Ari_Hellraiser
@arihellraiser.bsky.social
Horror fan from womb to tomb. Author of Millennial Nasties, regular contributor to The Pod and the Pendulum.
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· Jul 15
Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence by Ariel Powers-Schaub
Torture porn, shock-for-shock’s sake, violence that doesn’t serve the plot, and characters you hate - what was going on in the 2000s in horror cinema? And why were audiences hungry for it? Millennial ...
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For the new followers, my first book, Millennial Nasties, all about 2000s horror, is available in hard copy, ebook, and audiobook formats from @encyclopub.bsky.social
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Haha my book is on sale for 6.66! It's a Halloween miracle.
Friends, if you need a good read, or wanna do some early holiday shopping for your horror movie loving pals, MILENNIAL NASTIES by our own @arihellraiser.bsky.social can be had for 6.66 (+ an additional buck off w/coupon) right now
$7 for the kindle edition too
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$7 for the kindle edition too
www.amazon.com/dp/196072158...
Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence
Amazon.com: Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence: 9781960721587: Powers-Schaub, Ariel, Smith, Zoë Rose: Books
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October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Haha my book is on sale for 6.66! It's a Halloween miracle.
This was so fun to record! Need a Halloween movie marathon? I've got Haunts Gone Wrong for you, plus we have international horror, meta horror, and holiday horror.
Need some scary season goodness for your Halloween jamboree? We TWENTY amazing titles for you to try.
Our annual Halloween marathons, featuring @mighoulsboonian.bsky.social @brianwaves42.bsky.social @chewywalrus.bsky.social @daddydisco.bsky.social
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Our annual Halloween marathons, featuring @mighoulsboonian.bsky.social @brianwaves42.bsky.social @chewywalrus.bsky.social @daddydisco.bsky.social
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2025 Halloween Movie Marathons
Podcast Episode · The Pod and the Pendulum · 10/20/2025 · 2h 4m
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October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This was so fun to record! Need a Halloween movie marathon? I've got Haunts Gone Wrong for you, plus we have international horror, meta horror, and holiday horror.
Evidence: I've watched 10 movies this month.
As a lifelong horror fan and Halloween girl, I feel like I watch the fewest movies in October. I'm doing other stuff!
October 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Evidence: I've watched 10 movies this month.
"I have to go back to the Terrifier."
Check out my latest feature for Filmhounds, asking if the claims that Terrifier is misogynistic hold up.
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/10/do-t...
Check out my latest feature for Filmhounds, asking if the claims that Terrifier is misogynistic hold up.
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/10/do-t...
Do The Claims Of Misogyny In Terrifier Hold Up? - FILMHOUNDS Magazine
Art the Clown is a new horror icon but does the claims that the Terrifier films are sexiest hold weight or is it a circus?
filmhounds.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"I have to go back to the Terrifier."
Check out my latest feature for Filmhounds, asking if the claims that Terrifier is misogynistic hold up.
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/10/do-t...
Check out my latest feature for Filmhounds, asking if the claims that Terrifier is misogynistic hold up.
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/10/do-t...
I was honored to interview Martijn Smits, director of MEAT KILLS aka the movie that is now my whole personality. On @filmhounds.co.uk part of #FantasticFest coverage
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filmhounds.co.uk/2025/10/mart...
Meat Kills' Martijn Smits Talks Inspirations And Practical Effects
Meat Kills director Martijn Smits sat down with Filmhounds after its Fantastic Fest premiere to talk inspirations and practical effects.
filmhounds.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I was honored to interview Martijn Smits, director of MEAT KILLS aka the movie that is now my whole personality. On @filmhounds.co.uk part of #FantasticFest coverage
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/10/mart...
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/10/mart...
You know this will be a banger
Cat’s out the bag, Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story is coming soon, directed by yours truly and produced by Chris Alexander. Poster art by Ilan Sheady. More soon…
October 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You know this will be a banger
I forgot it's illegal to joke around on this app
October 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I forgot it's illegal to joke around on this app
I mix up Paul Thomas Anderson, Hunter S. Thompson, and Paul F. Tompkins in my mind a lot.
Have a more unique name.
Have a more unique name.
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I mix up Paul Thomas Anderson, Hunter S. Thompson, and Paul F. Tompkins in my mind a lot.
Have a more unique name.
Have a more unique name.
In Scream they talk about the movie Halloween but in Halloween H20 they're watching Scream 2 so... What is reality?
October 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In Scream they talk about the movie Halloween but in Halloween H20 they're watching Scream 2 so... What is reality?
As a lifelong horror fan and Halloween girl, I feel like I watch the fewest movies in October. I'm doing other stuff!
October 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
As a lifelong horror fan and Halloween girl, I feel like I watch the fewest movies in October. I'm doing other stuff!
Almost forgot to post my #lastfourwatched on @letterboxd.social
October 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Almost forgot to post my #lastfourwatched on @letterboxd.social
My review of MEAT KILLS, my favorite film of Fantastic Fest, is up on Filmhounds!
@filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/09/meat...
@filmhounds.co.uk
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Meat Kills (Fantastic Fest 2025 Review)
Netherlands horror Meat Kills, directed by Martijn Smits, had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My review of MEAT KILLS, my favorite film of Fantastic Fest, is up on Filmhounds!
@filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/09/meat...
@filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/09/meat...
