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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 22h

Seriously, who is surprised that the modern "young republican / young maga" movement turns out to be racist, misogynist, antisemetic, bigoted, violent, stupid and fundamentally horrible people?

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 22h

Mapping the Interior
by @sgj.bsky.social

I feel like I climbed effortlessly into a 12 year old's mind for 96 pages, and it was sad, dark, hopeful, and felt very personal.

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Steve D's review of Mapping the Interior

4/5: This novella had a depth of character that made it feel very personal. SGJ is great at getting in the headspace of young people, especially when he folds in the elements of growing up a native ...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 22h

The Visit (2015)

"Holy mother of Sarah McLaughlin"

"You have to laugh to keep the deep darkness in a cave"

"We picked teams. Young versus old"

"Eyes on the runner!"

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#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 70/100
#Horror365Challenge 280/365
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A ★★★ review of The Visit (2015)

This movie puts in one place two of the scariest things in the horror genre: Old People, and Kids. I heard a lot of negative reviews about this film. Honestly, I don't get them. There was a lot of pre...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 2d

Slither (2006)

"I'm too buff, I've got too much muscle mass"
"The little fuckers are tearing me apart"
"Oh yeah. Bill saved me from a deer."

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#Hooptober 17/31
#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 69/100
#Horror365Challenge 279/365
#Horror #HorrorMovies #horrorsky #HorrorFamily

A ★★★½ review of Slither (2006)

Alien slugs do to the people of a small town what fox news did to our parents. The RFK Jr brain worm joke writes itself. James Gunn goes hard in this sci-fi, body-horror, zombie, horror comedy. Sure, ...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 2d

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

In a year w "Back to the Future" "St Elmo's Fire" & "Breakfast Club" this competes for "most 80's movie of '85"

Punk AF

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#Hooptober 16/31
#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 68/100
#Horror365Challenge 278/365
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A ★★★★ review of The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

In Sesame Street's first full length feature, Ernie & Burt face one of the biggest challenges of their lives. Meanwhile, Linnea Quigley narrowly missed out on an Oscar win for one of the most B-Movie ...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 3d

Senseless
by Ronald Malfi

An interesting tryptic of storylines & timelines, woven together. Not his best, but still compelling

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Steve D's review of Senseless

4/5: Senseless is an interwoven series of stories from multiple different points of view. Those separate POVs also operate on very different timelines. Those differences are ambiguous, which is disori...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 3d

Echo
by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Interesting, but the narrative was much longer than it needed to be.

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Steve D's review of Echo

3/5: I finally finished this book. I almost DNF'd, but I wanted to see where it was going. My main gripe with this story is that every chapter, every scene, every page seemed 30-50% longer than it nee...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 4d

Bring Her Back (2025)

"Just meat"

If you don't squirm, cringe & pucker, did you even watch Ollie?

#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 67/100
#Horror365Challenge 277/365
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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 6d

There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023)

"But we wanna play a game with you"

Forgettable

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#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 66/100
#Horror365Challenge 276/365
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A ★½ review of There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023)

Children bug me... yuck yuck yuck. Kids are horrible and frightening creatures to be feared and avoided at all costs... So is this movie. on the bright side, the effects were corny

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 6d

I think he is having his physical today, where we will discover he is 6'4", 185 lbs, with a 44" vertical leap and can bench press 435 lbs.

LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 7d

V/H/S Halloween (2025)

Seriously, who is eating a chocolate penis from a "take one" bucket on Halloween? Implausible.

Mixed bag of Halloween themed shorts. 5.5/10

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#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 65/100
#Horror365Challenge 275/365
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A ★★★ review of V/H/S/HALLOWEEN (2025)

A somber documentary about the failed rollout of Crystal Pepsi... This VHS anthology, true to the series, is a real mixed bag of horror shorts. Coochie Coochie Coo - Brings a new level to lactose into...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 7d

Terrified 'Aterrados' (2017)

"Darkness and light, Darkness and light"

Demian Rugna scares me and fills me with dread.

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#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 64/100
#Horror365Challenge 274/365
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A ★★★½ review of Terrified (2017)

Thanks to Demian Rugna (this and When Evil Lurks), i never want to visit Argentina. I'm sure its nice, but damn this guy can creep me out. Rarely can a movie get under my skin. But the flight side of ...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 7d

White Zombie (1932)

The unibrows of doom!!!

