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
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. 😁
This book looks fantastic! Check it out! 👇 If you are #ANightmareonElmStreet fan / scholar this will be an essential read! I will definitely be getting a copy 😁 #HorrorSky
August 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This book looks fantastic! Check it out! 👇 If you are #ANightmareonElmStreet fan / scholar this will be an essential read! I will definitely be getting a copy 😁 #HorrorSky
I went to @mediamuseum.bsky.social in Bradford today! It was great! They have some exhibits about Hammer Studios and Christopher Lee’s fangs for Dracula (1958). I loved it! I also very much enjoyed the Xenomorph and the Dalek! 😁
August 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I went to @mediamuseum.bsky.social in Bradford today! It was great! They have some exhibits about Hammer Studios and Christopher Lee’s fangs for Dracula (1958). I loved it! I also very much enjoyed the Xenomorph and the Dalek! 😁
A local cinema - The Hyde Park Picture House in #Leeds - are showing #Eraserhead this evening. So I am seated front and centre! I’ve not seen it on the big screen before so I’m very excited! 😁 #DavidLynch
August 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A local cinema - The Hyde Park Picture House in #Leeds - are showing #Eraserhead this evening. So I am seated front and centre! I’ve not seen it on the big screen before so I’m very excited! 😁 #DavidLynch
It is time! This will be my #100HorrorMoviesin92Days thread.
For more information about the challenge check out @spookysarahsays.bsky.social
1 - Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
#HorrorSky
For more information about the challenge check out @spookysarahsays.bsky.social
1 - Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
#HorrorSky
August 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It is time! This will be my #100HorrorMoviesin92Days thread.
For more information about the challenge check out @spookysarahsays.bsky.social
1 - Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
#HorrorSky
For more information about the challenge check out @spookysarahsays.bsky.social
1 - Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
#HorrorSky
I finally managed to watch A DIFFERENT MAN (2024). Really enjoyed it. Absolutely superb performances from Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson #FilmSky
July 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I finally managed to watch A DIFFERENT MAN (2024). Really enjoyed it. Absolutely superb performances from Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson #FilmSky
Currently enjoying a lazy Friday sitting outside, drinking iced coffee and reading Room to Dream (2018) by #DavidLynch and Kristine McKenna. It’s a fascinating memoir. Hope everyone is having a great Friday 😁 #BookSky
July 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Currently enjoying a lazy Friday sitting outside, drinking iced coffee and reading Room to Dream (2018) by #DavidLynch and Kristine McKenna. It’s a fascinating memoir. Hope everyone is having a great Friday 😁 #BookSky
Decided to treat myself this evening to a rewatch of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955). Superb film and a fantastic performance from Robert Mitchum. #FilmSky
July 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Decided to treat myself this evening to a rewatch of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955). Superb film and a fantastic performance from Robert Mitchum. #FilmSky
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Alright then, now's your chance, Horrorlings! Share everyone's posts, boost your own. It was great seeing you.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
July 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Alright then, now's your chance, Horrorlings! Share everyone's posts, boost your own. It was great seeing you.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
I have just realised it is 100 days until Halloween. Stay spooky… #Horror #HorrorSky
a cartoon of a skeleton with the words spookying intensifies
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July 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I have just realised it is 100 days until Halloween. Stay spooky… #Horror #HorrorSky
Very sad to hear #OzzyOsbourne has left us. Will be raising a glass and listening to #BlackSabbath and #ozzy this evening.
a black and white photo of two men playing guitars .
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July 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Very sad to hear #OzzyOsbourne has left us. Will be raising a glass and listening to #BlackSabbath and #ozzy this evening.
This is fantastic news! I can’t wait to see this. @horrornonna.com’s work is excellent. #horror #HorrorSky
🚨 Big news 5 years in the making: some friends and I made a documentary! 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR hits Shudder soon, directed by Donna Davies and inspired by my 2020 book of the same name
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
1000 Women in Horror
From the silent era until today, the nightmares that have haunted our screen have been sculpted and embodied by women, but many of those artists have gone....
miff.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This is fantastic news! I can’t wait to see this. @horrornonna.com’s work is excellent. #horror #HorrorSky
I love @spookysarahsays.bsky.social’s #100HorrorMoviesin92Days challenge! It’s a great way to spend the summer, catch up on all those #horror films you may have missed or have always wanted to see and count down to Halloween! Even if you don’t make 100 you will still watch some cool stuff #HorrorSky
Oh hey, look! The #100HorrorMoviesin92Days challenge has a new graphic compliments of @piratereject.bsky.social! Also- if any outlets want to cover the challenge, pop me a message and I'll get you the press release! Let's make the 6th year, the biggest yet!
#HorrorSky #FilmSky
#HorrorSky #FilmSky
July 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I love @spookysarahsays.bsky.social’s #100HorrorMoviesin92Days challenge! It’s a great way to spend the summer, catch up on all those #horror films you may have missed or have always wanted to see and count down to Halloween! Even if you don’t make 100 you will still watch some cool stuff #HorrorSky
I managed to catch a preview screening of BRING HER BACK (2025) last night. It’s a superb piece of work. Very brave, bold and intense. Sally Hawkins is great , although I don’t think I’ll be able to watch Paddington in quite the same way now… #HorrorSky #BringHerBack
July 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I managed to catch a preview screening of BRING HER BACK (2025) last night. It’s a superb piece of work. Very brave, bold and intense. Sally Hawkins is great , although I don’t think I’ll be able to watch Paddington in quite the same way now… #HorrorSky #BringHerBack