I'm at Fantastic Fest, posting on Insta and Letterboxd.
The heat and humidity are slowly dissolving me.
The heat and humidity are slowly dissolving me.
September 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm at Fantastic Fest, posting on Insta and Letterboxd.
The heat and humidity are slowly dissolving me.
The heat and humidity are slowly dissolving me.
One year ago today 🖤🖤🖤
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
One year ago today 🖤🖤🖤
Thrilled to have contributed an essay to this beautiful release from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social on the Pusher trilogy. 🖤
September 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thrilled to have contributed an essay to this beautiful release from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social on the Pusher trilogy. 🖤
New Zine alert! Check out this free, absolutely jam-packed horror zine, including my piece on the film Destroy All Neighbors!
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Absolutely Fucking Horrifying - Issue 1 (Sept' 2025)
Welcome to the first issue of Absolutely Fucking Horrifying, a horror zine written by fans for fans!! Inside you’ll find reviews, interviews, features, artwork, and plenty of new creators to follow.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
New Zine alert! Check out this free, absolutely jam-packed horror zine, including my piece on the film Destroy All Neighbors!
www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
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Heading into the weekend and looking for something to watch as scary season kicks in? Maybe pick something from our countdown of the top 25 horror movies of the century (so far)!
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/32X7...
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/32X7...
300th Episode: THE 25 BEST HORROR MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY (SO FAR)
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September 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Heading into the weekend and looking for something to watch as scary season kicks in? Maybe pick something from our countdown of the top 25 horror movies of the century (so far)!
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/32X7...
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/32X7...
Had the pleasure of interviewing Lew Temple of TCM: The Beginning (and a few Rob Zombie movies and lots of other cool stuff) for @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/09/lew-...
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/09/lew-...
Lew Temple Talks The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Beginning
Lew Temple sat down with Filmhounds Magazine to talk The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Beginning ahead of Arrow's 4k release.
filmhounds.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Had the pleasure of interviewing Lew Temple of TCM: The Beginning (and a few Rob Zombie movies and lots of other cool stuff) for @filmhounds.co.uk
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/09/lew-...
filmhounds.co.uk/2025/09/lew-...
Our 300th episode! So glad to be a part of this crew. This was a blast to record.
This week we take a break from franchises with a supersized 300th show. We’re counting down the top 25 horror movies of the century (so far)
open.spotify.com/episode/32X7...
open.spotify.com/episode/32X7...
300th Episode: THE 25 BEST HORROR MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY (SO FAR)
open.spotify.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our 300th episode! So glad to be a part of this crew. This was a blast to record.
Instructions about what to do if you find your name are in the comments! I'm in there, so I really feel like it could be any of us.
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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September 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Instructions about what to do if you find your name are in the comments! I'm in there, so I really feel like it could be any of us.
So wild to me that this was almost a year ago! 🖤🖤🖤
For the new followers, my first book, Millennial Nasties, all about 2000s horror, is available in hard copy, ebook, and audiobook formats from @encyclopub.bsky.social
encyclopocalypse.com/products/mil...
encyclopocalypse.com/products/mil...
Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence by Ariel Powers-Schaub
Torture porn, shock-for-shock’s sake, violence that doesn’t serve the plot, and characters you hate - what was going on in the 2000s in horror cinema? And why were audiences hungry for it? Millennial ...
encyclopocalypse.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
So wild to me that this was almost a year ago! 🖤🖤🖤
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#NightTideMag’s August Monthly Macabre rolls on with Critic and Film Curator @theneonbanshee.bsky.social dissecting Junji Ito’s Tomie and how her endless return exposes the cycles of violence against women society refuses to break. 👻 📽️
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THE DEAD GIRL WHO REFUSES TO DIE: HOW TOMIE HOLDS A MIRROR TO SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN
Critic and Film Curator Tori Potenza dives into how Tomie’s endless return exposes the cycles of violence society refuses to break.
nighttidemag.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#NightTideMag’s August Monthly Macabre rolls on with Critic and Film Curator @theneonbanshee.bsky.social dissecting Junji Ito’s Tomie and how her endless return exposes the cycles of violence against women society refuses to break. 👻 📽️
nighttidemag.com/2025/09/03/m...
nighttidemag.com/2025/09/03/m...
It's probably time for me to write another Terrifier essay.
September 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's probably time for me to write another Terrifier essay.
Reposted by Ari_Hellraiser
This week we're head back to the mall for Hot Topic, Annies' Pretzels and super fast fucking zombies. It's time for 2004's DAWN OF THE DEAD from Zac Snyder Mike, @arihellraiser.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social break it down
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Spotify tinyurl.com/2zrycz3e
DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)
Podcast Episode · The Pod and the Pendulum · 09/02/2025 · 2h 2m
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September 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This week we're head back to the mall for Hot Topic, Annies' Pretzels and super fast fucking zombies. It's time for 2004's DAWN OF THE DEAD from Zac Snyder Mike, @arihellraiser.bsky.social & @daddydisco.bsky.social break it down
Apple tinyurl.com/mweb4rpm
Spotify tinyurl.com/2zrycz3e
Apple tinyurl.com/mweb4rpm
Spotify tinyurl.com/2zrycz3e
My first ever article for Ghouls Magazine, and my first book. 🖤
August 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My first ever article for Ghouls Magazine, and my first book. 🖤