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Alex Svensson

@alsven.bsky.social
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Emerson College Affiliated Faculty, Lecturer @ MIT / Film & Media Studies PhD / Researching: Horror, Found Footage, Experimental Film & Video, Promotional Paratexts, Moral Panics Recent at New Review of Film & TV: nrftsjournal.org/flash-fright

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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and Grogu
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Michael Varrati @michaelvarrati.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Still can’t believe the Chicago Sun-Times used the phrase “this is what’s the matter with splatter” in their review of AMITYVILLE GLORYHOLE.
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Congratulations!!! 💀
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
You must never ask of your AI “what’s a goon to a goblin?”
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The certificate:
2006 Time Magazine “person of the year” cover featuring “you” (the word “you” on a computer screen inside a YouTube video)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This is a dance off. If you see this, repost a dance.
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a man in a purple suit is dancing on a stage with other people .
Alt: GIF of Prince in Joker makeup and a purple suit dancing on a stage with similarly dressed backup dancers in the “Batdance” music video (from the 1989 Batman OST)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A great segment! Might need go a touch earlier though: www.cauldron-films.com/products/tcsle
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The Collingswood Story (Limited Blu-ray w/ Slipcase)
A Revolutionary Experiment in the Supernatural When Rebecca went away to college, her boyfriend John thought video chatting would help them stay in touch. But idle curiosity leads to a dark secret whe...
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Absolutely!
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Also if you haven’t seen DRAGONFLY EYES (Xu Bing) I highly recommend! Not found footage horror exactly, but compiles real surveillance footage into an often unsettling, horrific “fiction;” trailer (contains potentially disturbing footage) & director interview here: museemagazine.com/features/201...
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Fruits of surveillance: Xu Bing Interview about "Dragonfly Eyes" — Musée Magazine
"In the production phase of this film, we were observing day by day about these subjects’ daily lives, we diligently followed their timetables, for example, this guy will wear this shirt today, and th...
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Indeed! Marble Hornets (while also blending student film/doc/vlog aesthetics as is typical) also has several segments (“totheark”) that harken back to experimental/avant garde found footage practice in recycling/collaging/abstracting found B movie, industrial, documentary, & educational footage
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The V/H/S franchise has plenty of segments that fit into the pretty wide boundary lines of home movie/video & amateur footage (event videographers, skateboard videos, skydiving vids, implanted cameras), + police body cam footage, TV news, medical/science experiment footage, etc.
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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a man in a suit and tie is driving a car in the desert .
Alt: GIF of James Bond (Sean Connery) driving in a car chase sequence in Dr. No
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Last night’s Last Dinner Party (date night for Mom & Dad)!
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Cc: @vicbergeriv.bsky.social
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
UNFRIENDED: THE FINAL LOGIN
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“Language Professors Hate Him!” Classic Internet pop up ad with Jacoby Shadix from Papa Roach (specifically the “Last Resort” video) poorly edited in.
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
With news of QVC filing for bankruptcy, I felt compelled to throw on Evil Dead II for the umpteenth time tonite (staring none other than QVC’s own Rick Domeier as Ed Getley).
Still from Evil Dead II, featuring Rick Domeier as Ed GetleyRick Domeier against a QVC backdropRick Domeier (QVC) smiling and wearing sparkly blue sunglasses Still from Evil Dead II, featuring Rick Domeier as Ed Getley in full Evil Ed makeup
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Bluesky before Claude code/Bluesky after Claude code
Still of Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) smiling and wearing sunglasses from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.Distorted AI image of Freddy Krueger (source: https://huggingface.co/spaces/dalle-mini/dalle-mini/discussions/4427)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Poorly edited image of Bugs Bunny (taken from the end of “Duck Amuck” which reveals he has been in control of the animated film and tormenting Daffy Duck) atop a screenshot of the red and white “Rate Limit Exceeded” warning many users have seen on Bluesky today.
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Feels like the start of a horror film about zombified cars (“They should have stayed buried…”)
Image from Boston Globe’s Instagram, published 4/16/26; picture of dirty sedan next to massive pile of filthy snow; headline reads: That big snow pile in Somerville? The cars buried in it are emerging.
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Been very into this new record by Knumears lately; mix of nostalgia for 90s and early 00s screamo/hardcore etc., but also sounds fresh in its heaviness and urgency knumears.bandcamp.com/album/direct...
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Directions, by knumears
10 track album
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Still from Duracell Batteries commercial (The Puttermans), 1995
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Read this @bloody-disgusting.com headline about the new Godzilla movie in the style of this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=vbp9...
