Meredith Borders
@mereborders.bsky.social
🌀Senior Editor, FANGORIA
🌀Strong Sender
🌀Texan living in Germany & writing about it
🌀Strong Sender
🌀Texan living in Germany & writing about it
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Meredith Borders
@mereborders.bsky.social
· Oct 28
First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium
The Complete History of Horror from the Pages of the #1 Horror Magazine
www.kickstarter.com
I'm filled with butterflies and beaming with pride to announce FIRST IN FRIGHT: THE FANGORIA COMPENDIUM, a hard-cover, full-color book that details the history of Fango, the publication I've loved all my life. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
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Series FINALE, can you believe it? We did it, team 🏈
Some of our faves return to Dillon, and the Lions are headed to State on this week’s series finale (!!!) installment of the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Rewatch.
Friday Night Lights S5.E13 “Always”
Some of our faves return to Dillon and the Lions are headed to State on the series finale installment of the Friday Night Lights Rewatch.
foreveryoungadult.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Series FINALE, can you believe it? We did it, team 🏈
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NEW FANGO IS HERE
NEW FANGO IS HERE
NEW FANGO IS HERE
January 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
NEW FANGO IS HERE
NEW FANGO IS HERE
NEW FANGO IS HERE
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Speaking of @fangoria.bsky.social , I was proud (and nervous) to interview MAN FINDS TAPE's own @gholson.bsky.social for the latest issue. It's been a long time since I was on the writing side of something and I hope I did a good job. Thanks to @philnobilejr.bsky.social for the opportunity ❤️
January 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Speaking of @fangoria.bsky.social , I was proud (and nervous) to interview MAN FINDS TAPE's own @gholson.bsky.social for the latest issue. It's been a long time since I was on the writing side of something and I hope I did a good job. Thanks to @philnobilejr.bsky.social for the opportunity ❤️
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DUST BUNNY is available on VOD today. It made my top 15, a criminally overlooked 2025 film that's part Jim Henson, part John Woo, all awesome. Mads Mikkelsen is fantastic, the action is solid, and the Monster is very cool. In the 90s or Aughts it would have been huge. See it. Buy it. Worth it.
the word rothsothy is on the dark background
Alt: the word dust bonny are on the dark background
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
DUST BUNNY is available on VOD today. It made my top 15, a criminally overlooked 2025 film that's part Jim Henson, part John Woo, all awesome. Mads Mikkelsen is fantastic, the action is solid, and the Monster is very cool. In the 90s or Aughts it would have been huge. See it. Buy it. Worth it.
loooove this primate primer from Richard!
New Year, New Fango! Check out issue #30 featuring Sam Raimi’s #SendHelp. Also, I discuss the history of primates in horror movies ahead of #Primate. Thanks to @mereborders.bsky.social
for the edit and @jasonkauz.bsky.social for the layout!
for the edit and @jasonkauz.bsky.social for the layout!
January 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
loooove this primate primer from Richard!
Forty favorite memories from 2025 (Part One) 💞
www.instagram.com/p/DTFPuUvjoA...
Forty favorite memories from 2025 (Part Two) 💞
www.instagram.com/p/DTFQtr-CPr...
www.instagram.com/p/DTFPuUvjoA...
Forty favorite memories from 2025 (Part Two) 💞
www.instagram.com/p/DTFQtr-CPr...
January 4, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Forty favorite memories from 2025 (Part One) 💞
www.instagram.com/p/DTFPuUvjoA...
Forty favorite memories from 2025 (Part Two) 💞
www.instagram.com/p/DTFQtr-CPr...
www.instagram.com/p/DTFPuUvjoA...
Forty favorite memories from 2025 (Part Two) 💞
www.instagram.com/p/DTFQtr-CPr...
Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq is what radicalized me (more). We can’t let ourselves be numb to the fact that everything is so much worse now - that’s even more of a reason to radically resist.
Amelia’s got some good first steps for anyone feeling overwhelmed and helpless (relatable!!).
Amelia’s got some good first steps for anyone feeling overwhelmed and helpless (relatable!!).
Most of my subscribers follow me for pop culture. This weekend, specifically, they're waiting on my Top 10 TV of 2025 and Critics Choice Awards updates.
I wish those are what I was coming to you with today. Instead, I come with a plea.
www.picketywitch.com/we-stop-this...
I wish those are what I was coming to you with today. Instead, I come with a plea.
www.picketywitch.com/we-stop-this...
We Stop This Or It Gets Worse
Today, I offer no pop culture updates or lists. I come to you with a plea.
www.picketywitch.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq is what radicalized me (more). We can’t let ourselves be numb to the fact that everything is so much worse now - that’s even more of a reason to radically resist.
Amelia’s got some good first steps for anyone feeling overwhelmed and helpless (relatable!!).
Amelia’s got some good first steps for anyone feeling overwhelmed and helpless (relatable!!).
