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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · Aug 27

…and the list of films I have yet to watch gets a little longer

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The 25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked

From razor-edged satires to dark fairy tales, inspired haunted house riffs and nerve-shredding accounts of supernatural possession, the 2000s have been a goldmine for fright freaks.

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1m

I just received Joe Bob’s new book in the mail, and if y’all are fans, I highly recommend. The art was done by a mutant on here and it’s got a lot of good info, such as All-Time Greatest Drive-in Movies and annual ‘Best of’ selections for those golden years of 1982-1984
#GangDoesGiallo
#MutantFam

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 4m

Is there where you mute the sound and the album synchs up with the film, à la ‘Wizard’ and ‘Dark Side of the Moon’?

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🪦 Tombs 🪦 @tombs237.bsky.social · 17m

Anyone else getting physical with tonight's watch? I've got an old Blue Underground release that I'll be spinning tonight.

#GangDoesGiallo
#SUSPIRIA

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1h

Dario beckons!

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1h

Just watched this one the other day. Pretty good indie film

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 2h

Me, either, but the director, who was on ‘The Last Drive-in’ (if memory serves), is supposed to be pretty good.

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 3h

Have you done the 365 Challenge? I ask because you seem to be racking up the watches here lately

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Johnny @marcain86.bsky.social · 4h

#nowwatching Die Monster Die on Tubi. I watched this a couple of years ago and barely remember it so I’m giving it a rewatch. Lovecraftian creatures demand it of me! #horror #horrorsky

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 4h

It’s been so long it kinda feels like my first time. Well, welcome to the club!

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🥞That Browncoat 🥞 @thatbrowncoat.bsky.social · 22h

It’s on!🥃🔪🩸
#GangDoesGiallo
#Gialloween🎃🔪
#Tubi
#Giallo
#Suspiria
#ItalianHorror
#DarioArgento

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One and all. 🤘 #FFB

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 12h

Spendy! Didn’t we have a discussion awhile back about whether or not ‘Suspiria’ was giallo!? I remember thinking, ‘Wow, this Spendy guy really knows his stuff’ and now I come to find this out! I don’t believe in Santa anymore

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 20h

Oooo, goody!

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🪦 Tombs 🪦 @tombs237.bsky.social · 23h

TUESDAY NIGHT

In the mood for a classic? We know you are. Join us for a live post-along of the spooky Argento flick SUSPIRIA. If you don't own it, it's on TUBI.

See ya soon, GANG!

#GangDoesGiallo
#SUSPIRIA
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d

Explore as @Gabino_Iglesias reviews KILLER ON THE ROAD and THE BABYSITTER LIVES by @sgj.bsky.social: “Serial killer and babysitter stories have been done to death and it’s hard to put a new spin on them, but Jones does that here. Twice.”

Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones: Review by Gabino Iglesias

Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga 978-1-98216-767-7, $37.99, 480pp, hc) July 2025. Many years ago, I had a conversation about doing “double” books with author and …

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Comfort horror at its finest

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TattooedHorrorGranny @tattooedgranny.bsky.social · 1d

Want more Monday fun? Join a #WatchParty
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#CineMon
#FrightClub
#VundaHalloweenAThon
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🪦 Tombs 🪦 @tombs237.bsky.social · 1d

The Beware the Gray Ghost episode of the Batman: The Animated Series maybe one of my favorite television things of all time.

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 2d

242/365–‘They Live’ Who could’ve guessed that Rowdy Roddy would be the late 80s hero we all needed (John Carpenter, that’s who!) Drifter puts on sunglasses and, much like taking the Red Pill, finds himself falling down the Rabbit Hole. Consumerism as invading aliens
#Horror365Challenge
#MutantFam

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 2d

241/365–‘Creepshow’ Channeling the old EC comics, this beloved anthology written by Stephen King features several unforgettable tales, including one with King himself starring. Romero directed, with some great practical FX. Personal fav? ‘Tell ‘em to call you Billie!’
#Horror365Challenge
#MutantFam

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 2d

240/365–‘Arachnophobia’ #HouseOfSvengoolie This and ‘Them!’ back-to-back raised the question of which was worse, a few thousand giant bugs or millions of little deadly ones? Great cast, with Goodman’s good ol’ boy exterminator making this flick charmingly effective
#Horror365Challenge
#MutantFam

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 2d

239/365–‘Them!’ #Svengoolie Sven says this was the first big bug movie from the 50s. Shares both a birth year (‘54) and a theme with the more famous ‘Godzilla’—that theme being our splitting of the atom has created atom monsters hellbent on revenge. Intimate and epic
#Horror365Challenge
#MutantFam

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my. I’ll defer to you on this. It was difficult to find anything on the cartoon. Couldn’t even find the one I posted again

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 2d

Bogart was larger than life, but he was also a superior craftsman who doesn’t get the credit for his acting chops. Here’s one exhibit that shows how the best can convey a range of emotions with nothing more than facial expressions and a certain look in the eye m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jnz...

Go back to Bulgaria (from the famous film "Casablanca,1942")

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🪦 Tombs 🪦 @tombs237.bsky.social · 2d

78/52 is a fascinating documentary about the infamous shower scene. Check it out!

#MonochromeCreeps
#PSYCHO

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 2d

I like to say, having read the book a couple summers back, that Tony’s Norman is a vastly different animal than the frumpy middle-aged zero-rizz one from Bloch’s pages, and that is the genius in Hitchcock’s casting. The role haunted him for the rest of his extraordinary life, but he was just sooo…