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02/06/2026

Before you “head-off” to your campground this summer to play with the masked madman of the woods, make sure you catch up with all the splatter that landed on MANOR’s domains in May 2026…

Estate of Fright 85 | Featuring the nonfiction essay “What the Hell?” by Brian Keiper and horror fiction “Patrick and the Pseudopods” by T.J. Tranchell. If you missed this last edition, now’s the time to subscribe so you don’t miss this month’s edition which drops on this Friday, June 5 at 6:00AMET. Get your free subscription here 👉🏠😱 https://www.manorhq.com/eof

Manor Vellum 296: Your Horror, My Horror: The Gut Punches of Losing Our Favorite Characters by Jerry Smith 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/your-horror-my-horror-the-gut-punches-of-losing-our-favorite-characters-23c9a5329d82

Manor Vellum 297: Faces of Frankenstein: In Stitches; or Frankenstein Parodies of the Modern Era by Brian Keiper🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/faces-of-frankenstein-in-stitches-or-frankenstein-parodies-of-the-modern-era-cebba7f6a076

31/05/2026

We wish a very happy birthday to MANOR Resident Matt Konopka! 🎂🥳🎉🎈

To celebrate, read Matt’s work for MANOR from the past year:

Manor Vellum 274 | Misunderstood Monsters: THE WOLFMAN and The Curse of Toxic Masculinity 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/misunderstood-monsters-the-wolfman-and-the-curse-of-toxic-masculinity-b4e578487bd7

Manor Vellum 280 | Misunderstood Monsters: ABIGAIL and a Tiny Dancer’s Wish to Be Held 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/misunderstood-monsters-abigail-and-a-tiny-dancers-wish-to-be-held-29caa4e8a01e

Estate of Fright 78 | October 2025 | Reality Isn’t What It Used to Be | Did you miss this Estate of Fright issue? Sign up for your free subscription today so you don’t miss the next edition arriving in your email on June 5, 2026. New essays, new horror fiction, new frights. 😱 🏚️ 📨 https://www.manorhq.com/eof

Manor Vellum 283 | Misunderstood Monsters: The Working Dead of THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/misunderstood-monsters-the-working-dead-of-the-return-of-the-living-dead-edc31af63e41

Manor Vellum 288 | Misunderstood Monsters: What’s Really in THE FOG? 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/misunderstood-monsters-whats-really-in-the-fog-fe236565b14d

Manor Vellum 293 | Misunderstood Monsters: Sailing into the JAWS of Fear and Projection 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/misunderstood-monsters-sailing-into-the-jaws-of-fear-and-projection-0387effb0b49

29/05/2026

It’s Friday and that once meant we’re going to the video store! Namely the horror section. But not just any video store. We’re talking the mom and pops stores before the big corps (i.e. Blockbuster) took over.

What was the name of your local mom and pop video store where you rented your videos?

27/05/2026

Want to get to know more about MANOR founder Rock Capuano? He’ll be spilling his guts in his new monthly editorial ENTER/EXIT starting with the June edition of Estate of Fright.

Estate of Fright 86 enters inboxes on June 5, 2026. Sign up before then to get your free subscription so you don’t miss the debut 📨🏠😱 https://www.manorhq.com/eof

🎨 Michael Hirshon

22/05/2026

From Brian Keiper

22/05/2026

“Frankenstein parodies reached their peak…but there was still a lot of fun to be had as the new modern era of horror and film in general was just getting started.”

Manor Vellum 297 | Faces of Frankenstein: In Stitches; or Frankenstein Parodies of the Modern Era
By Brian Keiper

Now available 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/faces-of-frankenstein-in-stitches-or-frankenstein-parodies-of-the-modern-era-cebba7f6a076

22/05/2026

We wish a very happy birthday to MANOR Resident Justin Drabek! 🎂🥳🎉🎈

To celebrate, read Justin’s work for MANOR from the past year:

Manor Vellum 273 | Time is a Wheel: In Defense of the 2020 Mini-Series THE STAND 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/time-is-a-wheel-in-defense-of-the-2020-mini-series-the-stand-8eecc25df0cf

Manor Vellum 285 | SpectreWatch: BITCH and Our Primal Natures 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/spectrewatch-bitch-and-our-primal-natures-0c888b464ded

Manor Vellum 289 | The Mind is a Blackboard; Booze is the Eraser 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/the-mind-is-a-blackboard-booze-is-the-eraser-my-journey-through-the-novel-doctor-sleep-890d22b308d3

21/05/2026

“Following the massive success of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, the spigot of Frankenstein parodies slowed to a trickle…the exceptions came from overseas…”

New 🩸 on the membrane from Brian Keiper with the latest installment of his Faces of Frankenstein series.

Tomorrow! 5/22/26
6:00AMET
https://manorvellum.com

20/05/2026

As announced on their most recent episode…

MANOR is a proud sponsor of the HOLY TERRORS podcast Holy Terrors Podcast!

MANOR Residents Brian Keiper and Patrick Brennan started a new podcast in January 2026 called HOLY TERRORS where they examine horror through the lens of faith, religion, and spirituality. It's a fascinating and sometimes complex conversation about horror films such as HERETIC (2024), KILL LIST (2011), THE PROPHECY (1995), and others...IT'LL MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN! They also go beyond films, covering various mediums like horror genre television, books, music, and much more. In addition to all of this, they have “in-between episodes” called The Confessional where they discuss recent horror titles they've experienced, the latest horror news, and life in general -- which can be truly terrifying most of all!

Listen to HOLY TERRORS here 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holy-terrors/id1546576512 🎧 or wherever you download your favorite podcasts. They also began posting their episodes to YouTube this month 💻 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMjEzhO_8_jx5PGNwZx0bA 💻

[Links in the comments section too]

If you enjoy the show, subscribe to their podcast, their YouTube channel, turn on those notifications for future episodes, and give them those likes and positive reviews.

19/05/2026

Nat Brehmer wrote about the film with a piece entitled “Grief and Forgiveness in CASTLE FREAK," which is available on Manor Vellum 🩸📜 https://manorvellum.medium.com/grief-and-forgiveness-in-castle-freak-b5e548028fd4

MANOR Resident and author Nat Brehmer is writing the novelization of the film CASTLE FREAK (1995) for Echo On Publications.

Congratulations Nat!

From Full Moon Features (aka Full Moon Entertainment), directed by Master of Horror Stuart Gordon, and starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton, it’s about a family who inherits a castle in Italy that harbors a dark secret chained within its dungeon. https://letterboxd.com/film/castle-freak/