We had lots of fun choosing our favourite psychologised horror movies earlier this year. Head over to The Psychologist for some spooky-season viewing inspiration 👻. @drgavinmiller.bsky.social

The Psychologist@psychmag.bsky.social · 6d ago

My top 10 psychologised horror films… Chosen by Dr Georgia Walton, Research Associate on the Leverhulme-funded project, ‘A @mutualfascination.bsky.social: British horror and the psy disciplines c. 1955-present’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

You can now listen to the project's Georgia Walton chat about the films of Pete Walker on Butter Popcorn radio show www.chapelfm.co.uk/elfm-player/...

Butter Popcorn

Airs Fridays at 4pm week 4 of the month. Listen in to hear what makes great cinema. Our radio schedule works on a week 2 & week 4 basis. Week two begins on the second Tuesday of each month.

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New blog post now up! Read on for some thoughts on Anna Bogutskaya's emotion-led portrait of post-2014 horror. horror.glasgow.ac.uk/review-feedi... @drgavinmiller.bsky.social

My new minigraph Penguins on the Couch Penguin Books and the Psychologization of Britain, c.1945–c.1980 is FREE TO DOWNLOAD until 25 August www.cambridge.org/core/element... My thanks to @britishacademy.bsky.social for the Small Grant and @bristolunilib.bsky.social for Penguin Archive access

Penguins on the Couch

Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - Penguins on the Couch

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Fascinating to see Dorothy Burlingham's 1952 studies on the development of twins @britishlibrary.bsky.social today. Complete with fold out charts and colour-coded text for each child 👯‍♀️ @drgavinmiller.bsky.social

Great to see the project summarised in the Leverhulme Trust's annual review.

Leverhulme Trust@leverhulme.ac.uk · 2mo ago

A cultural and historical project @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgartshums.bsky.social investigates the relationship between psychological expertise and post-war British horror. @drgavinmiller.bsky.social @mutualfascination.bsky.social www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...

New blog post on Jack Clayton's beautiful and disturbing adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, The Innocents. Read on for reflections on how the film fits in with the broader psychologisation of British Horror in the 60s 👻 @drgavinmiller.bsky.social horror.glasgow.ac.uk/the-innocent...

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Fascinating article by @carminepariante.bsky.social in yesterday's Guardian looking at the psychology of terror and horror fiction www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

I’m a psychiatrist who was terrified of horror films – until I learned about ‘cinematic neurosis’

Why do scary movies thrill some viewers and send others running for the hills? Our writer gets to the bottom of his fear of the genre – with the assistance of Freud, clinical researchers and his six-y...

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Great to see this volume getting the recognition it deserves. @mutualfascination.bsky.social

Dave Jeffery@davebjeffery.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It’s been quite a year for this title. Three years in the making, and now we remain awed by people’s reaction to it. Thank you to everyone who has supported this important project. You’re incredible, one and all.

Find our British Horror and Psychologization project here in the Leverhulme 2025 Annual Review. We're 'revolting reading for slime observants' p.60 ... @mutualfascination.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgartshums.bsky.social

Leverhulme Trust@leverhulme.ac.uk · 5mo ago

The Trust’s 2025 Annual Review has been published. The breadth of projects featured provides a glimpse into the research we support across the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. Read it here: leverhulme.ac.uk/annual-review

Head over to our blog to read about some of the weird and wonderul films we've been watching recently horror.glasgow.ac.uk/killers-moon/ @drgavinmiller.bsky.social

Our interview with Dave Jeffery and Lee Murray of the @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social is now up on The Psychologist. We learn about their Bram Stoker nominated anthology and chat about all things horror and psychology. Follow the link to find out more... www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

New blog post on the Hammer and Amicus film director Freddie Francis now up horror.glasgow.ac.uk/freddie-fran...

This week I’ve been chatting with Dave Jeffrey and Lee Murray, whose recent collection This Way Lies Madness has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social. Congratulations to them! 🎉🎉🎉Read more about the collection over on our blog horror.glasgow.ac.uk/this-way-lie...

New post now live on the project blog. Follow this link (horror.glasgow.ac.uk/herbert-read...) to learn more about how art critic Sir Herbert Read thought about the horror comics controversy of the 1950s

Our project blog is now up and running. Stay tuned for research news, events and more... horror.glasgow.ac.uk

The Ice Tower, which tells of a young girl's obsession with Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, resonates with mid-century pscyhological approaches to horror. Hadžihalilovic's film draws out the seductive danger in Andersen's tales that led P.M. Pickard to deem them 'unsuitable for children'.

Anton Bitel@antbit.projectedfigures.com · 9mo ago

"as fragile and delicate as a snowflake, as disorientating and mysterious as adolescence, and as dark as a winter’s night": Lucile Hadzihalilovic's fantastical 'frio-noir' THE ICE TOWER (2025) is on BFIPlayer from today. Review for @lwlies.com lwlies.com/reviews/the-...

'And, if we become gripped by this type of fear, our minds are opened wide to the psychological suggestion that we too are at risk of invasion by similar powers of evil.' - A pamphlet distributed by campaigners at screenings of The Exorcist (Ban this Filth! Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive)

Great to spend some time with the Herbert Read archive at Leeds University Cultural Collections this morning. Very interesting to see how intertwined discourses on aesthetic education and psychology were in the post-war years.

For my American horror homies this Thanksgiving: A great article to send a family member on why we love scary movies. www.bbc.com/future/artic... #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #anxiety

'The paradox of horror': How scary films can soothe your anxiety

Jump scares and gore might not seem like the most soothing watching, but scary films can actually be the ideal therapy during anxious times.

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Great to see this article by @alasmorrison.bsky.social that explores the relationship between genre fiction and psychiatric care while making a case for interdisciplinary study. mh.bmj.com/content/earl...

Psych ward gothic: melodrama, hospitalisation anxiety and a case for the humanities in psychiatric research

This article offers a critical assessment of representations of psychiatric hospitalisation in modern Western societies, with the goal of informing clinicians’ approach to communication and reassuranc...

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London folks: come to @miskatonicihs.bsky.social on 9 December to hear Headpress Press Officer @harbottlestores.bsky.social talk about the history of the asylum on film. #histpsych #horror #session9 #historyofhorror #horrorstudies Tickets: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/the-a...

"And where do you live, Simon"? The Asylum and its Patients on Film - The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies

Exploring film, folklore, and media, this lecture asks why female rage is pathologised while male violence remains disturbingly normalised.

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