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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hanging out with bestie John Hamilton, author of many great books 📚 👇🏻

Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s official! The North American Premiere of FULL MOON RISING is taking place at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in October!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

👻 @imprintfilms.bsky.social are releasing this box set curated by me and featuring the documentary THE J-HORROR VIRUS I made with @jaspersharp.bsky.social back in 2023. It also features an essay by me on Jaganrei: Psychic Vision and its collision at the origins of j-horror and found footage!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The world premiere of FULL MOON RISING: The Charles Band Story went so well! Thank you to everyone who came, and to the FrightFest organisers and volunteers for making everything run smoothly!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Pics of me and my bro from the 1999 solar eclipse and my dad trying to video it. For some reason he looks like he’s filming some kind of AV movie…

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

“Somebody who is bored is asleep, and somebody who is asleep will not say no” - My Dinner with Andre (1981)

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I heard my gate go and saw something through the bush. Fully thought someone was coming in my back gate…

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My one and only brother got married yesterday!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

We’ve recently been watching The Human Vapor on Netflix, and who popped up! Yôta Kawase! w/ @jaspersharp.bsky.social @thirdwindowfilms.com

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story is having its World Premiere at London FrightFest on August 31st. Charlie himself will be in attendance, along with his actress wife Robin Sydney! There will be a book signing right after the screening for his new book, Horror Puppet.

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

If anybody can tell me what film this still is from, that would be great. All I know is AIP 1970 is written below…

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

On the next episode of @jaspersharp.bsky.social grows things we see how all his hard work is scuppered by an unforgiving June heatwave…

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Visiting goats today at our local goat sanctuary 🐐

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I went to a vineyard yesterday and I don’t regret it… w/ @accordingtojond.bsky.social and @jaspersharp.bsky.social behind the camera 📸

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Just seen Obsession finally. The j-horror influence was undeniable and I feel like Barker fully just wanted to create his own red woman!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Just in from @imprintfilms.bsky.social The Ninth Gate 4K including my 2024 interview with Emmanuelle Seigner in Paris! 👇🏻

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Absolutely blown away by Backrooms. I have many words and no words at the same time…

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Filming extras in London today for Severin Films’ upcoming Grand Guignol box set…

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story cast and crew screening in LA! 🖤

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Jaws Exhibition at The Academy Museum.

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Don’t worry about me I’m just in Melrose having brunch and spending $110 on like 3 items in Trader Joe’s…

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Jet lagged but I’m in LA, people!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

So sad to hear about the death of Japanese experimental filmmaker Shozin Fukui on April 2nd. We visited his wife just a couple of weeks ago at their bar in Higashi-Nakano and learned he wasn’t doing so well. He died just as the world was releasing and recognising his contribution to cinema.

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Some contributor copies waiting for me in my parcel box!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I fear we might have ended up in a new Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie…

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Japanese DVD of Xtro in Tokyo Disc Union for 10,500 yen which is approximately £55!!!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Shot an interview today with the legendary Akaji Maro! 🎥

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

When working hard turns into playing… with Hisayasu Sato, Yumeno Shiro, Cajino & Akiko Ashizawa. 🍸

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Shooting an interview with Oscar winning film director Yôjirô Takita this afternoon in Tokyo, for some very exciting upcoming releases! 🤫

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Interviewed a very interesting and excited actor from gay pink films today in Koenji… 🎥 his bar was cool!

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Not to be a stereotypical gaijin interested in Japanese toilet, but today we stumbled upon the one from Perfect Days (2023) in Yoyogi Park! @jaspersharp.bsky.social

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Shot an interview with Takahisa Zeze, director of Kokkuri-San today, in Ochiai, Tokyo.

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Last few days of tourism before work starts… Ramen Museum in Yokohama and Sushi with friends! @jaspersharp.bsky.social @midnightmes.bsky.social

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The New York Bar at the Park Hyatt in Shinjuku. As seen in Lost in Translation (2003)

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Tokyo 🌸 🇯🇵 with my oldest friend.

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Interviewed Leigh Lawson today for an as yet unannounced blu. He has an impeccable memory considering he’s 80 years old now. He’s in two of my favourite films and he brought me a copy of his latest poetry book!