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James Stoorie
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Writer of the fearful, feral, folkloric & fantastical. Author of AfterWitch, AfterWitch In The City, Heirlooms & Other Ghosts Stories and James Stoorie's Book Of Joy. http://jamesstoorie.wordpress.com
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Dec 29

‘AFTERWITCH: THE OMINOUS OMNIBUS’ by James Stoorie

‘AfterWitch’ & ‘AfterWitch In The City’…two ‘AfterWitch’ books in one.
Paperback & E-Book Available Now! (June 2024) on Amazon, lulu.com & other occult sites.

#afterwitch #horror #gothic #folklore #witch #youngadult #britishhorror #jamesstoorie
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 1d
This clip should be used to promote literacy programmes in every school....Venus Xtravaganza in Paris Is Burning (1990).

#lgbtqia #vogue #NYC #Venus #Documentary #literacy #reading #80s #ballroom #fashion #styleicon #RIP
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks I will check that one out next
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 2d
Great thanks...I love Uzumaki (book & film) but don't really know the short stories
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 3d
I'd love to see it? I'd never heard of this story/tv series until yesterday!
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 3d
Toby (1995).

This episode of the 'Chiller' TV series seems to have been inspired by 'Don't Look Now'. Grieving parents have mixed feelings about trying to contact their dead child. Never has Martin Clunes playing with model trains seemed creepier.

#horror #gothic #ghosts #britishhorror #90stv
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 3d
The Hanging Balloons (2023).

I am not sure exactly what this episode of 'Junji Ito Maniac' is saying about teen suicide but the imagery is striking & bizarre & I liked it a lot. A sort of 'inflatable vampire' story.

#horror #gothic #anime #Japan #Balloons #teenage #jhorror #animation #junjiito
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 4d
The Booker Prize unexpectedly embraces outsider art & independent authors with this late addition to the 2025 shortlist...The Book Of The Dead by A. Sumerian-Demon.

#horror #gothic #theevildead #thebookerprize #outsiderart #independentauthors #demons #occult #Egypt #Literature
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 9d
Good Boy (2025).

This is the kind of 'Lassie' film I would have loved to have seen as a kid. Decent folk horror/disease allegory from a dog's eye view. Algernon Blackwood reimagines 'Benji'?

#horror #gothic #folkhorror #dogs #indythedog #illness #hauntedhouse
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 9d
"I don't have to imagine...I see, I live horrors..."

Edith Scob haunts a bleak, battle scarred, post WW2 Europe in 'Eyes Without A Face'...

#horror #gothic #france #masks #dolls #ghosts #60s #doves #WorldWarTwo #badfather #madscience #edithscob
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 16d
What Have You Done To Solange? (1972).

Just who is the title accusing? The male characters blame the girls they have "never understood...only 16 but surrounded by secret boyfriends, petty jealousies, sex orgies & lesbian games". Or could the issue be the patriarchy?

#horror #gothic #giallo #70s
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 16d
Black Belly Of The Tarantula (1971).

An 'acupuncture horror' that anticipates Takashi Miike's 'Audition'. "The tarantula is a terrible insect" an alleged scientific expert informs us. Actually, I believe it is an arachnid?

#horror #giallo #gothic #Italy
#acupuncture #70s #spiders #bondgirls
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 23d
What's Going On? There's A Riot Goin' On! Jack Hill's 'Switchblade Sisters' (1975).

#riot #gangs #urban #politics #70s #blackpanther #feminism #protest #punk #glam #marvingaye #slystone
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · 23d
Love is like a butterfly...

A tribute to Monica Gayle in 'Switchblade Sisters' (1975).
"I lost my eye for this gang!"

#monicagayle #switchbladesisters #70s #gangs #punk #glam #eyepatch #theshangrilas #dollyparton
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Oct 5
Out Of The Blue (1980).

What can you do when your mum is a drug addict & your dad is, well, Dennis Hopper? Only one option - "Subvert Normality"! This & Christiane F are my favourite 'coming of age' films.

#teenage #comingofage #80s #punk #smalltown #badparents #elvis #cb
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Sep 28
Sister Midnight (2024).

This is the best vampire film I have seen in a while. A reluctant bride moves to Mumbai & becomes drained by an unhappy marriage, mindless job & non-existent social life. City sickness as dark comedy, with some stopmotion scenes.

#horror #gothic #vampire #india #animation
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Sep 28
Grey Gardens (1975).

Reality TV from the old days, when the focus was on interesting people. There is the usual empathy/exploitation debate, but I don't see any mental illness here, more the impact of social estrangement. Paul Morrissey meets Ciao Manhattan?

#documentary #gothic #family #realitytv
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Sep 27
Dwelling: In This Space We Breathe by Khadija Saye. Love these haunting, ritualistic works. Currently on display at The Pitt Rivers museum, somewhat hidden away in the upper gallery.

#khadijasaye #art #womenartists #photography #africa #gambia #london #ritual #gothic #pittriversmuseum #modernart
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Sep 20
The primal scene in Hammer's 'Hands Of The Ripper'.

#horror #gothic #britishhorror #hammerhorror #psychology #freud #neurodiversity #70s #victorian #freud #london #badfather #jacktheripper
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Sep 19
Long before 'Gremlins' or even 'The Twilight Zone', Simone Simon was plagued by a gremlin in Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944).

#comedy #horror #gothic #gremlin #fantasy #screwball #WorldWarII #40s #rumplestiltskin #simonesimon
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Sep 13
Unable to escape from the rat race? Why not get rat arsed! Domestic bickering & heaving drinking in Nigel Kneale's 'During Barty's Party' (1976).

#beasts #rats #alcohol #70s #70stv #horror #gothic #britishhorror #tvhorror #nigelkneale
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Sep 7
50's 'Id Girl' Anne Francis in 'Forbidden Planet'.

#scifi #horror #gothic #Freud #aliens #robots #monster #50s #forbiddenplanet #annefrancis
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Goregirl @goregirlsdungeon.bsky.social · Sep 6
The Blood Spattered Bride (1972, Vicente Aranda)
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Aug 31
The Vampire Bat (1933).

This short, semi-rationalised horror grafts the plot of 'Dracula' onto that of 'Frankenstein' to create a tale of mad science with supernatural touches. Starring genre favourites Fay Wray & Dwight Frye (as a 'dog faced Herman').

#horror #gothic #vampire #30s #bats #science
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Aug 24
Keen to escape it's reputation for shielding sex offenders, the BBC launches a new prime time gameshow...

#bbc #gameshow #sisters #sisters1972 #briandepalma #margotkidder #horror #gothic #britishtv
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James Stoorie @jamesstoorie.bsky.social · Aug 23
Susannah York suffers double exposure in Robert Altman's 'Images' (1972).

#horror #gothic #neurodiversity #ghosts #dopplegänger #70s #images #susannahyork
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