Matt R
@bavalamp.bsky.social
horror film analysis 🇮🇹 ⛪ 🧟♂️. My books: 'The Vatican Versus Horror Movies' OUT NOW; 'Fulci's Inferno' available to preorder!
Survivor. Genderqueer. Bi/Pan. Northern.
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/?s=Matt+rogerson&search_id=product&post_type=product
Survivor. Genderqueer. Bi/Pan. Northern.
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/?s=Matt+rogerson&search_id=product&post_type=product
Happy #FenechFriday to all who celebrate 🥳
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy #FenechFriday to all who celebrate 🥳
Have I...made it? 🤔
BEYOND EXCITED to read my featured interview in the latest issue of @ruemorguemag.bsky.social
My thanks go out to @monicaskuebler.bsky.social & @necromandrea.bsky.social this is an absolute dream come true
BEYOND EXCITED to read my featured interview in the latest issue of @ruemorguemag.bsky.social
My thanks go out to @monicaskuebler.bsky.social & @necromandrea.bsky.social this is an absolute dream come true
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Have I...made it? 🤔
BEYOND EXCITED to read my featured interview in the latest issue of @ruemorguemag.bsky.social
My thanks go out to @monicaskuebler.bsky.social & @necromandrea.bsky.social this is an absolute dream come true
BEYOND EXCITED to read my featured interview in the latest issue of @ruemorguemag.bsky.social
My thanks go out to @monicaskuebler.bsky.social & @necromandrea.bsky.social this is an absolute dream come true
And for a non-Fulci, if anyone plans on putting out Bigas Luna's 1987 meta-horror ANGUSTIA in 2026 (this film needs a good release!) I would love to work on it
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
And for a non-Fulci, if anyone plans on putting out Bigas Luna's 1987 meta-horror ANGUSTIA in 2026 (this film needs a good release!) I would love to work on it
Manifesting for 2026
Blu ray / 4K producers! It is my absolute dream to work on more Fulci releases in 2026 (booklets, video essays, commentaries) especially:
- Beatrice Cenci (1969)
- The Eroticist (1972)
- Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
- Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
Blu ray / 4K producers! It is my absolute dream to work on more Fulci releases in 2026 (booklets, video essays, commentaries) especially:
- Beatrice Cenci (1969)
- The Eroticist (1972)
- Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
- Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Manifesting for 2026
Blu ray / 4K producers! It is my absolute dream to work on more Fulci releases in 2026 (booklets, video essays, commentaries) especially:
- Beatrice Cenci (1969)
- The Eroticist (1972)
- Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
- Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
Blu ray / 4K producers! It is my absolute dream to work on more Fulci releases in 2026 (booklets, video essays, commentaries) especially:
- Beatrice Cenci (1969)
- The Eroticist (1972)
- Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
- Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
My essay 'A Window Onto Pain: Fascism, Hegemony, and the Paradox of Memory in The House with Laughing Windows' discusses 3 recurring motifs in Pupi Avati's exemplary giallo: Sadism, Fascism, and the Church. It is my favourite short form piece i've written, and i'm so happy to share it with you all.
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My essay 'A Window Onto Pain: Fascism, Hegemony, and the Paradox of Memory in The House with Laughing Windows' discusses 3 recurring motifs in Pupi Avati's exemplary giallo: Sadism, Fascism, and the Church. It is my favourite short form piece i've written, and i'm so happy to share it with you all.
If you happen to have read and enjoyed my first book, The Vatican Versus Horror Movies, published 4 Feb 2025 by McFarland & Company , it is eligible for year-end awards in the non-fiction (long) category. Please consider recommending it to a horror-loving friend!
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you happen to have read and enjoyed my first book, The Vatican Versus Horror Movies, published 4 Feb 2025 by McFarland & Company , it is eligible for year-end awards in the non-fiction (long) category. Please consider recommending it to a horror-loving friend!
Its out there! First copy of 'Fulci's Inferno: Faith in the Films of a Horror and Giallo Auteur' spotted in the wild!
Available NOW from McFarland and Company, and all good bookstores!
Available NOW from McFarland and Company, and all good bookstores!
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Its out there! First copy of 'Fulci's Inferno: Faith in the Films of a Horror and Giallo Auteur' spotted in the wild!
Available NOW from McFarland and Company, and all good bookstores!
Available NOW from McFarland and Company, and all good bookstores!
WE MADE IT!!! Darkest Margins is 100% funded. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who pledged.
There is a stretch goal - if we can meet it, we'll publish a crowdfunder-exclusive hardback edition for all who have pledged.
Get ready for a liminal Christmas!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/darkest-ma...
There is a stretch goal - if we can meet it, we'll publish a crowdfunder-exclusive hardback edition for all who have pledged.
Get ready for a liminal Christmas!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/darkest-ma...
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
WE MADE IT!!! Darkest Margins is 100% funded. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who pledged.
There is a stretch goal - if we can meet it, we'll publish a crowdfunder-exclusive hardback edition for all who have pledged.
Get ready for a liminal Christmas!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/darkest-ma...
There is a stretch goal - if we can meet it, we'll publish a crowdfunder-exclusive hardback edition for all who have pledged.
Get ready for a liminal Christmas!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/darkest-ma...
We're SO CLOSE!
29 days left to guarantee yourself a first print edition copy.
26 perk levels to choose from, starting at £10 (just the book e-dition) and up to £120 (The Librarian, 4 different books in total!).
£205 to get us over the line.
Let's get there.
29 days left to guarantee yourself a first print edition copy.
26 perk levels to choose from, starting at £10 (just the book e-dition) and up to £120 (The Librarian, 4 different books in total!).
£205 to get us over the line.
Let's get there.
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We're SO CLOSE!
29 days left to guarantee yourself a first print edition copy.
26 perk levels to choose from, starting at £10 (just the book e-dition) and up to £120 (The Librarian, 4 different books in total!).
£205 to get us over the line.
Let's get there.
29 days left to guarantee yourself a first print edition copy.
26 perk levels to choose from, starting at £10 (just the book e-dition) and up to £120 (The Librarian, 4 different books in total!).
£205 to get us over the line.
Let's get there.
1 cool way to get yr hands on a DISCOUNTED, autographed copy of 'Fulci's Inferno: Faith in the Films of a Horror and Giallo Auteur' is to purchase alongside a copy of #DarkestMargins , the first book from @1428publishing , edited by me & featuring 21 fantastic other writers & 4 amazing artists.1/2
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
1 cool way to get yr hands on a DISCOUNTED, autographed copy of 'Fulci's Inferno: Faith in the Films of a Horror and Giallo Auteur' is to purchase alongside a copy of #DarkestMargins , the first book from @1428publishing , edited by me & featuring 21 fantastic other writers & 4 amazing artists.1/2
We're going to talk all things Giallo, including:
- what are the 'rules' of the giallo?
- who were its main players?
- IS Suspiria a Giallo? Or not?
- genre or filone?
- how many different strands (filones) of giallo are there, and what are they?
I'll also be selling books! Join me on the 19th!
- what are the 'rules' of the giallo?
- who were its main players?
- IS Suspiria a Giallo? Or not?
- genre or filone?
- how many different strands (filones) of giallo are there, and what are they?
I'll also be selling books! Join me on the 19th!
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We're going to talk all things Giallo, including:
- what are the 'rules' of the giallo?
- who were its main players?
- IS Suspiria a Giallo? Or not?
- genre or filone?
- how many different strands (filones) of giallo are there, and what are they?
I'll also be selling books! Join me on the 19th!
- what are the 'rules' of the giallo?
- who were its main players?
- IS Suspiria a Giallo? Or not?
- genre or filone?
- how many different strands (filones) of giallo are there, and what are they?
I'll also be selling books! Join me on the 19th!
