Becky Darke
@bunnydarke.bsky.social
Film & horror critic: writing ✒️ podcasts 🎙️ events 🍿
beckydarke.com
Empire | Arrow Video | Second Sight Films | Shudder | The Evolution of Horror |
Hammer Time | The Final Girls
beckydarke.com
Empire | Arrow Video | Second Sight Films | Shudder | The Evolution of Horror |
Hammer Time | The Final Girls
I'm presenting a FOUND FOOTAGE DOUBLE BILL on Sun 14 Dec at Chapter, Cardiff 📹
Join us from 4.30pm for IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS (2023) and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999), plus a deep dive into found footage horror between the films with special guests!
🎟️ www.chapter.org/whats-on/evo...
Join us from 4.30pm for IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS (2023) and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999), plus a deep dive into found footage horror between the films with special guests!
🎟️ www.chapter.org/whats-on/evo...
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I'm presenting a FOUND FOOTAGE DOUBLE BILL on Sun 14 Dec at Chapter, Cardiff 📹
Join us from 4.30pm for IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS (2023) and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999), plus a deep dive into found footage horror between the films with special guests!
🎟️ www.chapter.org/whats-on/evo...
Join us from 4.30pm for IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS (2023) and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999), plus a deep dive into found footage horror between the films with special guests!
🎟️ www.chapter.org/whats-on/evo...
On this week's HAMMER TIME, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee aren't the only good boys around because @eofftv.bsky.social and I are chatting about THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 🐶 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts for our discussion of Hammer's take on the classic Sherlock Holmes tale 🕵️♂️
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
On this week's HAMMER TIME, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee aren't the only good boys around because @eofftv.bsky.social and I are chatting about THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 🐶 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts for our discussion of Hammer's take on the classic Sherlock Holmes tale 🕵️♂️
Tomorrow on The Evolution of Horror Patreon, @mikemuncer.bsky.social and I continue our Discomfort Movies mini series with an Isabelle Huppert double bill: THE PIANO TEACHER (2001) and ELLE (2016).
🎧 patreon.com/evolutionofhorror
🎧 patreon.com/evolutionofhorror
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Tomorrow on The Evolution of Horror Patreon, @mikemuncer.bsky.social and I continue our Discomfort Movies mini series with an Isabelle Huppert double bill: THE PIANO TEACHER (2001) and ELLE (2016).
🎧 patreon.com/evolutionofhorror
🎧 patreon.com/evolutionofhorror
For this week's episode of HAMMER TIME, Kevin (@eofftv.bsky.social) and I are back with Peter Cushing's Dr Franck or Stein (spoilers: it's Frankenstein) in 1958's THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN 🧠
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
For this week's episode of HAMMER TIME, Kevin (@eofftv.bsky.social) and I are back with Peter Cushing's Dr Franck or Stein (spoilers: it's Frankenstein) in 1958's THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN 🧠
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Reposted by Becky Darke
I've long been a fan of Becky's stuff but this new podcast has been consistently exceptional. Proper appointment listening.
It's Dracula day over at HAMMER TIME! 🧛🏻♂️ This week we explore Terence Fisher's 1958 film - one of the best cinematic adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel - including of course Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing's iconic performances and MUCH MORE! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I've long been a fan of Becky's stuff but this new podcast has been consistently exceptional. Proper appointment listening.
It's Dracula day over at HAMMER TIME! 🧛🏻♂️ This week we explore Terence Fisher's 1958 film - one of the best cinematic adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel - including of course Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing's iconic performances and MUCH MORE! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's Dracula day over at HAMMER TIME! 🧛🏻♂️ This week we explore Terence Fisher's 1958 film - one of the best cinematic adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel - including of course Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing's iconic performances and MUCH MORE! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Wrap up warm for this week's episode of HAMMER TIME! We're in the Himalayas with Peter Cushing searching for THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957) 🏔️❄️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Wrap up warm for this week's episode of HAMMER TIME! We're in the Himalayas with Peter Cushing searching for THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957) 🏔️❄️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Evolution of Horror presents... AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000)
Sunday 9 November at 5pm
Chapter, Cardiff
🎟️ www.chapter.org/whats-on/evo...
Sunday 9 November at 5pm
Chapter, Cardiff
🎟️ www.chapter.org/whats-on/evo...
November 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Evolution of Horror presents... AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000)
Sunday 9 November at 5pm
Chapter, Cardiff
🎟️ www.chapter.org/whats-on/evo...
Sunday 9 November at 5pm
Chapter, Cardiff
🎟️ www.chapter.org/whats-on/evo...
