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me, a goth
@nmccaff.bsky.social
talk theory to me | PhD candidate in Screen Cultures at Northwestern, Chicago IFF After Dark programmer, lover of pink furniture, Kristen Stewart filmography completionist, & part-time pin maker @vvitchroom
omg thank YOU for giving her the fame she deserves
January 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Sorry to keep you waiting! It was delightful, the best possible way to watch the Saw movies is to really try to break time apart by only taking a maximum of two 30 minute naps over the course of two days. Most people are so ungrateful to be alive, but not me. Not anymore 🪚
November 23, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Would love to be included!
November 17, 2024 at 5:27 PM
And of course, a deep dive into my favorite franchise, the Saw movies, in which I make a bid for calling Amanda Pigsaw and get very excited about temporality and narrative structure
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SAW (2004)!!!
YouTube video by HORROR 101 with Dr. AC
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November 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM
For the 10th anniversary of It Follows (one of the movies that made me want to get a PhD in movies) and The Babadook
IT FOLLOWS / THE BABADOOK: THE CLASS OF 2014
YouTube video by HORROR 101 with Dr. AC
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November 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Another roundtable talking about one of my favorite films, Blood and Black Lace (1964), alongside Amer (2009), and thinking about the role of gender in gialli
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) / AMER (2009) GIALLO ROUND TABLE!!
YouTube video by HORROR 101 with Dr. AC
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November 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Talking Curtains/Psycho II (both from 1983) and making all sorts of far-fetched connections between the two
CURTAINS/PSYCHO II - 1983 DOUBLE FEATURE!!!
YouTube video by HORROR 101 with Dr. AC
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November 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Musings on the current wave of Frankenstein adaptations, Part 2 (in which I get very earnest about the power of co-creating each other)

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How to Live in a Dying World: Why We Love 'Frankenstein' So Much
Nicola McCafferty looks at 'Poor Things', 'Lisa Frankenstein', and how both films declare death shouldn’t stop us from living.
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November 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Musings on the current wave of Frankenstein adaptations, part I

www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/4...
Reviving Frankenstein's Monster in the Midst of Mass Death
Nicola McCafferty posits an explanation for why we're seeing such a resurgence in 'Frankenstein'-inspired narratives this year.
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November 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Even more so in person
November 15, 2024 at 6:25 PM
This is my mannequin, Marsha, named after the protagonist of the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone “The After Hours,” which kicked off my current research project
November 14, 2024 at 7:55 PM