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T-minus 4 Hours until watching The Odyssey tonight. But in case something goes awry, I do have The Odyssey at home. The Odyssey at home:

Nicholas Diak@nickdiak.com · 3w ago

Off to see The Odyssey this evening! A reminder! The Odyssey = #neopeplum film. If you're into #swordandsandal cinema, both old school and new, consider plucking up my book, The New Peplum, from @mcfarland.bsky.social ! It has a discount code! #TheOdyssey #Historicepic #Epic #Peplum #Cultfilm

With The Odyssey out that means #neopeplum is in! My publisher, @mcfarland.bsky.social, is having a sale on #mythology books, which includes my book, The New Peplum. Until the end of July, use code MYTH26 to get 25% off Mythology books: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-... #SwordAndSandal #Peplum

Matt Page (he/him)@mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 2w ago

The #peplum library grows! Going to watch #TheOdyssey this weekend. But this new 4K edition of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad just arrived in the post! Harryhausen 4 evah! #SwordAndSandal #HistoricEpic #sinbad #ArabianNights #Bluray #TogaAndSandal #Epic #StopMotion #Cultfilm

DAVID (2025) got to #2 in the US box office and opens here next month. Here 's my thoughts on it: biblefilms.blogspot.com/2026/07/davi...

David as a boy and his mother in a 2-shot in front of colourful threads

Saul foreground flanked by David and Jonathan to his right

Mid-shot of David as a boy swinging his sling

Today's treasure from the archive: Army of Darkness DVD signed by Richard Grove, Patricia Tallman, and Bill Moseley. Groovy. #Horror #Splatstick #EvilDead #Cultfilm #ArmyOfDarkness #Ash #HorrorComedy #neopeplum #MatterofBritain #Medieval #SwordAndSandal #Lovecraft #autographed #DVD

Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 3w ago

The New Peplum - McFarland

The New Peplum Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s Nicholas Diak Foreword by David R. Coon Afterword by Steven L. Sears 978-1-4766-6762-1 978-1-4766-3150-9

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UPDATES Call for creative writing: Contemporary Indigenous Horror (University Press of Mississippi, 2027) solicits original, unpublished short horror fiction, poetry, and experimental works by self-identifying Indigenous creatives. www.cfplist.com/CFP/46993

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Brand new #comicbook review at my website! I continue my retrospective deep dive into Budd Root's Cavewoman comics. Here is my review of "Snow" #4: nickdiak.com/2026/07/the-... #Tarzan #Sheena #Cavewoman #Pulp #Cheesecake #Pinup #Dinosaurs #Jurassic #JungleGirl #NeoJungleGirl #IndieComic #comic

Cover of Cavewoman Snow #4. It shows Meriem frolicking through the knee deep snow.

Rest in Peplum to Sam Neill! One of those actors you'd love to meet and hear stories from. #SwordandSandal wise, he was Merlin. My favourite movie of his was Event Horizon, though Dr. Grant is iconic cinematically. #RestInPeplum #SamNeill #RIPSamNeill #EventHorizon #Horror #

Happy birthday to Charles Saunders. I recently discovered his work via New Edge Sword and Sorcery / @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social #SwordAndSoul #SwordAndSorcery #Fantasy #CultBook #Imaro

Working on getting my books all organized using the new corner shelf I got. But, here is a snap of all my Arkham House, Ballantine Adult Fantasy, and Dark Harvest books on one shelf. Old school cool. #Books #Arkham #Pulp #Cult #OOP #Lovecraft #LinCarter #Horror

June Orchid Parker | Bread Sonja @breadsonja.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today's treasure from the archive: Cannibal Apocalypse, autographed by John Saxon and Edoardo Margheriti. Great post-Zombi/post-Cannibal Holocaust/post-Apocalypse Now Italo exploitation film. #ExploitationFilm #Cultfilm #BFilm #GenreCinema #WarMovie #Cannibals #Vietnam #HorrorFilm #Autograph

In the ring, I'll see you next Tuesday Where the Sorcerer fights, and the protag is gay newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product/supl...

Cover of Suplex & Sorcery by June Orchid Parker (cover art by John Golden). Varika, a barbarian woman in leather pro wrestling gear, grabs a kneeling, green skeleton from behind by the lower jaw and raises her fist to punch this foe. Behind her you can see ring ropes, a masked chorus, the seats of a Greek theatre and a black-clad Sorcerer with green magic burning around his hands.

Matt Page (he/him)@mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 4w ago

New #Comicbook review up at my website! I take a look at issue 3 of the "Snow" storyline from Budd Root's Cavewoman series. Check it out here: nickdiak.com/2026/07/the-... #JungleGirl #NeoJungleGirl #Pulp #ComicBookReview #Tarzan #Sheena #Dinosaurs #IndieComics #Pinup #Cheesecake

Cover of Son #3. It shows Meriem Sitting atop a mountain, being pulled in different directions by 3 white gorillas.

New blog post on HOUSE OF DAVID's purity culture love triangle and why it's rather drab. biblefilms.blogspot.com/2026/07/hous...

Princess Merab mid shot, classy mustard dress, candle-lit.

Julia Marchese@juliacmarchese.bsky.social · last mo.

Tonight’s treasure from the archive: Cryptz! Autographed by the indomitable @juliacmarchese.bsky.social !! #horror #cultfilm #exploitationfilm #dvd #moviecollection

A humdinger of a movie indeed! Happy to be a (very very tiny) part of it! 🌟

July 5th afternoon - too hot to mow the lawn, so I'm drinking pisco sours and putting together legos I've had boxed up for 16+ years. Work on all the Knights sets! Catapults away! #Lego #Legos #SwordAndSorcery #Medieval #MiddleAges

Publication news! New issue of National Capital Panthans Journal was published earlier today. This issue contains a reprint of my interview with the creative team behind the comic book adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' I Am a Barbarian. Original can be read here: nickdiak.com/2022/07/we-a...

Joshua Pruett@zombietardis.bsky.social · last mo.

Neo-peplum awesomeness from @zombietardis.bsky.social - super congrats.

Hey! I wrote the screenplay for THE ODYSSEY! But probably not the one you’re thinking of! www.comingsoon.net/movies/trail...

Monthly news update at my website! Projects, accomplishments, publications, etc: nickdiak.com/2026/07/news... Review of Cavewoman snow #2 Reprint in Pathans Journal Watched hundreds of Beavers CFPs Opened a Pango bookstore & more! #JungleGirl #Neojunglegirl #Tarzan #CFP #books #Comics #comicbook

How the mighty have fallen. GTA6 with a digital code only physical release? Yikes. How things used to be: here is my special edition of GTA4 that had a safety deposit box, soundtrack, art book, and other cool swag. Extra cool: my copy signed by Niko bellic himself ;) #grandtheftauto #gta6 #xbox