Alex A. Pagliuca
@alexpagliuca.bsky.social
Writer. Film lover. Horror evangelist. Anti-fascist. Night owl. Misfit toy. Pragmatic idealist, and skeptic at the same time. Autistic. AI is for suckers. If you’re interested in my pronouns, ask. Having a unisex name is useful in certain ways.
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"I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby [my cousin], in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government."
Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, had just given birth when she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. She writes about her fear of adding another tragedy to her family’s life. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CLpbsb
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby [my cousin], in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government."
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We are entranced
Spellbound 🌙
Spellbound 🌙
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound (Official Music Video)
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November 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We are entranced
Spellbound 🌙
Spellbound 🌙
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Happy birthday, Boris Karloff!
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Happy birthday, Boris Karloff!
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I read the Tatiana Schlossberg essay and I don’t think I’ll stop shaking any time soon. It’s not just rage—she got at a deeper sort of grief that our very real but still cartoon villains could not possibly comprehend
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I read the Tatiana Schlossberg essay and I don’t think I’ll stop shaking any time soon. It’s not just rage—she got at a deeper sort of grief that our very real but still cartoon villains could not possibly comprehend
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Pennywise finally returned on this week’s #itwelcometoderry.
Here’s my take on a sewer heavy episode of the HBO series
Here’s my take on a sewer heavy episode of the HBO series
‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 5 Review
Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) makes his debut on IT: Welcome to Derry in an episode that takes the action into the sewers below “Neibolt Street”.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Pennywise finally returned on this week’s #itwelcometoderry.
Here’s my take on a sewer heavy episode of the HBO series
Here’s my take on a sewer heavy episode of the HBO series
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I got the first proof copy of THE RISE. It looks great! In this video, I see it for the first time and talk a bit about the series and this new book in particular. It'll be available for pre-order soon. Releases Friday 13th Feb '26. I hope you'll give it a go!
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
First look at THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3
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November 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I got the first proof copy of THE RISE. It looks great! In this video, I see it for the first time and talk a bit about the series and this new book in particular. It'll be available for pre-order soon. Releases Friday 13th Feb '26. I hope you'll give it a go!
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
This part of Thoughts and Prayers, the new doc on HBO about the industry that’s grown around school shootings, wrecked me. I’ve been thinking about it all day.
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HBO Documentary Films on Instagram: "“There’s not much I can do except for protect myself and protect the people that I might be with when – if – it happens.”
#ThoughtsAndPrayers is now streaming on ...
A candid conversation about preparedness and self-protection, exploring the thoughts and emotions that come with it. Learn more about how to stay safe and support others in unexpected situations.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This part of Thoughts and Prayers, the new doc on HBO about the industry that’s grown around school shootings, wrecked me. I’ve been thinking about it all day.
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Seriously, just one of the best onscreen presences to ever grace the silver screen. The definition of raw magnetism. RIP, Udo.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Seriously, just one of the best onscreen presences to ever grace the silver screen. The definition of raw magnetism. RIP, Udo.
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😭😭😭
Udo Kier has passed away at 81. A singular screen presence, Kier had a long history in the horror genre, starring in films including Mark of the Devil, Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, Blade, Feardotcom, Rob Zombie's Halloween, and Dario Argento's Mother of Tears.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
😭😭😭
On the great Boris Karloff’s birthday, I’ll suggest you watch his final, and overlooked film, Targets, because it is damn good. Then you can read my piece about it.
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Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968) | Alex Pagliuca
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November 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On the great Boris Karloff’s birthday, I’ll suggest you watch his final, and overlooked film, Targets, because it is damn good. Then you can read my piece about it.
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Boris Karloff had a career that extended far beyond just James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN. Here's seven of our favorite movies starring the horror icon.
7 Boris Karloff Films To Watch That Aren’t FRANKENSTEIN
Boris Karloff had a career that extended far beyond just James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN. Here's seven of our favorite movies starring the horror icon.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Boris Karloff had a career that extended far beyond just James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN. Here's seven of our favorite movies starring the horror icon.