NOIRVEMBER 🎬 Follow my journey through some of the best film noirs ever made.
🔗 patreon.com/bunnydarke
🔗 patreon.com/bunnydarke
November 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
NOIRVEMBER 🎬 Follow my journey through some of the best film noirs ever made.
🔗 patreon.com/bunnydarke
🔗 patreon.com/bunnydarke
Reposted by Becky Darke
This is also why, as academics, we need to get better at asking for fees for freelance work - podcasts, public talks, festival events, “just picking your brain for this tv programme”- not b/c we need the money (though many do!) but b/c others do, and if we work for free, we undermine *their* living.
My last post was about how my work is currently featured in 3 of the biggest magazines around but I can only do my film work thanks to the generosity and patience of my husband who earns a stable wage and I also have a pub job. Money is a CONSTANT stress despite what might look like me 'succeeding'.
I literally never made an actual living as a writer & the reason I got to go at it as long as I did was mainly because of B. Also, tons of side hustles too.
I’ve been exhausted since 2010, lol
I’ve been exhausted since 2010, lol
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This is also why, as academics, we need to get better at asking for fees for freelance work - podcasts, public talks, festival events, “just picking your brain for this tv programme”- not b/c we need the money (though many do!) but b/c others do, and if we work for free, we undermine *their* living.
Reposted by Becky Darke
I literally never made an actual living as a writer & the reason I got to go at it as long as I did was mainly because of B. Also, tons of side hustles too.
I’ve been exhausted since 2010, lol
I’ve been exhausted since 2010, lol
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I literally never made an actual living as a writer & the reason I got to go at it as long as I did was mainly because of B. Also, tons of side hustles too.
I’ve been exhausted since 2010, lol
I’ve been exhausted since 2010, lol
My last post was about how my work is currently featured in 3 of the biggest magazines around but I can only do my film work thanks to the generosity and patience of my husband who earns a stable wage and I also have a pub job. Money is a CONSTANT stress despite what might look like me 'succeeding'.
I literally never made an actual living as a writer & the reason I got to go at it as long as I did was mainly because of B. Also, tons of side hustles too.
I’ve been exhausted since 2010, lol
I’ve been exhausted since 2010, lol
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
My last post was about how my work is currently featured in 3 of the biggest magazines around but I can only do my film work thanks to the generosity and patience of my husband who earns a stable wage and I also have a pub job. Money is a CONSTANT stress despite what might look like me 'succeeding'.
Dr Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters might say that print is dead, but I'm in the current issues of three enduring magazines: @ruemorguemag.bsky.social, @radiotimes.bsky.social and @empiremagazine.bsky.social
Get down to your local newsagent and keep print alive! ⚡️
Get down to your local newsagent and keep print alive! ⚡️
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Dr Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters might say that print is dead, but I'm in the current issues of three enduring magazines: @ruemorguemag.bsky.social, @radiotimes.bsky.social and @empiremagazine.bsky.social
Get down to your local newsagent and keep print alive! ⚡️
Get down to your local newsagent and keep print alive! ⚡️
In the latest episode of HAMMER TIME, Kevin and I cover the superb QUATERMASS 2 from 1957 ☄️ Giant blob monsters! Alien possession! Nobel self sacrifice! This one's got it all.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In the latest episode of HAMMER TIME, Kevin and I cover the superb QUATERMASS 2 from 1957 ☄️ Giant blob monsters! Alien possession! Nobel self sacrifice! This one's got it all.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Reposted by Becky Darke
My artwork for @bunnydarke.bsky.social @mikemuncer.bsky.social Evolution of Horror & @mubiuk.bsky.social Video Nasty Driller Killer screening at the utterly gorgeous Garden Cinema in London
1. Becky’s INNOCENCE ITSELF zine cover
2. BUT WAIT
3. THE ACTUAL COVER (muahahah)
4. The artwork
1. Becky’s INNOCENCE ITSELF zine cover
2. BUT WAIT
3. THE ACTUAL COVER (muahahah)
4. The artwork
October 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My artwork for @bunnydarke.bsky.social @mikemuncer.bsky.social Evolution of Horror & @mubiuk.bsky.social Video Nasty Driller Killer screening at the utterly gorgeous Garden Cinema in London
1. Becky’s INNOCENCE ITSELF zine cover
2. BUT WAIT
3. THE ACTUAL COVER (muahahah)
4. The artwork
1. Becky’s INNOCENCE ITSELF zine cover
2. BUT WAIT
3. THE ACTUAL COVER (muahahah)
4. The artwork
80s HORROR HALLOWEEN with The Evolution of Horror at The Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford this Friday night! 🎃
Mystery movie! Live show! Costume contest! Prizes! Zine shop! And MORE!!!
