🎅🎄 Matthew Jackson 🎄🎅
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One time I sat in the Munster Koach. HWA Member. @scaresshapedus.bsky.social Host. Lead Critic at Dread Central. Bylines at Pop Heist/AV Club/Fangoria/Bloody Disgusting/More. Austin Film Critics member. 🍅-approved.
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Today in the *final* Tracing The Shape, my 31-day essay series on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, I finally answer the question that's been gnawing at me: What does Michael Myers want?
Thanks to everyone for joining me on this deep dive journey.
matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...
Thanks to everyone for joining me on this deep dive journey.
matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...
Tracing The Shape 31: You Can't Kill The Boogeyman
Halloween, like Black Christmas and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, doesn't really end, not in the neat way we tend to think about. There's no real solution to anything, just two people who managed to s...
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I have written roughly 35,000 words about HALLOWEEN in the last 31 days. I think it might make a nice book. Seriously.
Any horror/film studies publishers interested in this?
Any horror/film studies publishers interested in this?
As insane as this sounds I assure you I am only scratching the surface. It kinda rules? Also Clint Howard!
Hey, what should we do for the fourth SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT movie? What do we got?
*room falls silent*
Got it, boss. Journalist gets pulled into sapphic bug cult that makes you vomit giant jizz-filled roaches. At Christmas.
*room falls silent*
Well boys, I think we got ourselves a picture.
*room falls silent*
Got it, boss. Journalist gets pulled into sapphic bug cult that makes you vomit giant jizz-filled roaches. At Christmas.
*room falls silent*
Well boys, I think we got ourselves a picture.
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
As insane as this sounds I assure you I am only scratching the surface. It kinda rules? Also Clint Howard!
Hey, what should we do for the fourth SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT movie? What do we got?
*room falls silent*
Got it, boss. Journalist gets pulled into sapphic bug cult that makes you vomit giant jizz-filled roaches. At Christmas.
*room falls silent*
Well boys, I think we got ourselves a picture.
*room falls silent*
Got it, boss. Journalist gets pulled into sapphic bug cult that makes you vomit giant jizz-filled roaches. At Christmas.
*room falls silent*
Well boys, I think we got ourselves a picture.
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Hey, what should we do for the fourth SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT movie? What do we got?
*room falls silent*
Got it, boss. Journalist gets pulled into sapphic bug cult that makes you vomit giant jizz-filled roaches. At Christmas.
*room falls silent*
Well boys, I think we got ourselves a picture.
*room falls silent*
Got it, boss. Journalist gets pulled into sapphic bug cult that makes you vomit giant jizz-filled roaches. At Christmas.
*room falls silent*
Well boys, I think we got ourselves a picture.
Pennywise is no match for Orla McCool that is science.
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Pennywise is no match for Orla McCool that is science.
Folks, it's a good one! @werematt.bsky.social and I were talking it up in the Dread Central staff meeting this morning!
A reminder that you can find MAN FINDS TAPE in select theaters and wherever you rent your movies. Check out the website for more info!
www.magnetreleasing.com/manfindstape/
www.magnetreleasing.com/manfindstape/
Man Finds Tape | A Magnolia Pictures Film | Starring Kelsey Pribilski, William Magnuson, John Gholson and Brian Villalobos | Now in Theaters and on Digital.
Lucas Page’s (William Magnuson) viral YouTube channel “Man Finds Tape” features a series of creepy home videos. When he reaches out to his sister, Lynn (Kelsey Pribilski), with surveillance footage of...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Folks, it's a good one! @werematt.bsky.social and I were talking it up in the Dread Central staff meeting this morning!
If y'all could have seen my kid's face light up when the Sesame Street gang rolled up in this...
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If y'all could have seen my kid's face light up when the Sesame Street gang rolled up in this...
Yeah, that's the Good Stuff.
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Yeah, that's the Good Stuff.
I'm not showing up to your restaurant and going "Oh, the steak's good? Well I'll never know because it costs money to eat it." Knock this shit off.
FYI this is an immediate block. You’re under no obligation to pay for my or anyone else’s work, but you won’t come onto my feed to complain about us earning a living.
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I'm not showing up to your restaurant and going "Oh, the steak's good? Well I'll never know because it costs money to eat it." Knock this shit off.
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FYI this is an immediate block. You’re under no obligation to pay for my or anyone else’s work, but you won’t come onto my feed to complain about us earning a living.
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
FYI this is an immediate block. You’re under no obligation to pay for my or anyone else’s work, but you won’t come onto my feed to complain about us earning a living.
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SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3 is not to be slept on. It was directed by Monte Hellman. As in RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND, TWO-LANE BLACKTOP, *that* Monte Hellman.
Hellman's a Roger Corman guy, he knew how to wring maximum enjoyment from some nonsense. It's fun!
Hellman's a Roger Corman guy, he knew how to wring maximum enjoyment from some nonsense. It's fun!