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#Hooptober 16/31
#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 63/100
#Horror365Challenge 273/365
#Horror #HorrorMovies #horrorsky #HorrorFamily

A ★★½ review of White Zombie (1932)

The secret to good zombie horror makeup is all about the unibrow. This felt like a silent movie crossed with a mediocre stage play. As a "talkie" it lacked quality in terms of dialogue. It is a simple...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 12d

Starve Acre (2023)

Dark, moody, desperate, hopeless & full of grief. Pretty damn creepy.

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#Hooptober 15/31
#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 62/100
#Horror365Challenge 272/365
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A ★★★ review of Starve Acre (2023)

A bit like Pet Sematary, except instead of a native American burial ground, the source of life (and grief, and madness) is an ancient (pagan?) site in Britain. This is a moody exercise about grief & m...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 13d

Frankenhooker (1990)

"A salad that was once named, Elizabeth"

"If you see one movie this year, it should be Frankenhooker." _Bill Murray

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#Hooptober 14/31
#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 61/100
#Horror365Challenge 271/365
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A ★★ review of Frankenhooker (1990)

The medical science is dubious, but more plausible than anything RFK Jr ever said. A guy from New Jersey in 1990 sews together the body parts of 42nd Street prostitutes to bring his fiancee back to li...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 14d

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

"To get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world, except get up early, take exercise, or be respectable"

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#Hooptober 13/31
#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 60/100
#Horror365Challenge 270/365
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A ★★★★ review of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Dorian Gray is a prime cinematic example of displacing guilt. Poe did it with the telltale heart, thump thump thumping away until the antagonist couldn't stand it anymore. In this case, a painting (cu...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 14d

Never Flinch by @stephenking.bsky.social

More a crime thriller, but not as much "Holly forward" as I expected. Not many surprises. Still comfort food for a constant reader.
7.5/10

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Steve D's review of Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)

4/5: This is another King novel that I think of as "comfort food for a constant reader." We have Holly, Barbara and Jerome, wrapped in a multi layer thriller (I dont see this as horror). I love these...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 14d

You've Lost a Lot of Blood - by @ericlarocca.bsky.social

A lot to like... & a lot i struggled with in this book.

I will give LaRocca another chance, probably "Things have gotten worse"
6/10

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Steve D's review of You've Lost a Lot of Blood

3/5: This was my first completed LaRocca story. I had attempted "They Were Here Before Us" but just couldn't connect, and DNFd it. But I was determined to give him a whirl, and jumped into "You've Los...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 14d

The Deep by Nick Cutter

This book gripped me with claustrophobia, hit me with a shot of childhood trauma, a couple of jabs of grief, and then drowned me in graphic body horror. 8/10

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Steve D's review of The Deep

4/5: Nick Cutter. I want to thank you, and send you a cease & desist letter, for triggering so many fears in a single story. "The Deep" builds a sense of isolation and claustrophobia, so early and so ...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 14d

Random Acts of Violence (2019)

Point - "True art is created by inflicting pain on others"
Counterpoint - "Real art is borne of truth"

Meta Graphic Novel

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#Hooptober 12/31
#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 59/100
#Horror365Challenge 269/365
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A ★★★ review of Random Acts of Violence (2019)

"Who Made Who" should have been on the soundtrack! A slasher, inspired by art, that is inspired by the slasher. This film plays like an R rated graphic novel. Color schemes, one liners, camera angles,...

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 15d

you didnt like him lecturing gabriel for losing his composure, or saka for asking for fouls?
And at the same time coddling every newcastle player that flopped like an injured fish at tiny contact

twat is a nice word for that twat

LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 15d

Yes. You can (and should) sue anyone and anything when your civil rights are violated. I am just pointing out that they have used anonymity to be plausible deniability. The masks are to protect them from losing the suit.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 15d

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”

- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

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LWGunner @lwgunner.bsky.social · 15d

who do they sue? The guy in a mask they cant identify?
Dont worry, the govt would definitely respond that they dont know who that guy was and cannot confirm his identity.

They have weaponized their anonymity.

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