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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 11h

#nowwatching Humanoids From The Deep, 1980, dir. Barbara Peeters & Jimmy T. Murakami with Doug McClure, Vic Morrow, Meegan King, Lisa Glaser, Ann Turkel, Cindy Weintraub and Lynn Schiller.
Another Corman produced film, about a fishing town and a bunch of dwellers from the deep!
#horrorsky #filmsky

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 22h

#nowwatching Rawhead Rex, 1986, dir. George Pavlou with David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Hugh O'Conor, Cora Venus Lunny, Niall Tóibín, Heinrich von Schellendorf and Madelyn Erskine.
Another rewatch to start the week and wrap up day 20...
#horrorsky #filmsky #80s

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 1d

In Junji Ito month: Tombs, while this is kinda random its main tale is aces, a great take on guilt and 'passing' over and The Tunnel and Ancestors are also 5/5, other stuff i liked: The Thing That Drifted, Sluggirl and the last two Drifting Spores + the vampire town of White Sands!
#comicsky #manga

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 1d

Comics Monday: more Energonverse edition.
Transformers 25, Kirkman takes over his brainchild!
Absolute Flash, the Life and Death of Barry Allen with Thawne and Jay Garrick...
Absolute Bats, Absolute Catwoman and Harley!!
#comicsky

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 1d

#nowwatching Trancers ,1984, dir. Charles Band with Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani, Biff Manard, Telma Hopkins, Alyson Croft, Richard Herd and Art LaFleur.
Another Empire Pictures/Full Moon flick for day 20! Time travelling psychic zombies!
#horrorsky #filmsky #80s

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 1d

#nowwatching Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo, 1995, dir. Tom Chaney with Lori Baker, Patrick Butler, Ron Asheton, Devlin Burton, Alan Madlane and David Wogh.
This looks fucking insane...
#horrorsky #filmsky #horrortober

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 2d

#nowwatching Ticks, 1993, dir. Tony Randel with Seth Green, Ami Dolenz, Alfonso Ribeiro, Dina Dayrit, Virginya Keehne, Rosalind Allen, Ray Oriel, Peter Scolari and Clint Howard.
This movie is really fun...and with it i think i only have 2 more rewatchs till the end of the month.
#horrorsky #filmsky

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 3d

#nowwatching Society, 1989, dir. Brian Yuzna with Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Evan Richards, Heidi Kozak, Connie Danese, Ben Meyerson and Ben Slack.
A perfect friday night for a Yuzna movie and class warfare!
#horrorsky #filmsky #80s

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 4d

#nowwatching Nightmare Weekend, 1986, dir. Henry Sala with Debbie Laster, Debra Hunter, Dale Midkiff, Andrea Thompson, Lori Lewis, Karen Mayo-Chandler and Preston Maybank.
A Troma film to end the week!
This looks really fun.
#horrorsky #filmsky #80s

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 4d

#nowwatching Campfire Tales, 1997, dir. Martin Kunert & David Semel with James Marsden, Jennifer MacDonald, Christopher Masterson, Ron Livingston, Devon Odessa, Christine Taylor and Amy Smart.
I know nothing about this except that its only two stories?
Anyways day 16 done!
#horrorsky #filmsky #90s

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 5d

#nowwatching Don't Look Down, 1998, dir. Larry Shaw with Megan Ward, Billy Burke, Terry Kinney, Angela Moore, William McDonald and Aaron Smolinski.
I have no idea what this is even about, only that is one of those late 90s 'Presented by Wes Craven' flicks.
#horrorsky #filmsky #horrortober

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 5d

#nowwatching The Village If The Damned, 1995, dir. John Carpenter with Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Paré, Thomas Dekker, Peter Jason and Mark Hamill.
Probably my least rewatched Carpenter film ever, and i remember that it was ok...?
#horrorsky #filmsky #horrortober

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 6d

#nowwatching Body Melt, 1993, dir. Phillip Brophy with Ian Smith, Neil Foley, Gerard Kennedy, Vincent Gil, Lesley Baker, Regina Gaigalas and Nick Polites.
This sure seems like a good way to start day 15 of #horrortober lol...
#horrorsky #filmsky