When you realize THE CELL (2000) and SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3: BETTER WATCH OUT (1989) have almost exactly the same plot...
a man with red hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie .
ALT: a man with red hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie .
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December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3 is not to be slept on. It was directed by Monte Hellman. As in RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND, TWO-LANE BLACKTOP, *that* Monte Hellman.
Hellman's a Roger Corman guy, he knew how to wring maximum enjoyment from some nonsense. It's fun!
Hellman's a Roger Corman guy, he knew how to wring maximum enjoyment from some nonsense. It's fun!
When you realize THE CELL (2000) and SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3: BETTER WATCH OUT (1989) have almost exactly the same plot...
a man with red hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie .
ALT: a man with red hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
When you realize THE CELL (2000) and SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3: BETTER WATCH OUT (1989) have almost exactly the same plot...
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Look, everyone knows that The Grinch comes at Christmas, thinks about stealing the holiday, then joins in the festivity when his heart grows three sizes.
What most people DON'T know is that The Grinch is one of SIX mythical holiday figures, each with their own unique approach to Christmas. (1/x)
What most people DON'T know is that The Grinch is one of SIX mythical holiday figures, each with their own unique approach to Christmas. (1/x)
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Look, everyone knows that The Grinch comes at Christmas, thinks about stealing the holiday, then joins in the festivity when his heart grows three sizes.
What most people DON'T know is that The Grinch is one of SIX mythical holiday figures, each with their own unique approach to Christmas. (1/x)
What most people DON'T know is that The Grinch is one of SIX mythical holiday figures, each with their own unique approach to Christmas. (1/x)
Well I loved the hell out of MARTY SUPREME.
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Well I loved the hell out of MARTY SUPREME.
GULF GULF GULF
gulf colonial gas station detail, cambridge, massachusetts, 1976
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
GULF GULF GULF
Look, everyone knows that The Grinch comes at Christmas, thinks about stealing the holiday, then joins in the festivity when his heart grows three sizes.
What most people DON'T know is that The Grinch is one of SIX mythical holiday figures, each with their own unique approach to Christmas. (1/x)
What most people DON'T know is that The Grinch is one of SIX mythical holiday figures, each with their own unique approach to Christmas. (1/x)
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Look, everyone knows that The Grinch comes at Christmas, thinks about stealing the holiday, then joins in the festivity when his heart grows three sizes.
What most people DON'T know is that The Grinch is one of SIX mythical holiday figures, each with their own unique approach to Christmas. (1/x)
What most people DON'T know is that The Grinch is one of SIX mythical holiday figures, each with their own unique approach to Christmas. (1/x)
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*mandolin plays*
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
*mandolin plays*
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
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My 2 year old son, a few weeks into potty training:
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My 2 year old son, a few weeks into potty training:
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Hamnet is a superb film that shouldn't need defending, but apparently it does, so I'll just say that I can't count the number of Oscar seasons in which a movie labeled as "soft" or "manipulative" is attacked bc it putatively threatens the chances of a NOT-soft film that is at least as manipulative.
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Hamnet is a superb film that shouldn't need defending, but apparently it does, so I'll just say that I can't count the number of Oscar seasons in which a movie labeled as "soft" or "manipulative" is attacked bc it putatively threatens the chances of a NOT-soft film that is at least as manipulative.
*mandolin plays*
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
*mandolin plays*
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
Just saw someone write "life after Un" instead of "life after death."
a man with a mustache is typing on a keyboard in front of a computer monitor
ALT: a man with a mustache is typing on a keyboard in front of a computer monitor
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December 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just saw someone write "life after Un" instead of "life after death."
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Imagine being so bad at booking college football that you reject Notre Dame and Duke, the two most hated schools in all of college sports, while picking beloved underdog JMU … and America is STILL furious at you lol
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Imagine being so bad at booking college football that you reject Notre Dame and Duke, the two most hated schools in all of college sports, while picking beloved underdog JMU … and America is STILL furious at you lol
The best thing about my New System is that Curt Cignetti would still be the one winning everything. That man doesn't want to street fight but I guarantee he knows how.
College Football:
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The best thing about my New System is that Curt Cignetti would still be the one winning everything. That man doesn't want to street fight but I guarantee he knows how.
College Football:
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
College Football:
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
Me: Finally drifting off to sleep yes
Brain: HEY REMEMBER DINO SPUMONI???
Me: Shit
Brain: HEY REMEMBER DINO SPUMONI???
Me: Shit
December 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Me: Finally drifting off to sleep yes
Brain: HEY REMEMBER DINO SPUMONI???
Me: Shit
Brain: HEY REMEMBER DINO SPUMONI???
Me: Shit
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Charles Dickens immediately after writing "There's more of gravy than of grave about you."
a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch
ALT: a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch
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December 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Charles Dickens immediately after writing "There's more of gravy than of grave about you."