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Tim M. Sullivan @timmsullivan93.bsky.social · 3h

The Monster Squad (1987)

First time watch, honestly this one just came on Pluto TV and we left it on for funsies.

@sundownmcmoon.bsky.social Robotech mentioned!

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Tim M. Sullivan @timmsullivan93.bsky.social · 3d

Been watching some spooky movies this month and logging them (used to do a 31 night challenge thing, but I’m getting married in November so I don’t have time for that this year). I’ve been posting on FB, so I figure I’ll post on here too.

10/1: Good Boy (2025)

First time watch.

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Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 7h

why should you watch simoun?
- heartfelt sf story about politics, gender and religion
- postcard memories
- beautiful art direction by shinichiro kobayashi
- early scripts by mari okada
- sho aikawa is there (under a pseudonym??)

Luna 💖 @sinyanju.bsky.social · 10h

YOU could be watching Simoun today.

A silhouette of two girls dancing in a large empty cafeteria

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

The film's highlight is likely the montage set to Horacio Moscovici's "Carnavalito Tango", which does a lot more to integrate new footage with original animation. Like much of the film it's rather clumsy, but the pleasant, energetic music and willingness to eschew narration really elevates this bit.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

The little recreations of props and costuming from the animation remain charming. The most obvious is the little girl, but I appreciated the attempt to recreate the Fishermen's spears and attire in live-action, there's something charming about the way it contrasts the more grounded aesthetics here.

"The Girl" as depicted in the original animation in "Angel's Egg".

"The Girl" as depicted in the live-action footage made for "In the Aftermath".

A series of spears and a Fisherman as depicted in the original animation in "Angel's Egg"

A fisherman, armed with a spear, as depicted in the live-action footage made for "In the Aftermath".

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

Revisited In The Aftermath (1988) after not having seen it in years, and in HD for the first time.

Best known for clumsily combining and reordering about half of Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg with newly made live-action footage in service of making a new, more straightforward post-apocalyptic story.

Poster for "In the Aftermath" produced for Arrow Video's Blu-Ray release.

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Tha_DiLA @thadila.bsky.social · 12h

You can catch me streaming Deltarune with @superrpgfriends.bsky.social tonight at 8!

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Em-vira: SpaceQueen of the Dark @spacequeenemily.bsky.social · 2d

10/11/25

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

Each time I watch this, I hope that it'll be the time that I finally click with it, and it never happens. It's just so talky and slow paced. I wanna like this one so bad, I really like it in the abstract, but the act of watching the film is a bit of a chore.

The protagonists in the foreground watch on as Biollante and Godzilla begin to face each other in the distance.

Biollante, a gigantic evolving plant monster that was grown from some of Godzilla's cells, fires her acid spore beam thing at Godzilla's face.

Biollante towers over Godzilla, her mouth agape with fangs as Godzilla is blinded with acid goop.

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Em-vira: SpaceQueen of the Dark @spacequeenemily.bsky.social · 10h

10/12/25

Nothin', I got a little too addicted to playing Super Robot Wars, the real horror is the plight of the Gamer

10/13/25, Movie #1

Child's Play 3 (1991)

I'd heard this one was a stinker and certainly it is not especially good, but I think it's a reasonable 3/5 given the tight schedule.

Tyler, an especially young military cadet in the military academy an older Andy was sent to, screams as part of Chucky's face is sliced off by a giant Grim Reaper animatronic in a dark ride at a carnival.

Chucky's mutilated face as he reacts to the wound, with lots of bloof and guts and mechanical doodads exposed, wet and wiry.

Chucky falls to his death, a gory mutilation in a giant fan turbine. His hideously scarred face is lit in full.

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Em-vira: SpaceQueen of the Dark @spacequeenemily.bsky.social · 10h

10/13/25, Movie #2

In the Aftermath: Angels Never Sleep (1988)

My boyfriend kept saying "It'd be really funny if you saw this before Angel's Egg" and last night he put it on for the Discord, so the prophecy was indeed fulfilled. Here's his thread on it, which is more or less how I felt too!

