Cullen Wade
@cullenwade.bsky.social
Author, S(p)lasher Flicks: The Swimming Pool in Horror Cinema (McFarland, 2025) | words @ Paste mag, Night Tide mag, Horror Homeroom, HorrorGeekLife, et al. | charlottesville, va, usa | autistic he/him | 🇵🇸BLM🏳️🌈ACAB🏳️⚧️FDT
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Cullen Wade
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· Sep 9
S(p)lasher Flicks - McFarland
S(p)lasher Flicks The Swimming Pool in Horror Cinema Cullen Wade 978-1-4766-9815-1 978-1-4766-5612-0
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Book update! S(p)lasher Flicks: The Swimming Pool in Horror Cinema now has a release date! My chlorinated progeny will surface into the world on December 11th. Pre-orders are live in all the places you get books, but especially direct from @mcfarland.bsky.social
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I’ve been saying it has to do with switching DPs from Navarro to Laustsen (because except TSOW, nothing since the change has looked as good as what came before), but I’m sure Netflix house style plays a part too.
I love listening to GDT talk about his films but man, as a society we have to do something about the weird lighting and rendering in these Netflix films that makes them look flat as fuck.
The BTS footage looks ten times better than the final product.
The BTS footage looks ten times better than the final product.
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’ve been saying it has to do with switching DPs from Navarro to Laustsen (because except TSOW, nothing since the change has looked as good as what came before), but I’m sure Netflix house style plays a part too.
Silver Shamrock motherfucker.
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Silver Shamrock motherfucker.
Respect my contentionthatHalloween5isbetterthanHalloween4becauseJamie’straumabondedclosenesswithTinaismorepoignantthanherrelationshipwithRachelbecauseofnotinspiteofthefamilialdistance or expect my resistance.
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Respect my contentionthatHalloween5isbetterthanHalloween4becauseJamie’straumabondedclosenesswithTinaismorepoignantthanherrelationshipwithRachelbecauseofnotinspiteofthefamilialdistance or expect my resistance.
On behalf of my fellow metalheads, I’d like to offer our counseling services to liberals working through the feelings of discovering somebody you thought was cool is a r*pe apologist with a Nazi tattoo.
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
On behalf of my fellow metalheads, I’d like to offer our counseling services to liberals working through the feelings of discovering somebody you thought was cool is a r*pe apologist with a Nazi tattoo.
*Stares in average american millennial man*
i actually don’t think the “average” american millennial man had a nazi phase. it’s not some boys will be boys shit. this makes me side eye you and your friend group, sounds like a personal problem
October 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
*Stares in average american millennial man*
I wrote about the 20th anniversary of DOOM TNT motion picture for @pastemagazine.bsky.social
Fun fact! It’s the only entry in Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s filmography where he’s credited simply as “The Rock.”
Also, sorry I didn’t have nicer things to say.
www.pastemagazine.com/movies/doom/...
Fun fact! It’s the only entry in Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s filmography where he’s credited simply as “The Rock.”
Also, sorry I didn’t have nicer things to say.
www.pastemagazine.com/movies/doom/...
Something Doesn’t Feel Right: Doom the Movie at 20
It may have had guns and monsters, but 2005's Doom sadly missed out on the most important essence of the classic demon-slaying FPS series.
www.pastemagazine.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I wrote about the 20th anniversary of DOOM TNT motion picture for @pastemagazine.bsky.social
Fun fact! It’s the only entry in Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s filmography where he’s credited simply as “The Rock.”
Also, sorry I didn’t have nicer things to say.
www.pastemagazine.com/movies/doom/...
Fun fact! It’s the only entry in Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s filmography where he’s credited simply as “The Rock.”
Also, sorry I didn’t have nicer things to say.
www.pastemagazine.com/movies/doom/...
This piece by @812filmreviews.com was helpful in working through my “young critic” feelings on being asked to intro Deathgasm II at the Virginia Film Festival.
Coincidentally, Robert Daniels will be at the VAFF this week & I hope we get a chance to chat.
www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-d...
