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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 6h

#SpookySeason means shilling for #horror, and shill I shall.

Once upon a time, Peter Jackson was a puckish master of splatter, reaching his bloody apex in BRAINDEAD (DEAD ALIVE to the non-antipodeans). He mentioned restoring it years ago, but got distracted by Beatles. And extinct animals. And...

A frightened man covered in blood and giblets wields a lawnmower as a weapon against the zombie horde in his mother's living room.

Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 6h

Once I learn how to articulate my thoughts, you guys are fucked.

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Rachel Talalay @racheltalalay.com · 20h

C'mon down to Milwaukee Cinematic Sisterhood MKE.org this weekend. Signing on saturday afternoon. Tank Girl friday cosplay time. Some treats to show and things to say. Hope to see you. I'll try to be brewers-replacement. I still throw a mean fastball.

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lou-ellen @louceph.com · 1d

please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 8h

While other countries employed live narrators for silent films, only in Japan did katsudo benshi (活動弁士), or simply benshi, become a permanent fixture in silent cinema. The result was the birth of a cinematic tradition unique to Japan.

Benshi: The Voice and Color of Japanese Silent Cinema - Unseen Japan

Once when there might have been silence, the voices of the benshi rang out in the theaters of Japan. Learn about this lost cinema art form.

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 1d

#SpookySeason means shilling for #horror, and shill I shall.

Another #DoctorWho fave is when it goes folk horror for the first, but not last, time. THE DÆMONS is about an ancient evil unleashed during an archeological dig, the village that's affected by it, and The Doctor's attempt to stop it.

The Third Doctor and the Master glower as Azal looms aflame behind them.

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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 1d

Over her lifetime she's married a bird-man from another planet, shattered the moon, been turned into a gorilla, been a UN Ambassador, and so so much more. That's living!! Happy anniversary to the great Amazonian warrior, #WonderWoman!

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 1d

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#SixFeetUnder #Retrospective

The Family Tomb: A Six Feet Under Retrospective

YouTube video by José

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Neon Splatter @neonsplatter.bsky.social · 2d

Top 25 Horror Movies Of 1995

Number 10 — THE PROPHECY

@yoadriantorres.bsky.social on when horror got religion in Gregory Widen’s horror tale of angelic war.

www.neonsplatter.com/daily-beasts...

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 2d

FIRST LOOK 🚨: Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Edition Volume 1 releases on December 9th! Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3VceVt1

For the first time in English, these will read from right to left. Included are original Japanese sound effects and more.

By Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima, translated by Dana Lewis.

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 1d

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#Comics #Interview

Frank Miller, Comic Book Legend — Creative Process, The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, 300, & More

YouTube video by Tim Ferriss

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 2d

#SpookySeason means shilling for #horror, and shill I shall.

I was always a fan of Scorsese's only horror movie, that other surreal DiCaprio film in 2010 about spousal grief. I also felt a section was him purging SCHINDLER'S LIST from his system (he traded it to Spielberg for CAPE FEAR).
#Filmsky

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 2d

MR. SCORSESE was a rawer look at his life than I thought it'd be. Not scandalously so, though.

It was also an amazingly thorough look at his filmography... except with HUGO. I'm glad people are coming around to CASINO, but HUGO needs more eyes since it introduces kids to the history of cinema.

a boy and a girl are reading a book with the words " films have the power to capture dreams "

ALT: a boy and a girl are reading a book with the words " films have the power to capture dreams "

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 2d

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Honorary George Wendt Way unveiled on Beverly street where late 'Cheers' actor grew up

"The love and support for my husband and his legacy is just amazing to me, but not surprising," said Bernadette Birkett, George Wendt's widow. "He had great humility, but he deserved to be loved becau...

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy · 3d

The Right’s Most Unhinged Reactions to the Historic ‘No Kings’ Protests

The award for most ridiculous reaction goes to the president

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 3d

NEW EPISODE of GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC! Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (@horrornonna.com) has been contextualizing and magnifying exploitation cinema for years now, so she she joins us to discuss Abel Ferrara’s seminal rape-revenge film MS. 45 — out in a new 4K from Arrow: pod.link/1274489817/e...

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Taffeta V. @taffetav.bsky.social · 3d

NEW LATE! All about wolves, redheads, & the moon - music by X, the Hu, the Cramps, Hole, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, + more. I'll tell you about a one-eyed animator, a howl you know, read from a 14th century French chivalric epic, + more

Free/Ad-free/No Ai

Please share!

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Late w/Taffeta V. - Howl

This one's all about wolves, werewolves, redheads, and the moon - music from X, the Hu, the Cramps, Florence + the Machine, Dead Man's Bones, + more. I'll tell you about a one-eyed animator, the howl ...

www.mixcloud.com

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 2d

Don't forget: animal hospitals love your empty pill bottles since they're hard to keep in stock.

Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 3d

Tom Cruise's great as Lestat because he wanted to impress Anne Rice, who wasn't a fan. With Lestat going full-bi in the second novel, Cruise leaving wasn't a surprise.

The script's wonky because Neil Jordan did a wholesale, uncredited rewrite. Brad Pitt's weird in it because he hated being Louis.

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 3d

#SpookySeason means shilling for #horror, and shill I shall.

Once upon a midnight dreary, the Goths of AEW broke bad, teamed-up, and became the Triangle of Madness. Julia Hart and Skye Blue, wraith and rose, are Sisters of Sin; the toxicity of Thekla seals the deranged trio.
#Wrestling #Women

The Triangle of Madness (Julia Hart, Thekla, and Skye Blue) standing on the entrance ramp, ready to fuck someone up.

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 4d

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#Documentary #Music #Goth #80s

Strawberry Switchblade: The underrated icons of the 80s

YouTube video by Kittzup

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 4d

#SpookySeason means shilling for #horror, and shill I shall.

At 50 episodes across seven seasons, this TRUE BLOOD #podcast is amazingly in-depth about any aspect of making a show you'd think of. Kristen Bauer and Deborah Ann Woll, Pam and Jessica, host the cavalcade of knowledge and special guests.

The Truest Blood promo pic, with Pam and Jessica fanged-out and inviting.

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Neon Splatter @neonsplatter.bsky.social · 5d

Top 25 Horror Movies Of 1995

Number 11 — HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS

@beedelores.bsky.social on a late sequel whose seasonal vibes and impressive visuals are often over-looked.

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HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1995)

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Emma Westwood @emmawestwood.bsky.social · 4d

PODCAST ALERT
Mike Muncer of The Evolution of Horror podcast kindly allowed me to bang on about one of my favourite subjects, the film known as SECONDS (1966).
Listen. Learn (maybe). Love (Mike, definitely - he's a mensch).

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Evolution of Horror podcast – SECONDS

I had a rip-snorter of a gasbag with Mike Muncer, host of the incredible Evolution of Horror podcast and all-round upstanding gent. We went deep on SECONDS – a film that I wrote a book about a few …

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Rathan Krueger @darknessopera.com · 5d

#SpookySeason means shilling for #horror, and shill I shall.

Magic academy tales sprouted like dandelions after Hogwarts came on the scene, and SOUL EATER is the best of them. Kids learn to turn each other into weapons to collect souls for Death, and that creepy moon is always laughing.
#Anime

A crescent moon with a bleeding smile and piercing eye looms over the Death Weapon Meister Academy.

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