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All The Culturas Of The Dark

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The Cultural Gutter is dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. And shenanigans. she / her. they / them. whatevs / whatevems. No Fucking Kings. https://culturalgutter.com/

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · Feb 12

Happy Year of the Dragon! I am inflicting this thing I made on all of you!

It is the classic man walking with his girlfriend and looking back at an oblivious woman--who looks like his girlfriend--in a red dress. I have labeled each person, "Ghidorah," representing each of King Ghidorah's three heads.

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Spooky Hispanic pixie dream girl @bocadelperro.bsky.social · 40m

Oh dear, we may need to go back to church councils for this one...

Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 44m

I'm delighted by the news of the discovery of 1300-year-old Christian bread, possibly communion bread, but do wonder about the liturgical implications. Does this belong in a museum or a tabernacle? Is it still Jesus from a religious perspective? www.anatolianarchaeology.net/1300-year-ol...

1,300-Year-Old Communion Bread Unearthed in Karaman: Inscribed “With Gratitude to Blessed Jesus” - Anatolian Archaeology

Archaeologists in Karaman, Türkiye, uncovered 1,300-year-old Communion bread featuring a Greek inscription “With Gratitude to Blessed Jesus”

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Wonggifs, but scary woooo @wonggifs.bsky.social · 24m

Here it is, one of the greatest GIFs of all time, even if I do say so myself.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 24m

Japanese poster for THE GHOUL (1933)

The poster features a painting of Boris Karloff staring up at a statue of an Egyptian god with madness in his eyes.

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 1h

"She's *consenting* to intercourse!"

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 1h

I think about how many other countries have it built into their health policy infrastructure.

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 3h

British folk horror and occult characters to be on Halloween, a thread.

1. Mr Fisher from Robin Redbreast (1970).
Catchphrase: “The study of religions is one of my many interests.”
You’ll need:
- Tweed trilby
- Mutton chops
- Cracked spectacles
- A copy of The Golden Bough

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 2h

Because that horrible man interrupts it!

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BMovieManiacs @bmoviemaniacs.bsky.social · 20h

Link for tonight's feature presentation. I'm out of town, but you're in the capable hands of Cosmos Mariner. @Willy1733

Incredibly Strange Creatures, etc.
#BMovieManiacs

youtu.be/brvmKKLvzl0?...

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living & Became Mixed-up Zombies | Full Classic 60s RC

YouTube video by Retro Central

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BMovieManiacs @bmoviemaniacs.bsky.social · 7d

#BMovieManiacs

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Son of Karas (AKA Quandaryman) @sonofkaras.bsky.social · 14h

It's Friday night and the moon is high. The spooky season has arrived. Dr. Gori discovers evidence of aliens that came to Earth long before the space apes, and he means to form a risky alliance with dark forces outside his trusted realm of science. Join #GHWP for Spectreman at 10E tonight.

#GHWP Friday - YouTube

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17h

when nobody ordered you anything from the ramen place

orange cat staring balefully at the camera

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Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 19h

Rooms With Views Week wraps up with TFH Fearless Leader @thejoedante.bsky.social's trailer commentary for the raucous Marx Brothers adventure Room Service, co-starring a pre-I Love Lucy Lucille Ball and Ann Miller.

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Room Service | Trailers From Hell

In a plot reminiscent of W.C. Fields’ The Old Fashioned Way, Groucho plays a down on his luck theatrical producer saddled with a stage full of hungry actors. Adapted from the 1937 broadway hit, this w...

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 19h

Happy 60th Anniversary, Flying Ace!

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published October 10, 1965

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 18h

Like basically all of this

www.thechinesecinema.com/index/

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 1d

Gutter Editor Emeritus @wordcountess.bsky.social has a fantastic essay on that holiday classic, Trick'r Treat! culturalgutter.com/2025/10/09/f...

From the Archives: All Hail the Pumpkin King

Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat (2007) is less a movie and more being shoved into a Party City in late September. It is a haunted hayride where you’re not entirely sure all the people on the tra…

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 20h

One of my dances about how much transphobes suck. youtu.be/XnBbjc5hmho?...

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 20h

The Supremes in Paris, 1966

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 21h

Our friends at @projectionbooth.bsky.social watch the low budget horror classic, Messiah Of Evil! culturalgutter.com/2025/10/10/t...

The Projection Booth watches Messiah Of Evil!

Our friends at The Projection Booth watch the eerie, low-budget classic horror film, Messiah of Evil (USA, 1973). “Released under a number of titles (including The Second Coming), Willard Huy…

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 21h

#FF thanks to our friends at @fareastfilms.com! Their fist is unstoppable!

FarEastFilms.com @fareastfilms.com · 22h

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, that's what I meant, but it was less concise.

All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 22h

The more I learn the more Liz Cheney it feels. Which tracks, I guess.

All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 23h

nice little paper bleed effect!

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All The Culturas Of The Dark @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 23h

YES

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Wonggifs, but scary woooo @wonggifs.bsky.social · 1d

Is the only cinematic instance of someone being killed with a durian?

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 1d

I used to think the Viking calendar-makers were badass, what with their four weeks between 14 Oct & 13 Nov being called "Slaughter Month."

Ha ha ha, it is to laugh.

I give you the ancient Persians' calendar:

Calendar:

October-November is Vrkazana, "Wolf Killing Month"
November-December is Aciyadiya, "Month of the Worship of the Fire"
December-January is Anamaka, "Month of the Nameless God"
January-February is Owayauva, "Month of the Terrible One"

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