Love to see #MartySupreme take FUCK ALL home, and I ESPECIALLY loved to see Misty Copeland show up in the Sinners performance as an extra middle finger to Timothee Chalamet. #oscars

Not great, tbh.

I can’t quite verbalize why the end of #TheLastDriveIn is hitting me so hard. Maybe it’s just the cherry on the shit sundae of life in 2026. But I’m grateful for it, and for the #MutantFam, and @therealjoebob123.bsky.social & @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social.

The Heights? They have Wuthered. In which I defend a film I'm still not sure I even liked all that much.

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Did I love the film? No. Do I have an issue with film criticism that’s rooted in misogyny? Yes.

For my fellow #gothic scholars out there: CFP for the #SouthernGothic Area at the 2026 PCAS / ACAS Conference, Oct 15 - 17 in New Orleans! @pcas-acas.bsky.social

Proposals welcome--and please share!
#CFP #proposals #conference #southernstudies
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Take a drink every time there’s an AI commercial during the #SuperBowl.

Just kidding—you’d die of alcohol poisoning.

My ten best #horror films of 2025:
1. Sinners
2. The Monkey
3. HIM
4. Companion
5. Silent Night, Deadly Night
6. Weapons
7. Clown in a Cornfield
8. The Toxic Avenger
9. Freaky Tales
10. I Know What You Did Last Summer

Some were stunning. Some were executed exceptionally. Some were just FUN.

Are we even friends if I don’t respond about how much I love that you love that? 😂🖤😂

Merry (Sorta) Slashmas! It's that time of year when we like to get cozy with a warm beverage and watch some people in holiday peril! Here are some great films that fit that bill.

Today's post, since we're 10 days out for Christmas: Ten Holiday Horror Films to help you have a Merry Slashmas!

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#horror #holidayhorror #horrorfilm

Stephanie A. Graves | Substack Teacher, writer, horror nerd, cat enthusiast.

Just so the bandwagon doesn't totally leave me behind, yes, I started a Substack. So, subscribe, if you're into that kind of thing. (Free! Intermittent! Probably weird with lots of horror thoughts!)
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#horror #horrorfilm

Wednesday night in #Nashville, I’ll be talking about all things Frankenstein! Tickets are available at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof...
#frankenstein #gothic #horror

It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

I’m loving the format of this week’s #TheLastDriveIn (which, as an academic, tracks). I’m especially loving @donnerpartyofone.bsky.social from @miskatonicihs.bsky.social and her insightful points about Argento & Giallo. #MutantFam @therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social

WNUF Halloween Special and VHYes!

It’s been an incredible weekend at @pcasacas.bsky.social and #pcasacas25. These are the loveliest humans, and I really do love how supportive and friendly and excited these scholars are. As usual, I will leave with my heart full and my head buzzing with all kinds of new ideas and new media to watch!

So excited that @pcasacas.bsky.social #pcasacas25 starts today!!!

#PCASACAS25 starts today in Huntsville—I’m so fond of this conference. It was the first conference I ever presented at, and it’s peopled with the loveliest humans, and it always feels like a homecoming. ❤️

It’s been so long since I’ve wanted to watch a Blumhouse movie because they tell you the entire fucking story in the trailer. GET BETTER TRAILER EDITORS. #horror #blumhouse

It’s not too late! Even though the deadline has technically passed, if you have some #SouthernGothic research you’d like to share at PCAS/ACAS 2025, we’d still be happy to see your proposal!

#gothic #cfp #pcasacas #academia

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Are you FUCKING kidding me????

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Who’s ready for Friday!!

We’ve got TWO guest hosts takin’ over the socials! Chris/ @filmagestudios.bsky.social is handling things here on the bird, and Jeff/ @jeffwhitmire.bsky.social has us covered on X!

#MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn

A little over a week left to submit proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables for the #southerngothic area at @pcasacas 2025 in Huntsville! We want to hear all about your research on the Southern Gothic (broadly interpreted)!

Propose now—& please share!

#cfp #pcasacas25

Just a reminder to the universe—and more specifically to all you #gothic scholars out there—that the deadline to submit for the #SouthernGothic area at PCAS / ACAS is June 15. We’d love to hear your work on film, literature, TV, music, & more!

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Go. See. #Sinners.

See it in IMAX if you can.

It’s a triumph of a film.

It’s about heritage and culture and struggle, hate and love, found family making and community building. It’s about how music is how we remember our history.

And it’s deep in the Black Southern Gothic tradition.
#horror

How did we get 2 Slasher flicks with no breasts? That's some winning lottery numbers level of rarity.

Ruby Tombsday/ @rubytombsday

#MutantFam
#TheLastDriveIn

All the love and respect to #thelastdrivein but I don’t know if I buy Torso as the first slasher film… @themutantfam.bsky.social

It’s amazing how pub trivia never manages to ask questions about the immense body of useless knowledge I have, but instead only about the bits that have yet escaped my hyperfixations.

Sooooo inscrutable.

CFP for the Southern Gothic area at PCAS / ACAS 2025 in Huntsville, AL! We want your Appalachian noir, your Southern folklore & monsters, your Southern fried true crime… we want it all! #southerngothic #cfp #southernstudies #gothic

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Sixth: it’s a movie I’ll be thinking about for a while, which is a sign of a great movie IMHO.