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🧟‍♀️Ygraine, host of What A Scream Podcast & Gore Things
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👻Irish Film Critic 👻
Coming from Est Media is the Indonesian supernatural chiller Pabrik Gula directed by Awi Suryadi, which "portrays the haunting outcome of when traditional values are at odds with modern sensibilities."

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[Review]: Pabrik Gula
Indonesian supernatural chiller Pabrik Gula directed by Awi Suryadi, portrays the haunting outcome of when traditional values are at odds with modern sensibilities. Taking on a very James Wan-esque st...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
ent or buy, I interviewed director, writer, producer AND star Aled Owen to discuss influences, themes and what's next for the filmmaker.

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[Interview]: Aled Owen, Director and Star of The Mill Killers
Welsh indie horror The Mill Killers , which was made and set in Wales, is now available to buy and rent online. Written and directed by Aled Owen, and produced through the production company Melyn Pic...
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April 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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@whatascream.bsky.social has reviewed my book! Please check out the review and their wonderful site and podcast 🖤

And buy The Vatican Versus Horror Movies! Link in bio, all good booksellers, etc etc

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[Book Review]: The Vatican Versus Horror Movies by Matt Rogerson
For as long as there have been stories committed to the artistic medium of film, there has been a strong attempt by the religious powers that be, particularly of the Catholic church to control not onl...
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April 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Vatican Versus Horror Movies by Matt Rogerson is an insightful examination at the films and horror subgenres that really had the vatican clutching their rosary beads:

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[Book Review]: The Vatican Versus Horror Movies by Matt Rogerson
For as long as there have been stories committed to the artistic medium of film, there has been a strong attempt by the religious powers that be, particularly of the Catholic church to control not onl...
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April 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Emilie Blichfeldt’s directorial debut THE UGLY STEPSISTER combines "...gag-worthy practical effects with the very real horrors of being a woman"

Read the five star review:

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[Review]: The Ugly Stepsister
With the recent influx of reimagined fairy tale horror films flooding the market, it would be easy to pass off Emilie Blichfeldt’s directorial debut as just another cringey example of just because you...
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April 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Over on our Patreon; we’ve started a new mini-season of DICKSTRUCTION and have kicked it off with I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE!

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April 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Streaming now on @arrowvideo.bsky.social Arrow Player is I Will Never Leave You Alone, a haunted house chiller with some genuine shocks.

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[Review]: I Will Never Leave You Alone
Exclusive to Arrow Player is DW Medoff’s psychological haunted house chiller I Will Never Leave You Alone. Starring Kenneth Trujillo as recently paroled Richard, who must take on a haunted house in or...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Absolutely lucky to have this amazing piece from @blsaycewrites.bsky.social on one of my favourite films.
March 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
So today of all days I’m seeing a lot of publications do their “best of Irish horror” lists or let’s analyse an Irish horror film. How about utilising actual Irish horror critics and writers? You do know we exist right?
March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@frightfest.bsky.social Glasgow coverage: The Last Sacrifice is part true crime documentary, part horror history and part examination of 1960s counterculture in Britain.

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[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: The Last Sacrifice
A shadowy insular village in rural England hides a terrifying secret surrounding the mysterious murder of a local farmer, and when a stalwart of Scotland Yard is sent to investigate, he is sent on a w...
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March 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Having its international premiere at this years @frightfest.bsky.social Glasgow is House of Ashes, a supernatural haunt exploring reproductive rights and freedom.

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[FrightFest Glasgow]: House of Ashes
With its international premiere at this year’s FrightFest Glasgow, House of Ashes is a supernatural haunt which aims to highlight the plight of women living through political regimes which aim to rest...
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March 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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#newpodcastepisode

Uncut is back, @uncutrobcast.bsky.social is joined by @whatascream.bsky.social (@gorethingspod.bsky.social)
to chat about The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil; Bedevilled; and I Saw the Devil) #podcast #podernfamily

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Korean Revenge: I Saw the Devil & More
The Uncut Network - Directors, Actors and Genres · Episode
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March 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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We're discussing Tough Love this weekend, and there's no better way to kick it off than @whatascream.bsky.social and our EIC @momoshaty.bsky.social chatting about Asami Yamazaki of Audition.
Kiri, kiri, kiri! 🪡🩰🩸💔👻📽️
#filmsky #horrorsky
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February 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Join us over on our Patreon as we discuss The Gore We Saw in January including new releases in cinema, streaming services @shudder.com & @watchfoundtv.bsky.social , nasty book recs & Brad’s music corner
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February 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Having premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Nepalese set BOKSHI blends a coming of age drama with folk horror with an explosive and bloody conclusion.

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[Review]: Bokshi
Premiering at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam, Bokshi, directed by Indian genre filmmaker Bhargav Saikia in his feature length directorial debut, blends a coming of age drama with fo...
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February 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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💀New episode: NEKROMANTIK 💀

We getting down & dirty by dissecting this disgusting tragic love story! Join @daddydisco.bsky.social & @zobowithashotgun.bsky.social for an extreme threesome of horror, kink and love.

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January 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
An absolute treasure trove for fans of found footage horror, the streaming platform @watchfoundtv.bsky.social FOUND has some incoming bangers for February:\

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FOUND: A New Haven for Found Footage Horror Fans!
Launched in October 2024, FOUND is a brand new streaming service dedicated to the found footage subgenre of horror. Seeing a gap in the market, FOUND was started by a filmmaker husband and wife team (...
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January 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
@frightfest.bsky.social Glasgow kicks off from the 6th March and you can bet your butt we'll be covering all of the films screening this year
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FrightFest Glasgow 2025: The Ghoulishly Good Full Line-up Revealed!
Taking place from Thursday 6th March to Saturday 8th March, one of the UK’s most popular horror film festivals will once again be returning to the Scottish city of Glasgow and bringing along with it p...
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January 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Out in Irish & UK cinemas now is Thordur Palsson's THE DAMNED , a chilling isolation horror that studies the horrors of the guilty mind.
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[Review]: The Damned
Set amongst the frozen landscape of an Arctic bay, Thordur Palsson’s The Damned is a desolate depiction of the horrors of isolation, paranoia and guilt. Starring Odessa Young and Joe Cole, The Damned ...
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January 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Writing about parenthood and maternal mental health is one of my favourite topics, and I put one of my favourite pieces out there this year thanks to @whatascream.bsky.social /16
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The Representation of Maternal Mental Health In The Babadook
There is something in life that many of us experience that is far more terrifying than any ghost, ghoul, or zombie in cinema - and that is bringing a child into this world. Having a baby can be an exc...
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December 30, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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This weekend Moving Pictures ends. Join me, @whatascream.bsky.social @talkinghitchpod.bsky.social & @russlovesmovies.bsky.social as we discuss genre cinema and the films that move us...
Later this month Moving Pictures Film Club comes into land with a very special final episode...
December 20, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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Our episode with @jedshepherd.bsky.social is live!

Let’s head on down the manhole.

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15. Mermaid In A Manhole with Jed Shepherd
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December 17, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Our second festive special covers two animated works in the form of The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Polar Express, discussed with the always fabulous @whatascream.bsky.social

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December 18, 2024 at 8:08 PM