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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Tomorrow night! You could watch this. Yes, I’m talking to you!
On November 17 and 24, @willowcatelyn.bsky.social and I will be on TCM talking about films featured in our book. More details to come.
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Tomorrow night! You could watch this. Yes, I’m talking to you!
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Harpo and friends
October 19, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Harpo and friends
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FYI: With Frank Darabont's THE MIST celebrating an anniversary this week, we're here to ruin your day with 15 more bleak as hell horror movies.
15 Bleak As Hell Horror Movies That Will Ruin Your Day
With Frank Darabont's THE MIST celebrating an anniversary this week, we're here to ruin your day with 15 more bleak as hell horror movies.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
FYI: With Frank Darabont's THE MIST celebrating an anniversary this week, we're here to ruin your day with 15 more bleak as hell horror movies.
I’ve been doing chores most of the day. This is the first time I’ve sat on the couch. As always, Otis has been following me around the house. Now, he’s giving me this face, groaning or whining, because the squeaky toy is under the coffee table. I just want to sit for 5 mins, goober.
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’ve been doing chores most of the day. This is the first time I’ve sat on the couch. As always, Otis has been following me around the house. Now, he’s giving me this face, groaning or whining, because the squeaky toy is under the coffee table. I just want to sit for 5 mins, goober.
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You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
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The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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Out now on CULT RUE MORGUE Patreon. Life After Chucky: Christine Elise & Alex Vincent Talk Horror Legacy | Live at Frightmare in the Falls 2025! https://ow.ly/4RwY50XwyTg
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Out now on CULT RUE MORGUE Patreon. Life After Chucky: Christine Elise & Alex Vincent Talk Horror Legacy | Live at Frightmare in the Falls 2025! https://ow.ly/4RwY50XwyTg
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hear me out we need another muppets movie
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
hear me out we need another muppets movie
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On point, down to the letter, about friends & hospitality
It is such a disorienting feeling when someone you care about but hadn't talked to that much in a couple of years dies suddenly because there is now a freshly dug hole inside of you and yet the day to day routine of your life has not been altered one bit. www.welcometohellworld.com/watertown-ma...
Watertown, Massachusetts
This piece appears in my book We Had It Coming.
I am sitting in a waiting room right now none of us ever want to be inside of crying about an old friend I'm not entirely sure is even gone yet. The te...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
On point, down to the letter, about friends & hospitality
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I love writing books
That's it, that's the skeet
That's it, that's the skeet
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I love writing books
That's it, that's the skeet
That's it, that's the skeet
The country music my neighbor listens to is really just “I’m white and don’t live in a city or like city people,” over and over and over.
The most boring variety of music on the planet, with the possibility of a tie with Muzak.
The most boring variety of music on the planet, with the possibility of a tie with Muzak.
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The country music my neighbor listens to is really just “I’m white and don’t live in a city or like city people,” over and over and over.
The most boring variety of music on the planet, with the possibility of a tie with Muzak.
The most boring variety of music on the planet, with the possibility of a tie with Muzak.
Maxine is right. I keep seeing press photos for both, and got confused.
jayme’s been doing press for THE RUNNING MAN. she’s not in OBAA.
Jayme Lawson is doing the press tour and red carpets for One Battle After Another. It’s like a little pick me up, every time I see the photos from it, so I thought I’d share this one with yall, in case it works the same way for you.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Maxine is right. I keep seeing press photos for both, and got confused.
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jayme’s been doing press for THE RUNNING MAN. she’s not in OBAA.
Jayme Lawson is doing the press tour and red carpets for One Battle After Another. It’s like a little pick me up, every time I see the photos from it, so I thought I’d share this one with yall, in case it works the same way for you.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
jayme’s been doing press for THE RUNNING MAN. she’s not in OBAA.