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Independent non-fiction publisher since 1991. We publish the stuff you love. Film. Music. Strangeness. Headpress is @davidkerekes.bsky.social and @harbottlestores.bsky.social. We will not use or publish AI-generated work in any form.

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Easy to find the occult in THE BABADOOK and TWIN PEAKS, but what about JFK or READY PLAYER ONE? In "Hollywood Haunts The World," Robert Guffey finds the hidden gnosticism, surrealism, and taboo in films & TV both in and out of the horror genre. New from @headpress.com
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The cover of the book "Hollywood Haunts The World" featuring an orange-toned, surrealist drawing of Death, holding his sickle, sitting in a chair under the Hollywood sign.
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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It's a good week for fans of strange cinema, with the release of Robert Guffey's Hollywood Haunts the World *and* Nick Cato's Dark Dreams: An Obsessive Look at Romano Scavolini's NIGHTMARE 🎉

Treat yourself to both here: headpress.com/shop/

#horror #cultfilm #newbooks #videonasties #occult
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November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Perfect Saturday viewing: Robert Guffey talks about the strange cinema of Edward G. Ulmer: youtube.com/watch?v=mol2eAK3uBk If you like this, you'll love Robert's new book for @headpress.com, Hollywood Haunts the World 🎥

#cultfilm #horror #cultcinema #newbookrelease #filmbooks
Mr. Ulmer's Cabinet of Wonder: Edgar G. Ulmer and the Cinema of High Strangeness
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November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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If you're a translator why not tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#TranslatorThursday #BookSky 💙📚

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November 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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A new issue of Bizarrism #zine is always cause for celebration! Issue 19 includes a piece on the strange death of Thelma Todd, as well as a review of Edwin Lee Canfield's fabulous @headpress.com book on Criswell.
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Thank you to Adam at The Bedlam Files for the latest review of Richard Scheib's A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic!

#newbooks #cultfilm #horror #cultcinema #filmbooks

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A VIEWING GUIDE TO THE PANDEMIC: DEPICTIONS OF PLAGUE AND PANDEMIC ON FILM AND TV | The Bedlam Files
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October 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Featuring Hollywood Haunts the World author Robert Guffey! 👇
alexdavis1981.bsky.social Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social · 26d
Get your folk horror fix with us to tide you through December with our annual DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER weekend, running 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #midwinter #horror
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
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October 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Aaand... the website is up and running again! Thank you for bearing with us, and apologies for the inconvenience.
A still from b&w film Young Frankenstein, depicting Gene Wilder as Frankenstein. He is standing in a white coat in a lab with his arms outstretched, looking proud of the Monster who is strapped to the table in front of him.
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Thank you to @retroramblings.bsky.social for this great review of Richard Scheib's A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic!

"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".

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BOOK REVIEW: "A VIEWING GUIDE TO THE PANDEMIC: DEPICTIONS OF PLAGUE AND PANDEMIC ON FILM AND TV" BY RICHARD SCHEIB - Cinema Retro
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October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Just a heads up that we are still- aaargh - experiencing problems with our website and some email accounts. Please bear with us, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can ✍️ (possibly by carrier pigeon).
September 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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We're still having technical issues with the website. Hang tight, we're working on it with our provider and hope to be back to normal soon!
September 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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🖤 We're so pleased to be publishing this!
accordingtojond.bsky.social Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · Sep 16
Here’s a little treat for you. Lawrence Gordon Clark’s original storyboard, and the shot used.

The book’s coming soon. From @headpress.com #signalman
Storyboard drawing of the dead bride. The actual shot.
September 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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1 hour to go
#enclosurethree
September 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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This evening you can catch a guest selection from Will Burns, the author of the fantastic Ghost of an Idea from @headpress.com on It Came From ... Enclosure Three from @gehegedrei.bsky.social

If you've not come across Will's book it's very much worth checking out !

#ghostofanidea #williamburns
September 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Coming soon from Headpress: Rachel Walther's 'Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon'. More info and mailing list sign-up here: headpress.com/product/born...
Image of a book cover titles Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon by Rachel Walther. The background is black with white and orange text. On the right hand side of the cover is a full length black and white photo rendered into orange, of a dark-haired man stood in a street raising his right fist and smiling. He is dressed in a white buttoned shirt, dark trousers, and dark smart shoes.
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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We're having some technical issues this week, so if we're slower than usual to reply to emails please bear with us - we'll get back to you as soon as possible!
A black and white still from a Twilight Zone episode in which a man in a white lab coat sits in front of some technical equipment. A screen in front of him displays the text 'You have a problem.'
September 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Exciting news: PURE by @jaredstearnssf.bsky.social is now available in a Spanish language edition from Applehead!

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Photo of a book on top of a green and purple patterned tablecloth. The book cover depicts a black and white photo of Marilyn Chambers and the title Pura: Las revoluciones sexuales de Marilyn Chambers. The author is Jared Stearns.
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Trusses (early 1980s) photograph by Anne Billson (limited interactions to avoid having to deal with Liz Truss comments)
Busy shop window display of medical supplies shop with a red neon sign saying TRUSSES. Also visible: girdles; support hose; vibra-heat cushion; the new improved copper magnet; walking frame; and a sign saying "qualified chiropodist in attendance.
September 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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#enclosurethree

Next week something really special...a wonderful hauntological session from William Burns.

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September 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Orson Welles would murder every one of you motherfuckers with a hammer.
September 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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We're set up for the Occultz #zine fair at The Bullingdon in Oxford today - come see us from 10.30!
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September 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Coming soon... Nick Cato's obsessive deep-dive into Romano Scavolini's Nightmare, DARK DREAMS. #cultfilm #horror #precert #vhs #videonasties

More info at the link: headpress.com/product/dark...
Dark Dreams An Obsessive Look at Romano Scavolini’s NIGHTMARE
In the early 1980s slasher films were all the rage. But none were as controversial as Romano Scavolini’s Nightmare, the subject of this book by Nick Cato.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Tomorrow!
headpress.com Headpress @headpress.com · Aug 29
We'll be at the Occultz comic, cult and zine fair in #Oxford on Saturday 6 September, with a host of @headpress.com goodies including some rare items from the vaults for sale! Stop by and see us from 10.30 at The Bullingdon on Cowley Road. #oxfordevents #cultfilm #zines #indiepublishing
September 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Thank you, @sliceofscifi.com!
September 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM