The Raggedyman
@raggedyman.bsky.social
A strange adventure where the cutting edge of science meets the unstoppable force of the sofa.
Except posts about films, cats, creative projects, and the ungodly horrors of existence.
Except posts about films, cats, creative projects, and the ungodly horrors of existence.
For an interesting mix of low-budget high-quality model work, stock footage, stock characters, the thrills of an under Steven's rollercoaster, and random horrifying aliens, give The Atmoic Submarine (1951) a try next rainy Sunday afternoon. At 71 minutes, it just avoids outstaying it's welcome.
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For an interesting mix of low-budget high-quality model work, stock footage, stock characters, the thrills of an under Steven's rollercoaster, and random horrifying aliens, give The Atmoic Submarine (1951) a try next rainy Sunday afternoon. At 71 minutes, it just avoids outstaying it's welcome.
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) has such an emotionally effective opening act, that it's whole "Santa Slasher flick, but you really feel pathos for the slasher" gag is utterly earned. It's core message of "never trust dementia sufferers or nuns" is interesting and the kills are bloodily inventive.
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) has such an emotionally effective opening act, that it's whole "Santa Slasher flick, but you really feel pathos for the slasher" gag is utterly earned. It's core message of "never trust dementia sufferers or nuns" is interesting and the kills are bloodily inventive.
Blast Of Silence (1961) is a dime-store noir crime drama brought to life with brilliant proti new wave cinematography, a brisk and unpretentious directorial style, and a voiceover that hits you around the head like a leg of lamb wielded in a barroom brawl.
Also peanut racing and existential dread.
Also peanut racing and existential dread.
December 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Blast Of Silence (1961) is a dime-store noir crime drama brought to life with brilliant proti new wave cinematography, a brisk and unpretentious directorial style, and a voiceover that hits you around the head like a leg of lamb wielded in a barroom brawl.
Also peanut racing and existential dread.
Also peanut racing and existential dread.
I'm now 6 episodes into the Nana anime series (2006-2007), and I'm happy to say it's fantastic. The script, characters, voice work, story, animation and direction are all beautiful. A slice-of-life show that's adult and inventive, with both realism and warmth.
Go: watch it, now!
Go: watch it, now!
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm now 6 episodes into the Nana anime series (2006-2007), and I'm happy to say it's fantastic. The script, characters, voice work, story, animation and direction are all beautiful. A slice-of-life show that's adult and inventive, with both realism and warmth.
Go: watch it, now!
Go: watch it, now!
Oh. What. Fun. (2025) has an amazing cast in a hyper realistically middle-class holiday film: everyone is miserable, the mum has a breakdown because she decided to make everyone miserable by having a performative "Perfect Christmas", and then she faces no consequences for overtime shoplifting.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Oh. What. Fun. (2025) has an amazing cast in a hyper realistically middle-class holiday film: everyone is miserable, the mum has a breakdown because she decided to make everyone miserable by having a performative "Perfect Christmas", and then she faces no consequences for overtime shoplifting.
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Show Me Your Friday Face!
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Show Me Your Friday Face!
Watching the absolute banger that is The Naked Gun (1988) because it's amazing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Watching the absolute banger that is The Naked Gun (1988) because it's amazing.
Gryphon in Clan Space Weeb colours for #battletech. The shoulder plates are supposed to look like ablative armour,rather than fixed body parts, and I'm quite proud of how the "one layer of red over a solid silver, leaving the silver showing at the edges" technique conveyed that.
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Gryphon in Clan Space Weeb colours for #battletech. The shoulder plates are supposed to look like ablative armour,rather than fixed body parts, and I'm quite proud of how the "one layer of red over a solid silver, leaving the silver showing at the edges" technique conveyed that.
Logically speaking, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), is the most realistic of the movies. If you could sufficiently train four prime-of-adolesence humanoid turtles to the levels of kung-fu movies, they would absolutely kick that exact amount of arse.
#TMNT
#TMNT
October 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Logically speaking, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), is the most realistic of the movies. If you could sufficiently train four prime-of-adolesence humanoid turtles to the levels of kung-fu movies, they would absolutely kick that exact amount of arse.
#TMNT
#TMNT
I love that, for all the changes made to enhance the Netflix #Ranma1/2 reboot, they have stuck to the core principle that every character is a fucking idiot. Smoother story, clearer goals, less filler, twice as much dumbass.
October 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I love that, for all the changes made to enhance the Netflix #Ranma1/2 reboot, they have stuck to the core principle that every character is a fucking idiot. Smoother story, clearer goals, less filler, twice as much dumbass.
