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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 21h

I bet Ea-nasir wishes they used paper and not clay for complaint letters in Ur.

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The Tinseltown Twins @tinseltowntwins.bsky.social · 5d

Dorothy Sebastian, Joan Crawford, and Anita Page in Our Dancing Daughters (1928) 💃

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

Harsh, but fair.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

I am repulsed yet intrigued. I can’t wait for Rebecca’s report on the book printed with garlic aioli-infused ink.

Rebecca Baumann @arkhamlibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

I love book gimmicks so much I once curated an exhibition called “Death By Gimmick!” so of course I had to order this mayonnaise-sponsored stinky tome. I will follow up with an assessment when I get it.

Book “The Prim Blood and Bone” by Jennifer Armentrout next to a bottle of Hellmann’s Garlic aioli.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thanksgiving, Sarah! The gang and I will be stopping by later to sing some songs and eat pumpkin cheesecake.

A scene from the 1936 movie Pennies from Heaven. The still shows Donald Meek, Bing Crosby and Edith Fellows standing on a porch.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

I have too many DVDs as it is. If I enter and win, will you take some off my hands instead of sending me more?

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

Faroe Islands?

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 3d

Aleister Crowley's 150th birthday today and I haven't even started putting up the inverted goat skulls yet

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 3d

I think you’ll like the Gambon one. The Atkinson feels a bit like stunt casting but it’s worth watching. It’s very well produced.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 3d

Mash up bands

The The The Beatles

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 3d

There are a few Maigret shows out there. The series with Michael Gambon is my favorite. There is also one with Rowan Atkinson, where he is trying so hard to not be Mr. Bean that it’s distracting.

Michael Gambon as the Grench detective Maigret.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 3d

@jaxbra.bsky.social We’re watching the new Maigret on the PBS app. It’s a tad dour but not bad. The main problem is the lead. He’s young, doesn’t wear a hat or smoke a pipe. He’s not Maigret, he’s a guy who is named Maigret, if that makes sense. Still, it’ll do until the actors and autistics return.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 4d

Found the loveliest ring in a second-hand shop earlier, nice violet-blue, slid perfectly around my scrawny index finger. Didn’t bring it home because it’s October, nearing Halloween, and I know exactly what happens when you buy a second-hand ring.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 4d

That’s what the landlords in Pulgasari said and look what happened to them.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 4d

People just don’t compose marches in honor of spark plugs like they used to.

Sheet music for song called Champion Sparkers March.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 4d

Pulgasari (1985)

Strong contender for best kaiju flick made by a director who's been kidnapped by Kim Jong Il and forced to churn out movies in North Korea

Directed by Shin Sang-ok - BOTD in 1926

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 4d

You’re going to get burned by this hot take.

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 4d

British folk horror and occult characters to be on Halloween, a thread.

1. Mr Fisher from Robin Redbreast (1970).
Catchphrase: “The study of religions is one of my many interests.”
You’ll need:
- Tweed trilby
- Mutton chops
- Cracked spectacles
- A copy of The Golden Bough

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Dark Corners @darkcorners3.bsky.social · 5d

New Streaming Movie review out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjO1...

Dreams within Dreams the Wonderful Weird World of the The Saragossa Manuscript, 1965

YouTube video by Dark Corners Reviews

www.youtube.com

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 4d

Supernatural (1933) dir. Victor Halperin

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly, I’m going miss this one.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 5d

My wife is a psychotherapist and one of her advisors worked at the institution where Gein was incarcerated. She said he was quiet, very shy and was the institution’s barber.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 5d

To be fair, Dick Rowe was ultimately proved right. Guitars groups are on the way out.

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 6d

Barbara Stanwyck in Lady of Burlesque on the cover of Movies magazine, July 1943

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 5d

When my nephew was around 10, he loved movies with moderately gory monsters but he was terrified of vampires. It turns out the reason was a vampire looked like an ordinary person and you couldn’t tell they were a monster until it was too late.