Adam
@adamfleetwriting.bsky.social
he/him. film nerd. punk rocker. record collector. vegan.
write/wrote for Guardian Australia, Screen Realm, Scream Horror Magazine, Diabolique Magazine. weird short stories, flash fiction etc
write/wrote for Guardian Australia, Screen Realm, Scream Horror Magazine, Diabolique Magazine. weird short stories, flash fiction etc
Early DVD menus have an aesthetic I’m very much enjoying right now. Here’s the menu from Stallone’s action classic COBRA. Crime is the disease, and he’s the cure. But he also cuts pizza with scissors, so I’d take that with a grain of salt. Let’s Jump to a Scene!
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Early DVD menus have an aesthetic I’m very much enjoying right now. Here’s the menu from Stallone’s action classic COBRA. Crime is the disease, and he’s the cure. But he also cuts pizza with scissors, so I’d take that with a grain of salt. Let’s Jump to a Scene!
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Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! 💥
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
Nominations for Best Microfiction 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social Congrats and good luck!
* In Another Life by Kelli Dianne Rule
* In The Window by Sandrina Dorigo
* Marine Band by Paul Hostovsky
* She Stopped Painting Chickens by Travis Flatt
* In The Manner of Dust by Benjamin Branchaud
* In Another Life by Kelli Dianne Rule
* In The Window by Sandrina Dorigo
* Marine Band by Paul Hostovsky
* She Stopped Painting Chickens by Travis Flatt
* In The Manner of Dust by Benjamin Branchaud
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Oh my! This is unexpected. Thanks so much for the nomination. Good luck everyone! 💥
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
#writingcommunity
#microfiction
Personally, I don’t feel like it’s Christmas unless I’ve watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face. A little while back I wrote about DARK ANGEL’s festive good cheer for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
Dolph Lundgren, alien heroin and evil yuppies: Dark Angel is fun festive lunacy
Some people might prefer to watch Peanuts or Love Actually at this time of year. All I want is this underrated and bizarre action film
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Personally, I don’t feel like it’s Christmas unless I’ve watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face. A little while back I wrote about DARK ANGEL’s festive good cheer for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
Why not celebrate Halloween with HORROR EXPRESS, as Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing team up to battle ancient evil on board a choo-choo train! My piece for @australia.theguardian.com Australia is up now, and you can stream it on Tubi
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Celebrate this Halloween with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and an evil iceman on a train
1972’s Horror Express sees the two scream kings team up to take down a 2 million-year-old iceman who thaws and begins melting people’s eyeballs
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Why not celebrate Halloween with HORROR EXPRESS, as Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing team up to battle ancient evil on board a choo-choo train! My piece for @australia.theguardian.com Australia is up now, and you can stream it on Tubi
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Eat the Rich... before they eat us! I wrote about why SOCIETY is a squelchy, paranoid body horror classic for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. Just don't blame me if your eyeballs need cleaning after viewing!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Eat the rich … before they eat you: in praise of body horror classic Society
Hurtling towards a deranged finale, this 1989 obscenity follows a rich kid who grows suspicious of everyone around him – and it’s never felt more relevant
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Eat the Rich... before they eat us! I wrote about why SOCIETY is a squelchy, paranoid body horror classic for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. Just don't blame me if your eyeballs need cleaning after viewing!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
If you're in the mood for a modest creature feature, why not set sail for Monster Island (Orang Ikan), where a razor toothed fishman is waiting! My review for @screenrealm.bsky.social is up now and it hits @shudder.com on 25 July.
screenrealm.com/monster-isla...
screenrealm.com/monster-isla...
'Monster Island' Movie Review: A Wartime Creature Feature with 'Predator' Aspirations - Screen Realm
We review Monster Island, a Shudder release that blends wartime survival with creature-feature thrills and clear nods to Predator...
screenrealm.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If you're in the mood for a modest creature feature, why not set sail for Monster Island (Orang Ikan), where a razor toothed fishman is waiting! My review for @screenrealm.bsky.social is up now and it hits @shudder.com on 25 July.
screenrealm.com/monster-isla...
screenrealm.com/monster-isla...
Since SUPERMAN is out in cinemas now, here's my piece again, on why James Gunn's SUPER is a dark and enjoyably unwholesome watch.
I wrote about SUPER, James Gunn's vicious and decidedly unwholesome anti-superhero movie for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. It's streaming on Stan in Australia and AMC+ in the US
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Super: is this the anti-Marvel comic book film?
Before his blockbuster days, James Gunn made this crass, nasty, and very R-rated superhero flick starring Rainn Wilson as a vengeful vigilante
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Since SUPERMAN is out in cinemas now, here's my piece again, on why James Gunn's SUPER is a dark and enjoyably unwholesome watch.
