Tyler Dean
@tmdean.bsky.social
Literature professor and writer with a penchant for the Gothic, vampiric, and decadent. Guillermo del Toro but sadder and hornier. Check out my pop culture articles on reactormag.com/author/tyler-dean/
My article on @realgdt.bsky.social ‘s #frankenstein is up at @artforum.com
It’s a fantastic excoriation of Byron that, like every GdT film, wants to find the humanity even in its most vile monsters (Victor).
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It’s a fantastic excoriation of Byron that, like every GdT film, wants to find the humanity even in its most vile monsters (Victor).
www.artforum.com/columns/guil...
Byronically
A review of Guillermo del Toro's new take on Mary Shelley's iconic novel Frankenstein, highlighting the film's Byronic references.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My article on @realgdt.bsky.social ‘s #frankenstein is up at @artforum.com
It’s a fantastic excoriation of Byron that, like every GdT film, wants to find the humanity even in its most vile monsters (Victor).
www.artforum.com/columns/guil...
It’s a fantastic excoriation of Byron that, like every GdT film, wants to find the humanity even in its most vile monsters (Victor).
www.artforum.com/columns/guil...
My newest #80sFantasyFilmClub article is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social. This time we’re looking at the childhood nightmare, #ReturntoOz. Go and comment. Share the article. Marvel at Fairuza Balk’s best performance!
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Return to Oz: Is This a Horror Movie or a Kids' Movie? - Reactor
Dorothy is committed to an asylum, and it only gets weirder from there...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My newest #80sFantasyFilmClub article is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social. This time we’re looking at the childhood nightmare, #ReturntoOz. Go and comment. Share the article. Marvel at Fairuza Balk’s best performance!
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My article for @reactorsff.bsky.social on Ridley Scott’s #Legend is up! Go comment and bask and reshare! reactormag.com/legend-faeri...
Legend: Faeries, Unicorns, and Tim Curry's Six-Pack - Reactor
What exactly is going on in this movie? Why isn't Tom Cruise wearing pants?
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August 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My article for @reactorsff.bsky.social on Ridley Scott’s #Legend is up! Go comment and bask and reshare! reactormag.com/legend-faeri...
#Alien:Earth uses #PeterPan as a focal point and uses the same quote from #PeterandWendy to anchor its read as I used for the backbone of my dissertation chapter on it. Noah Hawley’s a smart guy—what can I say?
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#Alien:Earth uses #PeterPan as a focal point and uses the same quote from #PeterandWendy to anchor its read as I used for the backbone of my dissertation chapter on it. Noah Hawley’s a smart guy—what can I say?
Where there’s a whip…
My article on the horrors of revisiting a beloved flop is out at @reactorsff.bsky.social Comment on the site or share it here. My god though, what a nightmare.
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My article on the horrors of revisiting a beloved flop is out at @reactorsff.bsky.social Comment on the site or share it here. My god though, what a nightmare.
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The Animated Return of the King: Sadly, Nostalgia Has Its Limits - Reactor
Rankin/Bass' follow-up to "The Hobbit" is so much messier than you might remember...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Where there’s a whip…
My article on the horrors of revisiting a beloved flop is out at @reactorsff.bsky.social Comment on the site or share it here. My god though, what a nightmare.
reactormag.com/the-animated...
My article on the horrors of revisiting a beloved flop is out at @reactorsff.bsky.social Comment on the site or share it here. My god though, what a nightmare.
reactormag.com/the-animated...
My #80sFantasyFilmClub article on the Bakshi and Frazetta “masterpiece,” #FireandIce, is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social As one canny commenter already said, “it’s the only film where every frame could be spray painted on the side of a van.” Go and comment!
Fire and Ice: Swords, Sorcery, and Very Little Clothing – Reactor
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July 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My #80sFantasyFilmClub article on the Bakshi and Frazetta “masterpiece,” #FireandIce, is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social As one canny commenter already said, “it’s the only film where every frame could be spray painted on the side of a van.” Go and comment!
A few days late, but my article on #theneverendingstory for @reactorsff.bsky.social is up! It’s the latest in my #80sfantasyfilmclub series and (perhaps) the most traumatic!
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The NeverEnding Story: Childhood Trauma and the Stories That Change Us - Reactor
An emotional touchstone for a generation of fantasy-loving kids...
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June 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A few days late, but my article on #theneverendingstory for @reactorsff.bsky.social is up! It’s the latest in my #80sfantasyfilmclub series and (perhaps) the most traumatic!
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I’ve seen a lot of posts, aimed at non-Angelenos, about how it is all business as usual here. About how there are no rioters, no looting, no urban warfare with “military-aged illegal aliens.” The details are true.
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’ve seen a lot of posts, aimed at non-Angelenos, about how it is all business as usual here. About how there are no rioters, no looting, no urban warfare with “military-aged illegal aliens.” The details are true.
Always happy when the winds of fortune blow our sociopathic opportunist governor back onto the vaguely right side of history. I’ll enjoy the next few days of it!
June 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Always happy when the winds of fortune blow our sociopathic opportunist governor back onto the vaguely right side of history. I’ll enjoy the next few days of it!
