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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 14h

Night 14

Last night’s movie left me unsatisfied. I need to fill a gap in my slasher list, so I’m going back to the 80s

Slaughter High (1985)

Watched on: Tubi

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Slaughter High (1985) - shows a skeleton dressed as a student with a graduation cap and holding an apple with a fuse

Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 1d

Night 13

Jason Takes Late-Stage Capitalism

It’s the 13th, so I’m checking out this short film (that is also a commercial). Apparently, it “counts” as official. I’m sure that decision will never change.

Sweet Revenge (2025)

Watched on: YouTube

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Poster for Sweet Revenge (2025)) - shows a drawing of Jason’s hockey mask pushing through leave and apples

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 2d

Night 12

The Exorcist III (1990)

Watched on: Shudder

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Poster for The Exorcist III (1990) - shows George C Scott looking down the infamous stairs from The Exorcist

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 3d

It’s so much fun!

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 3d

I’m looking forward to listening to what you two thought!

I briefly considered going through the entire series, but settled on just rewatching the first one.

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 3d

Night 11

A death double-feature.

Movie 2

Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)

Watched on: HBOMax

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Final Destination:Bloodlines (2025) - shows a flaming skull on top of a Space Needle-like tower

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 3d

Night 11

A death double-feature.

Movie 1

Final Destination (2000)

Watched on: HBOMax

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Final Destination (2000) - shows a bunch of 2000s youngsters in front of a skull

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 4d

Night 10

It feels like a good night to go back to the 90s.

The Sect (1991)

Watched on: Shudder

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Poster for The Sect (1991) - shows a woman attempting to remove a cloth clinging to her face

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 5d

Night 9

Let’s try something from this year.

Marshmallow (2025)

Watched on: Hoopla

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Poster for Marshmallow (2025) - shows a child with an ominous person towering over him

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 6d

There’s some similarities, especially in the whole 80s aesthetic.

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 6d

It’s fun! It’s a mashup of a bunch of 80s tropes with a dash of 1950s sci-fi.

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 6d

Night 8

Time for some Fulci eye zooms.

The Psychic (1977)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for The Psychic (1977) - shows a giant skull with a woman hanging out of the eye hole

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 7d

Night 7

Thrill me!

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Watched on: 4k Blu-ray

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Poster for Night of the Creeps (1986) - shows a zombie in a tux holding rose’s outside a window

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 8d

Night 6

Let’s see what the Burgomaster is up to.

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Watched on: Prime

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - shows the Monster and Bride

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 9d

Night 5

Let’s see what’s happening in Maryland.

The Bay (2012)

Watched on: Tubi

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Poster for The Bay (2012) - show the x-ray of a skull with the image of a bug in the mouth

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 10d

Night 4

Movie 2

It’s anthology night!

Ghost Stories (2017)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Ghost Stories (2017) - shows a man standing against a white background. The edges are taking the shape of ghosts

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 10d

Night 4

Movie 1

It’s anthology night! Up first:

V/H/S/Halloween (2025)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for V/H/S/Halloween (2025) - shows a blood red skull lollipop

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 11d

Night 3

I haven’t revisited this since the sequels were released. I liked those, but didn’t love the original. Has my opinion changed?

Terrifier (2016)

Watched on: Prime

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Terrifier (2016) - shows a demented Art the Clown

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 12d

Night 2

This one has been on my list for a while.

Onibaba (1964)

Watched on: HBOMax

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Poster for Onibaba (1964) - Shows a demon samurai mask above a woman

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 13d

I can’t claim they’re all great, but they make October a little more fun (between grading session).

Black Sunday is a great choice!

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 13d

Night 1

I’m kicking things off with a new slasher movie.

Night of the Reaper (2025)

Watched on: Shudder

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

Poster for Night of the Reaper (2025) - shows a woman walking down the street with a ghostly skull floating in the sky above

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 13d

This is shaping up to be the worst semester yet, so I need a distraction.

It’s time for some horror movies! My goal will be to watch one per night.

I’ll post reviews on Letterboxd as time permits (boxd.it/4WE5j).

See my previous marathons in the repost below.

#horror #movies #31nightsofhorror

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 16d

This might be the first time I’ve seen someone present the base rates while directly ignoring them.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 16d

White House Deputy Press Secretary seen here posting data showing how much more prevalent right wing domestic terrorism is than left wing domestic terrorism... while thinking she's showing the reverse.

Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.

Abigail Jackson saying: Democrats, calling your political opponents Nazis has consequences.

Study: Left-wing terrorism climbs to 30-year high

And posting a graph from Axios that shows WAY WAY WAY more right wing terrorism, and showing a very slight increase in left wing terrorism this year that would still have it lower than basically every other year of right wing terrorism.

Reposted by Jack Arnal

Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 19d

Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system).

After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.

We then talked about what happened. 1/

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Jack Arnal @jackarnal.bsky.social · 22d

This seems like the wrong semester to be teaching research methods and statistics.

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