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The Cultured Curator. Pop Culture expert, Queen of Horror, and long-time Marketing Strategist Regular public speaker and podcaster, horror film critic Head Marketing @ BetaList / Imagine Fantastic Film Festival / Kaboom Animation Fest Agencies: RPISH

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · Sep 9

Don’t Raw-Dog the Internet:

Sooo ExpressVPN has been sold to a genocidal defense company that monitors and sells your data. Canceled my account and moved to the audited Surfshark (other options are NordVPN en ProtonVPN)

If you wanna try it with coupon, use mine!

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 19h

Abby

Blaxploitation that is nice, but not great.

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When a minister's wife becomes possessed by Eshu, the Nigerian god of sexuality, an exorcist is called in to drive the evil spirit away.

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 21h

Wanna hear me tear down AI with ethics for 1.5 hours? In Dutch?

Here you go: open.spotify.com/episode/58Ed...

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 21h

Eaten Alive

“I’m Buck and I’m here to fuck”

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A ★★★½ review of Eaten Alive (1976)

Hooptober 12 Movie #14 It opens with Robert Englund saying “I’m Buck, and I’m here to fuck” and that’s all I needed to hear.

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 4d

Pontypool

started off great, lost steam and story for me past the half-way point.

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A ★★½ review of Pontypool (2008)

Hooptober 12 Movie #13 Started off great, but lost me towards the end….

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 4d

Curse of Blood (1968)

Was hard to find this niche Japanese horror exploitation movie from the 1960s. But am happy I did!

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A ★★★½ review of Curse of the Blood (1968)

Hooptober 12 Movie #12 Curses, revenge, and exploitation. A gorgeous mix for this 1960s Japanese slasher horror.

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 6d

Another

Even though the source material for Another is great. This live-action adaptation is not.

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A ★½ review of Another (2012)

Hooptober 12 Movie #11 Awful adaptation of the eerie manga and anime. Weirdly enough too slow while missing too much in storytelling

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 6d

Satan’s Slaves / Pengabdi Setan 1980

Satan’s Slaves’ (Pengabdi Setan) original really shows how Indonesian horror falls in pop culture. It uses a popular medium to ‘preach’ about the dangers of straying from your faith and morals.

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A ★★★ review of Satan's Slave (1980)

Hooptober 12 Movie #10 Satan’s Slaves (Pengabdi Setan) original really shows how Indonesian horror falls in pop culture. It uses a popular medium to ‘preach’ about the dangers of straying from your fa...

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 12d

Soylent Green

Charlton Heston just has a way with dystopian films that works. Even after more than 50 years later…
The themes of this movie still stand strong even now.

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A ★★★★ review of Soylent Green (1973)

Hooptober 12 Movie #8 This 1973 movie’s themes and message stills holds up in 2025, we are dooming ourselves by not learning.

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 13d

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

No notes, this is something that must be experienced yourself. But caution ⚠️ this is for advanced watchers only!

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A review of Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2011)

Hooptober 12 Movie #7 There are no words to describe this, it must be experienced

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 14d

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors

“Welcome to Prime-Time b*tch”
Let’s lean into the camp!

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A ★★★ review of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Hooptober 12 Movie #7 Dream Warriors is the one in the franchise where they really start to lean into the campness of Freddy.

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 14d

GOOSEBUMPS book publisher Scholastic has launched their own streaming app titled Scholastic TV, and the first three seasons of the original 1990s “Goosebumps” television series are now streaming for FREE at launch:

The Original ‘Goosebumps’ TV Series Is Now Available on Scholastic’s New Free Streaming App!

Long before the Disney+ series that got cancelled after two lackluster seasons, R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books first came to the small screen way back in the wacky world of the 1990s. The series arrive...

bloody-disgusting.com

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Imagine Fantastic Film Festival @imaginefff.bsky.social · 14d

Rejoice and praise the Elder Gods; the Imagine 2025 programme is now live!

Start collecting your personal schedule in your account to prep for our ticketsales on 7 October 🦑

www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/en/programme...

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Imagine Fantastic Film Festival @imaginefff.bsky.social · 15d

International Press Accreditation for Imagine 2025 is now open!

Apply here:
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Microsoft Forms

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 16d

Trick or Treat ‘86

1986 is the birthyear of my metalhead partner @jerrysalmon.bsky.social , so this is an appropriate co-watch (especially with the Ozzy cameo!!).

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Trick or Treat (1986)

Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the o...

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 17d

Batman

An almost 4 hour long b&w outdrawn story with zombies, Pearl Harbour, and bad detective work.
Glad I’ve crossed it off my list, could’ve lived without seeing it at all

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A ★★ review of Batman (1943)

Hooptober 12 Movie #5 I never thought I’d watch an almost 4 hour long Batman classic, and I won’t soon again. Happy to have seen it as a comic geek, but it wasn’t great If you’re not a big follower o...

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 18d

Jacob’s Ladder

Cosmic horror and dark psychological horror with themes that still ring relevant today

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Jacob's Ladder (1990)

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around hi...

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 18d

Can I join in on this action? I have a list of awesome international weirdos

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 18d

Phantoms

Can’t believe I never watched this Ben Affleck movie before …

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Phantoms (1998)

In the peaceful Colorado town of Snowfield, something evil has wiped out the community. And now, it's up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 18d

Horror Shark/ Blood Bite

A really bad remake of Deep Blue Sea, with cgi so bad it keeps you hooked

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A ★ review of Horror Shark (2020)

Hooptober 12 Movie #2 Wants to be like Deep Blue Sea, fails completely

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 23d

Demon Slayer has done it again! And they have 2 more movies to go 🤑

Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 23d

It's official — no Japanese film has done better than Demon Slayer, ever!

1st Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Film Becomes Highest-Grossing Japanese Film Ever Globally

Film enters 2025 's top 10 films globally after outdoing Fantastic Four, becomes 1st anime to top U․S. for 2 straight weekends

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 23d

The Case Study of Vanitas manga will take a 2-issue break and will return in December.

The Case Study of Vanitas Manga's Next Chapter Releases in December

Series returned from hiatus in July

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 28d

It's Official! The Cultured Curators will be boots on the ground at the 10th annual @brooklynhorror.bsky.social! @benhorrible.bsky.social will be there in the flesh and @rpish.bsky.social in spirit. Can't wait to see and hang with some of our favorite friends!

The 10th annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in red writing at the top left.
A zombie rat rotting and rabid, rises fiercely, crawling toward the viewer over a flaming brain. in the bottom left in red text it reads.
BrooklynHorrorFest.com
October 16-25, 2025

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · Sep 3

Episode 14 is live

In this episode, Benjamin and Rabia sit down with Horror Activist, film maker, and festival directorAriel Baska to talk about their prolific work surrounding disability advocacy and the Access:Horror Film Festival (Now available to stream on Shudder).
@accesshorror.bsky.social

Ariel baska. A caucasion person with chin length light hair, glassed and a crooked smile. They wear a black shirt with a layered patchwork of blue and green stripes atop. The image carries a blur effect adding a mysterious glow to them.

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 29d

Title to kick things of with:

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The Blackening (2022)

Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies against the m...

Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 29d

Time to start #HOOPTOBER12!

I just saw that one of my list entries got added to Netflix: The Blackening

Haven’t rewatched it since release and it really deserves a rewatch.

To follow my list and review check here:

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Hooptober 12 - The Cultured Curators list

My 5th year participating via Letterboxd. Great initiative by @cinemonster (check his account for previous lists and info) QUICK EASY RULES: There must be 31 horror films 6 countries (other than Italy...