Dr Darren Gray
@drdarrengray.bsky.social
Researcher in Literature, Film and Cultural Studies | The Gothic, Horror, Technology, Disability | Currently writing ‘Horror and Disability’ for the University of Wales Press Horror Studies series.
Proudly neurodivergent (ADHD)
Proudly neurodivergent (ADHD)
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I am currently writing a book! My monograph, provisionally titled ‘Horror and Disability’ will be published by University of Wales Press as part of their excellent Horror Studies series. Very exciting!!!😁 #Horror #Disability #Academia #Writers
A new @adamsfamfilms.bsky.social film is always something I look forward to and is always a treat. Mother of Flies (2025) is now available on Shudder and it is a dark, visceral and beautiful treat indeed. Check it (and the rest of their films) out! #HorrorSky
January 24, 2026 at 12:33 PM
A new @adamsfamfilms.bsky.social film is always something I look forward to and is always a treat. Mother of Flies (2025) is now available on Shudder and it is a dark, visceral and beautiful treat indeed. Check it (and the rest of their films) out! #HorrorSky
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On the blog: the wonderful Dr Jodie Marley (@jodielmarley.bsky.social) takes us through some critical approaches to Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025)!
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6278
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6278
Romantic Adaptations: Situating del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025) – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
On the blog: the wonderful Dr Jodie Marley (@jodielmarley.bsky.social) takes us through some critical approaches to Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025)!
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6278
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6278
Still time to get those proposals in for this excellent conference #horror peeps! 😁👇 #HorrorSky
Deadline for proposals - January 30th
Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University
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Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University
t.co/QK7DDTdeNb
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Still time to get those proposals in for this excellent conference #horror peeps! 😁👇 #HorrorSky
First #horror film cinema trip of 2026 and I am seated and ready for 28 Years Later : The Bone Temple (2026). Very excited! lLet’s go! 💀💀💀 #HorrorSky #TheBoneTemple
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
First #horror film cinema trip of 2026 and I am seated and ready for 28 Years Later : The Bone Temple (2026). Very excited! lLet’s go! 💀💀💀 #HorrorSky #TheBoneTemple
10 years ago today David Bowie left us. To mark the day and celebrate his life I went to see the 40th anniversary rerelease of Labyrinth. It was great to see it on the big screen. I’m now hoping for a 50th anniversary cinema rerelease of The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) #DavidBowie
January 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
10 years ago today David Bowie left us. To mark the day and celebrate his life I went to see the 40th anniversary rerelease of Labyrinth. It was great to see it on the big screen. I’m now hoping for a 50th anniversary cinema rerelease of The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) #DavidBowie
My contributor copy of Disability, lllness and the Vampire arrived today! I wrote Chapter 17 of this awesome book and I am very proud to be a part of it! #Vampires #Disability #AcademicSky #BookSky #HorrorSky
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My contributor copy of Disability, lllness and the Vampire arrived today! I wrote Chapter 17 of this awesome book and I am very proud to be a part of it! #Vampires #Disability #AcademicSky #BookSky #HorrorSky
As research for a potential project next year I finally managed to watch Leigh Whannel’s UPGRADE (2018). What a cool film! Tech-Sci-fi-body horror! Great stuff! #HorrorSky
December 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As research for a potential project next year I finally managed to watch Leigh Whannel’s UPGRADE (2018). What a cool film! Tech-Sci-fi-body horror! Great stuff! #HorrorSky
The star at the top of the Christmas tree this year is very special as it is a tribute to the starman himself David Bowie. #DavidBowie
December 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The star at the top of the Christmas tree this year is very special as it is a tribute to the starman himself David Bowie. #DavidBowie
I’m delighted to say that I’m in this upcoming book release! I contributed a chapter discussing disability and child vampirism in Midnight Mass and Interview with a Vampire (film and tv series). It’s a fantastic book, check it out! #Vampires #HorrorSky #Disability www.routledge.com/Disability-I...