Elysium is a tasty slice of dystopian, class war sci-fi. I wrote about why it is both increasingly relevant, and criminally underrated, for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. It's streaming in Australia on Stan
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
Even Elysium’s director thinks his film is a mess – but a decade on, it deserves a second chance
Matt Damon runs around the US in 2154, when civil liberties are eroded, healthcare is for the rich and wealth inequality is soaring. But it’s sci-fi!
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Elysium is a tasty slice of dystopian, class war sci-fi. I wrote about why it is both increasingly relevant, and criminally underrated, for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. It's streaming in Australia on Stan
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
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Here it is. A lot of artists should be considering their relationships with these people who support suppression of freedom of speech and protest against mass murder. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19320...
Thread by @Tracking_Power on Thread Reader App
@Tracking_Power: 🧵Meet the genocide supporters from the music industry who sneakily wrote a secret "confidential" message to @glastonbury to try and have @KNEECAPCEOL banned from the festival opening ...
threadreaderapp.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Here it is. A lot of artists should be considering their relationships with these people who support suppression of freedom of speech and protest against mass murder. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19320...
BRING HER BACK is a wince-inducing slow burn of vicious gore, creeping dread & poignant sadness. It's another essential horror movie from TALK TO ME directors Danny and Michael Philippou. I reviewed it for @screenrealm.bsky.social & it hits cinemas 29 May (today!)
screenrealm.com/bring-her-ba...
screenrealm.com/bring-her-ba...
'Bring Her Back' Movie Review: The Philippou Brothers Deliver Brutal Horror with a Bleeding Heart - Screen Realm
Bring Her Back is essential horror filmmaking — a ferocious, fascinating fusion of blood-soaked brutality and aching sorrow. Our review...
screenrealm.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
BRING HER BACK is a wince-inducing slow burn of vicious gore, creeping dread & poignant sadness. It's another essential horror movie from TALK TO ME directors Danny and Michael Philippou. I reviewed it for @screenrealm.bsky.social & it hits cinemas 29 May (today!)
screenrealm.com/bring-her-ba...
screenrealm.com/bring-her-ba...
Did you watch Rocky and think it would've been a better movie if he fought a giant space armadillo? Yeah, so did I and that's why I wrote about ARENA's underrated interstellar fisticuffs for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Arena: if you liked Rocky, you’ll love Rocky with monsters
Every good sports movie is about a hero overcoming the odds – except in this 1989 sci-fi flick, there are also armadillos, aliens and robot hybrids
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Did you watch Rocky and think it would've been a better movie if he fought a giant space armadillo? Yeah, so did I and that's why I wrote about ARENA's underrated interstellar fisticuffs for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
I woke to the seas boiling, insects swarming and the sound of children weeping - all the prophesied signs of the worst team in the history of association football lifting a domestic trophy. Today is the day football died.
May 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I woke to the seas boiling, insects swarming and the sound of children weeping - all the prophesied signs of the worst team in the history of association football lifting a domestic trophy. Today is the day football died.
Needed a comfort movie on the plane. Found a ‘special airline presentation’ of The Thing. Can’t say I noticed any glaring differences. Perhaps a little less gore in the defibrillator scene, but I might be imagining it because I’m so jet lagged!
#NowWatching #TheThing #JohnCarpenter
#NowWatching #TheThing #JohnCarpenter
March 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Needed a comfort movie on the plane. Found a ‘special airline presentation’ of The Thing. Can’t say I noticed any glaring differences. Perhaps a little less gore in the defibrillator scene, but I might be imagining it because I’m so jet lagged!
#NowWatching #TheThing #JohnCarpenter
#NowWatching #TheThing #JohnCarpenter
Little known fact, this was Jello Biafra’s preferred title…
@alternativetent.bsky.social #DeadKennedys
@alternativetent.bsky.social #DeadKennedys
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Little known fact, this was Jello Biafra’s preferred title…
@alternativetent.bsky.social #DeadKennedys
@alternativetent.bsky.social #DeadKennedys
A fantastic and fascinating piece by Alex on the score to one of my all time favourite movies, the utter masterpiece that is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of the greatest #horror movies of all time, and the score plays a huge part in ensuring it gets under your skin and stays there.
Had a great chat with Wayne Bell about his experiences soundtracking the film for this piece...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
Had a great chat with Wayne Bell about his experiences soundtracking the film for this piece...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
Cue the pig squeal! How The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s score was stitched back together for its first release
A soundtrack of wildlife, drones and saucepans ensured the 1974 film became truly horrifying. Its co-creator recalls the can-do spirit that made it happen
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A fantastic and fascinating piece by Alex on the score to one of my all time favourite movies, the utter masterpiece that is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
This was great!
THIS WAS SUCH A BLAST! We played word cricket, had amazing readings, chatted about community and some of us (1) solved a murder mystery!! I’ll probably do it again in May so come along then!
Yeah, so we're doing an Asia-Pac timing friendly meet and read series. Everyone is welcome regardless of where you live - borders are bogus. Thurs Feb 13 7pm Melb time. Some AWESOME people have registered. I might sing Waltzing Matilda. Don't miss out!
