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Chris

@staggerlee42.bsky.social

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Love cinema, literature, music and art. Write occasionally about cinema. Married with two kids. Originally from Greater Manchester/Cheshire. Now based in Northern Ireland. Teacher of History and Politics. Degree, PGCE and MA Ed from University of Durham.

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 22h

‘Well, good luck, sonny. Hate to tell you but the only time ‘real’ comes into it is when they’re shooting at you. In practice, ‘real’ means dead - anything else, there’s always room for some conversation.’

#BookSky💙📚

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 39m

‘On days of low winter light the federal courthouse can take on a sinister look, a setting for a story best not told at bedtime, the jagged profile of an evil castle against pale light reflected off the Lake, bell tower, archways, gargoyles, haunted shadows, Halloween all year long.’ #BookSky💙📚

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 55m

Not one that I have read but will look it up now 👍

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 56m

Adds feverishly to wishlist… 🙏🙏🙏

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JT Lindroos @oivas.com · 1h

James Blaylock Paper Grail
Marc Behm Afraid to Death
Graham Joyce Some Kind of Fairy Tale

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JT Lindroos @oivas.com · 1h

Tough. But off the top of my head.. mostly read in the 90s!
House on the Borderland
King Salem's Lot
Nancy Collins Sunglasses After Dark
Joe Lansdale Drive In
Kathe Loka The Cipher
Todd Grimson Brand New Cherry Flavor
John Shirley Demons
Tim Powers Anubis Gates
Jack O'Connell Box Nine
...

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t mind long single volume books tbh.

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1h

What would be your faves?

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1h

It is better than Lovecraft and that’s saying summat…

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1h

Favourite horror novels?

The Stand
Our Share of Night
Carrion Comfort
House of Leaves
The Uninvited
The House on the Borderland
The Fury

#BookSky💙📚

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1h

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

Suspiria
The Shining
The Innocents
Vampyr

SvenThe @sventhe.bsky.social · 1h

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

- Don’t look now
- The Wicker Man
- I walked with a Zombie
- Rosemary’s Baby

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 19h

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- The Wicker Man
- Halloween
- Suspiria

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 21h

Like you, I am due a re-watch. Deserves far more love than it gets…

The film ‘Blue Black Permanent’ by Margaret Tait.

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Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · Jul 10

Blue Black Permanent is such a great film.

It is the 1990s Aftersun.

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Everybody’s favourite manic pixie dream aunt: Celia Imrie’s 20 best films – ranked!

As Imrie turns 73, and ahead of her star turn in next month’s The Thursday Murder Club, we revisit the greatest big-screen hits of the actor who is so much more than Miss Babs

www.theguardian.com

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 21h

Love it!!!

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 22h

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t. Nor Hamnet on Sunday. Money down the drain 😭😭
Family stuff cropped up and I had to skip both. Was gutted but I saw mixed reviews for Hamnet and I noted that you didn’t dig The Mastermind?
I will see them eventually!!

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

The screwball repartee in this book between Hicks and April is whip-crack sharp and funny as hell. Laughing a lot and wishing that Pynchon had more years left in him… 😍😍😍 #BookSky💙📚

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

🤣My wife is swooning with relief that we don’t need to find more shelf space…

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Simon Tucker @situcker.bsky.social · 1d

Right then, one of the biggest holes in my music collection is reggae. I have a few of the obvious ones but looking to broaden my horizons. Post your recommendations below 👇. I’m particularly keen on the heavier dub side of things

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

Are those UK Criterion releases? If so, I am going to be even more broke than usual in January… 😬

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@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social · 1d

We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:

www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...

Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books

UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.

www.thebookseller.com

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

I can promise you that none of my students did either 🤣
It’s my opportunity to get them thinking about filmmakers that they might not necessarily know…

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

I save that punishment for mid-level offenders.
The real hard cases get forced to watch Satantango, followed by Out 1…

Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

Good effort! More than anybody else today 👍

The answers are (clockwise from top left)

Kira Muratova
Claire Denis
Preston Sturges
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Mati Diop
Ousmane Sembene
Joanna Hogg
Jacques Rivette
Andrei Tarkovsky

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

That’s the poster reserved for ‘God-level’ directors…

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 1d

Two is the consistent number amongst folks so far! I would say that many of us would struggle to recognise directors in the same way that we recognise actors (although I get that Mati is both!).