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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Woohoo! Spooky season is upon us, and I am starting my yearly watch of horror movies a bit early, with a film that is maybe a bit on the nose with its metaphors but I loved it all the same. Intentional or not, it's in fascinating dialogue with a 2003 Ray Wise Lin Shaye film. #spookyfilmfest #1

A picture of three young adults at the side of a car. One is leaning against the hood at the far side of the frame. Closer to the viewer, one is standing on the running board leaning against an open drivers side door. Closest to the viewer another is leaning out of the back seat window. They are looking at something offscreen to the left. The whole picture is tilted on its side. The title (It Ends) is in the middle.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Amidst all the bad times and nonsense and upheavals, I am inordinately excited to see the new resident evil movie.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One of my biggest media regrets is not getting to see "I Saw the TV Glow" on the big screen. I made sure to catch Jane Schoenbrun's follow-up at @lighthousecinema.bsky.social last night. A stunning exploration of a lot of things, but especially how fandom and media can shape who we are.

The poster for the 2026 movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Two women walk towards the camera in a snowy scene. One is dressed in a full-length dress and robe. The other is dressed in a t-shirt and underwear. They are both covered in blood. The tagline at the top reads "Blood. Lust."

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

People, jetlag is real. Also, I seem to be getting sick. Hooray! Just in time for term to start!

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Well, I had a sort of a whirlwind trip to NYC to look at the New Yorker Records at NYPL. Not to be maudlin, but I remember visiting the lions as a child and thinking, "wouldn't it be great to study here." Mission accomplished!

Me peeking in to a picture of one of the NYPL lions

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Laura Kremmel @lkremmel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What is even the point of a world without Tim Curry? 😭

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Seriously, everyone, listen. Librarians and archive workers are a gift from some idea of something like heaven. I have personally recently made the lives of a couple of archival librarians harder, just by me being tunnel-focused on my things and being selfishly unaware. All hail the librarians.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026

All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...

someone holding up a sign that AI crossed out

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The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies @irishgothichorror.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Join us for the return of our online film club on 2nd September, with three short Irish films! Cailleach (Katie Bea Elger) The House that Was Not (Dean Byrne) Novella (Caoimhe Hughes) The film club is free and open to all, but registration is necessary to receive the zoom link: bit.ly/3RRPyyL

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INGHS Film Club

The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies invite you to discuss gothic and horror classics with us!

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

that's right, Bruce Campbell www.mensjournal.com/entertainmen...

When asked how it’s been for him to see the series transform since its indie beginnings way back in 1981 with director Sam Raimi, Campbell revealed his one issue with the recent installments.

“I’d like more humor back in. The three features have been mostly humorless, and I personally have a problem with that,” he said, echoing a sentiment shared among some of the franchise’s fans. “There’s no point for these to get too grim. You can be scary without being grim.”

“A little more humor wouldn’t kill you,” he added. “And one hero that you really can root for. Ash is an idiot, but you want him to survive.”

“Modern filmmakers love to color their movies like a David Fincher movie, like a hospital room, you know?” Campbell continued. “Gray-green, like a garage. Garage lighting. And so, okay, it’s a choice. It’s not mine. I think even a horror movie can look pretty. Why not throw them off? Make it all look pretty and wonderful, and then let them have it.”

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Philbot Pillbox @philbotpillbox.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I thought I had seen every picture of Joe Dante directing Hoyt Axton on the set of Gremlins ... and then this tall drink of water spilled itself all over my Gizmo™.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Back to work today!

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy "There Will Be Soft Rains" Day, to all who celebrate!

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Ok! Well! Part of the IGA Dublin contingent is stuck at the Leeds Bradford Airport for the forseeable. Apparently our plane turned back on its way here. @murphgothic.bsky.social was a hero and got on the phone and got us some info. We're apparently getting home tonight. Fingers crossed.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I am in Hull and recovering from the earliest of flights! So excited for the start of the conference tomorrow!

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Walking around Dublin feels like a nightmare today. Also, to the fucking asshole who tried to get into my backpack at the stop light, joke's on you. There's nothing in there but cheap fountain pens, printed conference papers, and used tissues.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This thread is important and full of gorgeous covers.

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SpecialKimtamine™ 🚩🏴‍☠️🇮🇹🇺🇸🦈 @lorazekim.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

No matter what’s going on in your life there is a form of potato that will make it better

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Something I've been working on: what if this guy said "Disclosure Day."

The sweater weirdo from Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 right after he shoots someone and says "garbage day."

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Artificial intelligence means it’s much easier for us to make movies" says guy who famously doesn't seem to like making movies.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

So excited for the upcoming International Gothic Association Conference. Can't wait to talk about Shirley Jackson's unsettling TV Sets. #IGAHull

A slide showing the title of my paper for the IGA conference. In the background is a still from The Outer Limits opening that shows a flickering test pattern. The title of the paper is "The Shadows on the Television Screens: Post-war Paranoia and Shirley Jackson's Gothic TV Sets"

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I'm having a really hard time with the Sam Neill news, folks.

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Thomas House of Dublin exhibiting the pro-human solidarity that all of us should demonstrate.

SO FOR THE FUTURE (LITERALLY) WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING AI POSTERS OR FLYERS FOR THE PUB.

We're right next to Ireland's biggest Art College, lads. It's not a good look.

WE UNDERSTAND BANDS CAN BE SKINT BUT RELYING ON SOME EARTH KILLING APP FROM SOME PAEDO ISLAND BILLIONAIRE IS NOT THE WAY. WE GOT BY WITHOUT IT AND WE'LL GET BY AGAIN.

IF YOU'RE STUCK WE'LL HELP. (YES IT HAS BEEN USED HERE BEFORE BUT CONSIDER THIS THE START OF THE END OF IT.)