Zoom reg link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Zoom reg link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This was great!
I wrote about SUPER, James Gunn's vicious and decidedly unwholesome anti-superhero movie for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. It's streaming on Stan in Australia and AMC+ in the US
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Super: is this the anti-Marvel comic book film?
Before his blockbuster days, James Gunn made this crass, nasty, and very R-rated superhero flick starring Rainn Wilson as a vengeful vigilante
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I wrote about SUPER, James Gunn's vicious and decidedly unwholesome anti-superhero movie for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. It's streaming on Stan in Australia and AMC+ in the US
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
It seems they are making a new ANACONDA movie. So here's a thing I wrote about ANACONDAS: HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID for @australia.theguardian.com - because it's a primo 96 minutes of glorious nonsense and slithery, large snake lunacy that knows no equal!
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/ju...
I won’t pretend Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid isn’t stupid. But it’s also very fun
This sequel to the 1997 creature feature succeeds where the original faltered, giving us even bigger snakes and even less sympathetic characters to become their lunch
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It seems they are making a new ANACONDA movie. So here's a thing I wrote about ANACONDAS: HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID for @australia.theguardian.com - because it's a primo 96 minutes of glorious nonsense and slithery, large snake lunacy that knows no equal!
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/ju...
Looks like PIRANHA 3D is leaving Netflix (Aus) soon. It's deliriously bloody, proudly lowbrow and one of my favourite horror movies of the 2000s. I wrote about it last year for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...
www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...
Go fish: Piranha 3D makes Saving Private Ryan look like an afternoon picnic
With an excellent cast – Adam Scott! Christopher Lloyd! Elisabeth Shue! – this proudly lowbrow film will have you rooting for the bloodthirsty piranhas
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Looks like PIRANHA 3D is leaving Netflix (Aus) soon. It's deliriously bloody, proudly lowbrow and one of my favourite horror movies of the 2000s. I wrote about it last year for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...
www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...
Here's a piece I wrote last December on the seasonally appropriate DARK ANGEL, because is it even really Christmas if you haven't watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face? For Guardian Australia
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
Dolph Lundgren, alien heroin and evil yuppies: Dark Angel is fun festive lunacy
Some people might prefer to watch Peanuts or Love Actually at this time of year. All I want is this underrated and bizarre action film
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Here's a piece I wrote last December on the seasonally appropriate DARK ANGEL, because is it even really Christmas if you haven't watched Dolph Lundgren kick an alien drug dealer in the face? For Guardian Australia
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/de...
FRESH is a dark, satirical, horror comedy with an appetite for the unpredictable. I wrote about it's warped charms for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. It's streaming on Disney+ (Aus), Hulu (US) and Disney+ / Channel 4 (UK)
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping
What initially looks and feels like a standard romantic comedy with Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones deftly ends up in a far darker place
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:30 PM
FRESH is a dark, satirical, horror comedy with an appetite for the unpredictable. I wrote about it's warped charms for @australia.theguardian.com / @theguardian.com. It's streaming on Disney+ (Aus), Hulu (US) and Disney+ / Channel 4 (UK)
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
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Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping
Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping
What initially looks and feels like a standard romantic comedy with Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones deftly ends up in a far darker place …
With Sebastian Stan attracting awards buzz for The Apprentice and A Different Man, it feels like an…
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping
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Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping
Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping
What initially looks and feels like a standard romantic comedy with Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones deftly ends up in a far darker place …
With Sebastian Stan attracting awards buzz for The Apprentice and A Different Man, it feels like an…
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Boy eats girl: horror comedy Fresh really is worth a second helping
Last night I watched the excellent HORROR EXPRESS where Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas and Peter Cushing battle a frozen iceman on the Trans-Siberian Express. And it's as great as that sounds. It's on BBC iPlayer in the UK. I did a paragraph on Letterboxed for fun.
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letterboxd.com/adamfleet/fi...
A ★★★★ review of Horror Express (1972)
Archeologist Christopher Lee has a travel nightmare. First of all they mess up his Trans-Siberian Express reservation. Then his ancient, fossilised iceman starts melting passengers’ eyeballs for looki...
letterboxd.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Last night I watched the excellent HORROR EXPRESS where Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas and Peter Cushing battle a frozen iceman on the Trans-Siberian Express. And it's as great as that sounds. It's on BBC iPlayer in the UK. I did a paragraph on Letterboxed for fun.
letterboxd.com/adamfleet/fi...
letterboxd.com/adamfleet/fi...
Another piece I really enjoyed writing (a while back) for Guardian Australia was on the magnificent HALT AND CATCH FIRE.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...
Halt and Catch Fire: hugely underrated tech drama about dreaming big and failing bigger
It might chart the rise of the 80s computing juggernaut, but this four-season series is most compelling for its carefully rendered character drama
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Another piece I really enjoyed writing (a while back) for Guardian Australia was on the magnificent HALT AND CATCH FIRE.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...