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Leah Carlson

@themingtacular.bsky.social

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Writer, podcaster (Fang Club, Friends for Dinner, Oscar's Podcaast), and expert on all things sexy vampires.

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · Oct 23

Are you an Eggers Nosferatu girlie or a del Toro Frankenstein girlie

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 2h

You know what I don't think we revere Van Helsing (2004) enough

alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 3h

You know what I don’t think we revere The Mummy (1999) enough

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 14h

Success, I got a ticket to see Frankenstein on the big screen, we're so back

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe even better the second time. (I did an Oceans Eleven/Black Bag double feature on my flight home today, and it was the perfect choice)

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · Mar 20

Black Bag is perfect

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Friends for Dinner Podcast @friends4dinner.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Halloween from Will & Hannibal (aka Bri and Leah)

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 4d

I don't post pictures of myself a lot on here, but you all had to see me dressed up as Hannibal wearing a custom-made dog collar (the genius of @ripbri.bsky.social) that says "Hanni Baby." Bri was my Will, obviously, but idk if she wants me posting her face

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 6d

It's playing in a couple of theaters near me this weekend, but I am out of town. And it's not playing where I am 😭

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 6d

I am so jealous

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 7d

Read @jasondashbailey.com's wonderful biography of James Gandolfini in one sitting on my cross-country flight today. Big recommendation

A photo of a hardback copy of "Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend" by Jason Bailey

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 8d

They say younger people aren’t horny or sincere about cinema anymore but my faith is rekindled by all the 5 star it made me cry and we want to fuck the monster / Victor / the movie itself reviews of @realgdt.bsky.social’s Frankenstein on @letterboxd.social

Frida G
Hern
Frankenstein 2025
Watched Oct 21, 2025
Life and death. Cruelty and Kindness. Two sides of an ever spinning cycle. A beautiful exploration of both.
Oh and I want to fuck a monster.
aaron
all i'm saying is that if the monster wants a companion then i am available ... with open arms ... and open legs

Aken*
Frankenstein 2025
**
Watched Oct 20, 2025
the atmosphere...the performances...the sets...the score...i came
V LIKE? 5 likes
brian
disgustingly gorgeous, the production design oh mein gott. i want to fuck this movie bro, beautiful visuals that demand to be seen on the big screen. wide release this thing and put it in IMAX please. jacob elordi i was so unfamiliar with your game, the creature is my good friend and i felt an ache in my heart whenever they were mean to him in this movie. by far the best performance in this, i loved mia goth too tho...

kyle davis
Frankenstein 2025
Watched Oct 20, 2025
listen.......streets are saying mixed
things.....whatever man.....l had a fun time. in classic GDT fashion this film was visually striking, the score was affecting, and the vibes were seriously macabre.....really loved jacob elordi's performance as well and we got to see oscar's ass + bush so i really don't know what people are complaining about..
火文文女
jacob
ANGRY
father and son DUO make up g
at 3AM on
an ABANDONED HAUNTED SHIP *
-(gone
wrong!!!!!) (gone sexual?!?!
D) (TW: EMOTIONAL
violet
its like yaoi titanic for freaks and losers

JayClowning
Frankenstein 2025
Watched Oct 19, 2025
IT WAS SO GOOD
DEL TORO YOU ARE A
TRUE MONSTER FUCKER BUT ALSO A REAL YEARNER!!!!!
No Way Tatum
Frankenstein 2025
ern
Watched Oct 19, 2025
Monster fuckers get one through the system every year. And they are doing good work.
Thank you monster fuckers, we are forever in your debt.

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 8d

Stellan Skarsgård calling himself a nepo daddy... lol

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 10d

Happy birthday to Bela Lugosi, THE Dracula. I'll be watching The Black Cat today, though, because 👇

(...and also I promised to give Dracula a break)

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · Oct 6

THE BLACK CAT rules, by the way.

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 11d

Just a warm up for the dolphin heist

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Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 12d

‘Elizabethtown’ may be best remembered for inspiring the term "Manic Pixie Dream Girl," but its legacy should also include being the first of 20 years of failed launches for a generation of leading men like Orlando Bloom:

crookedmarquee.com

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 12d

I am not writing this thing because I am writing another thing, but I think someone could have a real fun time writing something about Rogen's work in The Studio and Good Fortune through the lens of him "playing himself"

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 13d

Back on my beat, logging in to tell you all that, yes, Seth Rogen is hot in Good Fortune

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 25d

Discovering that the audio version of Frankenstein that Dan Stevens did a while ago is pretty excellent

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 12d

She's haunted for sure. She'll be back inside by the afternoon, scaring the fuck out of the people who swore they left her on the curb this morning

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 15d

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you're dressed as a few small beers

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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 12d

...and then listen to the Dan Stevens-narrated audiobook of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, because it's extra-timely again (it will always be timely), and his reading--he does all the voices--is absolutely brilliant. A+++ work.

Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 13d

THE GUEST IS ON SHUDDER

Drop everything and watch it right now if you haven't seen it before.

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 13d

I also have to respect Aziz Ansari's tactic of casting two guys with pretty mensch-y public images and letting them run away with the movie as a way to keep audiences from thinking about how he got mildly Me Too-ed

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 13d

Thought the movie pulled its punches a little bit, as far as the progressive social commentary it seemed to want to make, but I liked it. It made me laugh, and Keanu is perfect

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 13d

Back on my beat, logging in to tell you all that, yes, Seth Rogen is hot in Good Fortune

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 14d

We see you, Spirit Halloween section sign designer, we see you

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 14d

If you have not guessed my costume by now, this should give it away

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 14d

Ohhh, I found JUST the suit for my costume, thank the sartorial gods

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Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · 14d

I haven't seen the film yet, but I am so pleased to apparently be vindicated

Leah Carlson @themingtacular.bsky.social · Jun 1

All I will say is that my least popular Nosferatu opinion has to do with Bill's performance/the creature design, and I KNOW that del Toro and Elordi are going to be cooking