The Horror Codex @horrorcodex.com A horror film search database/community. By and for #horror fans.
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Dan Pop-o-matic @danpopomatic.bsky.social Mostly retired DJ at Pop-o-matic and Got To Give It Up. 1/3 of popshow promoters Macho Music Is Stupid. Also quite keen on horror and craft beer. He/him.
Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk digital editor @ Little White Lies. extremely online and incredibly anxious.
author of books on sofia coppola + wes anderson, MODERN PROMETHEUS: THE FILMS OF YORGOS LANTHIMOS out Nov 2026, Jackass book Oct 2027!
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Paul Gandersman @paulgandersman.bsky.social Co-Writer/Co-Director of MAN FINDS TAPE (out now on VOD!), Co-Author of THE DEAD FRIENDS SOCIETY (Shirley Jackson Award Nominated).
Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social 🌈 🏳️⚧️ He/him. Film/TV writer-researcher for hire. Black Archives books, Age of Thrills, Fantastic Fifties and Sensational Sixties magazines, booklets for Indicator & Arrow Films.
Writing: https://medium.com/cathode-ray-tube Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/6V3z
Craig Ian Mann @craigimann.bsky.social Full-time home video producer, part-time writer and sometimes documentary filmmaker | letterboxd.com/craigimann | chasmfilms.co.uk | 📺 📼 📀
Stephen Gallagher @stephengallagher.co.uk Doctor Who. BUGS. That creepy monster thing you might remember. Creator of Eleventh Hour and lead writer on Crusoe www.stephengallagher.com
Steven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social Screenwriter and director: 'Mum & Dad', 'Dead Mine'. Writer of dark fiction. Co-Director of Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social. Nottingham, UK. https://linktr.ee/StevenSheil
Creator of @adrianchills.bsky.social
John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social Curator of the House of Mortal Cinema. Author of The Frightfest Guide to Mad Doctor Movies plus lots more film writing, as well as 19 books of horror fiction (so far). Blu-ray contributor and aspiring Jason King of horror. Magnus the Staffy keeps me fit.
Peter Hall @peterhallhuman.bsky.social Senior SXSW Film & TV Festival Programmer.
Co-writer/director of MAN FINDS TAPE (out on 12/5). Co-author THE DEAD FRIENDS SOCIETY (out now).
Thoughts are reluctantly my own.
Gina @brokenbiros.bsky.social I had to phone someone so I picked on you
Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social Dedicated to celebrating classic, cult, and obscure films featuring commentary from renowned filmmakers, critics, and cinephiles.
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Our podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social can be heard everywhere!
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Jason Kauzlarich @jasonkauz.bsky.social Creative Director at FANGORIA.
Sr. Designer at STARLOG
Pokémon Trainer.
Eagle Scout.
FANGORIA.com
Full Moon Features @fullmoonfeatures.bsky.social Full Moon Features is a film studio that rose from the ashes of 'Empire Pictures' lead by Charles Band. Creators of Puppet Master, Trancers, Subspecies & more!
Rodeo Punk Parade @rodeopunkparade.com Make it weird. 🏳️🌈💀🛹 🦇
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Rocco T. Thompson @roccotthompson.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 | wordsmith and cineaste🍿| Rue Morgue, Slant, Fangoria ✍️| shorts programmer at Fantastic Fest 🎞️ | ATX Film Critics Association 🏆| 🍅-meter approved | https://boxd.it/DRAv | https://authory.com/roccotthompson |
Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of MONSTER KIDS ('22), I AM THE NIGHT ('26) and LIFE FINDS A WAY ('28) / Picked Charmander
James Cooray Smith @ Psychic Paper @cooraysmith.bsky.social Freelance Writer. Highgate Dad. Kinda Desi.
Ex-Poster. Won’t see anything you say here.
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Naomi @bjorkboobah.bsky.social https://boxd.it/RzSf
Creator of Asian Cinema Shine - https://linktr.ee/BjorkBoobah
Host of PinkCat Podcast - linktr.ee/pinkcatpodcast
Japanese cinema is my passion
Pinku | J-horror | V-Cinema
Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social Cinema programmer and film writer. Latest books: ‘Film Title Sequences: A Critical Anthology’ (2021) | ‘The Films of Aleksandr Rou: Father of Soviet Fairy-Tale Cinema’ (2025)
Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social Filmmaker and horror lover. Director/Editor Distort, Bring Out The Fear, In A Stranger's House, Advent, The O'Briens. Sadly unfunny but will never stop trying.
Ashley Thorpe @ashley999thorpe.bsky.social Animator / Director 'BORLEY RECTORY' with Reece Shearsmith & Julian Sands, WOODLANDS DARK & DAYS BEWITCHED, MANCUNIAN MAN & UNCANNY title sequence for BBC
Sara Clements @saraclements.bsky.social She/Her 🏳️🌈 Film Critic • Next Best Picture editor • Words XTRA, Them, Pajiba etc • GALECA, OAFFC member 💌 saradawnc@gmail.com • https://linktr.ee/saraclements
Paul Lê @paulle.bsky.social i write about horror, film and tv: Bloody Disgusting, Arrow, Terror Vision, Second Sight · 🍅 approved · talesfromthepaulside.com · 🏳️🌈 · GALECA member · i also watch a lot of old anime and tokusatsu · a Pompompurin fan
Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, "former Toronto fest film picker" - The Hollywood Reporter. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
Umbrella @umbrellaent.bsky.social An independent Australian distributor of local and international film.
mk2 Films @mk2-films.bsky.social The international film studio of mk2
Sarah Carter @ephemerawoman.bsky.social She/Her Mouth almighty, spoonie, deaf af, horror nerd, cat owner, queer, anti-racist, I stand with all LGBTQA+
No TERFS, No SWERFS
Currently recovering from a stroke
Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social I just like movies. Especially horror movies.
- whitlockandpope.com
- boxd.it/eSY9
Member: Horror Critics Group | Film Critics Association
Husband to @momoshaty.bsky.social
Tom Mes @midnightmes.bsky.social Writes and talks about Japanese films a lot.
Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk Special Projects Editor at Decrypt, director of short films (The Dead of Winter, @frightfest.bsky.social @screamfest.bsky.social alumnus), player of D&D, painter of little Warhammer/MESBG men. @stephengraves on Twitter.
Rory Steele @rorysteele.bsky.social Co-host of the Games on Film podcast. DJ and events with GamerDisco. Now writing a book.
Last Feast of Harlequin @feastlastharlequin.bsky.social He/Him. Horror propagandist & football shitposter.
Cyril Despontin @cyrildespontin.bsky.social Director & founder @parisfantastic.bsky.social / @hallucollective.bsky.social. Work at Wild Bunch / Wildside & La Nuit @nanarland.bsky.social. YT channel https://www.youtube.com/@cyrildespontin
Sarah J Miles @sarahjomiles.bsky.social Librarian by day, Ghoul by night
Carlotta Films @carlottafilms.bsky.social Carlotta Films est un éditeur de films de patrimoine et nouveautés, en salles de cinéma, festivals, UHD 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD, S-VOD, TV et livres.
Jamie Graham @jamie-graham.bsky.social Film journalist. Empire, Sunday Times Culture, Saturday Review, SFX.
Aaron McCann @aaronmccann83.bsky.social 🎬Screenwriter & Director🎥: Hug the Sun, Top Knot Detective, Koko: A Red Dog Story | 📖Author: Big Red
AWG Member & Nicholls Semifinalist
Lit Reps: Claire Best & Associates + BMEG | Owner - Banshee Hills
https://linktr.ee/aaronmccann83
Grindhouse Funhouse @grindhousefunhouse.bsky.social Lover of all things Cult and Underground Cinema. Be it Exploitation, Blaxploitation, Horror, Action, Sci-fi, 70's, 80's and 90's movies of glorious cheesy fun. https://www.youtube.com/@GrindhouseFunhouse/videos
Asif Kapadia @asifkapadia.bsky.social Director / Producer / Writer: 70UP, KENNY DALGLISH, 2073, AMY, SENNA, DIEGO MARADONA, Mindhunter, The Warrior, Far North, CREATURE, FEDERER: 12 Final Days, The Sheep Thief, Standard Operating Procedure + Yasiin Bey. More soon…
Liz Thurmond @countmystars.bsky.social TV/screen/audio writer, copyeditor, witch. Nerdy shit forever. She/her.
http://www.thurmondediting.com
Horror Critics Group @horrorcriticsgroup.bsky.social We are the UK & Ireland Horror Critics Group. We support Horror Film Critics in the UK and Ireland, and run the annual Golden Claw horror cinema awards!
Visit our site: horrorcritics.group
Signup form on the front page!
Cat Treadwell @druidcat.bsky.social Author, reviewer, pagan priest and crazy lady from the Midlands, UK. Also yarn, cats and border collies 😊
https://linktr.ee/CatTreadwell
Lights Camera Austin @lightscameraatx.bsky.social Robert Sims hosts KOOP at the Movies 3-4:30 pm CT Wednesdays on KOOP Radio 91.7 FM/https://koop.org. Lights Camera Austin-branded filmmaker interviews + reviews. Plus soundtrack sets. Member of Austin Film Critics Association + Critics Choice Association.
Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social Genre film festival dedicated to screening repertory action, sci-fi and horror films from around the world on the biggest screen in the South West.
Forbidden Worlds will return: 22-24 October 2026
linktr.ee/FWFilmFestival
Earl J. @dzigaflitcraft.bsky.social Cinephile, Japanese film researcher, grateful immigrant.
Imprint Films @imprintfilms.bsky.social Limited Edition deluxe Blu-ray & 4K UHD releases of long-requested & previously unreleased films! 🎬
linktr.ee/imprintfilms
Katherine McLaughlin @mskmclaughlin.bsky.social I write and talk about film, TV, music, podcasts, books etc LWLies, The List, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Scotland, S&S, BFI. Features Editor for SciFiNow
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1vkz
Football fan ⚽️
David Hughes 🇵🇸 @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social Film critic, worstselling author (see above), movie trailer maker, PlumeriaPics.co.uk founder, host of the Rogue Commentary podcast, screenwriter of the award-winning feature film ‘Where the Road Runs Out’ (2014), Green anti-Zionist 💚
John (Magic Rat) @magic-rat-media.bsky.social Movies, music, beers, that kind of thing. Rolling up my pants, taking a stab at romance… https://letterboxd.com/magic_rat/
Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social BFI Digital Production Editor | ✍🏻 Sight and Sound, Empire, Time Out, NME and more | Member of London Critics’ Circle (Film section) | Q&A host | Spurs season-ticket holder (block 422) |
James Marsh @marshy00.bsky.social Film critic in Hong Kong: South China Morning Post / RTHK Radio 3 / Deadline / Deep Dive Movie Reviews / ScreenAnarchy / Fantastic Fest / Beyond Fest / Critics Choice / OFCS - also bits for Arrow / Umbrella / Second Sight / Film Movement / Vinegar Syndrome
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com Magic Hours - Malick
Visible Darkness - Glazer
Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World
Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts
Connery A Novel
https://linktr.ee/writersonfilm
Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social Established in 1932. Published by the British Film Institute. Home of the once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll
Follow us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sightsoundmag
Jeffrey Reddick @jeffreyareddick.bsky.social Filmmaker. 🌈 Hillbilly in Hollywood.Gay Horror Geek. Creator: #FinalDestination film franchise. #Tamara #DontLookBack #UsagiYojimbo
Movies In Focus @moviesinfocus.bsky.social Movie news, reviews & interviews from Rotten Tomatoes approved critic & commentator Niall Browne. Home of the Movies In Focus podcast.
www.moviesinfocus.com
Josh Nelson @joshnelsonfilm.bsky.social Doctor of Film. Writer in hiding. Recovering critic. Commentariat for hire.
Contributor for Arrow; Umbrella; Indicator; Imprint; Second Sight; Vinegar Syndrome, BFI and others…
http://linktr.ee/joshnelsonfilm
Vampyros @vampyros.bsky.social EuroCult Films, 70s Horror, Italian Horror. Synthesisers, Cirklon, TR-1000, Eurorack, Electro, Techno, Doom, Rock and a sprinkle of Jazz.
Screaming into the analog hifi abyss.
YouTube@Fauxleroid
https://boxd.it/3Onl0
Stacey Abbott @profsaabbott.bsky.social Professor of Film and Television, Northumbria University. Horror scholar and writer. Author of Celluloid Vampires, Undead Apocalypse, TV Horror, BFI Classic on Near Dark. Canadian in the UK but forever Canadian. she/her.
Thomas Walker @tommypocket.bsky.social Illustrator for film, TV & books.
Let’s collaborate
thomas.ed.walker@outlook.com
tommypocket.com
Robert Shearman @robertshearman.bsky.social Writer of stuff, often quite odd. (Both me and the stuff.) Owned by a cat.
The House of Hammer Podcast @househammerpod.bsky.social The ultimate guide to Hammer Films from the very beginning. The horror and so much more…
linktr.ee.com/househammerpod
Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social Hairy ne'er-do-well. Would-be good egg. Pillock.
Nigel Kneale / Russell T Davies biographer.
New social media platform, same great content.
Est. 1972.
Hermetic Arts @hermetic-arts.bsky.social BADD (Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons) - 15 & 16 October, Old Red Lion Theatre : oldredliontheatre.co.uk/BADD
Fortean Times @forteantimes.bsky.social The journal of strange phenomena
Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan
Robert JE Simpson @avalard.bsky.social Freelance visual artist, actor, writer, broadcaster, film and cultural historian. Lover of all things macabre and weird.
Based in NI. Will travel.
www.robertjesimpson.com
www.cinepunked.com
www.avalardproductions.com
Support @ http://ko-fi.com/avalard
Jason D. Brawn @jasondbrawn.bsky.social A published horror author, collector, fanboy with an MA Gothic and a BA Film and Media. Vegetarian with AuDHD, who has completed three marathons. Halloween 🎃👻 is my favourite season.
101 Films @101filmsuk.bsky.social The UK's fastest growing film distributor. Bringing you the best in new film and cult catalogue.
Follow @101FilmsUK on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok
Terror Vision Records & Video @terrorvisionvids.bsky.social Independent releasing company that specializes in LP, UHD/Bluray, Cassette, and VHS releases. We also have storefronts in Savannah and Chicago
terror-vision.com
David Brook @daveordid.bsky.social Film/video editor/maker and lover of music, films and collecting shiny discs. Also, the editor of Blueprint: Review - https://blueprintreview.co.uk
Freelancer, working under the company name DCB Productions - https://www.dcbproductions.co.uk/
Bruise Blood @bruiseblood.bsky.social Bruise Blood // Teeth of the Sea
Live bookings: contactbruiseblood@gmail.com
Sam Kurd (he/him) @samkurd.bsky.social Writer dipping his toe out of hiatus, mostly brain-broken. English/Palestinian. Neurodivergent. Mostly cis, mostly het --> introspection? in this economy??
Anne McKnight @annekmck.bsky.social bibliophile, minimalist, literary historian of subcultures. "Professor McKnight is very caring and knowledgeable. However she picked more eccentric pieces of literature and film to discuss." 2026~Long Take: Kurosawa Akira as World Cinéphile (Minnesota)
Mike Hewitt @mikehew72.bsky.social Film fan, especially horror, comedy and horror comedies.
Hayden Hewitt @haydenhewitt.bsky.social Filmmaker who occasionally enjoys shouting at clouds.
Helen @helenfrightfest.bsky.social Co-Festival Manager, Box Office Manager + Shorts team programmer for @FrightFest
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Tim Coleman @fatscoleman.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Social Work, University of Warwick 📚
Host of @top100pod.bsky.social 🎙️
Bylines in Second Sight Films, Fangoria, the BFI, Total Film (RIP) & others 🎬
Screenwriter 🖊️
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Michael Leader @michaeljleader.bsky.social Films, etc. | Critic, curator | Podcasts, books + screenings as Ghibliotheque
Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com Writer/Director: Life of Chuck, Doctor Sleep, Hush.
Showrunner: Carrie, Fall of the House of Usher, Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass.
Founder @redroompictures.com
www.mikeflanaganfilm.com
https://linktr.ee/mikeflanaganfilm
Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social The latest film news, reviews and interviews from Empire, the world's most trusted movie destination.
https://www.empireonline.com
Manuela Lazić @manilazic.bsky.social writer actor filmmaker french
https://linktr.ee/manilazic
Abertoir Horror Festival @abertoirfest.bsky.social Gŵyl Arswyd Ryngwladol Cymru | Wales' International Horror Festival // ✍️ by Nia // 12-16 November ✨ 20 years of Abertoir in 2025!
Headpress @headpress.com Independent non-fiction publisher since 1991. We publish the stuff you love. Film. Music. Strangeness. Head honcho: @davidkerekes.bsky.social. Press: @harbottlestores.bsky.social. We do not use or publish AI-generated work in any form.
web: headpress.com
Dominic Brunt @dominicbrunt.bsky.social Paddy Kirk off of Emmerdale Farm.
Film director. Screenplay writer.
Land Rover faffer.
“Space travel’s in my blood. There ain’t nothing I can do about it”.
Damon Rickard @damonrickardfilm.bsky.social Film director, horror movie (well movies in general) junkie, foodie, part of the Independent Horror Society team, Everton.
Paul Downey @bloodyflicksuk.bsky.social Horror nerd & amateur cinephile 🍿
Published author (x3!) 📖
Website editor 🛜
Swimming enthusiast 🏊♂️
Julie Edwards Photographer and Artist @julieedwards.bsky.social Entertainment Photographer also a mixed media artist / illustrator. Often cover BAFTA's, Glastonbury, Oscars, #mk3d plus Cannes & Berlin Film Festivals. https://www.julieedwardsvisuals.com . Co-owner of Sabotage Gallery : https://sabotagegallery.co.uk
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Matthew Turner @filmfan1971.bsky.social Film critic, podcaster @FatalAttractPod.bsky.social, compiler/co-author of What To Watch When, creator of #PreCodeApril. Hasn't missed an episode of EastEnders since 1998.
Mark O Pilkington @markopilkington.bsky.social Co-director / publisher at Strange Attractor Press. Author of 'Mirage Men' and 'Far Out' – still writing after all these years. Electronic music maker with Teleplasmiste, Luminous Foundation & others. Co-producer, Acid Horse micro music festival.
Kate Egan @kte75.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. Co-Investigator, AHRC Youth & Horror network. Co-editor of Hidden Horror Histories book series. Lover of horror and British cinema, cats and strong tea. She/her.