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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

the INVISIBLE MAN is imho probably the best of the OG universal horror films. it is delightfully unhinged and the invisibility effect is still astonishing all of these years later

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 2d

got a hankering to watch one of the best movies ever made

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · 8d

One of the fav movie rental experiences. This and The Cable Guy would make an ideal double feature.

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 8d

One of the best cases of real life toxic disdain between 2 actors serving up incredible on-screen chemistry. Murray & Dreyfuss are both at the top of their game in this two-man descent into manic comedy chaos. Leonard Maltin was right: This is like a Wile E. Coyote & Roadrunner cartoon come to life.

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · 9d

As should be no surprise, @mitpress.bsky.social bookstore has an impressive display of books for October. 📚

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · 25d

Last night's performance of Evil Dead in Concert at The Cabot in Beverly was groovy! #evildeadinconcert

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Copper Dog Books @copperdogbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

So happy to be slinging books at the Spooktastic book fair again this year!👻📚

This free all ages horror book fair will feature over
SIXTY children's, YA, and adult horror authors!

Meet @paultremblay.bsky.social and more!

When: Saturday, September 13 from 11am-5pm
Where:

Be there and be scared!😱

A skeleton lies down in a graveyard and reads a book. Ghosts float around in the background.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · Aug 22

I will say the thing that AI does really well is emulate that precise feeling of meeting someone new, and they seem amiable and pretty verbose, but over the course of the conversation you start to realize that they’re very stupid.

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ripley from Alien.

Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Aug 14

Last night's screening of the '88 version of The Blob by @thecoolidge.bsky.social was a lot of fun. Saw plenty of familiar faces at the Rose Kennedy Greenway, the presentation on the Great Molasses Food was informative, and Ripley attended her 1st Boston Horror Society event!

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Aug 1

One of the few positives things of the pandemic was being stuck inside, and watching a bunch of movies I had been putting off on seeing. Black Dynamite was one of them. It lived up to the hype.

a man in a cowboy hat is saying `` chocolate giddy up '' while holding a shot glass .

ALT: a man in a cowboy hat is saying `` chocolate giddy up '' while holding a shot glass .

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Aug 1

Horror anthologies are my jam. Whether it is a book or film, all you need is those one or two gems in the collection to justify any of the lesser stories. On that note, Terror Tract (2000) deserves more love. A pre-Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston vs. a killer monkey. 🙊

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The Blair Bitch @darlingstarling.bsky.social · Jul 29

"It's ok, honey. The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout won't hurt you!"

The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:

The Sears Tower looking insanely creepy during a blackout, including the impression of a scary face topped by a crown of spikes. It looks like a giant humanoid evil robot or a demonic Minecraft creature.

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jul 27

A week has passed since Camp Necon 43 ended. If a horror literature con merged with a family reunion, that's Necon in a nutshell. Can't say enough wonderful things about it. 📚🦇🍻

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Glasgow Smiley @neokefka99.bsky.social · Jul 22

And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jul 16

Things got weird Tuesday night. #WeirdAl

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jul 8

When you discover that the cabin in Maine you are staying at has the best reading material. 🔎 #nancydrew

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jul 6

Greetings from Damariscotta, ME. 😎

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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · Jul 4

Re: last repost, if you're looking for a feel-bad, anti-patriotic movie to counter-program this 4th of July, you can do much worse than Brian De Palma's BLOW OUT (1981).

John Travolta and Nancy Allen, colored red by a sky full of fireworks in BLOW OUT (1981).

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jun 30

How most packages are addressed to me.

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jun 25

a statue of a man covered in foam with the words i love this town

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Chris LaMartina @chrislamartina.bsky.social · Jun 20

🎃 Remember Monster Planet?!

Back in 1995, cult icon Reed Richmond hosted a weird 'lil Halloween special on witches, werewolves, & more.

Thought lost— it's finally available again, and first run comes with a spooky punk zine from back in the day.

Link in my bio. October in my heart. LET'S RAGE

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jun 21

If you celebrate it, Happy #Jaws Day! 🦈

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jun 18

The best news you can get after attending a con over the weekend. 🥳 #StokerCon

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jun 15

If there is one memory me and Gillian Daniels will take with us from #StokerCon, it will be the birds. Both the lobby art and the real ones that visited the hotel windows too often.😬

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jun 15

Congrats to @emilyhughes.bsky.social on winning a Stoker Award for her book Horror for Weenies! #StokerCon

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Jason LeBlanc @beantownhorrors.bsky.social · Jun 13

Ready for my second day of #StokerCon. Gonna head to the dealer's room to see if i can find some Sutter Cane books.

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