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Mary Wild

@psycstar.bsky.social

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Freudian Cinephile. Feminine jouissance maximalist. Creator of the Projections lecture series. Author of Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema. 🧿🧬🌹🗡️🪞👽 linktr.ee/psycstar

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Thank you Karima! Your insightful question has given me so much food for thought. I shall be reflecting on this and integrating it into my future work.

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · 17d

LAST CHANCE TO BOOK! Livestream begins in a few hours. Sign up for an exclusive look at 3 films I cover in my new book, Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema: Possession, Paranormal Activity, Kiss of the Damned. Open to international registrants. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminine-j...

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you Chris!

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Sep 30

Full essay free to access: psycstar.substack.com/p/keeping-up...

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Sep 29

New on Patreon 🔥 Film critic Eamon Tracy returns to the podcast and we review three 2025 films: Eddington, 28 Years Later, and Sinners. Warning 🚨 this episode contains spoilers ➡️ www.patreon.com/posts/140-dialogue-28-140009878

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Sep 19

www.freud.org.uk/event/projec...

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Aug 3

Got my ticket! 🎟️

FrightFest @frightfest.bsky.social · Aug 2

Get ready for the shocker that is BLOOD SHINE. The World Premiere is in Discovery Screen 2 Saturday 3:20pm. A new folk horror tale where a zealot traps a filmmaker in her remote home, claiming brutal rituals will make him a god in a chilling clash of light vs darkness!

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Jul 29

psycstar.substack.com/p/20-gloriou...

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Jul 29

Did you tune in? 🥰

Mike Muncer @mikemuncer.bsky.social · Jul 25

My podcast The Evolution of Horror is back with a brand new season!
This year we’re diving into mad science, deadly technology and man-made monsters…

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Jul 19

The beauty industry [...] preserves the fabric that represses erotic sovereignty. We are offered a paradox: the fantasy of intensity without the threat of transformation. Pain without ecstasy, cosmetics without the Cosmos. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Jul 19

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Jul 7

What started as bold leftist critique is now a hollow, reactionary diet of aesthetics and despair.
Read my new essay on the fall of Red Scare, now on Substack ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/psycstar...

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Jun 30

New on Patreon 🌷 a dialogue with Bryn Dekker on the 'holy death' in Thelma & Louise and Black Swan - two unforgettable leaps into transcendence. We discuss freedom, sacrifice, and turning death into myth - this is a deep dive into sacred cinematic exits ➡️ www.patreon.com/posts/137-di...

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Jun 4

✨ L Y N C H I A N W O M E N ✨
last chance to book for this online course...
➡️ www.freud.org.uk/event/projections-lynchian-women/ #davidlynch #psychoanalysis

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · May 30

Thank you so much!!

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · May 30

The book will be published by Routledge in November 2025, with pre-orders opening on 23 October: www.routledge.com/Psychoanalysing-Horror-Cinema/Wild/p/book/9781032545097

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · May 30

✨COVER REVEAL✨ I'm thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema. This stunning artwork was created by the talented Suspirialand, who perfectly captured my vision with haunting beauty and intuitive brilliance.

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · May 11

The UK premiere of V13, a post-screening Q&A with director Richard C. Ledes and after-hours access to Freud Museum London. Wednesday, 28th May 6:00-9:00 PM. Reduced admission price. www.eventbrite.com/e/v13-film-s...

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · May 6

Sigmund Freud was born on this day

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · May 3

PROJECTIONS: Lynchian Women. My online lecture hosted by Freud Museum London. 5 June, 6:00 pm. Laura Palmer, Renee Madison, Diane Selwyn, Dorothy Vallens, etc. Revisit these solid gold ladies and pay tribute to a Master of cinema. Open to international registrants 🌎➡️ www.freud.org.uk/event/projec...

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Becky Darke @bunnydarke.bsky.social · Apr 16

Next Friday 🍿 Join @mikemuncer.bsky.social, @psycstar.bsky.social and me for a special screening of ERASERHEAD in London ✏️
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events

Becky Darke @bunnydarke.bsky.social · Apr 11

Eraserhead on 25 April at @regentstcinema.bsky.social

🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events

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Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Mar 24

New on Patreon 📢 FREE EPISODE!
I’m honoured to be joined once again by acclaimed writer & filmmaker Richard C. Ledes. His latest project, V13, takes us to Vienna in 1913, where two young men stand at the crossroads of a world on the brink of war. Listen now ➡️ www.patreon.com/posts/139-di...

Mary Wild @psycstar.bsky.social · Mar 10