The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

Revisited In The Aftermath (1988) after not having seen it in years, and in HD for the first time.

Best known for clumsily combining and reordering about half of Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg with newly made live-action footage in service of making a new, more straightforward post-apocalyptic story.

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Layla @laylafgore.bsky.social · 12h

it's #PortfolioDay so...

Hi, I'm Layla! I'm an Italian visual artist and storyteller, mainly working on personal comic projects and everything retrofuturistic, sci-fi or fantastical. I also make some fanart!
My commissions are open for character art and illustrations~

✨ laylafgore.carrd.co/

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · May 17

Cleaned up a color splash page from Yutaka Abe's manga adaptation of Re-Animator (ZOMBIO/死霊のしたたり).

Originally published in the March 1987 issue of Monthly Halloween.

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Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social · 12h

TONIGHT our brief Hal Hartley retro continues with his sophomore feature, 1990's TRUST, at 7:00pm! Reteaming with The Unbelievable Truth star Adrienne Shelly, between those two films we see Hartley beat down a path later followed by Anderson, Baumbach, Stillman, etc. OOP on physical! Hard to stream!

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Space Leech @spaceleech.bsky.social · Oct 19

Re-Animator, Yutaka Abe.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 12h

Oh crowdfund this, I’m in this?!

Adam Szym @ NYCC booth A-35 @adamszym.bsky.social · 12h

I'm honored to be included with so many other exciting artists and writers.

@brianevenson.bsky.social !
@adactivity.bsky.social !
@nochorus.bsky.social !
The list goes on!

Very excited about this one, it's been a long time coming. Thanks to @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com!

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

I wouldn't say that In the Aftermath is at all really good, but it's a charming, unique thing that doesn't completely jettison what made Angel's Egg special, keeping a hint of its ethereal inscrutability and retaining a number of its most exceptional sequences of animation. Worth a look, certainly!

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

The film's highlight is likely the montage set to Horacio Moscovici's "Carnavalito Tango", which does a lot more to integrate new footage with original animation. Like much of the film it's rather clumsy, but the pleasant, energetic music and willingness to eschew narration really elevates this bit.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

The music is quite pleasant here as well. A lot of minimalist synths, but they're distinct and have a warbling, off-key quality that fits without grating. Performances are all a bit stiff, but I must confess, I find them to be charming, particularly Katie Leigh's strong work as the Girl/narrator.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

The little recreations of props and costuming from the animation remain charming. The most obvious is the little girl, but I appreciated the attempt to recreate the Fishermen's spears and attire in live-action, there's something charming about the way it contrasts the more grounded aesthetics here.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

Watching it in HD, its cheapness is still quite apparent, but you can appreciate its scant moments of genuine beauty a lot more. I'm quite fond of its transitions between animation and live-action, with this first graphic match being one of the most effective.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

That said, the resulting narrative is mostly just a lot more convoluted and chatty, lacking the greater degree of abstraction present in the original that gives it its ethereal mystique. It's apparent that there was more interest in how things would come together graphically, likely for the best.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · 19h

Revisited In The Aftermath (1988) after not having seen it in years, and in HD for the first time.

Best known for clumsily combining and reordering about half of Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg with newly made live-action footage in service of making a new, more straightforward post-apocalyptic story.

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 1d

Frank Frazetta shirtless outside in an armchair, posing with his palette and the original art for the Fire & Ice poster. Behind him Eleanor Frazetta poses in a bikini on a Honda dirtbike.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · Mar 27

Pirate Robot: Last Shooting

This is a lie, it actually shoots many more times in this episode. (3/7)

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown McMoon @sundownmcmoon.bsky.social · Mar 27

Frame stitch thread featuring the Pirate Robot from episode 51 of Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール) (1/7)

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