My new EP is now available on Bandcamp sarahfirman.bandcamp.com/album/novell...

Reminder - Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University t.co/QK7DDTdeNb

New on the Studies in the Fantastic blog!💫🩸📖 Rivers of Blood: Racial Capitalism and the Emergence of the British Asian Vampire Ami Nisa's essay explores the powerful emergence of the British Asian vampire in media! utampapress.org/rivers-of-bl... @horrorstudies.bsky.social #Vampire #Blog #SFF

Check out this article by @ami-n.bsky.social - based on a paper presented at Horror Studies Now 2024, for which Dr Nisa received an Honorable Mention for the Peter Hutchings Award for Outstanding Contribution to Horror Studies #horrorNU utampapress.org/rivers-of-bl...

Grab yourself a half price copy of my books - The Metamodern Slasher Film shorturl.at/wOga0 - The Postmodern Slasher Film shorturl.at/j43ry or any of the excellent books by my fellow members of @horrorstudies.bsky.social @profsaabbott.bsky.social @kte75.bsky.social @russhunter.bsky.social

The recording of Damien Pollard’s Horror Studies Research Group talk “Dubbing, Ducks and Death: The Voice in Giallo Cinema” is now available via our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/fTU29j4JZkg #horrorNU

Reminder: Horror Studies Talk - Dr Damien Pollard (Northumbria) "Dubbing, Ducks and Death: The Voice in Giallo Cinema" Thursday 13th November, 4-5pm For details (including abstract and Teams link), click here: tinyurl.com/e4p9dau7 #horrorNU

My new EP is now available on Bandcamp sarahfirman.bandcamp.com/album/maycan...

Horror Studies Talk - Dr Damien Pollard (Northumbria) "Dubbing, Ducks and Death: The Voice in Giallo Cinema" Thursday 13th November, 4-5pm For details (including abstract and Teams link), click here: tinyurl.com/e4p9dau7 #horrorNU

Reminder - Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University t.co/QK7DDTdeNb

📢 New on the Studies in the Fantastic blog! ✨📚🌙🌀🔮💫📖 We’re thrilled to launch our new blog series—created in partnership with the Horror Studies Research Group at Northumbria University—spotlighting fresh and innovative research in horror studies. @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Several of us will be at Grindfest, introducing various films - see you there! #horrorNU

Check out this podcast featuring our own Johnny Walker and @kte75.bsky.social Pivotal: Fear - open.spotify.com/episode/1rfA... #horrorNU

Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University tinyurl.com/2w2fuch6 #horrorNU

✍️📈✨"Survival and Recovery: Addiction and the Therapeutic Potential of Horror Writing" by Alex Herod. Thrilled to feature this piece in our latest Issue 18!

Only one day left to support the crowdfunding campaign for Slasher Trash, a documentary focusing on obscure, low-budget slasher films Check it out: slashertrashdoc.com?sca_ref=9391... #horrorNU @80shorrordoc.bsky.social @slashertrash.bsky.social

The crowdfunding campaign for the documentary Slasher Trash closes on 14th August The documentary is going to focus on obscure, low-budget slasher films, so it is right up my street! Check it out: slashertrashdoc.com?sca_ref=9391... #horrorNU @80shorrordoc.bsky.social @slashertrash.bsky.social

Our annual conference, Horror Studies Now, is featured in this month's issue of Dark Side Magazine

We have a new website! horrorstudies.com #horrorNU

Chuffed to contribute a new essay to Eureka's new 4k release of this staggering film #horrorNU

NEW... @drstevejones.bsky.social a film scholar & a leading authority on extreme imagery & the intersections between horror and pornography, talks about his new book THE METAMODERN SLASHER FILM Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2fnN...

Publication day! Looking forward to the new I Know What You Did Last Summer or Scream VII? Then check out my new book The Postmodern Slasher Film (or order it for your library) 30% off with the code NEW30 at @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pos... #horrorNU

Let @drstevejones.bsky.social convince you that the postmodern slasher--like the underseen CRY WOLF, RIPPER & LOVER'S LANE--isn't just a SCREAM clone. "The Postmodern Slasher Film" is new from @edinburghup.bsky.social. Aca-priced, so email your library! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pos...