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 6d

#nowwatching Darkness, 2002, dir. Jaume Balaguero with Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini, Stephan Enquist, Fele Martínez and Craig Stevenson.
Pretty solid follow up to The Nameless if i remember correctly, lets see if it holds up.
#horrorsky #filmsky #horrortober

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 7d

#nowwatching Without Warning, 1980, dir. Greydon Clark with Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter, Kevin Peter Hall, Christopher S. Nelson, Cameron Mitchell, Sue Ane Langdon and David Caruso.
Day 14! The alien in this looks so damn...'good'...
#horrorsky #horrortober #filmsky #80s

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 7d

#nowwatching Tales From The Darkside: The Movie, 1990, dir. John Harrison with Christian Slater, Debbie Harry, Steve Buscemi, William Hickey, James Remar, Julianne Moore, Rae Dawn Chong and David Johansen.
Another rewatch, gonna try to keep them to less than 8 for this month.
#horrorsky #filmsky

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 8d

Horrorcomic month goes on with more Junji Ito: Shiver! Hanging Ballons, Trypophobia cursed jade idols, Miss Fuchi the model! those fucked up puppet people! Oh and The Long freaking Dream! So much of the Good Stuff...i think i'm staying in Itoland the entire month!
#comicsky #manga #horrorsky

SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 8d

Comics Monday: is this a fighting game plot, right? edition.
JL: Dark Tomorrow and DC K.O...i give them this when the whole Darkseid Omega Energy thing started i did not think it was gonna go down like this! I'm so into it...
Also finished Lemire's JSA...i want more!
#comicsky

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 8d

#nowwatching Leviathan, 1989 dir. George P Cosmatos with Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Ernie Hudson, Daniel Stern, Meg Foster, Michael Carmine and Héctor Elizondo.
Starting Day 13 with an underwater creature feature!
#horrortober #horrorsky #80s

SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 8d

#nowwatching La Noche De Walpurgis (Werewolf Vs Vampire Woman) dir. León Klimovsky with Paul Naschy, Gaby Fuchs, Barbara Capell, Andrés Resino, Yelena Samarina and José Marco.
I'm pretty sure this is like deep into Naschy's Werewolf series, but its the one i have 😅
#horrortober #horrorsky #70s

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 9d

#nowwatching Los Sin Nombre (The Nameless), 1999, dir. Jaume Balaguero with Emma Vilarasau, Karra Elejalde, Tristán Ulloa, Toni Sevilla, Brendan Price and Carlos Lasarte.
Second rewatch, i watched this one a solid decade or so ago then hunted down every movie by Balaguero 😅
#horrorsky #horrortober

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 10d

#nowwatching The Abominable Doctor Phibes, 1970, dir. Robert Fuest with Vincent Price, Virginia North, Joseph Cotten, Terry-Thomas, Edward Burnham, Sean Bury, Peter Gilmore and Caroline Munro.
Day 11 starts with some Vincent Price! I really should watch more 70s horror...
#horrortober #horrorsky

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 10d

#nowwatching Killer Party, 1986, dir. William Fruet with Sherry Willis-Burch, Ralph Seymour, Martin Hewitt, Alicia Fleer, Joanna Johnson, Terri Hawkes and Paul Bartel.
This looks pretty fun for a friday night watch. Also day 10 and i'm short of 20 movies watched!
#horrorsky #horrortober #80s

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 11d

#nowwatching The Dunwich Horror, dir. Daniel Haller, with Dean Stockwell, Sandra Dee, Ed Begley, Donna Baccala, Joanne Moore Jordan, Beach Dickerson and Talia Shire.
First time watch. Some Lovecraft produced by Roger Corman!
#horrortober #horrorsky

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SmileMonkey @smileymonkey.bsky.social · 11d

#justwatched The Car, 1977, dir. Elliot Silverstein with James Brolin, Ronny Cox, Kathleen Lloyd, Hank Hamilton, Kyle Richards, Kim Richards and John Marley.
#horrortober Day 9.
'Wot if Jaws was a car'...and then a car was Jaws!
Pretty ok overall...now to watch Peacemaker's finale
#horrorsky #70s

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