Joel Harley
@joelharley.bsky.social
Professional writer, film critic, soaps journalist, Nic Cage scholar and Haribo fiend. Bylines for Total Film Magazine, Starburst Mag, Rue Morgue, Metro UK, Entertainment Daily, Horror DNA and more. You too, if you want?
https://linktr.ee/JoelHarley
https://linktr.ee/JoelHarley
Happy new PREDATOR day! I had a blast reviewing BADLANDS for @starburst.bsky.social
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/pred...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/pred...
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Happy new PREDATOR day! I had a blast reviewing BADLANDS for @starburst.bsky.social
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/pred...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/pred...
Watched CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD
June 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Watched CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD
Nicolas Cage does Ozploitation in THE SURFER, which I reviewed for @starburst.bsky.social
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
May 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Nicolas Cage does Ozploitation in THE SURFER, which I reviewed for @starburst.bsky.social
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
A Joel pictured in its natural environment [an empty cinema]
March 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A Joel pictured in its natural environment [an empty cinema]
Here’s a thing I am doing on Instagram this year [or until I get bored slash people beg me to shut the fuck up]
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instagram.com/p/C4BvKYor7_4/…
March 2, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Here’s a thing I am doing on Instagram this year [or until I get bored slash people beg me to shut the fuck up]
instagram.com/p/C4BvKYor7_4/…
instagram.com/p/C4BvKYor7_4/…
I do not upset easily when it comes to movies [that’s my secret Cap, I’m always upset] but I just watched SPEAK NO EVIL and now I may not sleep for a week
February 11, 2024 at 8:25 PM
I do not upset easily when it comes to movies [that’s my secret Cap, I’m always upset] but I just watched SPEAK NO EVIL and now I may not sleep for a week
Out next week is the moody desert folk horror THE SEEDING, which I reviewed for @starburst.bsky.social:
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
February 10, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Out next week is the moody desert folk horror THE SEEDING, which I reviewed for @starburst.bsky.social:
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
Quoted for @STARBURST_MAG in the trailer for the wonderfully chilly snowbound thriller COLD MEAT
youtu.be/Q_NaGIkfxQI?si…
youtu.be/Q_NaGIkfxQI?si…
January 31, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Quoted for @STARBURST_MAG in the trailer for the wonderfully chilly snowbound thriller COLD MEAT
youtu.be/Q_NaGIkfxQI?si…
youtu.be/Q_NaGIkfxQI?si…
Gosling collecting his Barbie Oscar like
January 24, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Gosling collecting his Barbie Oscar like
January 17, 2024 at 9:06 PM
I could not be more thrilled to announce the first edition of my column with the mighty RUE MORGUE Magazine. Join me as I explore my passion for horror movie novelisations and tie-ins, starting with the deliciously naughty SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
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January 14, 2024 at 8:29 PM
I could not be more thrilled to announce the first edition of my column with the mighty RUE MORGUE Magazine. Join me as I explore my passion for horror movie novelisations and tie-ins, starting with the deliciously naughty SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
rue-morgue.com/tie-in-me-up...
rue-morgue.com/tie-in-me-up...
Kicking the new year off with a piece I’m very proud of - this month’s TOTAL FILM is home to my feature on Dead Parents in Film, including some of my favourite sentences I’ve ever written. Darkness! No parents!
January 4, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Kicking the new year off with a piece I’m very proud of - this month’s TOTAL FILM is home to my feature on Dead Parents in Film, including some of my favourite sentences I’ve ever written. Darkness! No parents!
Logged into Threads for the first time in a while and good grief is it sanctimonious over there
December 12, 2023 at 7:12 PM
Logged into Threads for the first time in a while and good grief is it sanctimonious over there
TOTAL FILM Magazine have released their top movies of 2023. Scroll down to No.6 for my take on BARBIE, then scroll back up and see what else made the cut!
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www.gamesradar.com/best-movies-...
December 12, 2023 at 6:01 PM
TOTAL FILM Magazine have released their top movies of 2023. Scroll down to No.6 for my take on BARBIE, then scroll back up and see what else made the cut!
www.gamesradar.com/best-movies-...
www.gamesradar.com/best-movies-...
This beauty is in the house from Second Sight Film, featuring me and David Cronenberg
November 23, 2023 at 6:37 PM
This beauty is in the house from Second Sight Film, featuring me and David Cronenberg
THANKSGIVING: A very good slasher film, with a very bad villain reveal. Saves far too many leftovers for the sequel. Still one of the only three (3) good movies Eli Roth has made
November 22, 2023 at 12:01 AM
THANKSGIVING: A very good slasher film, with a very bad villain reveal. Saves far too many leftovers for the sequel. Still one of the only three (3) good movies Eli Roth has made
Pouring my guts out for all to see, my Total Film piece on THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN and male friendship is now live on GamesRadar:
www.gamesradar.com/the-banshees...
www.gamesradar.com/the-banshees...
November 20, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Pouring my guts out for all to see, my Total Film piece on THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN and male friendship is now live on GamesRadar:
www.gamesradar.com/the-banshees...
www.gamesradar.com/the-banshees...
Might WHEN EVIL LURKS be my favourite film of the year, when all is said and done? Yes, it might
November 2, 2023 at 10:06 AM
Might WHEN EVIL LURKS be my favourite film of the year, when all is said and done? Yes, it might
Putting the ordeal - or fuck - into its native French, it’s the remastered CALVAIRE, which I reviewed for @starburst.bsky.social：
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/calv...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/calv...
October 28, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Putting the ordeal - or fuck - into its native French, it’s the remastered CALVAIRE, which I reviewed for @starburst.bsky.social：
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/calv...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/calv...
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is in the [slaughter] house!
October 24, 2023 at 6:44 PM
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is in the [slaughter] house!
Phone Booth for the MAGA / post-Trump age: I scoped out nihilistic thriller NIGHT OF THE HUNTED for @starburst.bsky.social:
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/nigh...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/nigh...
October 18, 2023 at 6:41 PM
Phone Booth for the MAGA / post-Trump age: I scoped out nihilistic thriller NIGHT OF THE HUNTED for @starburst.bsky.social:
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/nigh...
www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/nigh...
Great Scott! This month’s TOTAL FILM is a bumper one in terms of me, featuring my ruminations on THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN and male friendship, a guide to folk horror, Top 10 movie mirrors… and a few reviews too. On sale now.
October 12, 2023 at 8:09 AM
Great Scott! This month’s TOTAL FILM is a bumper one in terms of me, featuring my ruminations on THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN and male friendship, a guide to folk horror, Top 10 movie mirrors… and a few reviews too. On sale now.
I’m a sucker for a stuck-somewhere-stupid horror film, particularly where the ocean is involved. As such, pregnant-lady-in-a-shipping-container film NOWHERE did a good job of it
October 4, 2023 at 12:52 PM
I’m a sucker for a stuck-somewhere-stupid horror film, particularly where the ocean is involved. As such, pregnant-lady-in-a-shipping-container film NOWHERE did a good job of it
A cursed screening of THE EXORCIST last night, in all the wrong ways
October 1, 2023 at 8:09 AM
A cursed screening of THE EXORCIST last night, in all the wrong ways
We kicking off Halloween season in style
September 30, 2023 at 4:05 PM
We kicking off Halloween season in style