My body decided a few weeks ago that it could have little a flu, as a treat. I'm just starting to feel human again and somehow it's mid-April all of a sudden.

Hooray Ireland!

The people in this thread saying Sinners isnt horror or that they hate horror but loved Sinners need a broader or more nuanced understanding of horror.

AMY MADIGAN!!!

The Real Reasons The Oscars Have Slept On Horror TERRIFIER's Catherine Corcoran digs into the Oscars' long, weird relationship with horror.

I did not expect to have this article about horror and the oscars make me so emotional:https://www.fangoria.com/oscars-horror-2026/

Jetlag means I get to watch The Last Drive-In live on this special night. Absolutely jumping with sleepy joy that he's talking 70s anxiety and paranoia as intro to Messiah of Evil. #thelastdrivein

A man from the shoulders up taken from slightly above him. Not much is visible behind him. He is wearing a blue button-up shirt that is soiled. He is sweaty and dirty. He is starting with wide eyes at something off-camera to the bottom left of the frame.

Two days into jetlag. I'm sleeping, but in weird chunks and partly during the day, unfortunately. Trying to work and very partially succeeding. Thousand yard stares are nearly constant. Current status: Ash from the middle to the end of the first Evil Dead movie.

a woman with long brown hair is wearing a blue shirt Alt: a woman with long brown hair is wearing a blue shirt. She touches one closed eye and then tilts her head down. She looks sleepy

So very jetlagged and trying to stay up to go to bed at a "regular" hour. Current status: Nancy in the third act of Nightmare on Elm Street.

Tomorrow! 7pm Irish time! Join us for a fab deep dive into the world of Irish spooky podcasting! All welcome: you just need to register via the link below:

Podcasting Fear: Conversations with Irish Podcasters Join the INGHS in conversation with leading Irish podcasts in the fields of horror, the gothic, and the weird.

Join us on 25th February at 7 pm Irish Time for the first of our discussions with Irish podcasters! We'll be talking to folks from Petrified & Scream Queens about their work, the genre, and the practice of podcasting. This online event is free & open to all (registration necessary). bit.ly/4qufUTv

The title screen for The Abominable Dr. Phibes has the title in large light blue letters in a real creepy art-deco type style. The title is over a background of a wall behind indoor trees with, in the center, steps leading up to something that is difficult to see but which is actually an organ with Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price) playing. He is wearing a large black cloak with a hood and has his back to the audience.

We are delighted to announce that our film for our 4 February Film Club (7pm Irish time) will be the 1971 classic The Abominable Dr. Phibes, a truly gothic love story. You can register to receive a link to watch the film & then join our discussion here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1421842121...

#INGHS

An image from the 1980 film The Shining shows Jack Nicholson in profile sitting at a large table with a typewriter, a container of writing implements, cigarettes, and an ashtray. His chair is pushed back and he is leaning forward, head on the edge of the desk like he is passed out or sleeping. The arm that is closer to the camera is hanging limp. There are very large windows behind him.

Back to work today!

Haunted by a rogue apostrophe...

Watching the final episode of Stranger Things and it is neverending. Is this just my life now? An eternity stuck in the final episode of Stranger Things?

Seems about right

To ring in the New Year Phil and I watched The Shining and Phil kept making jokes about how Scatman Crothers' symbolized 2026 and that we think 2026 is going to show up and save us. Reader, he knew what he was doing.

Quite from an ao3 item mimicking Isaac Chotiner's style: "Here’s the thing, you’ve asked me all these questions. You’re painting an extremely one-dimensional picture of our town, which is a wonderful place to live despite everything you’re insinuating. Ask me about all the other things I do for Buell, O.K? I coördinate an incredible Halloween costume parade every year. We have a club for teen-agers, keeps them out of trouble, off drugs. Who do you think founded that? I’m a very civic-minded man, and I help out with the lottery because I care about my neighbors and I want us all to prosper. They can pass whatever the heck kind of law they want down in Washington. I don’t really care about all that."

The use of the telltale New Yorker diaeresis in "coördinate" absolutely floored me.

OMG

Today is the day a very special man was born, sent to us many years ago to tell fantastic tales and bring messages of peace and understanding. Happy birthday Rod Serling!

This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.

Absolutely right.

AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.

Let me illustrate …

"The one thing I was pretty sure about when I started was that whatever else happens, everyone agreed that Batman smells."

This is important work.

The deleted post is Phil telling me I should give Die Hard a chance because I just might like it

Got to see Die Hard in the theater for the first time ever and despite having seen it a hundred times or so it was like a whole new experience. I also remembered this "fun" "joke" that @crankandrattle.bsky.social used to do

A picture of screen 1 at IFI with a still from the film How to Shoot a Ghost. The picture is taken near the back and you can see all of the seats.

The filmmakers and moderator having a Q & A after the film

Got to see this beautiful short film by Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social today, with both filmmakers in attendance for a Q and A. Just a lovely experience overall

BILLY EICHNER ANGRY VOICE: It's an 8 bit animated feature film set in the Frogger-verse starring live action George Clooney and it's called "Michael Clayton 2 Colon This Time He's Frogger" and it's a GOLDMINE because BABIES LOVE INTRIGUE!

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Its Christmas season, time to watch the The Riverbottom Nightmare Band win again. 😂

Tonight!

The program for the "Frontiers and Un/Belongings in US American Culture" Conference. The cover is gray with many cracks like in glass or ice moving out from the center

Got back from the annual @popmec.bsky.social conference yesterday. Recovering today. Such an inspiring experience, and I had many exciting conversations. Thank you Anna, Laura, and the whole conference team!

I also wholeheartedly recommend this organization to any Americanists out there.