Madison McSweeney
@mmcsw13.bsky.social
Horror/Weird/Bizarro writer from Ottawa. Author of THE DOOM THAT CAME TO MELLONVILLE and MOST LIKELY TO SUMMON NYHILOTEPH. Mildly obsessed with pro-wrestling and martial arts movies. Non-Euclidean.
8. A Chinese Ghost Story III (Hong Kong, 1991)
Tony Leung gives a fun comic performance as a naive monk ensnared in supernatural and erotic intrigue. Gorgeously shot with wonderfully crazy practical effects.
Tony Leung gives a fun comic performance as a naive monk ensnared in supernatural and erotic intrigue. Gorgeously shot with wonderfully crazy practical effects.
October 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
8. A Chinese Ghost Story III (Hong Kong, 1991)
Tony Leung gives a fun comic performance as a naive monk ensnared in supernatural and erotic intrigue. Gorgeously shot with wonderfully crazy practical effects.
Tony Leung gives a fun comic performance as a naive monk ensnared in supernatural and erotic intrigue. Gorgeously shot with wonderfully crazy practical effects.
7. Burnt Offerings (US, 1976)
A quietly terrifying evil house drama with an excellent, well-utilized cast. Oliver Reed plays to his strengths as a quiet man with anger bubbling beneath the surface; it’s horrifying to watch Bette Davis’ vivacious aunt wither.
A quietly terrifying evil house drama with an excellent, well-utilized cast. Oliver Reed plays to his strengths as a quiet man with anger bubbling beneath the surface; it’s horrifying to watch Bette Davis’ vivacious aunt wither.
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
7. Burnt Offerings (US, 1976)
A quietly terrifying evil house drama with an excellent, well-utilized cast. Oliver Reed plays to his strengths as a quiet man with anger bubbling beneath the surface; it’s horrifying to watch Bette Davis’ vivacious aunt wither.
A quietly terrifying evil house drama with an excellent, well-utilized cast. Oliver Reed plays to his strengths as a quiet man with anger bubbling beneath the surface; it’s horrifying to watch Bette Davis’ vivacious aunt wither.
6. A Chinese Ghost Story (Hong Kong, 1987)
This wuxia fantasy romance is gorgeous, funny, and surprisingly weird, with an endearingly clueless protagonist and wonderful stop motion ghouls.
This wuxia fantasy romance is gorgeous, funny, and surprisingly weird, with an endearingly clueless protagonist and wonderful stop motion ghouls.
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
6. A Chinese Ghost Story (Hong Kong, 1987)
This wuxia fantasy romance is gorgeous, funny, and surprisingly weird, with an endearingly clueless protagonist and wonderful stop motion ghouls.
This wuxia fantasy romance is gorgeous, funny, and surprisingly weird, with an endearingly clueless protagonist and wonderful stop motion ghouls.
5. The Vourdalak (France, 2023)
A strange family is systematically dismantled by its patriarch, who has returned from battle without his humanity. Chilling and offbeat folk horror with a satirical edge.
Couldn’t believe my eyes when the marionette came out.
A strange family is systematically dismantled by its patriarch, who has returned from battle without his humanity. Chilling and offbeat folk horror with a satirical edge.
Couldn’t believe my eyes when the marionette came out.
October 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
5. The Vourdalak (France, 2023)
A strange family is systematically dismantled by its patriarch, who has returned from battle without his humanity. Chilling and offbeat folk horror with a satirical edge.
Couldn’t believe my eyes when the marionette came out.
A strange family is systematically dismantled by its patriarch, who has returned from battle without his humanity. Chilling and offbeat folk horror with a satirical edge.
Couldn’t believe my eyes when the marionette came out.
4. Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Hong Kong, 1980)
A conspiracy to cover up a politician’s affair sets the stage for ghoulish gags, feats of magic, and expertly staged man vs. zombie kung fu fights in this jiangshi classic. Very funny with just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek spookiness.
A conspiracy to cover up a politician’s affair sets the stage for ghoulish gags, feats of magic, and expertly staged man vs. zombie kung fu fights in this jiangshi classic. Very funny with just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek spookiness.
October 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
4. Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Hong Kong, 1980)
A conspiracy to cover up a politician’s affair sets the stage for ghoulish gags, feats of magic, and expertly staged man vs. zombie kung fu fights in this jiangshi classic. Very funny with just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek spookiness.
A conspiracy to cover up a politician’s affair sets the stage for ghoulish gags, feats of magic, and expertly staged man vs. zombie kung fu fights in this jiangshi classic. Very funny with just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek spookiness.
3. Grave Encounters (Canada, 2011)
This found footage flick about sleazy TV ghost hunters mines terror from disorientation; the best scares involve endless tunnels and exits opening onto brick walls.
(Caught this one at a book party/movie screening hosted by Ottawa horror author Stephanie Anne).
This found footage flick about sleazy TV ghost hunters mines terror from disorientation; the best scares involve endless tunnels and exits opening onto brick walls.
(Caught this one at a book party/movie screening hosted by Ottawa horror author Stephanie Anne).
