Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

@horrornonna.com

18K followers 670 following 1.4K posts

your horror nonna

post-goth dr/writer/producer/programmer/author of 10 books on cult + horror film

in Venice award-winning doc CHAIN REACTIONS + soon Shudder's 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR based on my book

Naarm/Australia
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · Aug 26

New pinned post: I'm a critic + author of 10 books on cult + horror film including 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR (a new doc from Shudder coming soon) + I'm also in CHAIN REACTIONS, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre legacy doc, w/ Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Stephen King + Karyn Kusama. More here horrornonna.com

A pile of books written by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

A poster for CHAIN REACTIONS - Alexandre O Philippe's Venice Lion winning documentary about the 50th anniversary of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and a copy of the book 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 3h

Breaking my Bsky fast to share this video of Ahmed al Ahmed, the most admired and celebrated man in Australia right now who unhesitatingly took down a fucking killer at Bondi on Sunday.

This is the embodiment of King Shit, and a reminder that reductive racist horsehit has no connection to reality ❤️

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 5h

This is a fucken dream team of contributors right here. I love this for us! ❤️

Reposted by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Matt Donato @donatobomb.bsky.social · 5h

Oh hey, @arrowvideo.bsky.social's new Limited Edition CHEAP THRILLS release is available for pre-order!

I've got an essay in the collector's booklet alongside @thehorrorchick.bsky.social. Also included is a new audio commentary by @horrornonna.com. Proud to share a byline with some of the best. 🫡

Disc are for Arrow Video's new Limited Edition Cheap Thrills release.

Reposted by Melissa Sweet, Erin O’Donnell, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Josh Butler @joshbutler.bsky.social · 21h

Bondi: National cabinet has agreed to look at gun control options in Australia including potential changes to:

- licensing
- limiting the number of guns able to be held by one person
- further restrictions to guns permitted
- limiting firearms licenses to Australian citizens

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 1d

I understand that Sydney hospitals are apparently running low on O- blood, so anyone in Australia wanting to actively do something to help, this is a good start. Please spread the word! (Even if it doesn't directly help shooting victims, it's always a good thing to do)

Blood, plasma and platelets

From how blood donation works to who needs it, let's talk about it.

www.lifeblood.com.au

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 1d

Thanks lovely xx

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 1d

I'm gonna take a few days out from social media because Australia is about to lose its goddamned mind (I'm on email for folks who need me). This is a small country of 27 million: we haven't had anything of this scale since 1996. There's a lot of misinfo about Australian gun laws, so quick refresher:

Australian gun control: 29 years after Port Arthur

Almost 30 years after Port Arthur, there are more guns in Australia than ever before, and the Howard Government’s landmark National Firearms Agreement is falling short of its stated aims. There is no ...

australiainstitute.org.au

Reposted by Erin O’Donnell, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

The 50-year-old Bondi beach terror suspect who died was a licensed firearms holder, and had six firearms, NSW police say. Police have the six firearms from the scene yesterday. His 24yo son is in police custody in hospital in a critical but stable condition.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.

The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

A wrong Grok post making up a white guy who stopped the Australian mass shooting.

BBC
'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed
Emily Atkinson
Sun, December 14, 2025 at 1:06 p.m. CST
2 min read

A "hero" bystander who was filmed wrestling a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed.

Video verified by the BBC showed Mr Ahmed run at the gunman and seize his weapon, before turning the gun round on him, forcing his retreat.

Mr Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, remains in hospital, where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family told 7News Australia.

Reposted by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

RanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 1d

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm

BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• "We are getting reports".
". could mean anything.
• "We are seeking confirmation".. means they don't have it.
• "[News outlet] has learned". means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
ON THE MEDIA
ONTHEMEDIA.ORG

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 1d

🎵 I don't mind puttin' bread in the mouths of decadents 🎵

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

He is a king and you are a darling - a perfect match 💜

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

This news has hit me so much harder than I would have expected. May her sticky insecty name be a man-cannibalizing blessing 🙏

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

GO TEAM B+H 💜💜💜

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

I've been working a lot with B recently (and Heather too of course) and if folks are looking for an experienced video editor especially for bluray work and things like that, I cannot recommend him more highly. Razor sharp skills, creative, and clearly has a deep love for and understanding of cinema!

Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 3d

I gotta say, I am just so freaking proud of my fella. The amount of hustling that he's been doing to deliver absolutely stellar special features over the last few months is mind-boggling. He's doing incredible work & we're actually going to get to have a tiny Christmas too. He's the best y'all. 🖤

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

I can't imagine being Vivian's parent and not being anything but proud - such incredible strength and courage. This dipshit doesn't deserve her.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

Ok thats fucken HILARIOUS

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

I frankly just cannot honestly think of a poorer demonstration of a weak character than a parent shunning a child.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

ALL OF THIS

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

*bangs table and howls like a wolf* YES! YES! YES!!!!!

Reposted by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Jordan Crucchiola @jorcru.bsky.social · 2d

I just can’t believe how much power people abdicate all the time by not actually leveraging the “more of us than there are of them” reality of the proletariat!

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

I AM EXACTLY THE SAME. I started hrt for pmdd too at 42, and felt nothing but instant solidarity with anyone going through hormonal treatment in an attempt to improve their life.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

I think men like this are terrified because they know deep down that if trans folk and gen x karens joined forces en masse - celebrating what we share rather than the latter falsely heightening perceived difference - we would be the most unfuckwithable army in human history.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

What I dont get is how - in the face of this and the widely shared experience of HRT - any gen x women at all can become terfs. Many cis and trans women share the experience of HRT! Many older cis women especially have had hysterectomies so don't have what this dipshit archaically calls a "womb"!

Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 2d

Twitter user elonmusk:

If you have a womb, you are a woman. Otherwise, you are not.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

So glad you enjoyed it!

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

MENSCH ❤️

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 3d

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
•
I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

This is great!

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

ANGEL 💜

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

It's a Christmas miracle! The new Silent Night Deadly Night reboot is the anti-fascist Christmas movie of my dreams, just a joy from start to finish. Champagne cinema, five stars, no notes, would watch again.

Actual film still:

A still from the film Silent Night Deadly Night - of course, we should not kill anyone, and I do not approve or agree with such sentiments please thank you bluesky

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 2d

My darling! I cannot *wait* to hear what you make of it all ❤️

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