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*NEW ON THE BLOG* Julian Upton on @thehorrormaster.bsky.social's Halloween (1978) and its innovative use of #Panaglide technology. #Halloween #horror #filmhistory headpress.com/blog/2026/07...
Electra Glide in ‘Boo!’: Steadying the Camera in HalloweenLingering shots of a killer’s POV were pretty fresh in 1978, which makes the Panaglide, writes JULIAN UPTON, the true innovation in John Carpenter’s 1978 movie.headpress.comCheck out an excerpt from Robert Guffey's Hollywood Haunts the World, over at Film International: filmint.nu/cronus-devou... #cultfilm #winterkills #jfk
Cronus Devouring His Children: William Richert’s Winter Kills (1979) - FilmInt.nuBy Robert Guffey. For no matter who eats who first, the grave swallows both father and son in time….” What follows is a brief excerpt from my latest book, Hollywood Haunts the World: An Investigation ...filmint.nuPrecariousness in Media History: Lost Films, Dead Links, Forgotten Stories - an interesting call for papers, deadline 10 August: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/07/...
cfp | call for paperscall-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu*NEW ON THE BLOG* @davidkerekes.bsky.social on Angeline Morrison in concert: headpress.com/blog/2026/07... #folk #psych #gigs #oxford
Angeline Morrison live at the Cowley Workers Sports and Social ClubPsych folk and the simulacrum of workers clubs: ANGELINE MORRISON in concert. DAVID KEREKES reports.headpress.comThank you to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and @rj-buchanan.bsky.social for this cat-tastic interview with Pink Tsunami author, Alan Brender! #HelloKitty #kawaii 😽 newbooksnetwork.com/pink-tsunami
Alan Brender, "Pink Tsunami: The Hello Kitty Kawaii Wave that has Swept the World" (Headpress, 2026) - New Books Networknewbooksnetwork.comFrom the counterculture to pop culture: @davidkerekes.bsky.social reflects on 35 years of #indiepublishing at @headpress.com: headpress.com/blog/2026/06...
Culture Pop! 35 Years And CountingA small publisher that has been around for over a half-century is cause for a celebration. Headpress celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary in May 2026.headpress.comAmelie Tompsett from The Mancunion on our Kneale Inheritance and New Voices in Horror anniversary event panels 🎉 mancunion.com/2026/06/19/h...
The Kneale Inheritance & New Voices in Horror: Headpress' 35th anniversary extravaganza - The MancunionTwo events of the day - the work of Nigel Kneale and student-made short horror film The Sheddingmancunion.comThank you to PopCult for this fab review of @goanthonytaylor.bsky.social's JACKsploitation! "A wonderful Valentine to the 93-year-old director, who happily has lived long enough to enjoy the acclaim he deserves." #cultfilm #filmbooks popcultblog.com/read-this-bo...
Read This Book And You Can Know Jack…HillThe PopCult Bookshelf JACKsploitation! The Films of Jack Hill Edited by Anthony Taylor, Preface by Beverly Washburn Introduction by Jack Hill Headpress Books ISBN-13 : 978-1915316561 $24.95 JAC…popcultblog.com#Chicago gets its own #HelloKitty cafe, another one for Alan Brender to add to his list of Kitty-themed cafes and restaurants! Get Alan's Pink Tsunami: The Hello Kitty kawaii wave that has swept the world here: headpress.com/product/pink... www.axios.com/local/chicag...
World's largest Hello Kitty Café opens in Chicago June 26The 8,000-square-foot café will feature exclusive treats, merch and plenty of photo ops.www.axios.comHave you read Rachel Walther's Born to Lose yet? The e book is currently only £9.99 in our shop: headpress.com/product/born... #brooklyn #history #cultfilm
An excellent review of Robert Guffey's Hollywood Haunts the World, from Christine Morgan: "Entire college courses could — and SHOULD — be built around this book, Outstanding!" christinemariemorgan.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/r...
Seaside Screams and Screams Again! A Tony Tenser Day Festival on 20 June in #Southport, will feature @headpress.com Press Officer @harbottlestores.bsky.social talking about The Sorcerers (1967), MKUltra, and traces of the #Victorian Gothic: www.ticketsource.com/southport-bi...
www.ticketsource.com#Pittsburgh people, get yourselves to Monster Bash where @goanthonytaylor.bsky.social will be signing copies of his book JACKsploitation! And meet Beverly Washburn of Spider Baby! creepyclassics.com/monster-bash...
Monster Bash Conference Summercreepyclassics.comA lovely short review of Rachel Walther's Born to Lose, on the latest Flick Attack reading list: flickattack.com/2026/05/read... #dogdayafternoon #alpacino #sidneylumet #cultfilm #newyork
Reading Material: Short Ends 5/31/26 | Flick Attackflickattack.comIf you're in #Manchester today, pop in to listen to a panel or buy some books! Tickets available on the door. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-... #indiepublishing #indiepublisher
Headpress 35th Anniversary ExtravaganzaJoin us for a day of author talks and panels celebrating cult films and TV, weird music, and a Q&A with special guest Jörg Buttgereit.www.eventbrite.co.ukRobert Guffey returns to Steven Snider's The Farm podcast for Hollywood Haunts the World Part 2! cryptoscatology.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-re...
I Return to Steven Snider's THE FARM to Discuss... HOLLYWOOD HAUNTS THE WORLD! (Part Two)In the latest episode of THE FARM PODCAST, Steven Snider and I conclude our discussion of my Rondo Award-nominated book, HOLLYWOOD HAUNTS T...cryptoscatology.blogspot.comNot long now! Join us in #Manchester this Saturday to indulge your love of Nigel Kneale, odd music, #horror, and meet Nekromantik director Jörg Buttgereit 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-...
Headpress 35th Anniversary ExtravaganzaJoin us for a day of author talks and panels celebrating cult films and TV, weird music, and a Q&A with special guest Jörg Buttgereit.www.eventbrite.co.uk