Disability, Illness, and the Vampire in Literature and Culture
Drumlin N.M. Crape and Brooke Cameron’s Disability, Illness, and the Vampire in Literature and Culture is an edited collection of essays addressing a wide range of literary depictions of vampirism and...
www.routledge.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m delighted to say that I’m in this upcoming book release! I contributed a chapter discussing disability and child vampirism in Midnight Mass and Interview with a Vampire (film and tv series). It’s a fantastic book, check it out! #Vampires #HorrorSky #Disability www.routledge.com/Disability-I...
Horror Studies Now is a fantastic conference and with a Jan 30th deadline there is still plenty of time to get those abstracts in! Check it out #Horror scholars 👇 #HorrorSky
Reminder - Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University
t.co/QK7DDTdeNb
t.co/QK7DDTdeNb
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Horror Studies Now is a fantastic conference and with a Jan 30th deadline there is still plenty of time to get those abstracts in! Check it out #Horror scholars 👇 #HorrorSky
I really enjoyed watching @kierlajanisse.bsky.social’s adaption of Algernon Blackwood’s THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM as the second instalment of horror anthology series THE HAUNTED SEASON. Atmospheric with stunning visuals and animation creating a sense of growing unease and dread. Superb work 😁
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I really enjoyed watching @kierlajanisse.bsky.social’s adaption of Algernon Blackwood’s THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM as the second instalment of horror anthology series THE HAUNTED SEASON. Atmospheric with stunning visuals and animation creating a sense of growing unease and dread. Superb work 😁
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Finally caught up with all the available episodes of IT: Welcome to Derry. I’m really liking it 😁🤡🎈 #HorrorSky #ITWelcometoDerry
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Finally caught up with all the available episodes of IT: Welcome to Derry. I’m really liking it 😁🤡🎈 #HorrorSky #ITWelcometoDerry
The first episode of season 2 of The Creep Tapes dropped on @shudder.com yesterday. It’s a great opening episode 😁 #HorrorSky #TheCreepTapes
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The first episode of season 2 of The Creep Tapes dropped on @shudder.com yesterday. It’s a great opening episode 😁 #HorrorSky #TheCreepTapes
It was an absolute pleasure to speak to @mollytie.bsky.social for this excellent article 👇 Please do check it out (as well as her other superb Punk Rock Philosophy articles) and keep an eye out for her upcoming book ‘Rebel Grrrls - The Story of Women and Punk’ coming out next year 😁
If it's still spooky season to you, here's a throwback to our Punk Rock Philosophy article on horror films & horror punk and the similarities in fandom. I spoke to experts like @drdarrengray.bsky.social about why people like scary things! 🎃🎃🎃👻👇👇
punkrockphilosophy.com/punk-rock-ph...
punkrockphilosophy.com/punk-rock-ph...
Horror and Punk- A Match Made in Spooky Heaven! - Punk Rock Philosophy
Punk Rock Philosophy picked the brains of two experts on the appeal of horror and punk and why misfits and mavericks can find a home in this spooky subgenre.
punkrockphilosophy.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It was an absolute pleasure to speak to @mollytie.bsky.social for this excellent article 👇 Please do check it out (as well as her other superb Punk Rock Philosophy articles) and keep an eye out for her upcoming book ‘Rebel Grrrls - The Story of Women and Punk’ coming out next year 😁
Awesome! 👇
🎃 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
It’s spooky season, so we have a treat (NO tricks!)—3 anthology horror episodes!
☢️ MONSTERS “Waiting Game” • @brendonconnelly.bsky.social
🚨 INSIDE NO.9 - “Stake Out” • @ajblack.bsky.social
🐇 V/H/S/94 - “Terror” • Lindsay Drysdale
www.vampirevideos.co.uk/bonus-hallow...
It’s spooky season, so we have a treat (NO tricks!)—3 anthology horror episodes!
☢️ MONSTERS “Waiting Game” • @brendonconnelly.bsky.social
🚨 INSIDE NO.9 - “Stake Out” • @ajblack.bsky.social
🐇 V/H/S/94 - “Terror” • Lindsay Drysdale
www.vampirevideos.co.uk/bonus-hallow...
