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Jim Riddle

@jriddle.bsky.social

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Dad, husband, and teacher. Love of film, comics, novels, and music. Horror. Noir. Sci-Fi. Bond. Superman. Tarzan. Doc Savage. Grateful Dead. Springsteen. Little Feat. Drivin N Cryin. Bluegrass. Rhythm and Blues. Be kind Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/Mhr1

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Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 9h

Revisiting Innocent Blood. Been awhile. Had forgotten what an absolutely stacked cast this movie has.

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Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 1d

Rewatch of Horror of Dracula and always love the titles being the exact right shade of red.

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Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 1d

Preach

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the kicked leg for me.

Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 1d

Dan-View theater with about fifteen other people and I still remember it because once the movie started doing its thing, we were all in for whatever the hell this was.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 5d

So our son is a freshman in college which is an hour and a half away. Headed up the mountain to check out him and his new friends play their first gig as a band. They go on at nine. Then it’s hugs, a “Hell yeah!” and back home.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 5d

Chuck Dixon is a piece of shit.

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Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 6d

“My face ain’t hidden!”

“I’m American!”

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 6d

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 6d

Watching Pumpkinhead remembering the time Stan Winston mentored one of my students by phone and email for her Senior Project on makeup fx. I teach in NC.

She created fantastic zombie makeup used in a haunted house attraction.

So yeah, props to one of the masters.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 7d

First watch for M3GAN2.0. Makes rhe shift from sci-fi horror original to sci-fi action. Thematically uneven but I needed to relax and be entertained and it fit the bill.

Now on to something a little more highbrow and artsy with the existential musings of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 7d

I’d seen Layer Cake not too long before this was announced and I was so down for the choice.

Little did any of us know that we’d get what is arguably the best Bond movie right out the gate.

Also, a toast to Martin Campbell.

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 7d

Daniel Craig was announced as the new James Bond 20 years ago today 👴🏼

Daniel Craig at age 37 standing on the Thames or wherever

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 8d

You really should go check out this thread. And his pinned post. Wonderful.

Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 8d

Day 13: WHISPER 😺

#SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

SUPERBATOBER 13: WHISPER -- "Pspspspsps", whispers Supergirl toward Streaky, calling him back from a horrified, scratched up and pummeled Doomsday he looks to be finishing up with. Good thing Streaky is on our side!

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 8d

English teacher here. Absolutely.

Kids, on the whole, stop reading on their own after elementary school.

We have great challenges to ensure some level of literacy and the continued use of the western canon hinders that challenge.

Accessible texts well taught make a huge difference in outcome.

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 8d

The 2025 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards air Sunday October 19. Here's your complete guide on how to watch and the official ballot to share your picks for the best in horror!

How To Watch The 2025 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards

The 2025 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards air Sunday October 19. Here's your complete guide on how to watch and the official ballot to share your picks for the best in horror!

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 8d

Frank Frazetta shirtless outside in an armchair, posing with his palette and the original art for the Fire & Ice poster. Behind him Eleanor Frazetta poses in a bikini on a Honda dirtbike.

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Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 9d

Enjoy. It’s good stuff.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 9d

Rewatched after a looong time this past week. Has its flaws but entertaining with its own weird energy.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 9d

With my daughter eight years ago during Spirit Week. She was a freshman at the high school where I taught. Now getting her Masters in Occupational Therapy.

My daughter and I during Spirit week with matching Superman shirts.

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Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 10d

Chilly morning started off with coffee and finishing Black Hammer vol 1. An excellent first time read.

Now on @tcmtv.bsky.social, Tarzan the Fearless with Buster Crabbe. A 12 part serial edited for a feature release. Tarzan flicks are a niche pleasure so cinematic quality is secondary.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 10d

I had to break it up to a couple of watches to get through it. Daughter and I had been talking about it and she loved the movie. So it became one of those “will it reassess on a second viewing?”

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 11d

Been thinking about a Midsommar rewatch. That’s quite the cinema gumbo you got there.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 11d

#LastFourWatched @letterboxd.social

The Thing
Cat People
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Werewolves

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Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 13d

Rewatch of Paul Schrader’s Cat People from ‘82. Been forever since I’ve seen it. Let’s see how it hits a few decades later.

Jim Riddle @jriddle.bsky.social · 14d

It really is so captivating. Great artist.