Wm. Schumacher
@wmschumacher.bsky.social
Gothic/Horror Film & Fiction Pedant (ghost stories, esp. M. R. James); Amateur Theatricals; Wastrel and Ne'er-Do-Well. Former Teacher. U of I ‘91, WPGU.
Team ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’ enters the chat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Team ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’ enters the chat.
Mr. Krook, played by Ian McKellen, with a muppet cat. They would have the chance to do such a grimly dramatic thing…
December 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Mr. Krook, played by Ian McKellen, with a muppet cat. They would have the chance to do such a grimly dramatic thing…
“Turning my Life Around” is such a banger.
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“Turning my Life Around” is such a banger.
No. Nosferatu’s hands are clearly bigger.
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
No. Nosferatu’s hands are clearly bigger.
@anatomicalcat.bsky.social - an early use of “Burked” in popular verse.
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@anatomicalcat.bsky.social - an early use of “Burked” in popular verse.
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2026’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Oh, that’s a choice - It’s far from exciting, and I can’t tell if they are just experiencing the kind of informational overload this year has provided, and seek the quiet of a blank page?
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Oh, that’s a choice - It’s far from exciting, and I can’t tell if they are just experiencing the kind of informational overload this year has provided, and seek the quiet of a blank page?
Also, realizing that plays are so much better when performed than in dry dissection. I’m still a sucker for McKellen’s film version of Richard III; although it takes a few liberties, it pulls me back in every time I come across it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Also, realizing that plays are so much better when performed than in dry dissection. I’m still a sucker for McKellen’s film version of Richard III; although it takes a few liberties, it pulls me back in every time I come across it.
Caliban? And no questions asked?
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Caliban? And no questions asked?
Oh, and re: the alt text in your post?
a man with a beard wearing a tuxedo and bow tie is clapping in an auditorium .
Alt: a man with a beard wearing a tuxedo and bow tie is clapping in an auditorium .
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December 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Oh, and re: the alt text in your post?
Also Cf. ‘Crack in the World’ (1965).
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Also Cf. ‘Crack in the World’ (1965).
I can read what it says, but all I can think of is…
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I can read what it says, but all I can think of is…
I see from your new profile pic that you decided not to go with the general “serial killer” vibe.
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I see from your new profile pic that you decided not to go with the general “serial killer” vibe.
My God— how can you have proper percentiles without standardization?!?
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
My God— how can you have proper percentiles without standardization?!?
Love the ambiguity of the gothic nightgown option - “final girl, or crazed slasher?”
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Love the ambiguity of the gothic nightgown option - “final girl, or crazed slasher?”
And I think @kassiejo.bsky.social would agree; if not, I’d love her take on the right director.
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
And I think @kassiejo.bsky.social would agree; if not, I’d love her take on the right director.
But they could either do it ‘No Country for Old Men’ or ‘Fargo’ - either would be amazing!
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
But they could either do it ‘No Country for Old Men’ or ‘Fargo’ - either would be amazing!