That guy Grave Thomas
@realdavethomas.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦 Fan of things, cat servant, BFI patron, co-host of the Due signori in giallo podcast. My taste in film has been described as 'broad,' 'sick' and 'just wrong.'
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Vampire: Sinners
Werewolf: Dog Soldiers
Ghost: Ju On: The Grudge
Slasher: The Babysitter
Folk: The Medium
Big Monster: Godzilla: Final Wars
Zombie: Zombi 3
Comedy: House (1977)
Alien: Alien Romulus
Psych: A Tale of Two Sisters
Anthology: Dark Tales of Japan
Vampire: Sinners
Werewolf: Dog Soldiers
Ghost: Ju On: The Grudge
Slasher: The Babysitter
Folk: The Medium
Big Monster: Godzilla: Final Wars
Zombie: Zombi 3
Comedy: House (1977)
Alien: Alien Romulus
Psych: A Tale of Two Sisters
Anthology: Dark Tales of Japan
Vampire: NEAR DARK
Werewolf: THE HOWLING
Ghost: THE SHINING
Slasher: HALLOWEEN (1978)
Folk: KWAIDAN
Big Monster: KING KONG (1933)
Zombie: DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
Comedy: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
Alien: THE THING (1982)
Psych: REPULSION
Anthology: V/H/S
Werewolf: THE HOWLING
Ghost: THE SHINING
Slasher: HALLOWEEN (1978)
Folk: KWAIDAN
Big Monster: KING KONG (1933)
Zombie: DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
Comedy: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
Alien: THE THING (1982)
Psych: REPULSION
Anthology: V/H/S
Vampire: Dracula ('79)
Werewolf: An American Werewolf in London
Ghost: Ring ('98)
Slasher: My Bloody Valentine ('81)
Folk: Blood on Satan's Claw
Big Monster: Godzilla -1
Zombie: Zombi 2
Comedy: Grabbers
Alien: Aliens (or Lifeforce)
Psych: Deep Red
Anthology: Tales from the Crypt ('72)
Werewolf: An American Werewolf in London
Ghost: Ring ('98)
Slasher: My Bloody Valentine ('81)
Folk: Blood on Satan's Claw
Big Monster: Godzilla -1
Zombie: Zombi 2
Comedy: Grabbers
Alien: Aliens (or Lifeforce)
Psych: Deep Red
Anthology: Tales from the Crypt ('72)
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jimmy fallon's gotta be the closest thing we have to a real-life renfield
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
jimmy fallon's gotta be the closest thing we have to a real-life renfield
Time for a midweek mood check!
Using a GIF, pic, or vid share how you are feeling today 🖤
Using a GIF, pic, or vid share how you are feeling today 🖤
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Time for a midweek mood check!
Using a GIF, pic, or vid share how you are feeling today 🖤
Using a GIF, pic, or vid share how you are feeling today 🖤
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A ★ review of Hex vs. Witchcraft (1980)
Kudos to Arrow Films for including in the latest Shawscope box set some films by the underrated Kuei chih-hung, including a couple that have gone largely forgotten. But as always, the question must be...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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If I was being hard on myself I'd say the theme of my 2025 was 'Making the present not much fun due to an anxious yearning for a safe future.' But I suspect the truth is more along the lines of 'Ex-publishers took my money and almost trashed my career and I fought like fuck to not let it defeat me.'
December 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If I was being hard on myself I'd say the theme of my 2025 was 'Making the present not much fun due to an anxious yearning for a safe future.' But I suspect the truth is more along the lines of 'Ex-publishers took my money and almost trashed my career and I fought like fuck to not let it defeat me.'
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cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
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"And Tiny Tim, who did not die" = heartwarming, Christmassy.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
December 18, 2023 at 10:16 AM
"And Tiny Tim, who did not die" = heartwarming, Christmassy.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
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Everyone thinks GHOSTBUSTERS is a libertarian fantasy about the triumph of business but it's actually a cautionary tale about how the 80s antipathy towards government & push for privatization results in dangerously incompetent bureaucrats & a private sector exploiting natural disasters for profit.
March 27, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Everyone thinks GHOSTBUSTERS is a libertarian fantasy about the triumph of business but it's actually a cautionary tale about how the 80s antipathy towards government & push for privatization results in dangerously incompetent bureaucrats & a private sector exploiting natural disasters for profit.
Deep Red
Taste of Fear
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
Perfect Blue
Dressed to Kill
Taste of Fear
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
Perfect Blue
Dressed to Kill
okay name me some great whodunit movies (not the Knives Out movies, Last of Sheila, Orient Express, Death on the Nile, or Evil Under the Sun)
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Deep Red
Taste of Fear
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
Perfect Blue
Dressed to Kill
Taste of Fear
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
Perfect Blue
Dressed to Kill
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My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
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Nice try, Herod, not falling for that one.
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nice try, Herod, not falling for that one.
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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1984 Fleer baseball style...
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
1984 Fleer baseball style...
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ICE shipped my kids to CECOT and I’m going to die because I followed the CDC recommendation to treat my pneumonia with ivermectin. But at least now there won’t be any black mermaids in the next Disney movie.
December 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
ICE shipped my kids to CECOT and I’m going to die because I followed the CDC recommendation to treat my pneumonia with ivermectin. But at least now there won’t be any black mermaids in the next Disney movie.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
A jolly festive treat, Mark Gatiss and Ben Mansfield discuss this year's Ghost Story for Christmas, E.F. Benson's The Room in the Tower, which is rather smashing.
December 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A jolly festive treat, Mark Gatiss and Ben Mansfield discuss this year's Ghost Story for Christmas, E.F. Benson's The Room in the Tower, which is rather smashing.
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The invention of glue:
"I've been boiling various animals for a week and the horse is getting sticky."
"I've been boiling various animals for a week and the horse is getting sticky."
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The invention of glue:
"I've been boiling various animals for a week and the horse is getting sticky."
"I've been boiling various animals for a week and the horse is getting sticky."
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Nice one, Spidey.
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nice one, Spidey.
Catching up with first episode of Pluribus and HOLY SHIT that was amazing.
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Catching up with first episode of Pluribus and HOLY SHIT that was amazing.
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As of today, the only person in this Daily Penn visual that hasn't been fined millions of dollars or convicted of a felony is Luigi Mangione, believe it or not
I mean, the Penn student newspaper isn't wrong, but www.instagram.com/p/DSH1X4EDwP...
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
As of today, the only person in this Daily Penn visual that hasn't been fined millions of dollars or convicted of a felony is Luigi Mangione, believe it or not
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A ★★★★½ review of Perfect Blue (1997)
Never a better example of how Japan treats animation as a medium rather than a genre than Satoshi Kon's debut feature Perfect Blue. The film has more in common with De Palma, Argento or Fincher than S...
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I was lamenting the fact that my cats get tired of one brand of food after two days then I tried to think of it in a different way and asked myself "What if YOU ate salt’n’vinegar crisps every day?" then realised I do that already and that my cats should shut the fuck up and stop acting so entitled.
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I was lamenting the fact that my cats get tired of one brand of food after two days then I tried to think of it in a different way and asked myself "What if YOU ate salt’n’vinegar crisps every day?" then realised I do that already and that my cats should shut the fuck up and stop acting so entitled.
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[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue