Exquisite Terror
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Exquisite Terror is a once-in-a-blue-moon indie horror film journal with an accessible-academic approach to the genre. Posts by boss lady Naila. www.exquisiteterror.com
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A piece of misdirection, or a betrayal of lack of familiarity with the source; Luc Besson’s attempt at the Dracula mythos falls flat.
Dracula - Exquisite Terror
A piece of misdirection, or a betrayal of lack of familiarity; Luc Besson’s attempt at the Dracula mythos falls flat.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A piece of misdirection, or a betrayal of lack of familiarity with the source; Luc Besson’s attempt at the Dracula mythos falls flat.
Pondering the best films to watch on mushrooms. Enter the Void would be perfect. What else? #psychedelics #shrooms #psychedelicfilms
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Pondering the best films to watch on mushrooms. Enter the Void would be perfect. What else? #psychedelics #shrooms #psychedelicfilms
This is really very good.
MANY STRANGE & WONDERFUL DREAMS ARE WAITING IN THE WINGS for The Double R Club, Thursday November 20th!
TICKETS TO “Another place"
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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
#london #nightout #lynchian
@stowtradeshall #e17 #twinpeaks
TICKETS TO “Another place"
the-double-r-club.designmynight.com
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
#london #nightout #lynchian
@stowtradeshall #e17 #twinpeaks
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is really very good.
I'm not really one for putting myself online these days, but when my boy cat (Jake) has this look on his face, how could I not? Deep, troubled thoughts about... probably nothing. #gingercat #orangecat #cat
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I'm not really one for putting myself online these days, but when my boy cat (Jake) has this look on his face, how could I not? Deep, troubled thoughts about... probably nothing. #gingercat #orangecat #cat
Mary Shelley’s work will continue to echo through the ages and inspire new interpretations. No matter how false or factual, all will offer truth.
Adapting Frankenstein; or, Reaching for the Firmament - Exquisite Terror
Mary Shelley’s work will continue to echo through the ages, adding new pages to the story we’re all collectively telling.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Mary Shelley’s work will continue to echo through the ages and inspire new interpretations. No matter how false or factual, all will offer truth.
That thing when you realise you followed someone who once sexually harassed you because you showed concern. It sucks that it's so hard to keep on top of this stuff.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
That thing when you realise you followed someone who once sexually harassed you because you showed concern. It sucks that it's so hard to keep on top of this stuff.
A subtly smart script steadily builds suspense and atmosphere, the horror creeping like a water stain to a haunting, sublime climax. A Mother's Embrace is on digital on 10 November. www.exquisiteterror.com/a-mothers-em...
A Mother's Embrace - Exquisite Terror
A subtly smart script steadily builds suspense and atmosphere, the horror creeping like a water stain to a haunting, sublime climax.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A subtly smart script steadily builds suspense and atmosphere, the horror creeping like a water stain to a haunting, sublime climax. A Mother's Embrace is on digital on 10 November. www.exquisiteterror.com/a-mothers-em...
Erik Hofstatter's deft hand conjures a sensation of being sunk so deep in the midst of corruption that there is no light nor a breath of clean air.
Bankrupting Sky Banks - Exquisite Terror
Remarkably talented writing from Erik Hofstatter walks a line where one can read the divine and the profane within the same sentence.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Erik Hofstatter's deft hand conjures a sensation of being sunk so deep in the midst of corruption that there is no light nor a breath of clean air.
Superb use of sound creates an implicit rhythm which worms into the subconscious, transforming it into an unseen physical entity. Takashi Shimizu's Sana and Sana: Let Me Hear stream on Arrow from 27 October.
Sana / Sana: Let Me Hear - Exquisite Terror
Superb use of sound creates a constant, implicit rhythm which worms into the subconscious, transforming sound into an unseen physical entity.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Superb use of sound creates an implicit rhythm which worms into the subconscious, transforming it into an unseen physical entity. Takashi Shimizu's Sana and Sana: Let Me Hear stream on Arrow from 27 October.
Just watching Metal Lords, and I think you'll find that actuallllly the RATM song is called "Killing in the Name", not "Killing in the Name of".
Maybe that's part of the joke. I don't think it is. Yes, I am insufferable.
Maybe that's part of the joke. I don't think it is. Yes, I am insufferable.
October 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just watching Metal Lords, and I think you'll find that actuallllly the RATM song is called "Killing in the Name", not "Killing in the Name of".
Maybe that's part of the joke. I don't think it is. Yes, I am insufferable.
Maybe that's part of the joke. I don't think it is. Yes, I am insufferable.
