Matt Simon
@mattsimon.bsky.social
cinema | Los Angeles | democracy, solidarity, climate & environmental justice | quick-read horror newsletter drops every Tuesday | subscribe here: www.deadofnightletter.com
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Matt Simon
@mattsimon.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Saw Donkey Skin over the weekend and I am thinking about the cat throne.
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“Before the holographic, there was cybernetic, before cybernetic, mechanical, before mechanical, there was us.”
This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/
This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
“Before the holographic, there was cybernetic, before cybernetic, mechanical, before mechanical, there was us.”
This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/
This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/
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On Ralph Fiennes’s Dr. Ian Kelson in The Bone Temple—“scientist, keeper of culture, [atheist] priest”— at www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/ #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM
On Ralph Fiennes’s Dr. Ian Kelson in The Bone Temple—“scientist, keeper of culture, [atheist] priest”— at www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/ #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
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They’re scared because their whole movement is a house of cards—all stupid cruelty, posturing, and bullshit.
January 25, 2026 at 1:04 AM
They’re scared because their whole movement is a house of cards—all stupid cruelty, posturing, and bullshit.
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Victory is never certain of course, but we can fight these fascists every fucking day.
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Victory is never certain of course, but we can fight these fascists every fucking day.
Victory is never certain of course, but we can fight these fascists every fucking day.
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Victory is never certain of course, but we can fight these fascists every fucking day.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
January 24, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
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I’m thinking about climate change horror via Alexandre Aja’s Crawl at www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/ #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #climatechange
January 20, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I’m thinking about climate change horror via Alexandre Aja’s Crawl at www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/ #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #climatechange
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Justice for Renee Good—and for all those victims of ICE brutality whose names we don’t know—includes the dismantling of ICE and the immoral border/immigration regimes adopted by governments across the globe.
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Justice for Renee Good—and for all those victims of ICE brutality whose names we don’t know—includes the dismantling of ICE and the immoral border/immigration regimes adopted by governments across the globe.
On Ralph Fiennes’s Dr. Ian Kelson in The Bone Temple—“scientist, keeper of culture, [atheist] priest”— at www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/ #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM
On Ralph Fiennes’s Dr. Ian Kelson in The Bone Temple—“scientist, keeper of culture, [atheist] priest”— at www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/ #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
“Before the holographic, there was cybernetic, before cybernetic, mechanical, before mechanical, there was us.”
This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/
This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
“Before the holographic, there was cybernetic, before cybernetic, mechanical, before mechanical, there was us.”
This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/
This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/
We are wasting gallon after gallon of fresh water so AI can summarize single paragraph emails.
January 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM
We are wasting gallon after gallon of fresh water so AI can summarize single paragraph emails.
I’m thinking about climate change horror via Alexandre Aja’s Crawl at www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/ #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #climatechange
January 20, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I’m thinking about climate change horror via Alexandre Aja’s Crawl at www.deadofnightletter.com/gator-weather/ #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #climatechange
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“… toward a horror of revisitation …”
On Charlie Polinger’s The Plague www.deadofnightletter.com/devil-plague... #filmsky #film #horrorsky
On Charlie Polinger’s The Plague www.deadofnightletter.com/devil-plague... #filmsky #film #horrorsky
Devil / Plague / Bride
Thinking about The House of the Devil, dir. Ti West, 2009; The Plague, dir. Charlie Polinger, 2025; and Attirement of the Bride, Max Ernst, 1940.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“… toward a horror of revisitation …”
On Charlie Polinger’s The Plague www.deadofnightletter.com/devil-plague... #filmsky #film #horrorsky
On Charlie Polinger’s The Plague www.deadofnightletter.com/devil-plague... #filmsky #film #horrorsky
that ICE budget sure could buy a lot of people healthcare
January 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
that ICE budget sure could buy a lot of people healthcare
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Are you a little horror freak (laudatory)? Do you like thinking about what horror is or where it might be going?
Today might be a good day to subscribe to my newsletter: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
Today might be a good day to subscribe to my newsletter: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
Dead of Night
A meditation on horror cinema and its tributaries.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Are you a little horror freak (laudatory)? Do you like thinking about what horror is or where it might be going?
Today might be a good day to subscribe to my newsletter: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
Today might be a good day to subscribe to my newsletter: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
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“A satanic tale as delightful as it is sinister, its two female leads (Jacqueline Bisset and Barbara Parkins) both fierce and captivating ...”
On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
“A satanic tale as delightful as it is sinister, its two female leads (Jacqueline Bisset and Barbara Parkins) both fierce and captivating ...”
On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
Are you a little horror freak (laudatory)? Do you like thinking about what horror is or where it might be going?
Today might be a good day to subscribe to my newsletter: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
Today might be a good day to subscribe to my newsletter: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
Dead of Night
A meditation on horror cinema and its tributaries.
www.deadofnightletter.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Are you a little horror freak (laudatory)? Do you like thinking about what horror is or where it might be going?
Today might be a good day to subscribe to my newsletter: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
Today might be a good day to subscribe to my newsletter: www.deadofnightletter.com #filmsky #horrorsky #horror
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On killing your mirror image in No Other Choice …
www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM
On killing your mirror image in No Other Choice …
www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
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Sinister or seductive? I’m thinking about witches, misogyny, and documentary via silent classic Häxan over at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Sinister or seductive? I’m thinking about witches, misogyny, and documentary via silent classic Häxan over at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
“A satanic tale as delightful as it is sinister, its two female leads (Jacqueline Bisset and Barbara Parkins) both fierce and captivating ...”
On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
“A satanic tale as delightful as it is sinister, its two female leads (Jacqueline Bisset and Barbara Parkins) both fierce and captivating ...”
On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
On killing your mirror image in No Other Choice …
www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM
On killing your mirror image in No Other Choice …
www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
vital viewing today (and a masterpiece)
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
vital viewing today (and a masterpiece)
Sinister or seductive? I’m thinking about witches, misogyny, and documentary via silent classic Häxan over at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Sinister or seductive? I’m thinking about witches, misogyny, and documentary via silent classic Häxan over at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
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On the melding of the cinematic and the real in our video-flooded world, via Man Finds Tape.
www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
January 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
On the melding of the cinematic and the real in our video-flooded world, via Man Finds Tape.
www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror
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My rec this week—“Murderland links the wave of serial killers (especially in the Pacific Northwest) in the 70s and 80s to environmental injustice—to the mental and bodily cost of growing up and living around toxic industry ...”
www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...
#filmsky #booksky #horrorsky
www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...
#filmsky #booksky #horrorsky
January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
My rec this week—“Murderland links the wave of serial killers (especially in the Pacific Northwest) in the 70s and 80s to environmental injustice—to the mental and bodily cost of growing up and living around toxic industry ...”
www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...
#filmsky #booksky #horrorsky
www.deadofnightletter.com/murderman-mu...
#filmsky #booksky #horrorsky