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Becky Tyler Durden

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Cheesehead. Sarcastic Midwesterner. Book & Movie Blogger. Artist & Photographer. Say hello to your dog for me. www.beckytylerartandphotography.com www.beckytylerart.Etsy.com

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1h

Beautiful fall day to be outside. One of the things I love about Minneapolis is that even after 27 years, I still find something new to love about it.

Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1h

Found this snapdragon at Como Park in St. Paul just growing out of a stone wall like it's nobody's business.

Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 5h

Rumor has it that Frankenstein will be expanding to more IMAX screens next week. Just in time for Halloween.

Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 6h

Last Night NYC

Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 19h

Watching The Grudge which I haven't watched in years. It's time for a marathon because it's been so long I forgot Bill Pullman, Clea Duvall, and KaDee Strickland are in it.

Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 21h

A forbidden romance 😅

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 21h

Was in a public restroom alone today and heard the paper towel dispenser start on its own. A moment later, the hand dryer started blowing. I came out of the stall to find this. 👻

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 22h

I like it okay. I mostly watched it for where it was shot since I think the castles are pretty. Dane DeHaan isn't really my jam.

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 23h

I just watched A Cure For Wellness a week ago.

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

My boss brought in a 5 lb. bag of Halloween candy and apparently I wasn't supposed to keep it at my desk.

a woman says welcome to the terror dome in front of a white board

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

On today's horror blog, I discuss how adding yellow to a character's wardrobe helps tell their story in films like The Substance, Twins of Evil, Crimson Peak, The Ugly Stepsister, Nope, A Quiet Place: Day One, Smile 2, and The Wicker Man.

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Yellow in Horror – The Power of a Yellow Wardrobe

Chapter 6 The opening of Scream VI set the stage for NYC. We were no longer in Woodsboro. Enter Samara Weaving clad in a bright yellow body-hugging dress as she waited nervously at a bar for her ch…

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

Was great in the theater because the happy pink title card did not suggest it was gonna go down so fast. 🤣

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight I'm following up Ghost Ship with Dead Calm starring Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane, and Sam Neill.

Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

Ghost Ship has one of my favorite openings to a horror movie.
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Ghost Ship (2002) Blu-Ray - Opening Scene

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

Mammoth Hot Spring.
Yellowstone National Park.
Prints available on Etsy.

#travel #photography #nikon

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

Maleficent.
Colored pencil on black paper.
Drawing available on Etsy.

#fanart #artsky #prismacolor

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

Zinnia.
Macro Photography.
Prints available on Etsy.

#macro #photography #nikon

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 1d

Black Cat and Autumn Leaves.
Colored pencil on tan paper.
Drawing available on Etsy.

#artsky #artist #shopsmall

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2d

You could sell one strand of tinsel for $35.

Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2d

If you're not saying Candyman's name into a mirror 5 times today, then what are you even doing with your life?

Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social · 2d

On this day in Horror History, CANDYMAN was released in 1992.

Actor Tony Todd wearing a large brown fur coat and has a hook for a hand.

Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2d

Connecting them together and using them as Christmas tree tinsel is useful.

a boy is standing next to santa claus in a living room

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2d

Before Desmond Harrington landed a role on Dexter in 2008, he did a run of horror movies between 2001 and 2003 that included The Hole, Wrong Turn, Ghost Ship, and the truly bizarre Love Object which happens to be my second horror movie tonight.

Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2d

Betta Fish.
Watercolor Painting.
Available at my Etsy store.

#artsky #artist #shopsmall

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, Pumpkin. Halloween decor is 30% off at my etsy store.

#halloween #artsky #shopsmall

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2d

Cattleya Orchid.
Macro photography.
Prints available on Etsy.

#macro #photography #nikon

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Becky Tyler Durden @beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight's horror movie is the 2003 remake of Willard starring Crispin Glover, Laura Harring, R. Lee Ermey, Jackie Burroughs, and a whole lot of live rats.