Coincidentally, Robert Daniels will be at the VAFF this week & I hope we get a chance to chat.
www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-d...
No Solutions: A Personal Examination of Online Anger About Guns Akimbo | Features | Roger Ebert
A personal piece on the impact of Twitter bullying reflected through the behavior of a director.
www.rogerebert.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This piece by @812filmreviews.com was helpful in working through my “young critic” feelings on being asked to intro Deathgasm II at the Virginia Film Festival.
Coincidentally, Robert Daniels will be at the VAFF this week & I hope we get a chance to chat.
www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-d...
Coincidentally, Robert Daniels will be at the VAFF this week & I hope we get a chance to chat.
www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-d...
Just realized the word “screen” is a contronym in two different ways.
As a verb it means to make something invisible or to make something visible. As a noun, it means something designed to be seen through or something designed to be opaque.
As a verb it means to make something invisible or to make something visible. As a noun, it means something designed to be seen through or something designed to be opaque.
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just realized the word “screen” is a contronym in two different ways.
As a verb it means to make something invisible or to make something visible. As a noun, it means something designed to be seen through or something designed to be opaque.
As a verb it means to make something invisible or to make something visible. As a noun, it means something designed to be seen through or something designed to be opaque.
Only nerds listen to Warren Zevon.
October 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Only nerds listen to Warren Zevon.
Went apple picking today & somehow got the most Halloweenish photo that has nothing overtly Halloween about it.
October 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Went apple picking today & somehow got the most Halloweenish photo that has nothing overtly Halloween about it.
Anyone local to Charlottesville, there is a short-notice action at Western Albemarle HS this evening w/ @happyscenesbyemma.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Anyone local to Charlottesville, there is a short-notice action at Western Albemarle HS this evening w/ @happyscenesbyemma.bsky.social
Presenting Chappell Bone. Yes she will wear this for the rest of October.
October 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Presenting Chappell Bone. Yes she will wear this for the rest of October.
Check me out on @drach101.bsky.social’s podcast talking about one of the most gorgeous horror movies ever made! Premieres in an hour.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnG2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnG2...
Ep 135 - Mario Bava’s BLACK SUNDAY (1960) Unmasked – The Italian Gothic Horror Boom Begins!
YouTube video by HORROR 101 with Dr. AC
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October 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Check me out on @drach101.bsky.social’s podcast talking about one of the most gorgeous horror movies ever made! Premieres in an hour.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnG2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnG2...
Less than 24 hours till @nighttidemag.bsky.social’s first ever #horrorstudies Zoomposium!
Listen to me yap about swimming pools! & a to bunch of people who are doubtless smarter talk about things that are doubtless more important.
www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of...
Listen to me yap about swimming pools! & a to bunch of people who are doubtless smarter talk about things that are doubtless more important.
www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of...
Meeting of the Morbid Minds - The Horror of Becoming
A two-day virtual horror studies symposium (Oct 4–5, 15:00–20:00 GMT) exploring mind, folk, cosmic, and body horror.
www.eventbrite.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Less than 24 hours till @nighttidemag.bsky.social’s first ever #horrorstudies Zoomposium!
Listen to me yap about swimming pools! & a to bunch of people who are doubtless smarter talk about things that are doubtless more important.
www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of...
Listen to me yap about swimming pools! & a to bunch of people who are doubtless smarter talk about things that are doubtless more important.
www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of...
I probably need my cinephile card revoked bc PT Anderson is one of the “great filmmakers” I’ve decided i can basically skip. I’ve only seen boogie nights and the master, and I didn’t like the master. OBAO seems exquisitely counterinsurgency programmed.
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I probably need my cinephile card revoked bc PT Anderson is one of the “great filmmakers” I’ve decided i can basically skip. I’ve only seen boogie nights and the master, and I didn’t like the master. OBAO seems exquisitely counterinsurgency programmed.
