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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 2d

Hooper’s ‘Toolbox Murders’ remains one of the truest evocations of drive-in horror cinema since bell-bottoms were the zenith of style; a fiercely efficient slasher flick built not on pastiche and postmodern snark, but an enticingly peculiar mystery, solid perfs, and a dense air of inescapable dread.

Fright Club @frightya.bsky.social · 2d

Join #FrightClub and post along Monday's feature, Toolbox Murders (2004), at 10:00 PM ET. Available on Prime.

DIY before someone does it for you.

DVD cover art for Toolbox Murders (2004), a Tobe Hooper film
There's a box of tools, a shadow of a guy, and a house
"If you lived here, you would be dead by now."

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 2d

Hooper’s ‘Toolbox Murders’ remains one of the truest evocations of drive-in horror cinema since bell-bottoms were the zenith of style; a fiercely efficient slasher flick built not on pastiche and postmodern snark, but an enticingly peculiar mystery, solid perfs, and a dense air of inescapable dread.

Fright Club @frightya.bsky.social · 2d

Join #FrightClub and post along Monday's feature, Toolbox Murders (2004), at 10:00 PM ET. Available on Prime.

DIY before someone does it for you.

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry but the Delia disregard is unforgivable.

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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 4d

You want an out of favour opinion? I got one. I don't think anything from the past should be censored. By all means present a disclaimer or a this is how it was but let everyone see it and stop being so hectoring and censorial. You never know how the future will look upon us in all our imperfection.

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 5d

My favourite Carpenter!

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X Ray Eyes @xrayeyes.bsky.social · 7d

«When you sleep, your face goes slack... and your mouth is swollen and ugly.
There's a nasty wrinkle on your forehead.
You smell of sleep and tears... and I can see the pulse in your neck.
There's a scar there that you cover with makeup.»

Persona, Ingmar Bergman (1966)

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Sarah Makes People Watch Things! @torsodapop.bsky.social · 10d

#31DaysofHorror Day 12

LURKERS (1988), Roberta Findlay

Cathy is haunted by her childhood; but also hulking sledgehammer swingers, malformed malignancies & nonoperational phones--all tangential to the true horror of going home when your home is hell's front stoop & your fiancé is a crappy satanist.

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Slow Moving Pictures @lewisbeerblog.bsky.social · 10d

Four creepy bedrooms: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Night of the Hunter, Red Desert, and The Parallax View.

The frames are theatrical, artificial; the characters trapped within a construct, a pathology, dogma, shadowy conspiracies, or (in the case of Red Desert) something more nebulous.

From Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: a wide shot with Jane's bed (in which Jane lies sleeping) in the foreground; behind the bed, a large pair of theatrical black curtains are partially drawn, revealing the rest of the room; Cesare has broken through the window in the background, and approaches the bed, looking towards the camera. The image is tinted green.

From Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter: a wide shot of Willa and Harry's bedroom, with the bed (in which Willa lies on her back) in the foreground; it seems to exist slightly separately from the rest of the room, which floats in a black void; we can see the edges of the walls and ceiling within that void, and the interior is filled with triangular light and shadows; Harry stands beside the bed, his head cocked backwards at an awkward and sinister angle.

From Antonioni's Red Desert: a wide shot of Corrado's hotel room, including the bed in which Giuliana and Corrado lie naked and half-asleep; everything else in the room is coated in pink.

From Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View: a wide shot of Frady's rented room; to the right, propped up on the bed, is Jack Younger (the Parallax recruiter); to the left, standing looking at him, is Frady.

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · Sep 20

The sea has a laugh
And the cliff a frown;
For the laugh of the sea is wearing him down.
—Herbert Ashley Asquith, “The Frowning Cliff”

‘Messiah of Evil’ (1973) / ‘The Fog’ (1980)
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David @scarolinascorpio.bsky.social · 12d

#FrancoFriday Soledad Miranda in Vampyros Lesbos (1971)

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Cinema Slashes Back 🔪 @cinemastrikesback.bsky.social · 13d

#Shocktober Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) - bit of a mess but holy shit, when it’s good it’s GREAT. And I mean when the movie is hijacked by the spirit of toxically masculine rock and roll. Atanas Ilitch is an absolute delight and his musical number is a 10/10, a slasher for the ages.

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Mutual I'm Sure @mutualimsure.bsky.social · 13d

Dementia (1955) is a dialogueless fever dream film about a woman's nightmare experience on a single night in LA. Made a decade too early to be a hit, it's a mix of German expressionism and American noir and closer to 60s films like Carnival of Souls and Polanski's Repulsion. It's worth an hour of

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · Apr 9

Head Trips & Ruby Slips: ‘The Haunting’ (1963) / ‘Return to Oz’ (1985)

#SideBySide 1/3

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Garrick Dion @garrickd.bsky.social · 16d

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Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social · 17d

I am stoked to announce that I wrote the booklet for @vinsyn.bsky.social 's upcoming release of BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO. I wrote about the way giallo films use experimental music and sound and how director Peter Strickland deconstructs those elements in his film.

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Berberian Sound Studio

2025 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing. This special limited edition spot gloss slip

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 21d

I remember having the absolute fucking cheek to call it a “cult classic” on a certain message board circa 2001/02. The amount of sneering vitriol I sustained from know-it-all horror nerds was crazy. I laughed then, and, with the profuse outpouring of love it’s since gotten, I’m laughing now.

Cinematic Second Chances @cinemaseconds.bsky.social · 21d

Halloween III (1982) Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace- The reclamation is complete-it's been a long journey. The best of the sequels and the most convoluted plan for...world conquest ?
"It's almost time, kids. The clock is ticking. Be in front of your TV sets... And don't forget to wear your masks"💀🧙‍♀️🎃🎞️📽️

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 21d

I need to see this!

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 21d

Lotta fun!

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 21d

I remember having the absolute fucking cheek to call it a “cult classic” on a certain message board circa 2001/02. The amount of sneering vitriol I sustained from know-it-all horror nerds was crazy. I laughed then, and, with the profuse outpouring of love it’s since gotten, I’m laughing now.

Cinematic Second Chances @cinemaseconds.bsky.social · 21d

Halloween III (1982) Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace- The reclamation is complete-it's been a long journey. The best of the sequels and the most convoluted plan for...world conquest ?
"It's almost time, kids. The clock is ticking. Be in front of your TV sets... And don't forget to wear your masks"💀🧙‍♀️🎃🎞️📽️

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 21d

"mesmerises the viewer with its overlapping tales of toxic Tinseltown": David Lynch’s self-produced, self-distributed epic of oneiric uncanniness INLAND EMPIRE (2006) is now on MUBI UK & Ireland projectedfigures.com/2023/04/26/i...

INLAND EMPIRE (2006) - Projected Figures

David Lynch's INLAND EMPIRE a self-produced, self-distributed epic of oneiric uncanniness, mesmerising in its overlapping Tinseltown stories

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 22d

RIP Renato Casaro
Master poster artist & designer. 1/3

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 22d

Of the multiple gifts ‘Ed Wood’—Burton’s best—bestowed upon us, Martin Landau’s messianic mirroring of Bela Lugosi was the biggest: a feat of thesping so rich, so marinated with poise, intellect, humour, and heartache, I doubt even Lugosi himself would’ve dared fault it.

Released on this day, 1994.

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, absolutely. A treasure trove.

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 22d

For years I assumed I had dreamt this film, having stumbled across it on telly one night in the wee small hours. Was enraptured to rediscover it many years later. A real work of genius.

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ǝoɔsoᴚ ǝʇɐN @nateroscoe.bsky.social · 24d

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