Maria J Pérez Cuervo
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social
Writer, editor, comms manager • Founder/ editor @helleborezine.bsky.social (World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist) • History, art, myth, mystery.
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Conrad Veidt appreciation post
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Conrad Veidt appreciation post
My Pavlovian response to the first lines of NIGHT OF THE DEMON
( 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘…) it feeling comforted and safe.
( 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘…) it feeling comforted and safe.
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My Pavlovian response to the first lines of NIGHT OF THE DEMON
( 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘…) it feeling comforted and safe.
( 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘…) it feeling comforted and safe.
I think it’s time I introduce my son to Granada’s Sherlock. The question is, what episodes are suitable for a 9-year-old?
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I think it’s time I introduce my son to Granada’s Sherlock. The question is, what episodes are suitable for a 9-year-old?
This episode of Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc starting Vincent Van Ghoul (Vincent Price’s alter ego) brings me so much joy
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This episode of Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc starting Vincent Van Ghoul (Vincent Price’s alter ego) brings me so much joy
Just got this text from my partner:
“This guy was setting up to play 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 to the muddy Avon River, like he wanted to summon a beast from the depths or something”.
I love Bristol.
“This guy was setting up to play 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 to the muddy Avon River, like he wanted to summon a beast from the depths or something”.
I love Bristol.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just got this text from my partner:
“This guy was setting up to play 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 to the muddy Avon River, like he wanted to summon a beast from the depths or something”.
I love Bristol.
“This guy was setting up to play 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 to the muddy Avon River, like he wanted to summon a beast from the depths or something”.
I love Bristol.
A reader told me she was asked to take off her Hellebore “Wind in the Willows” jumper before entering Westminster Abbey. The reason given was that it depicts the devil and might offend people. The reader explained it was the Greek god Pan, but the security guard didn’t backtrack. Satanic panic 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A reader told me she was asked to take off her Hellebore “Wind in the Willows” jumper before entering Westminster Abbey. The reason given was that it depicts the devil and might offend people. The reader explained it was the Greek god Pan, but the security guard didn’t backtrack. Satanic panic 2025.
I’m going to need some time to recover from The Spy in Black. My plan: more movies where Conrad Veidt falls for a spy! 👏🏼
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m going to need some time to recover from The Spy in Black. My plan: more movies where Conrad Veidt falls for a spy! 👏🏼
A few people have asked, so here’s a link to the playlist I created for Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A few people have asked, so here’s a link to the playlist I created for Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Tag yourself, I’m Lady of the Gothic.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tag yourself, I’m Lady of the Gothic.
On that note,
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On that note,
#NowWatching Powell and Pressburger’s The Spy in Black (1939). Conrad Veidt, Good Lord, I cannot handle the tension.
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#NowWatching Powell and Pressburger’s The Spy in Black (1939). Conrad Veidt, Good Lord, I cannot handle the tension.
RIP Adrian Maben, who envisioned and directed Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, the best rock film ever made and one of my favourites works of art, one of the things that make life worth living.
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
RIP Adrian Maben, who envisioned and directed Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, the best rock film ever made and one of my favourites works of art, one of the things that make life worth living.
This is from my visit to Lord Byron’s ancestral manor, where I tried on a few outfits and decided this is the kind of thing I should wear to WFH.
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is from my visit to Lord Byron’s ancestral manor, where I tried on a few outfits and decided this is the kind of thing I should wear to WFH.
This is the perfect shade of blue velvet, perfect cut, no notes.
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is the perfect shade of blue velvet, perfect cut, no notes.
Rewatching The Curse of the Cat People and Julia Dean (born 1878) is such a style icon in this film!
November 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Rewatching The Curse of the Cat People and Julia Dean (born 1878) is such a style icon in this film!
How are we doing, fellow SAD-sufferers? Because I feel like a phantom, forever trapped in the domain of shadows, with music as my only companion.
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
How are we doing, fellow SAD-sufferers? Because I feel like a phantom, forever trapped in the domain of shadows, with music as my only companion.
Starting Val Lewton season (aka autumn) with a rewatch of the dreamlike and haunting I Walked With a Zombie. This always makes me swoon.
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Starting Val Lewton season (aka autumn) with a rewatch of the dreamlike and haunting I Walked With a Zombie. This always makes me swoon.
Autumn at Arnos Vale
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Autumn at Arnos Vale
Today’s charity shop find. My son requested we start with “No Such Things As Ghosts”, an adaptation of H G Wells’ “The Red Room”, and there are several other familiar ones. Such a delight!
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today’s charity shop find. My son requested we start with “No Such Things As Ghosts”, an adaptation of H G Wells’ “The Red Room”, and there are several other familiar ones. Such a delight!
Happy Halloween, dear friends 🖤
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Happy Halloween, dear friends 🖤
My notifications right now*
*Monty is winning
*Monty is winning
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My notifications right now*
*Monty is winning
*Monty is winning
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I just found this puzzle box inside a Terry’s chocolate orange, played with it for a moment, and a gang of black-clad, heavily pierced extra-dimensional beings showed up saying they have such sights to show me. Be safe.
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I just found this puzzle box inside a Terry’s chocolate orange, played with it for a moment, and a gang of black-clad, heavily pierced extra-dimensional beings showed up saying they have such sights to show me. Be safe.
With @verityholloway.bsky.social in our natural habitat
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
With @verityholloway.bsky.social in our natural habitat