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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 2d

I am very excited to be speaking with Rodge Glass on the 5th of November at Strathclyde University. Rodge was the lecturer who encouraged me to write when I was 17, so it's lovely to complete the full revolution and have him mediate this conversation. Free entry!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathclyd...

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 2d

I am very excited to be speaking with Rodge Glass on the 5th of November at Strathclyde University. Rodge was the lecturer who encouraged me to write when I was 17, so it's lovely to complete the full revolution and have him mediate this conversation. Free entry!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathclyd...

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · 24d

Some lovely praise from some great writers 💜

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 24d

Excellent in-depth review of @chris88.bsky.social's new Midnight Movie Monograph on the cult horror film Possession. It's a great read, and Chris's very personal dissection of the film is an insightful labour of love.

pspublishing.co.uk/possession-h...

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Sep 9

What a review at DLS Reviews. Wow.

www.dlsreviews.com/possession-d...

DLS Reviews - Possession: Dreams Of Suffering And Sanity (2025)

DLS Reviews provides an in-depth review of Chris Kelso's book 'Possession: Dreams Of Suffering And Sanity' (2025)

www.dlsreviews.com

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Emily @emilymarie82.bsky.social · Aug 30

I can’t thank Chris Kelso enough for this very cool and rare book, Possession. Flipping through this gorgeous book, you can tell the detail and care Kelso spends discussing this “video nasty.” I highly recommend!!

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Tony Jones @jonezyboy.bsky.social · Sep 2

My latest review from the Scottish literary maverick Chris Kelso is his unorthodox take on the cult film POSSESSION. 5/5* all the way baby! Who's this other Tony Jones guy?

Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thank you @tonyjonescomm.bsky.social for the truly great write up of Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity in Horror DNA! 🙌

www.horrordna.com/books/posses...

Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity

Fantastic, obsessive and highly personal deep dive into the cult art house horror film Possession.

www.horrordna.com

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thank you @tonyjonescomm.bsky.social for the truly great write up of Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity in Horror DNA! 🙌

www.horrordna.com/books/posses...

Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity

Fantastic, obsessive and highly personal deep dive into the cult art house horror film Possession.

www.horrordna.com

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thank you to Chris Kelso for the beautiful gifted copy of a book that surely was written just for me 😭❤️ This remains my favorite film of all time… (next to Martyrs and The Baby of Macon)

Holding a copy of Chris Kelso’s analysis of POSSESSION (1981)

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · Aug 24

Morning, Womble. I recently finished the excellent Possession (in the Midnight Movie Monograph series from PS Publishing) by @chris88.bsky.social and am now about halfway through The Employees by Olga Ravn, which is kind of breaking my heart a little bit 🥺

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Aug 25

Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity - on tour.

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you @ericlarocca.bsky.social 🖤

Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thank you to Chris Kelso for the beautiful gifted copy of a book that surely was written just for me 😭❤️ This remains my favorite film of all time… (next to Martyrs and The Baby of Macon)

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · Aug 18

If you're a fan of the film POSSESSION, I can heartily recommend checking out @chris88.bsky.social's new book from PS Publishing 🐙

Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity

by Chris Kelso

I've just finished this at one in the morning (WAY past my bedtime) and should probably process a little at least before saying very much. And watch POSSESSION again, then read the book again. But...

I'm not sure many people write with such naked honesty as Chris Kelso does. The film is clearly an extremely important touchstone for him, and to write about it through the lens of a traumatic adolescent breakup

is a pretty brave (and frequently self-critical) act. The last brief section of the book (and especially the last couple of paragraphs, even down to the last footnote) points to the wounds of the past having been healed, which comes as something of a relief.

POSSESSION is a psychosexual nightmare of a film (complimentary!) and Kelso dissects it with great care and skill here, and the fact that he's performing an exorcism of past unhappiness within the pages is a perfect mirror to the film itself.

I'm not a huge reader of non-fiction but I tore through this book in a few broken hours, and will definitely go back to it. But now... damn, I'm going to dream of blood-slaked octopuses and echoing subway screams, aren't I? Ah well...

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Aug 9

Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity is here...

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Jul 23

We just wrapped on our very cool film shoot today (making films is so hard). Today is also the publication of an essay I wrote about how we can be better to each other. Thanks to @ergot.bsky.social for publishing.

www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

www.ergot.press

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Jul 24

Metympyschosis has wrapped. What an amazing experience, and a privilege to be in the same room with so many generational talents 🙌 Can't wait for everyone to see the final piece!

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Jul 23

We just wrapped on our very cool film shoot today (making films is so hard). Today is also the publication of an essay I wrote about how we can be better to each other. Thanks to @ergot.bsky.social for publishing.

www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

www.ergot.press

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ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · Jul 23

We have an essay up today on ergot.: 'On Fuckedness or The New Empthy' by Chris Kelso

www.ergot.press/authors/Chri...

CHRIS KELSO : ——– | Official

www.chris-kelso.com

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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · Jul 16

every single piece of "news" drops so instantly into its prepared culturewar spot that it would be an insult to the intelligence of a four year old

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Jul 5

A lovely write-up of Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity in Rue Morgue!

The first 200 copies sold will include a signed, numbered full-colour facsimile cinema ticket 😎

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Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social · Jul 4

Excited at the arrival of Metympsychosis, from the relentless @chris88.bsky.social. A @feraldove.com release. Be there or be square.

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Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Jul 4

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Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social · Jul 4

Excited at the arrival of Metympsychosis, from the relentless @chris88.bsky.social. A @feraldove.com release. Be there or be square.

Chris Kelso @chris88.bsky.social · Jul 3

The preorder page for Possession: Dreams of Suffering and Sanity is up on the PS website. Signed hardbacks coming soon 😊

pspublishing.co.uk/possession-h...

Possession [hardcover] by Chris Kelso

MIDNIGHT MOVIE MONOGRAPH by Chris Kelso SERIES EDITOR Guy Adams CATEGORY Horror PUBLICATION DATE Augusth 2025 COVER ART DESIGN Neil Snowdon PAGES 90

pspublishing.co.uk

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