Martin Parsons
@martang66.bsky.social
Researcher at Université Grenoble Alpes. PhD in French cinema (before you say it, no, not 'Truffaut and that'). Pastries.
Vale Udo Kier. A true legend with the wildest career. I was lucky enough to get to hang out with him when he was working on Guy Maddin's Spiritismes/Seances project. He refused to learn my name and would just call me 'ze British guy!' and tickle me when he saw me ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Vale Udo Kier. A true legend with the wildest career. I was lucky enough to get to hang out with him when he was working on Guy Maddin's Spiritismes/Seances project. He refused to learn my name and would just call me 'ze British guy!' and tickle me when he saw me ❤️
Everyone's talking about Rental Family but still nobody talks about Rent-A-Kid 😢
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Everyone's talking about Rental Family but still nobody talks about Rent-A-Kid 😢
Let the swede bashing commence!!
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Let the swede bashing commence!!
It's a dark, rainy November evening with a chill in the air - no better time to pay a visit to Fetch Priory! Just don't ask those nice scientists about what they got up to last night...
We welcome Martin into the Hamster family, discover his Doctor Who journey and find out precisely what happened last night at Fetch Priory. 'A dead one what other sort is there?'
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November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's a dark, rainy November evening with a chill in the air - no better time to pay a visit to Fetch Priory! Just don't ask those nice scientists about what they got up to last night...
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"dissects the horrific meeting point of fairytale and modernity with surgical precision": Georges Franju's fantastique EYES WITHOUT A FACE (LES YEUX SANS VISAGE, 1960) screens 4.15pm today at @abertoirfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2015/06/30/e...
Eyes Without A Face (Les yeux sans visage) (1960) - Projected Figures
Franju's Eyes Without A Face occupies uncharted territories somewhere between gothic horror, fairytale lyricism and the charnel-house realism.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"dissects the horrific meeting point of fairytale and modernity with surgical precision": Georges Franju's fantastique EYES WITHOUT A FACE (LES YEUX SANS VISAGE, 1960) screens 4.15pm today at @abertoirfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2015/06/30/e...
Take a bit of good old filth. Cream together with a spoonful of plain nonsense. Throw in the apple cores very hard, put the lot in a shallow tin and bake in a high oven for two weeks. Result? This!!
'I will be a God!' Every horror trope imaginable descends on Fetch Priory; cults, eldrich horrors, slavering monsters, ghosts...and Martin and I are raring to face them all!
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November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Take a bit of good old filth. Cream together with a spoonful of plain nonsense. Throw in the apple cores very hard, put the lot in a shallow tin and bake in a high oven for two weeks. Result? This!!
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'I will be a God!' Every horror trope imaginable descends on Fetch Priory; cults, eldrich horrors, slavering monsters, ghosts...and Martin and I are raring to face them all!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
'I will be a God!' Every horror trope imaginable descends on Fetch Priory; cults, eldrich horrors, slavering monsters, ghosts...and Martin and I are raring to face them all!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Adolescents, insects, and the (r)evolution of the giallo form: PHENOMENA (CREEPERS) (1985), Dario Argento's favourite of his own films, is "a phantasmagorical horror headtrip truly worth going ape about". Screens 6.15pm today at @abertoirfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2015/06/29/p...
Phenomena (aka Creepers) (1985) - Projected Figures
Dario Argento's favourite of his own films Phenomena (aka Creepers) is a phantasmagorical horror headtrip truly worth going ape about.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Adolescents, insects, and the (r)evolution of the giallo form: PHENOMENA (CREEPERS) (1985), Dario Argento's favourite of his own films, is "a phantasmagorical horror headtrip truly worth going ape about". Screens 6.15pm today at @abertoirfest.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2015/06/29/p...
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The menace is afoot with clicky technology summoning an ancient evil, Ma Tyler is on the move, and who the hell did let the Doctor go?
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November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The menace is afoot with clicky technology summoning an ancient evil, Ma Tyler is on the move, and who the hell did let the Doctor go?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Seasons change, but does everything have to? Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social's IMAGINE A FRIEND is a heartfelt and dream like novella out March 10, 2026. Cover reveal and preorders coming soon! Read more about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin... #books #literature #fantasy
Imagine a Friend – Stars and Sabers
Imagine a Friend is a heartfelt, whimsical, magical novella by Emmy Award winner David Quantick, out March 10, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.
www.starsandsabers.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Seasons change, but does everything have to? Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social's IMAGINE A FRIEND is a heartfelt and dream like novella out March 10, 2026. Cover reveal and preorders coming soon! Read more about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin... #books #literature #fantasy
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Looking for a fun yet inexpensive Christmas gift for the #DoctorWho fan in your life? I have lots of art prints for sale, check 'em out! (Reposts very appreciated!) 🙂
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Looking for a fun yet inexpensive Christmas gift for the #DoctorWho fan in your life? I have lots of art prints for sale, check 'em out! (Reposts very appreciated!) 🙂
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
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"This never happened to the other fella. BECAUSE HE'S DEAD."
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"This never happened to the other fella. BECAUSE HE'S DEAD."
Finally I have been given an opportunity to discuss the Fetch Priory orgy!!! Such fun!
We welcome Martin into the Hamster family, discover his Doctor Who journey and find out precisely what happened last night at Fetch Priory. 'A dead one what other sort is there?'
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Finally I have been given an opportunity to discuss the Fetch Priory orgy!!! Such fun!
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I wrote about the trademarks of Ben Wheatley, from folk horror and clumsy violence to class commentary and dark comedy, for The National Science and Media Museum ahead of their Q&A screening of his new film Bulk! blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/inside-the-m...
Inside the mind of Ben Wheatley - National Science and Media Museum blog
Jonathan Hatfull explores the eclectic and unpredictable world of Ben Wheatley, ahead of the release of his new film BULK.
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I wrote about the trademarks of Ben Wheatley, from folk horror and clumsy violence to class commentary and dark comedy, for The National Science and Media Museum ahead of their Q&A screening of his new film Bulk! blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/inside-the-m...
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On the latest #DoctorWho Too Hot For TV I am joined by @martang66.bsky.social to talk about two mid 00's Big Finish stories, the Seventh Doctor story 'House of Blue Fire' and the Fifth Doctor story 'The Emerald Tiger'.
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July 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
On the latest #DoctorWho Too Hot For TV I am joined by @martang66.bsky.social to talk about two mid 00's Big Finish stories, the Seventh Doctor story 'House of Blue Fire' and the Fifth Doctor story 'The Emerald Tiger'.
www.buzzsprout.com/864883/episo...
www.buzzsprout.com/864883/episo...
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans is the jewel in the crown of 90s Doctor Who spinoffs. I was thrilled to interview the director, Kevin Jon Davies (who also directed the BEST EVER Doctor Who doc 30 Years in the TARDIS), about how it all came together www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Interview with Kevin Jon Davies ‘The Prat at the Back’: The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans | Journal of British Cinema and Television
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June 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans is the jewel in the crown of 90s Doctor Who spinoffs. I was thrilled to interview the director, Kevin Jon Davies (who also directed the BEST EVER Doctor Who doc 30 Years in the TARDIS), about how it all came together www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
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Nostalgia fester: Ti West’s slow-burn chiller THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009) "lovingly recreates the Satanic panic of the Eighties". Now on Steelray Blu-ray Collector's Edition in the US exclusively from Dark Sky Selects @darkskyfilms.bsky.social
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The House of the Devil (2009) - Projected Figures
Nostalgia fester: Ti West's slow-burn chiller THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL lovingly recreates the Satanic panic of the Eighties
projectedfigures.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nostalgia fester: Ti West’s slow-burn chiller THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009) "lovingly recreates the Satanic panic of the Eighties". Now on Steelray Blu-ray Collector's Edition in the US exclusively from Dark Sky Selects @darkskyfilms.bsky.social
projectedfigures.com/2015/08/25/t...
projectedfigures.com/2015/08/25/t...
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#Sheffield this coming Sunday ...
(14+ years warning)
Talking all things Shakespeare with a little bit extra on the side
(14+ years warning)
Talking all things Shakespeare with a little bit extra on the side
April 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#Sheffield this coming Sunday ...
(14+ years warning)
Talking all things Shakespeare with a little bit extra on the side
(14+ years warning)
Talking all things Shakespeare with a little bit extra on the side
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Just had to pay out an unexpected £160 for a new car tyre, so yeah yeah, if you know anyone who might like a haunted lino print that'd be really nice, yeah yeah... 🚗 🛞
It's goats galore over on this
🐐FRIDAY🐐SHOP🐐PLUG🐐
I've printed a fresh batch of the Green Lung flavoured luting goat, and a new batch of the unholy goat on yellowish parchment paper...
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🐐FRIDAY🐐SHOP🐐PLUG🐐
I've printed a fresh batch of the Green Lung flavoured luting goat, and a new batch of the unholy goat on yellowish parchment paper...
👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Just had to pay out an unexpected £160 for a new car tyre, so yeah yeah, if you know anyone who might like a haunted lino print that'd be really nice, yeah yeah... 🚗 🛞
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“Pray tell. The Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”
“Well…”
“Well…”
April 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“Pray tell. The Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”
“Well…”
“Well…”
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Go get this, Mutants! 👇
My article “Nostalgia, Satire, and Subcultural Capital at the Drive-In: Examining Horror Host Joe Bob Briggs as a Cultural Intermediary” is now #openaccess! Thanks for reading!
#horror #thelastdrivein #mutantfam
@horrorlex.bsky.social
#horror #thelastdrivein #mutantfam
@horrorlex.bsky.social
Nostalgia, satire, and subcultural capital at the drive-in: examining horror host Joe Bob Briggs as a cultural intermediary
This article explores how journalist, cult icon, and Shudder host Joe Bob Briggs has used visual and verbal rhetorical devices to become a fixture in genre subcultures. Created and performed by Joh...
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April 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Go get this, Mutants! 👇
Consistently one of the best Big Finish ranges - amazing work all round
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Hurry! Offers end no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 22 April 2025.
Hurry! Offers end no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 22 April 2025.
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Consistently one of the best Big Finish ranges - amazing work all round
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I was delighted to write the introduction to a new edition of Josephine Tey’s THE DAUGHTER OF TIME, which you can read today at @crimereads.bsky.social:
“A Mystery Novel Like No Other Before.” On Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time
I wish I could remember when I first read Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time—I must have been around twenty—but I certainly remember how much I loved it, which has only grown with every reread. I…
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April 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I was delighted to write the introduction to a new edition of Josephine Tey’s THE DAUGHTER OF TIME, which you can read today at @crimereads.bsky.social: