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Lead of the Horror Studies Research Group, Northumbria University. Known for research on extreme horror, philosophy, pornography, and the slasher subgenre. drstevejones.co.uk

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Steve Jones @drstevejones.bsky.social · Jun 30

Publication day! Looking forward to the new I Know What You Did Last Summer or Scream VII?

Then check out my new book The Postmodern Slasher Film (or order it for your library)

30% off with the code NEW30 at @edinburghup.bsky.social

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder - Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University
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Studies in the Fantastic @fantastic-journal.bsky.social · 4d

📢 New on the Studies in the Fantastic blog! ✨📚🌙🌀🔮💫📖

We’re thrilled to launch our new blog series—created in partnership with the Horror Studies Research Group at Northumbria University—spotlighting fresh and innovative research in horror studies.

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · 24d

Check out this podcast featuring our own Johnny Walker and @kte75.bsky.social

Pivotal: Fear -
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Fear

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Dirt In The Gate Movies @dirtinthegate.bsky.social · 25d

💥 THIS WEEKEND! 💥 It’s time to ditch the streamers, assemble your posse and share our love for cinema in its purest form! The GRINDFEST FILM FESTIVAL is upon us!

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · 25d

Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University

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Studies in the Fantastic @fantastic-journal.bsky.social · Aug 26

✍️📈✨"Survival and Recovery: Addiction and the Therapeutic Potential of Horror Writing" by Alex Herod.

Thrilled to feature this piece in our latest Issue 18!

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Steve Jones @drstevejones.bsky.social · Aug 14

Only one day left to support the crowdfunding campaign for Slasher Trash, a documentary focusing on obscure, low-budget slasher films

Check it out:
slashertrashdoc.com?sca_ref=9391...

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Slasher Trash – CreatorVC Studios Inc

Celebrate and explore rare and obscure slashers in the ultimate slasher documentary! Join now to get your name in the credits, reserve limited edition merch, and join unique community events! Pre-orde...

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Steve Jones @drstevejones.bsky.social · Aug 12

The crowdfunding campaign for the documentary Slasher Trash closes on 14th August

The documentary is going to focus on obscure, low-budget slasher films, so it is right up my street!

Check it out:
slashertrashdoc.com?sca_ref=9391...

#horrorNU @80shorrordoc.bsky.social @slashertrash.bsky.social

Slasher Trash – CreatorVC Studios Inc

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · Jul 28

Our annual conference, Horror Studies Now, is featured in this month's issue of Dark Side Magazine

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · Jul 21

We have a new website! horrorstudies.com

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Steve Jones @drstevejones.bsky.social · Jul 17

Chuffed to contribute a new essay to Eureka's new 4k release of this staggering film
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Stuart Wright @stuartwright.bsky.social · Jul 9

NEW... @drstevejones.bsky.social a film scholar & a leading authority on extreme imagery & the intersections between horror and pornography, talks about his new book THE METAMODERN SLASHER FILM

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Dr Steve Jones, author of the The Metamodern Slasher Film and The Postmodern Slasher Film

Podcast Episode · 3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart Wright · 09/07/2025 · 59m

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Steve Jones @drstevejones.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks Ken : ) ~

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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · Jun 30

Let @drstevejones.bsky.social convince you that the postmodern slasher--like the underseen CRY WOLF, RIPPER & LOVER'S LANE--isn't just a SCREAM clone. "The Postmodern Slasher Film" is new from @edinburghup.bsky.social. Aca-priced, so email your library!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pos...

The cover of the book "The Postmodern Slasher Film" featuring a large photo of Ghostface from the SCREAM film series.

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Dirt In The Gate Movies @dirtinthegate.bsky.social · Jun 27

GRINDFEST ’25 FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS 19-21 Sept!
The masters of celluloid are back for GRINDFEST the SEVENTH edition.
3x Day pass here -> theregent.co.uk/event/91723
Single Tickets on sale soon!
Join us for 3 days of classic genre film!

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our own @drstevejones.bsky.social was interviewed for this article about zombies by @tomjbeasley.bsky.social

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28 Days Later started a zombie debate that's still raging today

28 Years Later will bring fast zombies back to cinemas, but some horror fans still think the undead should move at a snail's pace. What do the experts think?

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · Jun 12

@jplaczkiewicz.bsky.social, our PhD student, recently attended the #horrorNU conference organized by @horrorstudies.bsky.social, Northumbria University. She explored new perspectives in contemporary rape-revenge cinema, focusing on the role of affect & the transformative portrayal of female avengers

Conference poster depicting large pile of skulls in a dark-green hue.

Building of the Northumbria University against the blue sky.

Portrait of Julia Płaczkiewicz. She is a white woman, posed standing up, smiling on a background of neatly stacked bookshelves. She is wearing a Black shirt. He hair is dark blonde, shoulder-length.

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · Jun 3

If you weren't able to join us for Horror Studies Now 2025, here is what you missed!

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Horror Studies Now 2025

YouTube video by Horror Studies

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · Jun 2

The Horror Studies Research Group at Horror Studies Now 2025 #horrorNU

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Steve Jones @drstevejones.bsky.social · May 31

Spolis from the easiest peer-review gig I've had:
Q: "Should there be a new edition of Games of Terror?"
A: " Yes please"

Fantastic to see this classic finally back in print

#horrorNU

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Steve Jones @drstevejones.bsky.social · May 31

Thank you Graham! : ) ~

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Graham🐝 @grahamthings.bsky.social · May 31

Doing my best to keep up with developments in horror research albeit from my armchair. Less stressful than doing it for a living I'm sure!
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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · May 30

Fantastic first conference paper from Abigail Hilton 'The Ghosts of Queer Girlhood: South Korean Horror and Fractured Temporalities in Whispering Corridors (1998) and Memento Mori (1999)' @horrorstudies.bsky.social

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · May 30

@maxgee1284.bsky.social delivering an obscenely good keynote @horrorstudies.bsky.social - so much to think about! I loooooved the 'sentient or possessed' quiz too btw.

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Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social · May 30

@alexherod.bsky.social collecting her very well
deserved award at the Horror Studies Now conference :) So proud of you! @horrorstudies.bsky.social

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Northumbria University Library @northumbrialibrary.bsky.social · May 30

Northumbria University's Horror Studies Research Group has hosted the Horror Studies Now conference. Interested in horror? Check out 'The Modern Horror film' reading list by searching the title at: northumbria.rl.talis.com/index.html

#NorthumbriaLibrary #horrorNU @horrorstudies.bsky.social

Someone holding a copy of the book 'Horror Film: a critical introduction' by Murray Leeder, in front of two shelves of various horror-related books inside Northumbria University City Campus Library.

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Xanthe Pajarillo 🔪 @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social · May 29

Day 1 of #HorrorNU @horrorstudies.bsky.social is done! Brilliant keynote from Cüneyt Çakırlar followed by countless papers that were both informative and entertaining. Always worth the trek here. #HorrorSky

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Dr_Alessandra_P @alessandrapino.bsky.social · May 29

Neon in horror. Neon is the future. @kjudgemental.bsky.social @horrorstudies.bsky.social

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Dr_Alessandra_P @alessandrapino.bsky.social · May 29

@kjudgemental.bsky.social is glowing at @horrorstudies.bsky.social

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