Matt Simon
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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.
On communal ick—watching The Ugly Stepsister in theaters.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
On communal ick—watching The Ugly Stepsister in theaters.
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Remarkable speech on the Kansas House floor yesterday by Rep. Abi Boatman.
“I have sat here for 5.5 hours and listened to this entire room debate my humanity and my ability to participate in the most basic functions of society. I hope none of you have to ever sit through something like that.”
“I have sat here for 5.5 hours and listened to this entire room debate my humanity and my ability to participate in the most basic functions of society. I hope none of you have to ever sit through something like that.”
Rep Abi Boatman, a transgender woman from Wichita, closed out a six-hour debate Jan. 28, 2026, on a bathroom bill that would force people to use bathrooms in government buildings that match their biol...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Remarkable speech on the Kansas House floor yesterday by Rep. Abi Boatman.
“I have sat here for 5.5 hours and listened to this entire room debate my humanity and my ability to participate in the most basic functions of society. I hope none of you have to ever sit through something like that.”
“I have sat here for 5.5 hours and listened to this entire room debate my humanity and my ability to participate in the most basic functions of society. I hope none of you have to ever sit through something like that.”
This week I thought about going deep on oatmeal Freddy but it is perfect and requires no exegesis.
January 28, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This week I thought about going deep on oatmeal Freddy but it is perfect and requires no exegesis.
Thinking about cinema, dreams, and cinema as dream in Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Thinking about cinema, dreams, and cinema as dream in Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
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Hot off the presses!—on metacinema, discomfort, and a wild serial killer thriller.
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One, Two, L.A.'s Coming For You (also, abolish ICE)
Thinking about Wes Craven's New Nightmare, dir. Wes Craven, 1994; The Ugly Stepsister, dir. Emilie Blichfeldt, 2025; and Angel Dust, dir. by Gakuryū Ishii, 1994.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Hot off the presses!—on metacinema, discomfort, and a wild serial killer thriller.
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“Here, a killer in a Santa costume is the foundation of a bonkers, supernatural, pulp horror crime story.” - On Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025).
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December 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Here, a killer in a Santa costume is the foundation of a bonkers, supernatural, pulp horror crime story.” - On Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025).
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vital viewing today (and a masterpiece)
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
vital viewing today (and a masterpiece)
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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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“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.
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This week I recommend the weird horror/coming-of-age gem The Fairgrounds, from Uncertain Sons (@undertow.bsky.social) by @thomasha.bsky.social.
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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.
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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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Dead of Night
A meditation on horror cinema and its tributaries.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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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...
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On The Mephisto Waltz at www.deadofnightletter.com/sinister-del...
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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
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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
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