A little discussed example of the Mandela effect is remembering Thom Yorke as a competent singer who wasn’t sharp on absolutely everything
September 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A little discussed example of the Mandela effect is remembering Thom Yorke as a competent singer who wasn’t sharp on absolutely everything
So when are they gonna start trying to dismantle Halloween? Now or will they wait another year?
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
So when are they gonna start trying to dismantle Halloween? Now or will they wait another year?
6 days until I present in my 1st #horrorstudies symposium! The support of the v cool @momoshaty.bsky.social—who didn’t know me from Adam but apparently decided I had worthwhile things to say—has been huge in me getting words out there. @nighttidemag.bsky.social is a great platform, & going places!
September 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
6 days until I present in my 1st #horrorstudies symposium! The support of the v cool @momoshaty.bsky.social—who didn’t know me from Adam but apparently decided I had worthwhile things to say—has been huge in me getting words out there. @nighttidemag.bsky.social is a great platform, & going places!
There are very few famous people I’ll ask for a picture with, but Bob Mould is one.
September 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
There are very few famous people I’ll ask for a picture with, but Bob Mould is one.
The Long Walk aka “Can Somebody Just Do It Already?”: The Movie
September 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Long Walk aka “Can Somebody Just Do It Already?”: The Movie
Just 2 short weeks until I present at my first #horrorstudies symposium alongside the fabulous @momoshaty.bsky.social & the rest of the @nighttidemag.bsky.social crew. Kick off October by feeding your head!
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of...
Meeting of the Morbid Minds - The Horror of Becoming
A two-day virtual horror studies symposium (Oct 4–5, 15:00–20:00 GMT) exploring mind, folk, cosmic, and body horror.
www.eventbrite.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just 2 short weeks until I present at my first #horrorstudies symposium alongside the fabulous @momoshaty.bsky.social & the rest of the @nighttidemag.bsky.social crew. Kick off October by feeding your head!
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/meeting-of...
Anybody have curriculum resources for broad, interdisciplinary Horror Studies at the high school level? I’ve decided to pitch an elective to my school for next year. Will run it under the Contemporary Media & Art course code so incorporate lit, film, video games, etc.
September 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Anybody have curriculum resources for broad, interdisciplinary Horror Studies at the high school level? I’ve decided to pitch an elective to my school for next year. Will run it under the Contemporary Media & Art course code so incorporate lit, film, video games, etc.
A Clive Baker character costume contest but nobody’s allowed to do Pinhead or Candyman.
Predetermined winner is whoever can pull off the Butterfield gold pants.
Predetermined winner is whoever can pull off the Butterfield gold pants.
September 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A Clive Baker character costume contest but nobody’s allowed to do Pinhead or Candyman.
Predetermined winner is whoever can pull off the Butterfield gold pants.
Predetermined winner is whoever can pull off the Butterfield gold pants.
Book update! S(p)lasher Flicks: The Swimming Pool in Horror Cinema now has a release date! My chlorinated progeny will surface into the world on December 11th. Pre-orders are live in all the places you get books, but especially direct from @mcfarland.bsky.social
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/spla...
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/spla...
S(p)lasher Flicks - McFarland
S(p)lasher Flicks The Swimming Pool in Horror Cinema Cullen Wade 978-1-4766-9815-1 978-1-4766-5612-0
mcfarlandbooks.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Book update! S(p)lasher Flicks: The Swimming Pool in Horror Cinema now has a release date! My chlorinated progeny will surface into the world on December 11th. Pre-orders are live in all the places you get books, but especially direct from @mcfarland.bsky.social
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/spla...
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/spla...
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Excited to give a talk at the virtual #horrorstudies symposium facilitated by the fabulous @nighttidemag.bsky.social! You’ll never guess what my presentation is about…
#horrorsky #filmsky
#horrorsky #filmsky
September 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Excited to give a talk at the virtual #horrorstudies symposium facilitated by the fabulous @nighttidemag.bsky.social! You’ll never guess what my presentation is about…
#horrorsky #filmsky
#horrorsky #filmsky