SubSpecies is a very dull film with a couple of moments of really okay horror effects. SubSpecies 2 has even less plot going on, such that the best version of it is the 5 minutes recap at the start of SubSpecies 3. And, incredibly, SubSpecies 3 is even duller with less plot.
Only two more to go
Only two more to go
September 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
SubSpecies is a very dull film with a couple of moments of really okay horror effects. SubSpecies 2 has even less plot going on, such that the best version of it is the 5 minutes recap at the start of SubSpecies 3. And, incredibly, SubSpecies 3 is even duller with less plot.
Only two more to go
Only two more to go
So far, #FiveNightsAtFreedy's (2023) answer's the question, "What if Roald Dahl wrote a big budget teen slasher for a huge wadge of cash?"?. I never played the game before, so I can't say if it's a good adaptation of the game or its story and themes; I'm just saying it might not suck as a movie.
September 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So far, #FiveNightsAtFreedy's (2023) answer's the question, "What if Roald Dahl wrote a big budget teen slasher for a huge wadge of cash?"?. I never played the game before, so I can't say if it's a good adaptation of the game or its story and themes; I'm just saying it might not suck as a movie.
Thanksgiving (2023) has both Opinions and A Message. They're written in well chewed crayons, but they are proud of them. I Know What You Did Last Media Cycle for the young horror enthusiasts whose favourite slasher is Capitalism.
September 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Thanksgiving (2023) has both Opinions and A Message. They're written in well chewed crayons, but they are proud of them. I Know What You Did Last Media Cycle for the young horror enthusiasts whose favourite slasher is Capitalism.
Basil Rathbone, Lon Chany jr, John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, and Tor Johnson in one film‽ The Black Sheep (1956) says "yes!", so I'm going in....
September 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Basil Rathbone, Lon Chany jr, John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, and Tor Johnson in one film‽ The Black Sheep (1956) says "yes!", so I'm going in....
I can't help but think that I'd have enjoyed #Wednesday season two part one a heck of a lot more if it wasn't so focused on being a hook for part two and laying the foundations for series three, four, and onwards.
August 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I can't help but think that I'd have enjoyed #Wednesday season two part one a heck of a lot more if it wasn't so focused on being a hook for part two and laying the foundations for series three, four, and onwards.
In Crash! (1976), the slasher is a possessed car. The setting is low-budget Euro Spy, with talent, effort, and ingenuity on display a5 all times. Very silly, very cheap, very fun: a contemporaniouse daytime soap-opera remake of a 50s horror. Not postmodern, just using tropes for maximum wallpapering
July 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In Crash! (1976), the slasher is a possessed car. The setting is low-budget Euro Spy, with talent, effort, and ingenuity on display a5 all times. Very silly, very cheap, very fun: a contemporaniouse daytime soap-opera remake of a 50s horror. Not postmodern, just using tropes for maximum wallpapering
Affleck & Bertnthal are magnificent in the 2025 retelling of Waiting For Godot. Finally, a film daring enough to ask "what if Jason Voorhees was socially useful??".
July 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Affleck & Bertnthal are magnificent in the 2025 retelling of Waiting For Godot. Finally, a film daring enough to ask "what if Jason Voorhees was socially useful??".
This 1975 French sci-fi is so "of it's era, we're 20 minutes and two light jazz rock music videos in and are skipping towards plot.
July 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This 1975 French sci-fi is so "of it's era, we're 20 minutes and two light jazz rock music videos in and are skipping towards plot.
Head (1968) is The Monkees attempting to escape their TV show image by recreating their TV show and going "we're not like that!" every 10 minutes, which is fine as their TV show is great fun. The people watching it kept going "they stolen that from [film made after it came out]", so it had impact.
July 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Head (1968) is The Monkees attempting to escape their TV show image by recreating their TV show and going "we're not like that!" every 10 minutes, which is fine as their TV show is great fun. The people watching it kept going "they stolen that from [film made after it came out]", so it had impact.
I turned away for five seconds and now I have no idea why the space lesbians landed in Flying Saucers Over Istanbul (1956). It's so majestically indifferent to your petty demands for reason, each frame is a master class in hitting an as effortlessly identified emotional tone like an angry god.
July 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I turned away for five seconds and now I have no idea why the space lesbians landed in Flying Saucers Over Istanbul (1956). It's so majestically indifferent to your petty demands for reason, each frame is a master class in hitting an as effortlessly identified emotional tone like an angry god.