Bernice M. Murphy

@murphgothic.bsky.social

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Professor in Popular Literature with a focus on American horror and Gothic narratives & the work of Shirley Jackson. Views own.

Poster for film version of The Wall, image of a woman in a forest with a loyal hunting dog
Book cover entitled ‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of MR James’ with an imposing portrait of MR James, complete with spooky ravens.
Image from 1980 film The Fog featuring vengeful ghost pirates in a fog filled church
Poster for Del Toro's Frankenstein with a glowering creature shrouded in darkness
Poster for the film Strange Harvest. Strange symbol in red and a creepy mask wearing killer
Green grass and a 17th century burial marker with writing in olf Irish script.
Book with cover reading 'Screaming amd Conjuring' by Clark Collis. Cover illustration of a bloody face screaming
Cinema screen with an image of a chain saw wielding leatherface.
Picture of a green mountain slope with a stone wall and am old tree in the foreground.
Photo of the opening paragraph of 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson
Paperback book with terrible photoshopped cover, entitled 'Aaagh! I Thought You Were Dead (and other psychic adventures)
Image of a young japanese woman with bleeding eyes, with title 'Best Wishes to All'
Cover of a paperback edition of Roberto Bolano's novel 2666
Book cover for Piranesi with black background and image of the god Pan playing a flute
Lurid book blurb which begins with the line: 'What was possessing the children?'
Trees and a mountain against a blue sky
A white jack russell terrier with pointed ears looking plaintively at the viewer
Poster for the film Frewaka with the director Aislinn Clarke, lead actress Bríd Ní Neachtain and panel moderator Aisha Bolaji sitting on stage below.
Black and white poster for The Twilight Zone with stark image pf a creepy jack-in-the-box
Image of Ada Goodrich Freer from the 1880s. Blonde hair, dressed in a dark dress with fluffy looking fur trim.
Front cover of The Handmaid's Tale. Stark illustration of red dress and white veil against a black background.