Tickets still available 🎟️ uppcinema.com
Mystery movie! Live show! Costume contest! Prizes! Zine shop! And MORE!!!
Tickets still available 🎟️ uppcinema.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
80s HORROR HALLOWEEN with The Evolution of Horror at The Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford this Friday night! 🎃
Mystery movie! Live show! Costume contest! Prizes! Zine shop! And MORE!!!
Tickets still available 🎟️ uppcinema.com
Mystery movie! Live show! Costume contest! Prizes! Zine shop! And MORE!!!
Tickets still available 🎟️ uppcinema.com
Reposted by Becky Darke
New zine just dropped in time for Halloween 🧟♂️ Essays! Playlist! Cocktail recipe! Gorgeous illustrations! Pull-out poster! 🧟♀️
Get your hands on ZOMBIE ZINE now 🧟 beckydarke.com/shop
Get your hands on ZOMBIE ZINE now 🧟 beckydarke.com/shop
October 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
New zine just dropped in time for Halloween 🧟♂️ Essays! Playlist! Cocktail recipe! Gorgeous illustrations! Pull-out poster! 🧟♀️
Get your hands on ZOMBIE ZINE now 🧟 beckydarke.com/shop
Get your hands on ZOMBIE ZINE now 🧟 beckydarke.com/shop
Reposted by Becky Darke
THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR PRESENTS 80s HALLOWEEN!
7pm on 31 October at the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events
7pm on 31 October at the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR PRESENTS 80s HALLOWEEN!
7pm on 31 October at the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events
7pm on 31 October at the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events
OUT NOW! Our new HAMMER TIME episode sees the start of the gothic classics with THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957). Join me, Kevin (@eofftv.bsky.social), Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee! ⚡️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
OUT NOW! Our new HAMMER TIME episode sees the start of the gothic classics with THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957). Join me, Kevin (@eofftv.bsky.social), Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee! ⚡️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR PRESENTS 80s HALLOWEEN!
7pm on 31 October at the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events
7pm on 31 October at the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
THE EVOLUTION OF HORROR PRESENTS 80s HALLOWEEN!
7pm on 31 October at the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events
7pm on 31 October at the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
🎟️ evolutionofhorror.com/events
New zine just dropped in time for Halloween 🧟♂️ Essays! Playlist! Cocktail recipe! Gorgeous illustrations! Pull-out poster! 🧟♀️
Get your hands on ZOMBIE ZINE now 🧟 beckydarke.com/shop
Get your hands on ZOMBIE ZINE now 🧟 beckydarke.com/shop
October 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
New zine just dropped in time for Halloween 🧟♂️ Essays! Playlist! Cocktail recipe! Gorgeous illustrations! Pull-out poster! 🧟♀️
Get your hands on ZOMBIE ZINE now 🧟 beckydarke.com/shop
Get your hands on ZOMBIE ZINE now 🧟 beckydarke.com/shop
Oh nbd, just showing one of my favourite horror movies and chatting about Video Nasties with Reece Shearsmith and Prano Bailey-Bond at The Garden Cinema. Sure why not? Tickets on sale now!
October 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Oh nbd, just showing one of my favourite horror movies and chatting about Video Nasties with Reece Shearsmith and Prano Bailey-Bond at The Garden Cinema. Sure why not? Tickets on sale now!
I'm delighted to announce I've contributed essays to two beautiful new releases available at @vinsyn.bsky.social!
CARMILLA (2019) from @filmmovement.bsky.social and MOLOCH (2022) from @shudder.com. Both available to pre-order now vinegarsyndrome.com
CARMILLA (2019) from @filmmovement.bsky.social and MOLOCH (2022) from @shudder.com. Both available to pre-order now vinegarsyndrome.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm delighted to announce I've contributed essays to two beautiful new releases available at @vinsyn.bsky.social!
CARMILLA (2019) from @filmmovement.bsky.social and MOLOCH (2022) from @shudder.com. Both available to pre-order now vinegarsyndrome.com
CARMILLA (2019) from @filmmovement.bsky.social and MOLOCH (2022) from @shudder.com. Both available to pre-order now vinegarsyndrome.com
Reposted by Becky Darke
Join us on Halloween night at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford!
🎟️ Tickets on sale now!! evolutionofhorror.com/events
🎟️ Tickets on sale now!! evolutionofhorror.com/events
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Join us on Halloween night at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford!
🎟️ Tickets on sale now!! evolutionofhorror.com/events
🎟️ Tickets on sale now!! evolutionofhorror.com/events