Bernice M. Murphy
@murphgothic.bsky.social
Professor in Popular Literature with a focus on American horror and Gothic narratives & the work of Shirley Jackson. Views own.
It's gorgeous - see on the big screen if you can!
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It's gorgeous - see on the big screen if you can!
Now streaming - ‘Strange Harvest’ is a really effective mash-up of true crime mockumentary & occult horror film.
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Now streaming - ‘Strange Harvest’ is a really effective mash-up of true crime mockumentary & occult horror film.
Visited Urney Graveyard - gorgeous historical ground in North Louth - in honour of All Soul's Day.
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Visited Urney Graveyard - gorgeous historical ground in North Louth - in honour of All Soul's Day.
Dark Academia vibes on campus tonight
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Dark Academia vibes on campus tonight
Does the Netflix algorithm know something about the Beckhams the rest of us don't?
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Does the Netflix algorithm know something about the Beckhams the rest of us don't?
Looming start of term reading...
September 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Looming start of term reading...
Great to see TCSM on the big screen & in 35m @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Great to see TCSM on the big screen & in 35m @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
Suburban Gothic is back, baby, and in fine style - I have a lot of spoilerific thoughts about 'Weapons', but found it tremendously enjoyable and v well constructed - see it with a crowd if you can.
August 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Suburban Gothic is back, baby, and in fine style - I have a lot of spoilerific thoughts about 'Weapons', but found it tremendously enjoyable and v well constructed - see it with a crowd if you can.
This month’s film club watch is the classic supernatural horror film ‘The Haunting’ (1963). Join us on Zoom at 7pm on Wednesday 6th August! Link:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
To find links to the zoom look for the "View the Event" button in eventbrite email after registration.
Link here:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
To find links to the zoom look for the "View the Event" button in eventbrite email after registration.
Link here:
July 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This month’s film club watch is the classic supernatural horror film ‘The Haunting’ (1963). Join us on Zoom at 7pm on Wednesday 6th August! Link:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
To find links to the zoom look for the "View the Event" button in eventbrite email after registration.
Link here:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/inghs-film...
To find links to the zoom look for the "View the Event" button in eventbrite email after registration.
Link here:
Murderland by Caroline Fraser - as gripping as any horror novel & beautifully written. Central thesis explores relationship between industrial pollution & the serial murder 'epidemic'.
July 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Murderland by Caroline Fraser - as gripping as any horror novel & beautifully written. Central thesis explores relationship between industrial pollution & the serial murder 'epidemic'.
Algarve reading for the day:
July 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Algarve reading for the day:
The slope of Slieve Gullion yesterday morning.
July 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The slope of Slieve Gullion yesterday morning.
Just watched Eyes Without a Face/Les Yeux Sans Visage in preperation for our @irishgothichorror.bsky.social film club on Wednesday! Gorgeously horrifying. Still plenty of time to register!
June 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just watched Eyes Without a Face/Les Yeux Sans Visage in preperation for our @irishgothichorror.bsky.social film club on Wednesday! Gorgeously horrifying. Still plenty of time to register!
It's June 27th! May your Lottery run smoothly, and pay no heed to what those crazy fools over in the north village are saying.
June 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It's June 27th! May your Lottery run smoothly, and pay no heed to what those crazy fools over in the north village are saying.
Today my research efforts accidentally brought me to one of the greatest/worst book covers I have ever seen:
June 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Today my research efforts accidentally brought me to one of the greatest/worst book covers I have ever seen:
It's Midsummer! Or Midsommar....
June 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It's Midsummer! Or Midsommar....
June 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Now on @Shudder 'Best Wishes to All' is pretty great, and also serves as a kind of uncredited adaptation of one of the most impactful genre short stories ever written (but to say which one would give it away).
June 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Now on @Shudder 'Best Wishes to All' is pretty great, and also serves as a kind of uncredited adaptation of one of the most impactful genre short stories ever written (but to say which one would give it away).
Sunlit revelations on the @tcddublin.bsky.social campus today
June 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Sunlit revelations on the @tcddublin.bsky.social campus today
Did not expect so much of the first part of this beast of a book to be about academic conference attendance. Engrossing. Also intrigued by seemingly minor references to horror works (such as Ring).
June 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Did not expect so much of the first part of this beast of a book to be about academic conference attendance. Engrossing. Also intrigued by seemingly minor references to horror works (such as Ring).
Finally getting round to reading 'Piranesi', cautiously intrigued at about 30 pages in (no spoilers please)!
May 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Finally getting round to reading 'Piranesi', cautiously intrigued at about 30 pages in (no spoilers please)!
It's coming up to that time of year when I hope I'll be invited to spend the summer relaxing at a reputedly haunted house. Meals provided, great weather and new pals, the odd seance what's not to love?
May 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's coming up to that time of year when I hope I'll be invited to spend the summer relaxing at a reputedly haunted house. Meals provided, great weather and new pals, the odd seance what's not to love?
I have a real soft spot for hilariously misleading 1970s paperback blurbs. Anyone want to guess what Jackson novel this supposedly refers to?
May 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I have a real soft spot for hilariously misleading 1970s paperback blurbs. Anyone want to guess what Jackson novel this supposedly refers to?
I wasn't 100% sold on this to begin with - which is v possibly my own fault as I've had to engage with lots of cannibalism/folk horror related material this year and elements initially seemed overly familiar - but it comes together really beautifully & hauntingly in the end.
May 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I wasn't 100% sold on this to begin with - which is v possibly my own fault as I've had to engage with lots of cannibalism/folk horror related material this year and elements initially seemed overly familiar - but it comes together really beautifully & hauntingly in the end.