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LISTEN TO BLACK WOMEN: THE WUNMI MOSAKU CINEMATIC UNIVERSE OF BEING CORRECT The Wunmi Mosaku Cinematic Universe of Being Correct traces how horror keeps proving the same truth: when Black women identify danger early and speak plainly, survival depends on whether anyone lis…

Since the New York Times wants to play about Wunmi, please see our celebratory NightTide piece from Feb
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CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOLD FACES OF INDEPENDENT GENRE FILM: A MULTI-FEATURE HORROR HIGHLIGHT FROM THE WINTER FILM FESTIVAL From grief-soaked occult rituals to dance-driven possession and the everyday nightmare of apartment hunting, Michele Schultz chats with three filmmakers at the Winter Film Festival NYC 2026 discuss…

Indie Horror 4 Eva! @micheleschultz.bsky.social has the highlights from the @winterfilmfest.bsky.social! 👻📽️
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... @sharai.bsky.social discusses the dread of being pushed into motherhood in Huesera: The Bone Witch @nighttidemag.bsky.social, @jenabrownwrites.bsky.social chooses 8 horror novels whose social commentary matches The Substance for The Lineup ...

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THE SEASONS DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU: WEATHER, ARROGANCE, AND HORROR’S CYCLICAL CRUMBLING Across four films and four seasons, horror reminds us that every outsider who enters the landscape convinced they will master it eventually gets humbled.

Spring seduces the outsider.
Summer mutates the rules.
Autumn erases the map.
Winter waits for you to freeze.

From The Wicker Man to The Thing, horror keeps repeating the same lesson: the seasons were never ours to conquer.
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New on #NightTide
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 9 March 2026 Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado: Lit Hub consider Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting …

Shout out to everyone who read my Huesera piece this weekend. It landed me my second “Must Read Horror” mention at This Is Horror.

Also, huge thanks to @momoshaty.bsky.social for giving these longer pieces a home at @nighttidemag.bsky.social!

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Big ups, fireworks, daps, & much appreciation to the incredible women who have contributed to #NightTideMag as staff writers, contributors, authors, filmmakers, storytellers, artists, & collaborators. We wouldn't be where we are without you. Drop those Patreons, Ko-fi's, etc. Get that coin today! 👻

Coming at you on a weekend from @nighttidemag.bsky.social. Motherhood ain’t for everybody and that’s absolutely fine.

This is a good one if you love horror and missed it.

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HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN AND THE BATTLE TO AVOID BEING MOMMIFIED IN MEDIA Not every FAB person wants motherhood, and horror films like Huesera: The Bone Woman, tap into the dread that comes from being pushed into a life you never chose.

Not everyone wants motherhood, and horror films like Huesera: The Bone Woman tap into the dread of being pushed into a life that was never yours to begin with. @sharai.bsky.social digs in for #NightTideMag 👻 📽️
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The Morbid Minds return this October.
Last year: The Horror of Becoming.

This year, we’re opening a different door, asking a darker question, and exploring four new territories of horror scholarship.
Theme reveal + abstract submissions open in April.

Stay close. 👻 📽️ 📺 🎭 📚
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A flyer for “Chlorine & Kudzu: Southern Gothic meets Swimming Pool Scares” a book event on 3/19 in Charlottesville, VA with authors Cullen Wade and Elizabeth Broadbent.

I don’t think I have many Virginia ppl on here, but yall can see me & @elizabethbroadbent.bsky.social cuttin up at 2nd Act Books in Charlottesville on 3/19. It’s a @nighttidemag.bsky.social super teamup!
#horrorbooks #instore #horrorwriters

I AM HORROR
A global archive documenting creators of color shaping the horror genre.
The archive begins March 15.
Submissions open the same day.
#NightTideMag
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Archive matters.
Record matters.

Ask any horror creative, these phrases are familiar.
Horror shaped by lineage, migration, and lived experience is often treated as adjacent to the genre.
But categorization shapes archive.
#NightTideMag’s I AM HORROR launches March 15. 👻 📽️ 📚 📺 🌎

Stand by for big news from (Stoker Award Nominee!) @momoshaty.bsky.social and @nighttidemag.bsky.social…

Ask any horror creative, these phrases are familiar.
Horror shaped by lineage, migration, and lived experience is often treated as adjacent to the genre.
But categorization shapes archive.
#NightTideMag’s I AM HORROR launches March 15. 👻 📽️ 📚 📺 🌎

Canon is built by what survives.
On March 15, #NightTideMag begins building record.
A permanent global initiative.

Stay with us. 👻 📽️ 📚 📺 🗺️

HORROR’S LOWER LEVEL: BEHIND THE CELLAR DOOR Basements in horror aren’t just where victims are hidden, they’re architectural decisions about what gets contained, buried, exploited, or sustained so the upstairs can remain intact.

Basements in horror aren’t just where bodies get hidden.
They’re where shame, class hierarchy, racial violence, and institutional cruelty are contained so the upstairs can pretend everything’s fine. 👻📽️
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HORROR’S LOWER LEVEL: BEHIND THE CELLAR DOOR Basements in horror aren’t just where victims are hidden, they’re architectural decisions about what gets contained, buried, exploited, or sustained so the upstairs can remain intact.

Basements in horror aren’t just where bodies get hidden.
They’re where shame, class hierarchy, racial violence, and institutional cruelty are contained so the upstairs can pretend everything’s fine. 👻📽️
nighttidemag.com/2026/02/27/s...

Pool Reviews Zine - Cullen Wade's Ko-fi Shop Every swimming pool from every movie I wrote about in S(p)lasher Flicks, reviewed on their merits as pools. Full-color, 108 pages with a cardstock cov...

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It’s about time someone invited me to nerd out about Doctor Who on mic.

‘SINNERS’, THE BAFTA SLUR, AND AWARD SHOWS THAT STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH BLACK ART Jimmy Kimmel lying onstage through Quinta Brunson’s win, Adrien Brody kissing Halle Berry without consent, cameras dissecting Angela Bassett’s composure. Award shows have a documented history of mi…

These snafus didn’t start this month.
Hattie, segregated. Sidney, “acceptable.” Halle? Still the only Black woman to win Best Actress.
@sharai.bsky.social examines how awards shows keep mishandling Black art & artists, and why we’re tired of being told to move on. 👻📽️
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A 30-YEAR-OLD ‘SCREAM’ AT THE 90s Thirty years later, Scream is still iconic, but nostalgia doesn’t smooth over the cultural blind spots it carried with it.

Thirty years later, Scream is still iconic, but nostalgia doesn’t smooth over the cultural blind spots it carried with it. Paul Wooldridge of @yammityvillehorror.bsky.social digs in. 👻 📽️
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Just still blown away by this in-depth analysis of my story craft by Eliza Broadbent. Humbled and delighted!

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Congratulations to our talented editor and fearless leader @momoshaty.bsky.social for her Bram Stoker nomination in short nonfiction from the staff of @nighttidemag.bsky.social!

Love, Eliza, @cullenwade.bsky.social, @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social, @emmacole.bsky.social, @sharai.bsky.social …

... @tugcekutlu.bsky.social explores grief & not letting the dead die in Talk to Me @nighttidemag.bsky.social, Theresa B finds hope among the horror in The Long Walk @whatsleepsbeneath.com, and @gnofhorror.com sit down for an author interview with @angelaslatter.bsky.social!

Happy reading, friends👻

It’s me!!!!

WON’T YOU BE MR. CROCKET’S NEIGHBOR? AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER BRANDON ESPY Sharai Bohannan chats with director Brandon Espy on crafting Mr. Crocket, a practical-effects-driven nightmare that reclaims retro children’s television through a distinctly Black horror lens.

🚨@sharai.bsky.social talks with Brandon Espy about Mr. Crocket, where childhood nostalgia collides with something far more nightmarish. 👻📽️📺
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I had a blast writing this one! It really helped my own craft, and I hope it’ll help yours, too.