THANKS, HUMANS.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

OMG, From season 4 continues to not disappoint. I love this fucking show. #FromSeason4 Labelled as graphic to avoid showing spoilers to the timeline (at least spoilers of which characters make it to season 4)

A screenshot of a character from the show From saying "Boyd, are you seriously OK with him taking magic mushrooms..."

The next screenshot from From shows Boyd as the character talking to him finishes her line "that he found in a haunted forest?"

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Went looking for this post as I am again waiting for an absentee ballot that will arrive after the election.

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A superb piece, not the least for the author's insistence on using "emit" to describe a chatbot's output. That's exactly what's happening! They're not *saying* anything. They're not *telling* you anything. They're emitting words. Such an important distinction. www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

#OTD in 1979, American author Octavia E. Butler's breakout novel "Kindred" is published. Her most famous novel, it’s a harrowing "time-travel" story where a Black woman from the 1970s is repeatedly pulled back to a plantation in the antebellum South. #booksky #litsky #scifi #SpeculativeFiction

A composite image features a soulful portrait of Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) and an inset of her seminal 1979 novel, Kindred. Butler, the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur "Genius" Grant, is shown in a close-up, leaning her head thoughtfully against her right hand. Her expression is one of calm, profound contemplation, with a faint, knowing smile playing on her lips. She has short, salt-and-pepper hair and wears a vibrant, patterned purple and blue garment with a long, slender gold earring.

Layered on the right is the original book cover of Kindred. The cream-colored cover displays the title in bold, black lettering above a surreal illustration of two Black women's profiles facing away from each other, joined at the neck to form the shape of an hourglass. This imagery perfectly captures the book's themes of time travel and the inescapable ties between the past and present. The overall composition is warm and intellectual, honoring a literary giant whose work used speculative fiction to explore the complexities of race, power, and human survival.

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 01/06/2026

HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍⚧️

Pride meme: a bunch of rainbow hearts surround text that says
WISHING ALL THE HOMOPHOBES
A SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE MONTH

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Yes! Finally have time for more bell clanging. #FromSeason4

A still from the show From which shows a detail of a bell swinging by a walking leg. The subtitle says "(BELL CLANGS) Boyd: Previously on From"

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

New podcast episode: Irish Writers and Literary Institutions feat. Suad Aldarra, Kevin Power, and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, with @molimuseum.bsky.social This was a great conversation! radio.moli.ie/r/irish-writ...

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Irish Writers and Literary Institutions | RadioMoLI

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I have so many thoughts about Bronson Pinchot that I may have to be restrained. Join us tomorrow evening to talk about "The Langoliers"

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Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

@irishgothichorror.bsky.social film club is doing a miniseries! Join us for the very 1990s adaptation of Stephen King's The Langoliers! #horrorsky

Poster for INGHS film club discussing Stephen King mini-series The Langoliers on Wednesday May 6th 7pm Irish Time over zoom

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally.

An image from a Richard Scarry book shows an anthropomorphic cat in the window of a burning building. Text next to her says "beautiful screaming lady"

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I am absolutely delighted to have finally received my contributor copy of this exciting collection, edited by @middleagewitch.bsky.social. It looks fantastic! I can't wait to read the other chapters. #Satanism #Feminism #PopularCulture #ShirleyJackson

The cover of the edited collection Satanism and Feminism in Popular Culture: Not Today Satan. The image shows two of the kids from the film The Witch

The title page and abstract of my chapter in the aforementioned book. My chapter is on static figures in Shirley Jackson

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Is it weird that I'm disappointed that I'm not on the AI haters block list? I must not be posting hard enough.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My body decided a few weeks ago that it could have little a flu, as a treat. I'm just starting to feel human again and somehow it's mid-April all of a sudden.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Jetlag means I get to watch The Last Drive-In live on this special night. Absolutely jumping with sleepy joy that he's talking 70s anxiety and paranoia as intro to Messiah of Evil. #thelastdrivein

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Two days into jetlag. I'm sleeping, but in weird chunks and partly during the day, unfortunately. Trying to work and very partially succeeding. Thousand yard stares are nearly constant. Current status: Ash from the middle to the end of the first Evil Dead movie.

A man from the shoulders up taken from slightly above him. Not much is visible behind him. He is wearing a blue button-up shirt that is soiled. He is sweaty and dirty. He is starting with wide eyes at something off-camera to the bottom left of the frame.

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Bernice M. Murphy @murphgothic.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Tomorrow! 7pm Irish time! Join us for a fab deep dive into the world of Irish spooky podcasting! All welcome: you just need to register via the link below:

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The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies @irishgothichorror.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Join us on 25th February at 7 pm Irish Time for the first of our discussions with Irish podcasters! We'll be talking to folks from Petrified & Scream Queens about their work, the genre, and the practice of podcasting. This online event is free & open to all (registration necessary). bit.ly/4qufUTv

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Podcasting Fear: Conversations with Irish Podcasters

Join the INGHS in conversation with leading Irish podcasts in the fields of horror, the gothic, and the weird.

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The Irish Network for Gothic and Horror Studies @irishgothichorror.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We are delighted to announce that our film for our 4 February Film Club (7pm Irish time) will be the 1971 classic The Abominable Dr. Phibes, a truly gothic love story. You can register to receive a link to watch the film & then join our discussion here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1421842121... #INGHS

The title screen for The Abominable Dr. Phibes has the title in large light blue letters in a real creepy art-deco type style. The title is over a background of a wall behind indoor trees with, in the center, steps leading up to something that is difficult to see but which is actually an organ with Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price) playing. He is wearing a large black cloak with a hood and has his back to the audience.

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Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Watching the final episode of Stranger Things and it is neverending. Is this just my life now? An eternity stuck in the final episode of Stranger Things?

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