Members of the Horror Studies Reasearch Group will be involved in Grindfest '25 - see you there! #horrorNU

Our own @drstevejones.bsky.social was interviewed for this article about zombies by @tomjbeasley.bsky.social uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/28-da... #horrorNU

@jplaczkiewicz.bsky.social, our PhD student, recently attended the #horrorNU conference organized by @horrorstudies.bsky.social, Northumbria University. She explored new perspectives in contemporary rape-revenge cinema, focusing on the role of affect & the transformative portrayal of female avengers

If you weren't able to join us for Horror Studies Now 2025, here is what you missed! #horrorNU youtu.be/vouip_wf8Ig?...

The Horror Studies Research Group at Horror Studies Now 2025 #horrorNU

Spolis from the easiest peer-review gig I've had: Q: "Should there be a new edition of Games of Terror?" A: " Yes please" Fantastic to see this classic finally back in print #horrorNU

Doing my best to keep up with developments in horror research albeit from my armchair. Less stressful than doing it for a living I'm sure! @drstevejones.bsky.social

Fantastic first conference paper from Abigail Hilton 'The Ghosts of Queer Girlhood: South Korean Horror and Fractured Temporalities in Whispering Corridors (1998) and Memento Mori (1999)' @horrorstudies.bsky.social

@maxgee1284.bsky.social delivering an obscenely good keynote @horrorstudies.bsky.social - so much to think about! I loooooved the 'sentient or possessed' quiz too btw.

Time to officially announce that I'm going to be presenting at the @horrorstudies.bsky.social conference at the end May, where I pretend to be vaguely knowledgeable on recent slasher movies. The Neon-Slasher, coming to an academic conference at Northumbria University near you. Come along, say hi.

Had a look at the full line up for @horrorstudies.bsky.social 's conference later this month and it is an absolute cracker. Full list here: research.northumbria.ac.uk/horrorstudie... Also features 10 minutes on how we can study horror better.

Delighted to announce that I shall be presenting at @horrorstudies.bsky.social Horror Studies Now 2025. check it out: research.northumbria.ac.uk/horrorstudie... I am very excited to be included in a panel with Katherine Prentice and Catherine Pugh. They are awesome #horror scholars 😁 #HorrorSky

Excited to be part of an amazing line up at the @horrorstudies.bsky.social 2025 conference!

Adding the finishing touches to the PPT ready for the @horrorstudies.bsky.social Horror Studies Now conference at Northumbria University. I’m presenting on Friday. This is an excellent event and I can’t wait to hear everyone’s exciting #Horror research! 😁 #HorrorNU #HorrorSky

Very excited to see everyone at @horrorstudies.bsky.social tomorrow, always a thrill 👻

Oh. The foreshadowing. I'm here because tomorrow is the start of @horrorstudies.bsky.social 's annual horror bash!

And here's a sneak preview.

@kjudgemental.bsky.social is glowing at @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Neon in horror. Neon is the future. @kjudgemental.bsky.social @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Day 1 of #HorrorNU @horrorstudies.bsky.social is done! Brilliant keynote from Cüneyt Çakırlar followed by countless papers that were both informative and entertaining. Always worth the trek here. #HorrorSky

Northumbria University's Horror Studies Research Group has hosted the Horror Studies Now conference. Interested in horror? Check out 'The Modern Horror film' reading list by searching the title at: northumbria.rl.talis.com/index.html #NorthumbriaLibrary #horrorNU @horrorstudies.bsky.social

@alexherod.bsky.social collecting her very well deserved award at the Horror Studies Now conference :) So proud of you! @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Horror Studies Now 2025 - happening NOW #horrorNU youtu.be/hUReaRdmgmc?...

The line-up for Horror Studies Now @horrorstudies.bsky.social is looking really great! research.northumbria.ac.uk/horrorstudie... I’ll be presenting a paper on the Thursday ~ “Rivers of Blood: Racial Capitalism and the Emergence of the British Asian Vampire” 🧛🏾‍♀️

An expert in horror cinema from our @horrorstudies.bsky.social has co-curated this new exhibition with @unibirmingham.bsky.social. #horrorNU #research 💡Discover more about the exhibition, open until Saturday, and the Horror Studies Now 2025 conference happening at Northumbria later this month:

Huge congratulations to Alex Herod, winner of the Peter Hutchings Award for Outstanding Contribution to Horror Studies, on this publication in Studies of the Fantastic! We look forward to formally presenting the award to Alex at Horror Studies Now 2025 #horrorNU