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Awesome! 👇
The new issue of @helleborezine.bsky.social arrived today! Very much looking forward to reading it this evening 😁
October 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The new issue of @helleborezine.bsky.social arrived today! Very much looking forward to reading it this evening 😁
The next IGA conference will be at the University of Hull, England on 28-31 July 2026!
You can find the CFP and more information at hullgothic.wordpress.com
You can find the CFP and more information at hullgothic.wordpress.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Dr Darren Gray
Are you ready for HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology?
👉🏼Pre-orders for Tales of Occult Britain are open worldwide on helleborezine.com
👉🏼Pre-orders for Tales of Occult Britain are open worldwide on helleborezine.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Are you ready for HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology?
👉🏼Pre-orders for Tales of Occult Britain are open worldwide on helleborezine.com
👉🏼Pre-orders for Tales of Occult Britain are open worldwide on helleborezine.com
This is an excellent edition of Clues: A Journal of Detection. I am very very proud to say that I am in it! I discuss disability in Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. Check out all the fascinating abstracts 👇 #CrimeFiction #DetectiveFiction #Disability
Read abstracts for _Clues: A Journal of Detection_ (vol 43, no 2, 2025)—theme issue on #Disability & #DetectiveFiction elizabethfoxwell.blogspot.com/2025/09/Clue... #AlfredHitchcock #ThomasHarris #MaryElizabethBraddon #TV #CornellWoolrich #Victorian #LouisePenny #TanaFrench #autism #StephenKing
September 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is an excellent edition of Clues: A Journal of Detection. I am very very proud to say that I am in it! I discuss disability in Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. Check out all the fascinating abstracts 👇 #CrimeFiction #DetectiveFiction #Disability
This is an excellent episode of @vampirevideos.co.uk Check it (as well as the fantastic back catalogue) out! #HorrorSky #Vampires #Dracula
🪰 DRACULA (2020)
Season XIII begins with the three-part BBC-Netflix DRACULA miniseries.
@ajblack.bsky.social returns to talk about this TV special in a super-sized episode. Listen below 👇🏻
www.vampirevideos.co.uk/121-dracula-...
Season XIII begins with the three-part BBC-Netflix DRACULA miniseries.
@ajblack.bsky.social returns to talk about this TV special in a super-sized episode. Listen below 👇🏻
www.vampirevideos.co.uk/121-dracula-...
September 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is an excellent episode of @vampirevideos.co.uk Check it (as well as the fantastic back catalogue) out! #HorrorSky #Vampires #Dracula
A huge Happy Birthday to the legend that is #StephenKing. THE LONG WALK is superb. Great book great film. #BookSky #HorrorSky
September 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A huge Happy Birthday to the legend that is #StephenKing. THE LONG WALK is superb. Great book great film. #BookSky #HorrorSky
Reposted by Dr Darren Gray
Season XIII begins next week with DRACULA, the BBC-Netflix miniseries.
Can’t wait? Wanna support us? Join the Bite Club to listen days early: ko-fi.com/Post/First-B...
Can’t wait? Wanna support us? Join the Bite Club to listen days early: ko-fi.com/Post/First-B...
September 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Season XIII begins next week with DRACULA, the BBC-Netflix miniseries.
Can’t wait? Wanna support us? Join the Bite Club to listen days early: ko-fi.com/Post/First-B...
Can’t wait? Wanna support us? Join the Bite Club to listen days early: ko-fi.com/Post/First-B...
Reposted by Dr Darren Gray
From ancient mystery rituals to Renaissance magic and folk practices, seekers have long regarded mirrors as a portal to communicate with spirits or to catch a glimpse of the future.
🪞✨Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide on
helleborezine.com
🪞✨Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide on
helleborezine.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
From ancient mystery rituals to Renaissance magic and folk practices, seekers have long regarded mirrors as a portal to communicate with spirits or to catch a glimpse of the future.
🪞✨Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide on
helleborezine.com
🪞✨Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide on
helleborezine.com
This is great news! I love @helleborezine.bsky.social and shall be putting in an immediate pre order. 😁
Ready for a new issue? Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide! ✨🪞✨
Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more.
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more.
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is great news! I love @helleborezine.bsky.social and shall be putting in an immediate pre order. 😁