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At Professor Horror, we don't just watch horror: we live it, study it, and celebrate it. Run by writers, critics, and scholars who've made horror both a passion and a career, our mission is to explore the genre in all its bloody brillance.
#TheIncomer (@sundancefest NEXT Innovator Award winner) is a bedtime story with teeth. Two siblings, one island, a bureaucrat with paperwork and LOTR fan-fic energy. Darkly funny, weird, about outsiders building realities from fantasy and fear. tinyurl.com/3u57599f
SXSW’s first Film & TV wave is here! @grubbycole will be on site keeping the fest running smooth. Check out his list of must see films at @sxsw.com this year. #SXSW #FilmFest #HorrorMovies. tinyurl.com/yz8r57fx
Alien splooge, practical-effect body horror, and a sharp jab at bodily autonomy Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant is gross, funny, and weirdly profound and Sundance's slimiest sci-fi comedy. tinyurl.com/mb5wmttf
Here are some articles from the Sundance Film Festival Press Inclusion Initiative. I was absolutely thrilled to be part of this, and will definitely cherish my time at Sundance forever.
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Wicker Than Fiction: Love Without Ownership. #WICKER, premiering at Sundance, reimagines the fairy tale as a romance built on agency, devotion, and refusal to be owned. Olivia Colman stars in a story that is decidedly NOT Beauty and the Beast. tinyurl.com/3jpmjjws
#Buddy played the first midnight at @Sundance and it brought the crowds Mascot horror, puppet chaos, more weirdness from the mind of Casper Kelly. tinyurl.com/59fvbp6v
Check out our newest column! Our resident linguist “Wise Up” Katie Weiss dissects how language, family, and animal communication collide in Primate (2025)...and why it makes the horror hit harder. tinyurl.com/4wxw5nt7
Professor Horror is headed to #Sundance for the first time. Midnight chaos, slow-burn dread, and genre weirdness await. These are the 5 films we’re watching closely. Expect vibes, fear, and emotional damage (the good kind). tinyurl.com/yu4u787d
Life aboard the HSS Matilda is designed to keep order by producing suffering. Rivers Solomon’s AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS is institutional horror...where race, medicine, and power are enforced through policy, not villains. A brutal, necessary read: tinyurl.com/y7t7j9mk
#PRIMATE is fast, nasty, and wildly fun. Big practical gore, a chimp that feels terrifyingly real, and crowd moments that had my theater laughing and screaming. If you love creature features that go hard, check it out in theaters today! tinyurl.com/22benetd
A creepy spoken-word horror short narrated by Danielle Harris turns gendered violence into an urban legend: whispered about, passed down, and never acted on. Watch "Jennifer Murphy Still Lives" and read our analysis at Professor Horror. tinyurl.com/3ftpjzpk
#horror #horrorshort
New Year, New Column!
In Purgatory Video, writer @prestonfassel.bsky.social digs up obscure movies. This month, he revisits #AmazonWomenOnTheMoon, a bizarre 1987 sketch comedy by horror legends that predicted the media hellscape we’re living in now. tinyurl.com/ms4vyv3w
Love Halloween III? Hate it? Today, horror newbie #Pleatherface explores this polarizing film on his first-ever watch...going in with almost no prior knowledge and discovering a strange tale of masks, media, and consumer terror. tinyurl.com/237zhxwp
ANACONDA (2025) is a movie about making movies...and loving the bad ones. A love letter to messes, midlife movie dreams, and why sometimes the joke is the point. Don’t expect the first move and just go to have a good time. Out Dec 25. #AnacondaMovie tinyurl.com/2yj9mv8h
Happy last night of Chanukah to everyone!
LOVE deep cuts! The autocorrect is not my friend this morning.
I have room! And live deep cuts!
Mazel tov!! This is soooo exciting!!
Paul Feig’s @housemaidmovie.bsky.social is glossy domestic horror with camp bite: weaponizing class, gaslighting, and “nice guy” masculinity. Amanda Seyfried goes feral. Messy, unsettling, and very intentional.
We love international horror and @amylouahava.bsky.social made The Curse sound like one we need to see immediately.
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#25SlaysofWinter Winter horror hits different when the snow isn’t just scenery but a psychological trap. From #TheShining’s hedge maze to #TheThing’s whiteouts, here’s why the coldest films freeze the mind before the body. tinyurl.com/3wkcmmh6.
For Day 2 of #25SlaysOfWinter, I asked a jolly bearded man to bring me some Christmas found footage films… and he delivered!🎄📹 Here are 10 festive found-footage horrors (and comedies) to add to your holiday cheer. tinyurl.com/2nv4a3jv
Day 1 of #25SlaysOfWinter is here! Santa was always a monster, and this piece dives into #RareExports and how this Finnish masterpiece reinvented Christmas horror through ancient folklore. tinyurl.com/yucefc8c
Welcome to #25SlaysOfWinter, Professor Horror’s month-long celebration of seasonal terror. From folklore to snowbound dread to resurrected Christmas ghosts, we’re honoring the darkest nights of the year the way horror fans do best: with fear. New piece EVERY DAY in December. 👻 🎁 ❄️
Need some holiday-themed horror to help you get thru #Thanksgiving? Would a killer turkey or cannibals be more pleasant than your family? Well, we have curated a delicious Thanksgiving menu to keep you full during this season. So, pull up a chair and dig in! www.professorhorror.com/A-Horror-Fan...
Need something to watch while you're hiding from your overbearing relatives? Oh, come on now. We can't be the only ones. Well, here's a list from @amylouahava.bsky.social that should give you some ideas, picked straight from our vault.
What do you think have been the 100 best horror movies of the 21st century? How does your list compare to our list?
From silent cinema to antisemitic caricature, Nosferatu’s Count Orlok has haunted Jewish identity for a century. In our first guest lecture at Professor Horror, we’re thrilled to host @prestonfassel.bsky.social on reclaiming Orlok: tinyurl.com/y4psn4mh.
Patrick Rea’s #SuperHappyFunClown isn’t just killer clown mayhem…it’s failed gifted-kid horror, atychiphobia in greasepaint, and the tragedy of chasing fame when authenticity is gone. @FrightFest 🎪🤡 tinyurl.com/5n8mytz5
