Dr Darren Gray
@drdarrengray.bsky.social
Researcher in Literature, Film and Cultural Studies | The Gothic, Horror, Technology, Disability | Currently writing ‘Horror and Disability’ for the University of Wales Press Horror Studies series. Proudly neurodivergent (ADHD)
Horror and countdown to Halloween time! This will be my #100HorrorMoviesin92Days thread. For more information about the challenge check out @spookysarahsays.bsky.social 1 - The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2023) - Fun, horror-comedy silliness. A perfect start to this year’s challenge! #HorrorSky
Here is @uniwalespress.bsky.social autumn / winter catalog which includes my book, Horror and Disability, as well as several other fantastic upcoming texts! Check it out!
University of Wales Press@uniwalespress.bsky.social · 2w ago... @drdarrengray.bsky.social, @drmllz.bsky.social, @emilyalder.bsky.social, @jfpackham.bsky.social, @joanpassey.bsky.social, @heidibackes1.bsky.social, @lkremmel.bsky.social, @bethanscorey.bsky.social and many more! (2/2)
Sunny day = Suspiria T Shirt. I love Suspiria 1977 and 2018 and think they are both great films. #HorrorSky
Absolutely essential #horror and #Gothic books from @uniwalespress.bsky.social! Snap up as many as you can while they are on offer 😁 #HorrorSky #AcademicSky
University of Wales Press@uniwalespress.bsky.social · 4w agoWe are so looking forward to attending the @igagoths.bsky.social at the University of Hull later this month! Take a sneak peak at some of the books we will be bringing with our £25 Gothic and Horror Studies paperbacks📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/gothic-and-h...
I’m nominated for a @fangoria.bsky.social Chainsaw award: Best Documentary Feature! Your vote would mean the world to me. I’ve never brought home the Chainsaw. Perhaps this year will be different? Thanks for your support/enthusiasm/spreading the word to fellow fans! Vote now at vote.fangoria.com
Binge re-watching the Evil Dead trilogy to get ready for the release of Evil Dead Burn later this week 🔥 #HorrorSky #EvilDead #EvilDeadBurn
In an ambitious (but probably misguided) attempt to embrace technology and social media I am now on Instagram. Please join me for even more spooky/horror/academic/writing shenanigans 😁 #horrorsky #writers www.instagram.com/drdarrengray...
If you are interested in or studying #crimefiction, Crime Fiction Studies Vol 5 : Gender in Crime (2024) is currently free access. The link is to my contribution but check out the full issue because it is fantastic. Excellent articles 😁 #AcademicSky doi.org/10.3366/cfs....
‘I suppose I’ve never been really right since the war’: Traumatised Masculinities in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey Novels | Crime Fiction Studies
The shell-shocked ex-serviceman was a controversial and troubling figure in interwar society. While the soldier was an ideal of masculinity in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, post-World War One, the...
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Book announcement! Reece Goodall’s edited collection Horror Spoofs and Parodies is planned for publication this autumn. It’s volume #29 in the Horror Studies academic book series. www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-... @uniwalespress.bsky.social #horror #horrorstudies
At a Seed Talks ‘The History of Folk Horror’ lecture this evening! Very exciting! #HorrorSky #FolkHorror
Are you feeling inspired by Northumbria University's Horror Now conference? 💀 Discover even more with our Horror Studies series! Featuring books from some of Horror Now's speakers, such as Edmund P. Cueva and Darren Gray 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/series/categ... @xaldanareyes.bsky.social
I am so excited for In Search of Darkness: 70s! The trailer is superb. I love these documentaries! 😁 #Horror #HorrorSky
David Weiner@davidweiner.bsky.social · 2mo agoICYMI: Watch the killer trailer, then head to InSearchofDarkness.com to pre-order IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS ‘70s! Final day for pre-order is July 1st.
The new @uniwalespress.bsky.social's aca-horror books are Stateside as of tomorrow! Demons of American recession + urban legends from X-FILES to BACKROOMS. Get from @uchicagopress.bsky.social @maireadcasey.bsky.social #IrenaJurković #MarkoLukić #TijanaParezanović press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Yes! Very excited about this! 😁 Tales from the Crypt fans, check it out and spread the word! #HorrorSky #Podcast #TalesfromtheCrypt
𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬@vampirevideos.co.uk · 2mo agoThe mausoleum is opening 💀 Our new Tales from the Crypt podcast, RECRYPTED, has officially soft-launched on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! It’ll drop onto other platforms soon, so subscribe now to catch the trailer before our "Prologue" drops. linktr.ee/recrypted
AWESOME BOOK RELEASE!!! Check out ‘Rebel Grrrls - The real story of Women and Punk’ by the fantastic @mollytie.bsky.social which was officially released today. Looking forward to reading it! 😁 #BookSky #punk #writers
Molly Tie@mollytie.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's OFFICIAL release day for 'Rebel Grrrls- the Real Story of Women and Punk '! It is now available at all good book stores (and probably some bad ones too? 😅) Eeeeeeek
I saw all of these presentations and they were absolutely fantastic. Not only are these #horror scholars really talented, they are also really great people. Congratulations! Lovely stuff! 😁
Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria@horrorstudies.bsky.social · 2mo agoHere is the 2025 winner of the Peter Hutchings Award for Outstanding Contribution to Horror Studies @katherineprentice.bsky.social, plus our honorable mention recipients @ami-n.bsky.social and David Martinez. Congratulations all (& to runner up Sophie Dungan!). Thanks @fantastic-journal.bsky.social!
Outstanding selection of books here 👇 If you study #Horror or the #Gothic some of these books are absolutely essential! I am especially eager to read Sam Tabet’s Beyond the Lesbian Vampire which was released last year 😁 #BookSky
University of Wales Press@uniwalespress.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis Pride Month, we are celebrating queer history! Discover more about the varied aspects of queer history; from activists to TV and film representation and literature with our Pride Month Reading List 🌈 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/pride-month-...
I loved my time at @horrorstudies.bsky.social Horror Studies Now 2026. So many amazing presentations and fantastic people. Big thanks to everyone involved in putting it together.Absolute legends!
Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria@horrorstudies.bsky.social · 2mo agoLast week, Northumbria University's Horror Studies Research Group held our annual international conference, Horror Studies Now. For anyone who missed it, here is our annual highlight reel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxm5...
Day 2 Part 3: a superb session chaired by the lovely @maxgee1284.bsky.social: Disability and Neurodivergence. Catherine Pugh - Extraordinary Body in Post-Apocalypse Narratives, Darren Gray on 'Occupied Flesh' and the wonderful Marcella Rees-Gray on 'Growing up Wild.' @horrorstudies.bsky.social
Just finishing up the PowerPoint for my presentation at Horror Studies Now 2026 at Northumbria University in a few days! I love this conference and I am very excited to catch up with and meet new #HorrorStudies friends. @horrorstudies.bsky.social #HorrorSky #HorrorNU
At the cinema ready to see IRON MAIDEN: BURNING AMBITION (2026) Let’s rock! 🤘🤘 #IronMaiden #IronMaidenBurningAmbition #HeavyMetal
And here’s my book! Check it out 😁 👇 #Horror #Disability #HorrorSky #Booksky
Xavier Aldana Reyes@xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 3mo agoHorror and Disability: Representations of Disability in Twenty-First-Century Film and Television, by Darren Gray, is scheduled for publication this September. It will be volume #28 in the Horror Studies book series at @uniwalespress.bsky.social. #horror #horrorstudies www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-...
