Matt Simon
@mattsimon.bsky.social
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“… its quiet surrealism makes a hypnotic, hypnagogic (soporific for some) experience.” - On Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
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November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“… its quiet surrealism makes a hypnotic, hypnagogic (soporific for some) experience.” - On Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This week thinking about
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This week thinking about
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
"Its energy arises from its two contrasting siblings—the iconic (at least for those in the know) proto-goth Jacqueline (Jean Brooks) and her innocent but steely sister Mary (Kim Hunter) ..." -- On The Seventh Victim
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www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Its energy arises from its two contrasting siblings—the iconic (at least for those in the know) proto-goth Jacqueline (Jean Brooks) and her innocent but steely sister Mary (Kim Hunter) ..." -- On The Seventh Victim
www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
"... the same boundaries that present an opportunity for those in flight might also make the perfect trap." -- On @felker.bsky.social's Things Will Be Different
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www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"... the same boundaries that present an opportunity for those in flight might also make the perfect trap." -- On @felker.bsky.social's Things Will Be Different
www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
"Hangover Square, when it comes to these genres, inhabits them fully and equally." -- On horror noir and Hangover Square.
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www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Hangover Square, when it comes to these genres, inhabits them fully and equally." -- On horror noir and Hangover Square.
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www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For some of us screaming's always been in style.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For some of us screaming's always been in style.
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Feels like an Ed Brubaker comic.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Feels like an Ed Brubaker comic.
On @elrickane.bsky.social's The Dead Thing: “The melancholy here is recognizable, the atmosphere of a stretch of life where we can find ourselves alienated from a world that doesn't quite feel solid. It’s a perfect mood for a ghost story.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
On @elrickane.bsky.social's The Dead Thing: “The melancholy here is recognizable, the atmosphere of a stretch of life where we can find ourselves alienated from a world that doesn't quite feel solid. It’s a perfect mood for a ghost story.”
On Aislinn Clarke’s Fréwaka: “… a movie about the tangle of the mind and history, and [its overstuffed] rooms echo the troubled, cluttered minds of its characters.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
On Aislinn Clarke’s Fréwaka: “… a movie about the tangle of the mind and history, and [its overstuffed] rooms echo the troubled, cluttered minds of its characters.”
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“The abiding sense here is that physical reality, if we know how to approach it, will open up to reveal something deeper—a truer, more monstrous reality waiting out of sight.” On the 1925 Phantom of the Opera
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“The abiding sense here is that physical reality, if we know how to approach it, will open up to reveal something deeper—a truer, more monstrous reality waiting out of sight.” On the 1925 Phantom of the Opera
www.deadofnightletter.com/mask-mind-mo... #filmsky #horror
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New newsletter--
“The abiding sense here is that physical reality, if we know how to approach it, will open up to reveal something deeper—a truer, more monstrous reality waiting out of sight.” On the 1925 Phantom of the Opera
www.deadofnightletter.com/mask-mind-mo... #filmsky #horror
“The abiding sense here is that physical reality, if we know how to approach it, will open up to reveal something deeper—a truer, more monstrous reality waiting out of sight.” On the 1925 Phantom of the Opera
www.deadofnightletter.com/mask-mind-mo... #filmsky #horror
Perhaps the perfect hinge between October and November, I’m thinking about horror and cornfields …
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#filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
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#filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Perhaps the perfect hinge between October and November, I’m thinking about horror and cornfields …
www.deadofnightletter.com/halloween-sp...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
www.deadofnightletter.com/halloween-sp...
#filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
Really taking to this wolf mask (too much so probably) 🎃🐺
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Really taking to this wolf mask (too much so probably) 🎃🐺
“If Dr. Loomis showed up in my city looking for someone, I'd probably make it my first order of business to protect the target from the raving doctor.”
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www.deadofnightletter.com/halloween-sp... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“If Dr. Loomis showed up in my city looking for someone, I'd probably make it my first order of business to protect the target from the raving doctor.”
www.deadofnightletter.com/halloween-sp... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
www.deadofnightletter.com/halloween-sp... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
On Michael Myers’s stillness: “… he's also striking a pose, making a creepy image of himself, and taking his place as an icon.” 🎃
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www.deadofnightletter.com/halloween-sp... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
On Michael Myers’s stillness: “… he's also striking a pose, making a creepy image of himself, and taking his place as an icon.” 🎃
www.deadofnightletter.com/halloween-sp... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
www.deadofnightletter.com/halloween-sp... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
“… metaphor can be as unstable and slippery as memory …”
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“… metaphor can be as unstable and slippery as memory …”
“He has lots of ideas, and they serve to expand and develop a master amalgamated Frankenstein that exists in del Toro’s mind.”
www.deadofnightletter.com/fog-frankens... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
www.deadofnightletter.com/fog-frankens... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“He has lots of ideas, and they serve to expand and develop a master amalgamated Frankenstein that exists in del Toro’s mind.”
www.deadofnightletter.com/fog-frankens... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
www.deadofnightletter.com/fog-frankens... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema