Headpress
@headpress.com
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 do not use or publish AI-generated work in any form.
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In-depth/ wholly fascinating piece on The Projection of the Astral Body. It's the sub-label/spin-off of Atlanta, Georgia's Attic Shrines. @headpress.com bit.ly/44AOLVS
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In-depth/ wholly fascinating piece on The Projection of the Astral Body. It's the sub-label/spin-off of Atlanta, Georgia's Attic Shrines. @headpress.com bit.ly/44AOLVS
To avoid disappointment on #Christmas day, make sure you get your orders in to the Headpress website by 5 December (tomorrow)! 🎄
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Online store for Headpress books featuring hot off the press pop culture! Cult film, music/noise, fanzines, conspiracy theories, folklore and more.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
To avoid disappointment on #Christmas day, make sure you get your orders in to the Headpress website by 5 December (tomorrow)! 🎄
#indiepublishing #supportindiepublishing #shopindependent
headpress.com/shop/
#indiepublishing #supportindiepublishing #shopindependent
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Good morning! Today is the publication day of the 1927 occult novel POSSESSED by Rosalie and Edward Synton, discovered by me and reprinted by the British Library for their Tales of the Weird line.
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Good morning! Today is the publication day of the 1927 occult novel POSSESSED by Rosalie and Edward Synton, discovered by me and reprinted by the British Library for their Tales of the Weird line.
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
Good morning, campers! For your listening pleasure, check out Headpress author Robert Guffey on the latest episode of The Warped Reality Paranormal Podcast:
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#ufos #cultfilm #occult
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#ufos #cultfilm #occult
THE WARPED REALITY PARANORMAL PODCAST (PART TWO)
Part Two of my recent appearance on THE WARPED REALITY PARANORMAL PODCAST has just dropped! In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of ...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Good morning, campers! For your listening pleasure, check out Headpress author Robert Guffey on the latest episode of The Warped Reality Paranormal Podcast:
cryptoscatology.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#ufos #cultfilm #occult
cryptoscatology.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#ufos #cultfilm #occult
Two events coming up soon of interest to @headpress.com fans! The first, this weekend, is Darkness in the Fields - Midwinter 2: two days of online writing workshops and author interviews, including Robert Guffey, author of Hollywood Haunts the World.
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Darkness in the Fields - Midwinter 2
Join us for two days of online folk horror events, with workshops and interview from an exciting variety of writers in the genre.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Two events coming up soon of interest to @headpress.com fans! The first, this weekend, is Darkness in the Fields - Midwinter 2: two days of online writing workshops and author interviews, including Robert Guffey, author of Hollywood Haunts the World.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i...
The programme for Darkness in the Fields - Midwinter 2, organized by @alexdavis1981.bsky.social, is looking fantastic and features an interview with Headpress author Robert Guffey on 6 December.
More info and tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i...
More info and tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i...
Darkness in the Fields - Midwinter 2
Join us for two days of online folk horror events, with workshops and interview from an exciting variety of writers in the genre.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The programme for Darkness in the Fields - Midwinter 2, organized by @alexdavis1981.bsky.social, is looking fantastic and features an interview with Headpress author Robert Guffey on 6 December.
More info and tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i...
More info and tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i...
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Sidney Lumet knew how to open a goddamn movie
Dog Day Afternoon opening - "What you are about to see is true---"
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November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Sidney Lumet knew how to open a goddamn movie
London folks: come to @miskatonicihs.bsky.social on 9 December to hear Headpress Press Officer @harbottlestores.bsky.social talk about the history of the asylum on film.
#histpsych #horror #session9 #historyofhorror #horrorstudies
Tickets: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/the-a...
#histpsych #horror #session9 #historyofhorror #horrorstudies
Tickets: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/the-a...
"And where do you live, Simon"? The Asylum and its Patients on Film - The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies
Exploring film, folklore, and media, this lecture asks why female rage is pathologised while male violence remains disturbingly normalised.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
London folks: come to @miskatonicihs.bsky.social on 9 December to hear Headpress Press Officer @harbottlestores.bsky.social talk about the history of the asylum on film.
#histpsych #horror #session9 #historyofhorror #horrorstudies
Tickets: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/the-a...
#histpsych #horror #session9 #historyofhorror #horrorstudies
Tickets: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/the-a...
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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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November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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
headpress.com/product/holl...
headpress.com/product/holl...
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
Treat yourself to both here: headpress.com/shop/
#horror #cultfilm #newbooks #videonasties #occult
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Online store for Headpress books featuring hot off the press pop culture! Cult film, music/noise, fanzines, conspiracy theories, folklore and more.
headpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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
Treat yourself to both here: headpress.com/shop/
#horror #cultfilm #newbooks #videonasties #occult
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
#cultfilm #horror #cultcinema #newbookrelease #filmbooks
Mr. Ulmer's Cabinet of Wonder: Edgar G. Ulmer and the Cinema of High Strangeness
YouTube video by Robert Guffey
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November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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
#cultfilm #horror #cultcinema #newbookrelease #filmbooks
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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
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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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
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.
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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#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
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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#newbooks #cultfilm #horror #cultcinema #filmbooks
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Featuring Hollywood Haunts the World author Robert Guffey! 👇
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
Featuring Hollywood Haunts the World author Robert Guffey! 👇
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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.
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
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.
Reposts welcomed.
Aaand... the website is up and running again! Thank you for bearing with us, and apologies for the inconvenience.
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Aaand... the website is up and running again! Thank you for bearing with us, and apologies for the inconvenience.
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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"[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
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".
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/a...
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
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).
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
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!
🖤 We're so pleased to be publishing this!
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
The book’s coming soon. From @headpress.com #signalman
September 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🖤 We're so pleased to be publishing this!
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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
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
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
If you've not come across Will's book it's very much worth checking out !
#ghostofanidea #williamburns
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...
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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...
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!
September 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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!