasies-dr... #filmsky #horrorsky

This week, I cover both the gothic romance fantasia of The Blood Spattered Bride, and its insane Carmilla-buried-in-scuba-gear scene. www.deadofnightletter.com/fantasies-dr... #filmsky #horrorsky

This week, I cover both the gothic romance fantasia of The Blood Spattered Bride, and its insane Carmilla-buried-in-scuba-gear scene. www.deadofnightletter.com/fantasies-dr... #filmsky #horrorsky

What? I met Segura last month and she seemed smart, committed, and extremely knowledgeable. Activists put considerable energy into making her position a reality.

What a time to be a movie sicko

Toggling back and forth between writing/thinking about horror movies and grappling with the world's actual horrors.

Tomorrow! Join us.

If you’re around on Mother’s Day, join us in passing out leaflets outside the Home Depot in Hollywood promoting a boycott until they take steps to prevent ICE from kidnapping people on their property. actionnetwork.org/events/boyco...

If you’re around on Mother’s Day, join us in passing out leaflets outside the Home Depot in Hollywood promoting a boycott until they take steps to prevent ICE from kidnapping people on their property. actionnetwork.org/events/boyco...

On @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social Issue 1: The Long Decade www.deadofnightletter.com/gothic-beach/

On Aislinn Clarke’s Fréwaka www.deadofnightletter.com/mask-mind-mo...

On Ryszard Bugajski's Clearcut www.deadofnightletter.com/that-babadoo...

On Ben Wheatley's Kill List www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...

On Mark Jenkins's Enys Men. www.deadofnightletter.com/stone/

Going to do this chaotically without any depth of thought. Top 10 sci-fi … Solaris (Tarkovsky) Alphaville Return of the Jedi Alien The Fly (Cronenberg) Event Horizon Under The Skin Total Recall Tron Krull

In the wake of May Day, here's a Dead of Night folk horror syllabus. Below find all the folk horror selections from the past four years. #horrorsky #filmsky #folkhorror

I want to see weird actors and artists in wild dresses not oligarchs and their pathetic hangers on.

In the wake of May Day, here's a Dead of Night folk horror syllabus. Below find all the folk horror selections from the past four years. #horrorsky #filmsky #folkhorror

Taking a week sabbatical from the newsletter to focus on another writing project.

This Valentine’s Day horror piece also contains a mixtape I still listen to. www.deadofnightletter.com/3-valentines... #filmsky #horrorsky

On VOD now and worth checking out.

On May Day we celebrate labor solidarity and the harvest-ensuring sacrifice on Summerisle.

let’s go

Don't Look Now and The Wicker Man played on the same double bill in 1973. What a show!

Sorry but I’m doing this again: 1) Kiyoshi Kurosawa directs “Sweet Home” in 1989. 2) FX icon Dick Smith travels to Japan to work on the film. 3) He drafts an ambitious Japanese artist named Kazu Hiro 4) who’d begun a correspondence with him after learning about his work in @fangoria.bsky.social

I have perhaps unwittingly written a psychological profile of myself. Oh no.

Something different this week! Five Movies That Shaped My Taste in Horror www.deadofnightletter.com/interlude-fi... #horrorsky #filmsky

Something different this week! Five Movies That Shaped My Taste in Horror www.deadofnightletter.com/interlude-fi... #horrorsky #filmsky

No time this past week to watch the typical 4-6 hours of horror cinema needed for my newsletter, so tomorrow I'm publishing something a little different -- Interlude: 5 Movies That Shaped My Taste in Horror Sign up here to get it in your email inbox: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky

Quite excited to be seeing When a Woman Ascends the Stairs on 35mm tonight.

And finally, I spend some time recommending Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud—one of my favorite theatrical experiences last year. www.deadofnightletter.com/all-i-know-i...