Fire at the Protests in DTLA. Was not close enough to see the source though, if reporting is accurate, I believe this is a burning WayMo (Google’s self driving rideshare vehicle).
June 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Fire at the Protests in DTLA. Was not close enough to see the source though, if reporting is accurate, I believe this is a burning WayMo (Google’s self driving rideshare vehicle).
#BurkeAndHare (2010) the wacky, buddy comedy about the famous graverobbers turned murderers is #GreatestShowman levels of tonally misguided.
May 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
#BurkeAndHare (2010) the wacky, buddy comedy about the famous graverobbers turned murderers is #GreatestShowman levels of tonally misguided.
My article on #ClashoftheTitans is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social for the #80sFantasyFilmClub! It’s the only Ray Harryhausen/Laurence Olivier collaboration in existence so treat it with reverence. Make @lisarinnaofficial.bsky.social proud!
Clash of the Titans: Perseus, Medusa, Claymation, and Camp - Reactor
Greek myth served up by acting legends and Harryhausen creatures — what's not to love?
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May 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My article on #ClashoftheTitans is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social for the #80sFantasyFilmClub! It’s the only Ray Harryhausen/Laurence Olivier collaboration in existence so treat it with reverence. Make @lisarinnaofficial.bsky.social proud!
My article on #Yellowjackets and the weaponization of Xennial nostalgia is up at @artforum.com
Share it far and wide!
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Share it far and wide!
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Good Will Hunting
Tyler Dean interrogates the combination of Millennial angst and supernatural horror that suffuses the nostalgia-drenched Showtime series, Yellowjackets.
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May 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My article on #Yellowjackets and the weaponization of Xennial nostalgia is up at @artforum.com
Share it far and wide!
www.artforum.com/columns/yell...
Share it far and wide!
www.artforum.com/columns/yell...
My newest article in the #80sFantasyFilmClub, on the transformationally campy #Beastmaster is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social
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The Beastmaster: Fantasy Classic or Transcendent Schlok? - Reactor
Rip Torn! Murderous ferrets! Are you not entertained?!
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April 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My newest article in the #80sFantasyFilmClub, on the transformationally campy #Beastmaster is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social
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This #ARealPain #AlienRomulus double feature I accidentally arranged for myself is real weird
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This #ARealPain #AlienRomulus double feature I accidentally arranged for myself is real weird
My unfortunately timely #Willow article for @reactorsff.bsky.social #80sfantasyfilmclub is up! The late #ValKilmer is every bit as charming as you remember
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Willow: Lessons in Bravery, Hope, and Having Fun With Fantasy Tropes - Reactor
If you grew up loving this film, you're not alone.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My unfortunately timely #Willow article for @reactorsff.bsky.social #80sfantasyfilmclub is up! The late #ValKilmer is every bit as charming as you remember
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This is how we sleep when I sleep alone: CPAP in, flat on back, cat on chest
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
March 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is how we sleep when I sleep alone: CPAP in, flat on back, cat on chest
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
Formatting academic drafts to, in line with their publisher’s guidelines, remove a Oxford commas is a disorienting and, ultimately, terrifying experience. May I never get used to this.
March 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Formatting academic drafts to, in line with their publisher’s guidelines, remove a Oxford commas is a disorienting and, ultimately, terrifying experience. May I never get used to this.
#Mickey17 was broad and silly and delightful. Robert Pattinson is essentially playing a Tim Robinson character. Also Taskmaster’s Tim Key!
March 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
#Mickey17 was broad and silly and delightful. Robert Pattinson is essentially playing a Tim Robinson character. Also Taskmaster’s Tim Key!
Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East all give fantastic performances in #Hereticmovie but man that film ran out of compelling ideas about halfway through
March 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East all give fantastic performances in #Hereticmovie but man that film ran out of compelling ideas about halfway through
The inaugural article in my #80sFantasyFilmClub is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social
It’s on the dark cult classic, #Dragonslayer
It’s on the dark cult classic, #Dragonslayer
Dragonslayer: A Fantasy Cult Classic With a Brutal Edge - Reactor
You might slay the dragon, but the system remains rigged.
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March 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The inaugural article in my #80sFantasyFilmClub is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social
It’s on the dark cult classic, #Dragonslayer
It’s on the dark cult classic, #Dragonslayer
I didn’t think #TheSubstance was going to be They Live levels of unsubtle. Not necessarily a complaint.
February 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I didn’t think #TheSubstance was going to be They Live levels of unsubtle. Not necessarily a complaint.
Check out my postmortem on #whatwedointheshadows for @artforum.com
It was a lovely show I felt honored to be able to write about
It was a lovely show I felt honored to be able to write about
FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES
The conclusion of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows and its immigration subtext in Trump's America.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Check out my postmortem on #whatwedointheshadows for @artforum.com
It was a lovely show I felt honored to be able to write about
It was a lovely show I felt honored to be able to write about
A podcaster I really like was needlessly mean to me on the internet today. Can 2025 get any worse?
February 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A podcaster I really like was needlessly mean to me on the internet today. Can 2025 get any worse?