Often unbearable tension in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase show a filmmaker brimming with technical ability and creative flair. Delivery Run is on digital today.
Delivery Run - Exquisite Terror
A slasher for burned-out, financially insecure millennials as sure as Scream was for the cynical, fiercely independent Gen Xers.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Often unbearable tension in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase show a filmmaker brimming with technical ability and creative flair. Delivery Run is on digital today.
Mesmerising and enchanting images prove the strange, sublime, gothic folk that Britain built is still very much alive and well. The Severed Sun is on digital on 6 October. www.exquisiteterror.com/the-severed-...
The Severed Sun - Exquisite Terror
Mesmerising and enchanting images prove the strange, sublime, gothic folk that Britain built is still very much alive and well.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Mesmerising and enchanting images prove the strange, sublime, gothic folk that Britain built is still very much alive and well. The Severed Sun is on digital on 6 October. www.exquisiteterror.com/the-severed-...
Erik Hofstatter's Bankrupting Sky Banks is available from Aqueduct Press now. Enter the draw for a copy.
WIN: Bankrupting Sky Banks - Exquisite Terror
Erik Hofstatter's Bankrupting Sky Banks is available from Aqueduct Press now. Enter the draw for a copy here.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Erik Hofstatter's Bankrupting Sky Banks is available from Aqueduct Press now. Enter the draw for a copy.
Like the complexities of the Lament Configuration, a few twists and buttons pressed open up Concierge's complex inner workings.
Concierge - Exquisite Terror
Concierge feels familiar yet also pulls apart genre and art styles, putting them back together in fascinating new arrangements.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Like the complexities of the Lament Configuration, a few twists and buttons pressed open up Concierge's complex inner workings.
September 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 2 is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital from Acorn Media International on 25 August.
WIN: Mayfair Witches Box Set
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 2 is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital from Acorn Media International on 25 August.
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August 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 2 is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital from Acorn Media International on 25 August.
Tim Lebbon's Secret Lives of the Dead is a strong tale of how humans can cut themselves off from hope by refusing to accept their power to pursue the better angels of their nature. @titanbooks.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social
Secret Lives of the Dead - Exquisite Terror
A strong tale of how humans can refuse to accept their power to actively focus on and pursue the better angels of their nature.
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August 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Tim Lebbon's Secret Lives of the Dead is a strong tale of how humans can cut themselves off from hope by refusing to accept their power to pursue the better angels of their nature. @titanbooks.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social
Together is a twisted love story that masterfully subverts emotional and physical, and literal and metaphorical, connection.
Together - Exquisite Terror
Together is a twisted love story that masterfully subverts emotional and physical, and literal and metaphorical, connection.
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August 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Together is a twisted love story that masterfully subverts emotional and physical, and literal and metaphorical, connection.
Despite shortcomings, there's fun to be had with soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. Out tomorrow.
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers - Exquisite Terror
Despite shortcomings, there’s plenty of fun to be had here in mastering weapon sets, and enjoying the thoughtful boss design.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Despite shortcomings, there's fun to be had with soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. Out tomorrow.
www.exquisiteterror.com/wuchang-fall...
www.exquisiteterror.com/wuchang-fall...
Finally got round to visiting Castle Cinema in Homerton today -- I'm a 20-minute walk away; shameful -- and it is just lovely. So is The Ballad of Wallis Island, my first of what will be many films there.
#communitycinema #independentcinema
#communitycinema #independentcinema
July 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Finally got round to visiting Castle Cinema in Homerton today -- I'm a 20-minute walk away; shameful -- and it is just lovely. So is The Ballad of Wallis Island, my first of what will be many films there.
#communitycinema #independentcinema
#communitycinema #independentcinema
Bob Vylan's drummer used to be my favourite barman, so I'm proud of them.
June 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Bob Vylan's drummer used to be my favourite barman, so I'm proud of them.
It feels strangely uncomfortable for an alien (yes, in a film, but still...) to tell me there'll be nuclear war in six months.
June 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It feels strangely uncomfortable for an alien (yes, in a film, but still...) to tell me there'll be nuclear war in six months.
Saturnalia was just stunning all round. @raindance.org
June 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Saturnalia was just stunning all round. @raindance.org
Stone Martyrs by dark fiction author Erik Hofstatter is available from Aqueduct Press now.
WIN: Stone Martyrs Book
Stone Martyrs by dark fiction author Erik Hofstatter is available from Aqueduct Press now.
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May 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Stone Martyrs by dark fiction author Erik Hofstatter is available from Aqueduct Press now.