Scream! Scream for your lives! @mikearnzen.bsky.social has a thoughtful essay on ritualistic catharsis via silly horror spectacle. "Screamin' in the Rain: The Orchestration of Catharsis in William Castle's 'The Tingler'" @whatsleepsbeneath.bsky.social www.whatsleepsbeneath.com/archive/scre...

"Die, darling! Die and do it quickly!" So excited to see new writing on this bone-chiller from the '50s. @drdantils.bsky.social looks for the expressionist, the gothic, the sadism, and the noir in LES DIABOLIQUES in the new issue of Film-Philosophy #openaccess #horror doi.org/10.3366/film...

"Transnational #Horror Media Now" is the new issue of NRFTS: spooky Oz kids' TV, heavy breathing in MIDSOMMAR, William Castle's THE TINGLER & the fanbase of BATTLE ROYALE. Last two #openaccess! @kte75.bsky.social @jamesrendell.bsky.social @drdantils.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfts20/c...

It's finally out! You can read all about William Castle's masterpiece, The Tingler, and it's connections with existentialism and absurdity in my new article for NRFTS alongside other brilliant developments in Horror film studies. Don't forget to scream... doi.org/10.1080/1740...

As I'm writing in my new book, it's v nice to see that on the upcoming 4k of ROSEMARY'S BABY that the director's name seems to go unmentioned in marketing which instead focuses on Ira Levin and William Castle; going full circle and again being sold as a Castle film as it was in 1968.

Watched new (beautiful) 4k of The Exorcist last night - always struck by how the quieter moments stay with me more than the famous scary stuff. Let's hope the new one can at least try to be interesting like the original...

Genuinely the best restoration of a film I have ever seen. The 3D works perfectly (and often better than modern stuff) and changes the entire experience of the "worst movie ever made"