I’m not dead - just hard at work on my next monograph :) if you are interested, I have an Instagram about it - search for splatter.matters over there🩸 🩸 🩸

Also new in paperback is Shellie McMurdo's "Blood on the Lens: Trauma & Anxiety in American Found Footage Horror Cinema," a look at realist horrors and the shocks we can't leave behind, via QUARANTINE, THE SACRAMENT, etc. Edinburgh University Press Shellie McMurdo edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-blood-on-…

Every now and then, I forget how much I love Serial Mom. It’s potentially my favourite John Waters film.

Happy birthday to my idol 🖤

I went to see Terrifier 3 tonight and immediately booked to go see it again tomorrow 🖤❤️🤍

When senpai notices you 🖤

No, you’ve watched the Terrifier films too many times the last few weeks

We're running a two-day academic conference on the Terrifier franchise in May 2025! As the franchise goes from strength to strength, it's the perfect time for a scholarly celebration! Check out the CfP here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/news/… #Terrifier3 Terrifier 3 ☝️🤡✌️

david howard thornton speaking in costume trips my brain out so bad but is also so goddamn cute

WE'RE BACK! Our 1st event of the academic year on 27/11 features @murder_media81 Dr Bethan Jones (she/her) Shellie McMurdo Tom Watson explore the connections and overlaps between true crime media and the horror genre. Registration free & open to all forms.office.com/e/JuRS3GQNQe

Let me reshare the call for papers for our Terrifier conference in May next year! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/news/… We're accepting papers on any aspect of the franchise, to be presented online or in-person! Terrifier 3 ☝️🤡✌️ Damien Leone Lauren LaVera @davidhoward425 #Terrifier3

What a gift 😍

Just casually having pre-holidays mental breakdown 👍

Go on…. Give English Sox Colin a vote 🖤

Well, I’ll be damned 🤡 🧑‍🎓 gamesradar.com/entertainment/…

It's only Damien Leone(!) sharing news of our Terrifier conference - registrations are free, so please do come along! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/news/…

It’s now easier to six degrees of Kevin Bacon me to Damien Leone

Nearly finished writing my keynote lecture for #terrifier2025 at University of Warwick next month!

Help me out horror hivemind, as my overheated brain has gone blank. Most effective use of a rod operated puppet in 1980s horror (yes I know that's an entirely subjective question, but it'll help me write myself out of a hole, haha)?

Yesssss!