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it’s interesting to see the start date different people attach to this condition of existential american embarrassment. ten years ago, twenty, sixty. everyone’s sort of right
another morning when it’s an existentially shameful thing to be an american huh
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
it’s interesting to see the start date different people attach to this condition of existential american embarrassment. ten years ago, twenty, sixty. everyone’s sort of right
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remember when we were kind of secretive about doing coups
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
remember when we were kind of secretive about doing coups
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Our first podcast episode of the new year ushers 2026 in with a whole new wave of existential dread!
"We get up and we find out something terrible has happened almost every single day, and we just have to go do our job." In this week's episode of the podcast, @donatobomb.bsky.social and @monagle.bsky.social discuss the numbing, existential horror of Alexander Ullom's IT ENDS.
Podcast: 'It Ends' Gets Uncertified
Matt Donato and Matthew Monagle talk Letterboxd and high-concept horror in their discussion of Alexander Ullom's 'It Ends.'
certifiedforgotten.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Our first podcast episode of the new year ushers 2026 in with a whole new wave of existential dread!
Absolutely lit on fire about this movie after seeing it at Telluride Horror Show. Can’t wait for a rewatch.
I think IT ENDS is going to be a movie people talk about for a long, long time. So why not listen to me and Donato talk about it right now?
"We get up and we find out something terrible has happened almost every single day, and we just have to go do our job." In this week's episode of the podcast, @donatobomb.bsky.social and @monagle.bsky.social discuss the numbing, existential horror of Alexander Ullom's IT ENDS.
January 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Absolutely lit on fire about this movie after seeing it at Telluride Horror Show. Can’t wait for a rewatch.
Thisssss convooooo!
Beyond honored to announce that I am the first journalist to have an in-depth discussion with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley about THE BRIDE! and I got to do it for my love @fangoria.bsky.social.
Digital issue is out now, or order it here: shop.fangoria.com/products/fan...
Digital issue is out now, or order it here: shop.fangoria.com/products/fan...
January 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Thisssss convooooo!
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That’s my name alongside all these brilliant and cool people! 😭😭😭
Been like ten times at this point but I still get so friggin stoked seeing my name in the @fangoria.bsky.social contributor page. Especially when it's next to talented pals (who Bluesky won't let me tag).
Subscribers should have the new digital issue now and the print one will be along shortly!
Subscribers should have the new digital issue now and the print one will be along shortly!
January 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
That’s my name alongside all these brilliant and cool people! 😭😭😭
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Been like ten times at this point but I still get so friggin stoked seeing my name in the @fangoria.bsky.social contributor page. Especially when it's next to talented pals (who Bluesky won't let me tag).
Subscribers should have the new digital issue now and the print one will be along shortly!
Subscribers should have the new digital issue now and the print one will be along shortly!
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Been like ten times at this point but I still get so friggin stoked seeing my name in the @fangoria.bsky.social contributor page. Especially when it's next to talented pals (who Bluesky won't let me tag).
Subscribers should have the new digital issue now and the print one will be along shortly!
Subscribers should have the new digital issue now and the print one will be along shortly!
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If you had a subscription to @fangoria.bsky.social Magazine, which includes digital versions of every issue, you could be reading my article on @DavidKittredge‘s genius documentary abt EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC and dir John Bootman BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL right now!
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
If you had a subscription to @fangoria.bsky.social Magazine, which includes digital versions of every issue, you could be reading my article on @DavidKittredge‘s genius documentary abt EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC and dir John Bootman BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL right now!
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I wrote about MASQUERADE, the immersive Phantom of the Opera musical I attended in NYC this week, for @fangoria. Spoiler-free review, except for this spoiler: I FREAKING LOVED IT!!!! ❤️🔥
Flawless songs, unbeatable spectacle and opulent production - Diane Paulus' MASQUERADE is an immersive PHANTOM OF THE OPERA experience like no other. Read our full thoughts within.
Let The Spectacle Astound You: Behind MASQUERADE, NYC’S Immersive PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Experience
Flawless songs, unbeatable spectacle and opulent production - Diane Paulus' MASQUERADE is an immersive PHANTOM OF THE OPERA experience like no other. Read our full thoughts within.
dlvr.it
December 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I wrote about MASQUERADE, the immersive Phantom of the Opera musical I attended in NYC this week, for @fangoria. Spoiler-free review, except for this spoiler: I FREAKING LOVED IT!!!! ❤️🔥
60% of the way through the decade, what are your fav movies?
2020 - Palm Springs
2021 - Last Night in Soho
2022 - Nope
2023 - Poor Things
2024 - Love Lies Bleeding
2025 - Superman
I think? I barely researched this but feels correct.
2020 - Palm Springs
2021 - Last Night in Soho
2022 - Nope
2023 - Poor Things
2024 - Love Lies Bleeding
2025 - Superman
I think? I barely researched this but feels correct.
60% of the way through the decade, what are your fav movies?
2020: Last And First Men
2021: The Matrix Resurrections
2022: The Fabelmans
2023: May December
2024: Sasquatch Sunset
2025: Weapons
2020: Last And First Men
2021: The Matrix Resurrections
2022: The Fabelmans
2023: May December
2024: Sasquatch Sunset
2025: Weapons
2020: trick question, not a real year, did not happen / Da 5 Bloods
2021: Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 (sorry, very James pick)
2022: Everything Everywhere All At Once
2023: The Zone of Interest
2024: Challengers
2025: No Other Choice
2021: Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 (sorry, very James pick)
2022: Everything Everywhere All At Once
2023: The Zone of Interest
2024: Challengers
2025: No Other Choice
January 2, 2026 at 11:12 AM
60% of the way through the decade, what are your fav movies?
2020 - Palm Springs
2021 - Last Night in Soho
2022 - Nope
2023 - Poor Things
2024 - Love Lies Bleeding
2025 - Superman
I think? I barely researched this but feels correct.
2020 - Palm Springs
2021 - Last Night in Soho
2022 - Nope
2023 - Poor Things
2024 - Love Lies Bleeding
2025 - Superman
I think? I barely researched this but feels correct.
Jason is a literal genius and we’re beyond lucky to have him building each & every Fango. I’d have him design my entire life aesthetic if I could!
A pretty crazy and productive 2025 at FANGORIA. Here is everything I worked on that got printed. We have a great team and it’s been a joy to work with everyone at Fango. Pretty wild stuff and excited for what new projects I get to work on in 2026.
January 2, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Jason is a literal genius and we’re beyond lucky to have him building each & every Fango. I’d have him design my entire life aesthetic if I could!
In 2025 I started keeping track of my media in my planner. At each month’s end, I’d share those pages in my Stories, which sparked convos & recs from pals. It was a really fun hybrid of analog and digital record-keeping, and I’m excited to continue in 2026!
Here are my year-end totals and faves.
Here are my year-end totals and faves.
January 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
In 2025 I started keeping track of my media in my planner. At each month’s end, I’d share those pages in my Stories, which sparked convos & recs from pals. It was a really fun hybrid of analog and digital record-keeping, and I’m excited to continue in 2026!
Here are my year-end totals and faves.
Here are my year-end totals and faves.
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2025 was bad. You know what wasn't bad? Movies. A thousand things happened to delay the publication of this year's Top 10, but it's live damnit!
[graphic design is my passion. pls subscribe 😜]
www.picketywitch.com/top-10-movie...
[graphic design is my passion. pls subscribe 😜]
www.picketywitch.com/top-10-movie...
Top 10 Movies of 2025
If I had a week, I still wouldn't have enough time to list all of the ways that 2025 was terrible. You know what wasn't bad, though? Movies.
www.picketywitch.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
2025 was bad. You know what wasn't bad? Movies. A thousand things happened to delay the publication of this year's Top 10, but it's live damnit!
[graphic design is my passion. pls subscribe 😜]
www.picketywitch.com/top-10-movie...
[graphic design is my passion. pls subscribe 😜]
www.picketywitch.com/top-10-movie...
paying for internet on the plane just to feel something
December 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
paying for internet on the plane just to feel something
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Have you heard the good word? FANGORIA presents FRANKENSTEIN was such a hit it’s getting a reprint!
Read all about @realgdt.bsky.social’s movie and a deep dive into the literary and cinematic history of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN.
Pre-order here: shop.fangoria.com/products/fan...
Read all about @realgdt.bsky.social’s movie and a deep dive into the literary and cinematic history of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN.
Pre-order here: shop.fangoria.com/products/fan...
December 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Have you heard the good word? FANGORIA presents FRANKENSTEIN was such a hit it’s getting a reprint!
Read all about @realgdt.bsky.social’s movie and a deep dive into the literary and cinematic history of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN.
Pre-order here: shop.fangoria.com/products/fan...
Read all about @realgdt.bsky.social’s movie and a deep dive into the literary and cinematic history of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN.
Pre-order here: shop.fangoria.com/products/fan...
Spent some time in Boston and NYC for Christmas, and cherished every minute.
Wrote about it: www.instagram.com/p/DS5zTpnjtg...
Wrote about it: www.instagram.com/p/DS5zTpnjtg...
December 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Spent some time in Boston and NYC for Christmas, and cherished every minute.
Wrote about it: www.instagram.com/p/DS5zTpnjtg...
Wrote about it: www.instagram.com/p/DS5zTpnjtg...
You won’t regret it 💖
I am just 40 subscribers away from ✨doubling✨ my readership in 2025.
Sure would be neat to hit that milestone before the year ends! Any sub, free or paid, counts toward that number. No spam, pinky promise 🖤
www.picketywitch.com
Sure would be neat to hit that milestone before the year ends! Any sub, free or paid, counts toward that number. No spam, pinky promise 🖤
www.picketywitch.com
Pickety Witch
Insist on your cup of stars
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December 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You won’t regret it 💖