Bloody Disgusting promo image of new Godzilla film with headline: Godzilla Minus Zero Brings Godzilla to New York City?!
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
clickhole.com/reducing-dis...
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Reducing Distractions: Alamo Drafthouse Has Announced That They’re Going To Stop Showing Movies So Customers Can Focus On Ordering Food
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Pluribus (Apple TV, 2025-)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Just so gorgeous. The Mann record in particular is also my go-to headphones on while taking off and landing on a plane record; truly feels like I can step inside of it and forget where I am for a moment
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Aimee Mann - Lost in Space Beck - Sea Change Dijon - Absolutely Tinashe - 333 (Deluxe) Deftones - White Pony Air - Talkie Walkie Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles Pretty much any Steely Dan record for a perhaps obvious response!
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The whole thing, but especially 1:30-1:40 (“all those nights in the basement…”) youtu.be/aAD6lJiHBdA
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Thursday - War All The Time
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Uhhhhhhhh
Still of Arnold as Mr Freeze in Batman & Robin (1997)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Cedric Bixler-Zavala voice:
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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
If ever there was a week proving that reality is scarier than fiction! "Archival Anxiety" is here just in time to highlight docu/mocku films like CROPSEY & THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE and their gothic reflection of modern life. #KristopherWoofter @anthempress.bsky.social anthempress.com/books/archiv...
The cover of the book "Archival Anxiety in Documentary and Mockumentary Horror" featuring a blurry photo of a movie cameraman as seen through a large spider web.
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“Klaatu barada nikto”
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Shot from Scanners (Cronenberg, 1981)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Shot from Scanners (Cronenberg, 1981)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Proud alum, indeed
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Boosting this. One of the best in the game; deeply thoughtful, passionate, invigorating work on the genre (that, personally, has influenced my thinking and research; I also literally taught her excellent work on found footage in my seminar on the subject just last week).
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Thank you! The rabbit hole runs deep!
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Red, White, and Bluetooth Earpiece
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Came through Terminal 2 a bit ago, also super smooth! (I think I saw you at our panel, yes? Thanks for coming!)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Literally “packin heat”
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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy Dr. Richard Kimble Day everyone
Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive wearing an olive-green sateen fishtail parka with a hoodie underneath and a kelly green derby hat with gold trim. his hands are in his pockets, he's looking furtively behind him (at us), surrounded by people in a St. Patrick's Day parade.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Oscar’s Frisco City, AL
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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Long live Aunt Gladys! Amy Madigan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Zach Cregger's WEAPONS.
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Oscars 2026: Amy Madigan Wins Best Supporting Actress For WEAPONS
Long live Aunt Gladys! Amy Madigan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Zach Cregger's WEAPONS.
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Bob Newhart on phoneBuster Keaton on phone
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
If you see this post a vampire who is not Dracula.
“Monster Tales” / “Nosferatu Bites”! (David “The Rock” Nelson, 2002)
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Still from Beware! The Blob (1972): a man in a bowling alley trying to ward off The Blob with a crucifix like its a vampire Still from Beware! The Blob (1972): a man in a bath tub reaching for a telephone on the floor Still from Beware! The Blob (1972): The Blob taking a stroll in green grassStill from Beware! The Blob (1972): chickens and The Blob
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Still thinking about it this morning
Still from Beware! The Blob (1972): kitten in a fieldStill from Beware! The Blob (1972): a woman picking up fallen red rosesStill from Beware! The Blob (1972): a cop screaming as he’s attacked by The BlobStill from Beware! The Blob (1972): spray painted structure reading “love” with the Blob in the background
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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A ★★★★ review of Beware! The Blob (1972)
What a trip. How had I never seen this? A wacky, uneven, rough around the edges grab bag of horror, sci-fi, art cinema, drive-in/grindhouse exploitation film, campy slapstick, druggy/boozy hangout fil...
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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A ★★★ review of The Bride! (2026)
THE BRIDE! could be sold as an imagined version of Bride of Frankenstein (1935) if it were a pre-code Hollywood film made several years prior, starting Barbara Stanwyck in full Baby Face mode (and clo...
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Alex Svensson @alsven.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Happy Birthday! Perhaps a surreal, strange, seductive slice of The Velvet Vampire (Stephanie Rothman, 1971) to celebrate? youtu.be/n14rbnUtE94
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Velvet Vampire (1971) - Official Trailer
YouTube video by ScreamFactoryTV
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