This month, @@cpxmcr.bsky.social bring you #CultSchool, a new addition to their roster: genre experts and enthusiasts discussing cult film from around the world!
I am beyond proud to announce that I am their first speaker, talking GIALLO 101.
I am beyond proud to announce that I am their first speaker, talking GIALLO 101.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This month, @@cpxmcr.bsky.social bring you #CultSchool, a new addition to their roster: genre experts and enthusiasts discussing cult film from around the world!
I am beyond proud to announce that I am their first speaker, talking GIALLO 101.
I am beyond proud to announce that I am their first speaker, talking GIALLO 101.
Manchester peeps! I'm doing a thing @cpxmcr.bsky.social on the 19th, if you can make it!
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November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Manchester peeps! I'm doing a thing @cpxmcr.bsky.social on the 19th, if you can make it!
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Share an awesome 70s movie!
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Share an awesome 70s movie!
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
My book, Fulci's Inferno, is the first major new writing on Lucio Fulci in years, and the first to fully analyse the themes across his work. It analyses his entire career, and includes over 50 photos.
This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.
Link in bio.
This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.
Link in bio.
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My book, Fulci's Inferno, is the first major new writing on Lucio Fulci in years, and the first to fully analyse the themes across his work. It analyses his entire career, and includes over 50 photos.
This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.
Link in bio.
This book took 8 years to research and write. I hope you're gonna love it.
Link in bio.
OMGOMGOMG IT'S READY...
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
OMGOMGOMG IT'S READY...
What a gig. Fabio Frizzi and his band wete incredible, they did the entire soundtrack to The Beyond live to the film, then did an encore that included my all time favourite, Sette Note in Nero.
A bucket lister, that was.
A bucket lister, that was.
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What a gig. Fabio Frizzi and his band wete incredible, they did the entire soundtrack to The Beyond live to the film, then did an encore that included my all time favourite, Sette Note in Nero.
A bucket lister, that was.
A bucket lister, that was.
Now seated for Frizzi 2 Fulci!
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Now seated for Frizzi 2 Fulci!
@monicaskuebler.bsky.social interviewed me for @ruemorguemag.bsky.social !
It was great to discuss 'The Vatican Versus Horror Movies' and the wars conducted upon genre films by the crusading Holy See!
I'm in the latest issue,hitting stands Nov 1st, already available online for subscribers.
It was great to discuss 'The Vatican Versus Horror Movies' and the wars conducted upon genre films by the crusading Holy See!
I'm in the latest issue,hitting stands Nov 1st, already available online for subscribers.
October 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@monicaskuebler.bsky.social interviewed me for @ruemorguemag.bsky.social !
It was great to discuss 'The Vatican Versus Horror Movies' and the wars conducted upon genre films by the crusading Holy See!
I'm in the latest issue,hitting stands Nov 1st, already available online for subscribers.
It was great to discuss 'The Vatican Versus Horror Movies' and the wars conducted upon genre films by the crusading Holy See!
I'm in the latest issue,hitting stands Nov 1st, already available online for subscribers.
Or just scan this or summat
October 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Or just scan this or summat
I was THRILLED to introduce The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, share some anecdotes and put a shout out about my books (link in bio) at Cultplex!
Amazing photos by Asher Chan.
Amazing photos by Asher Chan.
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I was THRILLED to introduce The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, share some anecdotes and put a shout out about my books (link in bio) at Cultplex!
Amazing photos by Asher Chan.
Amazing photos by Asher Chan.
Post one of the most haunting shots in movie history from a film made before the year 2000
September 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Post one of the most haunting shots in movie history from a film made before the year 2000
We're at £890!
Anyone fancy tipping us over £900 today? The e-book pledge is just £10!
Anyone fancy tipping us over £900 today? The e-book pledge is just £10!
September 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We're at £890!
Anyone fancy tipping us over £900 today? The e-book pledge is just £10!
Anyone fancy tipping us over £900 today? The e-book pledge is just £10!