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BILL RYAN

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4d

My new post in my series on horror literature (exclusive to paid subscribers). Here I cover the bad (80s trash BELOW THE LINE by Jaron Summers, and the complicatedly good (Stephen King's FULL DARK NO STARS). COVERS VERY DARK MATERIAL BE FOREWARNED
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Reading This is No Use to You

On "Below the Line" by Jaron Summers, and "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

Diane Keaton made The Godfather, one of the greatest films ever made, work. And she did so much more over more than five decades. @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/diane-keat...

Diane Keaton, 1946–2025

The leading lady of the 1970s.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 12h

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Valancourt Books @valancourtbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Today's $2.99 Kindle deal is not to be missed! Karl Edward Wagner's IN A LONELY PLACE (1983) is one of the best modern horror collections, featuring some of this master storyteller's best work. Grab it at a bargain price today online on Kindle worldwide! www.amazon.com/Lonely-Place...

Book cover, IN A LONELY PLACE by Karl Edward Wagner

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

Andy, please.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

ha ha ha "part of"

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

it was his eyes that creeped me out

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

no nothing is scarier than that

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

If you're a contestant on that show THE FLOOR, and the category is Animals, and it's your turn, and they show you a picture of a dog, and you say "Dog," then you're doing really good.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

it's someone else's!

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

there definitely is a woman who is in the yard, no question

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

Surprised by some of the lukewarm reactions to this. It's not perfect, and it has one major, and not insignificant problem, but I thought it was mostly quite good.

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A ★★★½ review of The Woman in the Yard (2025)

This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 15h

"I got screwed."

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 15h

No, you're Don Francisco's sister.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 15h

RIP. This movie is very funny.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 16h

I went to log MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 8 on Letterboxd, I wrote a one sentence, hit post, and it went into this elaborate animation, my phone beeped, as if my posting a review triggered M:I people and my review was on hold but Ethan Hunt removed that hold and my 2.5 star review was posted.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 18h

I don't know what it is, but when I buy an album that I end up not liking, I feel the loss of that money more than when I buy a book or film that winds up displeasing me. Maybe because when I buy the album I listen to it right away. With a book or film it could be years.

Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 2d

What albums does everyone regret buying? Loads for me, but the one that really sticks in my mind is K by Kula Shaker, which I forced myself to listen to joylessly several times in the desperate attempt to convince myself I hadn’t wasted my money, and still get cringes of regret about 29 years later.

Joe Scaramangaaaaarrrrrggghhh!🎃 @joescaramanga.co.uk · 2d

It's one of the few albums I regret buying.
I'll Manage Somehow and Stardust are fine. The rest is mostly forgettable.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"These brief, disquieting, interludes...more so than a heedless plunging into passages of extreme graphic violence and sexual sadism, is what pushing the envelope of the genre really is." From the archives, @faceyouhate.bsky.social on shortform horror: www.thebulwark.com/p/horror-in-...

Horror in Brief

Ramsey Campbell and the power of the short story in horror writing.

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Pornhub Out of Context @nocontextpornhub.bsky.social · Jan 3

Please guys keep it pg13

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

if I go to this and give a talk about how Lars von Trier's ANTICHRIST is actually really good, it's been misunderstood, etc., will I also get $200

Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 1d

"Peter Thiel Gave Me $200 At The Antichrist Lecture" sounds like a Mountain Goats song.

screenshot of tweet from Talha Khan reading "Peter Thiel gave me $200 at the Antichrist Lecture LOOL" with a photo of Khan next to Thiel. Khan is holding 1 one hundred dolar bill.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

"We had mutants having sex!"

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

breaking entertainment news

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

That was Beaumont's friend, Richard Matheson.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

Some of the best 'Twilight Zone' episodes were written by Charles Beaumont—a writer who had an outsized influence on science fiction and horror, especially when you consider he died at 38.

Here's @faceyouhate.bsky.social on Beaumont's style and stories:

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The Hopeless Horror of Charles Beaumont

The writer died before his fortieth birthday—but left behind an influential catalogue of stories and unforgettable Twilight Zone episodes.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

I find them annoying.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d