October 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
3. Grave Encounters (Canada, 2011)
This found footage flick about sleazy TV ghost hunters mines terror from disorientation; the best scares involve endless tunnels and exits opening onto brick walls.
(Caught this one at a book party/movie screening hosted by Ottawa horror author Stephanie Anne).
This found footage flick about sleazy TV ghost hunters mines terror from disorientation; the best scares involve endless tunnels and exits opening onto brick walls.
(Caught this one at a book party/movie screening hosted by Ottawa horror author Stephanie Anne).
Reposted by Madison McSweeney
2. Brides of Dracula (UK, 1960)
Deviating from its source material, this Hammer Dracula sequel is nimbler and more shocking than its predecessor.
Fischer delivers twists with aplomb, as vampire ladies chew scenery; Cushing’s clinical performance plays up the central dissonance of his Van Helsing.
Deviating from its source material, this Hammer Dracula sequel is nimbler and more shocking than its predecessor.
Fischer delivers twists with aplomb, as vampire ladies chew scenery; Cushing’s clinical performance plays up the central dissonance of his Van Helsing.
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
2. Brides of Dracula (UK, 1960)
Deviating from its source material, this Hammer Dracula sequel is nimbler and more shocking than its predecessor.
Fischer delivers twists with aplomb, as vampire ladies chew scenery; Cushing’s clinical performance plays up the central dissonance of his Van Helsing.
Deviating from its source material, this Hammer Dracula sequel is nimbler and more shocking than its predecessor.
Fischer delivers twists with aplomb, as vampire ladies chew scenery; Cushing’s clinical performance plays up the central dissonance of his Van Helsing.
2. Brides of Dracula (UK, 1960)
Deviating from its source material, this Hammer Dracula sequel is nimbler and more shocking than its predecessor.
Fischer delivers twists with aplomb, as vampire ladies chew scenery; Cushing’s clinical performance plays up the central dissonance of his Van Helsing.
Deviating from its source material, this Hammer Dracula sequel is nimbler and more shocking than its predecessor.
Fischer delivers twists with aplomb, as vampire ladies chew scenery; Cushing’s clinical performance plays up the central dissonance of his Van Helsing.
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
2. Brides of Dracula (UK, 1960)
Deviating from its source material, this Hammer Dracula sequel is nimbler and more shocking than its predecessor.
Fischer delivers twists with aplomb, as vampire ladies chew scenery; Cushing’s clinical performance plays up the central dissonance of his Van Helsing.
Deviating from its source material, this Hammer Dracula sequel is nimbler and more shocking than its predecessor.
Fischer delivers twists with aplomb, as vampire ladies chew scenery; Cushing’s clinical performance plays up the central dissonance of his Van Helsing.
Reposted by Madison McSweeney
1. Kwaidan (Japan, 1964)
Human folly collides with an unknowable and unforgiving spirit world in this elegant and eerie anthology, which adapts four folk tales compiled by Lafcadio Hearn. At times the film feels like a stage play; surrealistic touches place it firmly in the realm of nightmare.
Human folly collides with an unknowable and unforgiving spirit world in this elegant and eerie anthology, which adapts four folk tales compiled by Lafcadio Hearn. At times the film feels like a stage play; surrealistic touches place it firmly in the realm of nightmare.
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
1. Kwaidan (Japan, 1964)
Human folly collides with an unknowable and unforgiving spirit world in this elegant and eerie anthology, which adapts four folk tales compiled by Lafcadio Hearn. At times the film feels like a stage play; surrealistic touches place it firmly in the realm of nightmare.
Human folly collides with an unknowable and unforgiving spirit world in this elegant and eerie anthology, which adapts four folk tales compiled by Lafcadio Hearn. At times the film feels like a stage play; surrealistic touches place it firmly in the realm of nightmare.
1. Kwaidan (Japan, 1964)
Human folly collides with an unknowable and unforgiving spirit world in this elegant and eerie anthology, which adapts four folk tales compiled by Lafcadio Hearn. At times the film feels like a stage play; surrealistic touches place it firmly in the realm of nightmare.
Human folly collides with an unknowable and unforgiving spirit world in this elegant and eerie anthology, which adapts four folk tales compiled by Lafcadio Hearn. At times the film feels like a stage play; surrealistic touches place it firmly in the realm of nightmare.
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
1. Kwaidan (Japan, 1964)
Human folly collides with an unknowable and unforgiving spirit world in this elegant and eerie anthology, which adapts four folk tales compiled by Lafcadio Hearn. At times the film feels like a stage play; surrealistic touches place it firmly in the realm of nightmare.
Human folly collides with an unknowable and unforgiving spirit world in this elegant and eerie anthology, which adapts four folk tales compiled by Lafcadio Hearn. At times the film feels like a stage play; surrealistic touches place it firmly in the realm of nightmare.
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Thank you! Nyhiloteph is in good company here! 🖤
August 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thank you! Nyhiloteph is in good company here! 🖤
Thanks for the Nyhiloteph shout-out! Hope you like it! 🖤😈
August 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thanks for the Nyhiloteph shout-out! Hope you like it! 🖤😈
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