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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 16m

That’s what the landlords in Pulgasari said and look what happened to them.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 17m

People just don’t compose marches in honor of spark plugs like they used to.

Sheet music for song called Champion Sparkers March.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 1h

Pulgasari (1985)

Strong contender for best kaiju flick made by a director who's been kidnapped by Kim Jong Il and forced to churn out movies in North Korea

Directed by Shin Sang-ok - BOTD in 1926

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 39m

You’re going to get burned by this hot take.

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 4h

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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Dark Corners @darkcorners3.bsky.social · 20h

New Streaming Movie review out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjO1...

Dreams within Dreams the Wonderful Weird World of the The Saragossa Manuscript, 1965

YouTube video by Dark Corners Reviews

www.youtube.com

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 14h

Supernatural (1933) dir. Victor Halperin

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 16h

Sadly, I’m going miss this one.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 20h

My wife is a psychotherapist and one of her advisors worked at the institution where Gein was incarcerated. She said he was quiet, very shy and was the institution’s barber.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 20h

To be fair, Dick Rowe was ultimately proved right. Guitars groups are on the way out.

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Sophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 1d

Barbara Stanwyck in Lady of Burlesque on the cover of Movies magazine, July 1943

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 1d

When my nephew was around 10, he loved movies with moderately gory monsters but he was terrified of vampires. It turns out the reason was a vampire looked like an ordinary person and you couldn’t tell they were a monster until it was too late.

Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve had good luck with anthology movies like The House that Dripped Blood, the Amicus Tales from the Crypt and Creepshow. The mix of stories offers a variety of scares and the opportunity to introduce a kid to different genres without too much fuss.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 1d

Me: Recommend a horror film with no gore.

Y'all: Goremaster 4: The Gorening of Blood: Viscera Edition.

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 1d

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sign at the studio in 1930.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 1d

For day 8 of Spooky Season, here’s Tales of Unease, a collection of short stories. British folks may remember the 1970 TV series of the same name that was inspired by this book and its sequels.

Cover of book called Tales of Unease. The illustration shows a woman in a forest running from a spectral presence.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

She had a nightclub act in the 1950s that I would have loved to have seen.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

It’s one of the Black Birds mentioned in this article.

The Mystery of the Maltese Falcon, One of the Most Valuable Movie Props in History

A statuette from the John Huston–Humphrey Bogart classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the most recognizable, and sought-after, pieces of movie memorabilia in history.

www.vanityfair.com

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

@thebasementtan.bsky.social Weren’t you looking for a Maltese Falcon?

A figure of the Maltese Falcon

A figure of the Maltese Falcon, presumably used in the Maltese Falcon motion picture, Alva Productions, made of grey casting plaster and painted with what was then known as "sketching ink" (India ink)...

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

I think it’s an excellent likeness. Did you know she released a couple of LPs of bawdy music hall songs?

Cover of Elsa Lanchester’s record Songs for a Smoke Filled Room. The illustration is a drawing of Elsa laughing.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

Well, the owner of one of the Black Birds in question ran afoul of the IRS and it was seized by the government. And now one of them is coming up for auction in a few days.

A figure of the Maltese Falcon

A figure of the Maltese Falcon, presumably used in the Maltese Falcon motion picture, Alva Productions, made of grey casting plaster and painted with what was then known as "sketching ink" (India ink)...

live.clars.com

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social You may remember an article in Vanity Fair a few years ago about some shenanigans involving a supposed prop of the Maltese Falcon that was used in the movie.

The Mystery of the Maltese Falcon, One of the Most Valuable Movie Props in History

A statuette from the John Huston–Humphrey Bogart classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the most recognizable, and sought-after, pieces of movie memorabilia in history.

www.vanityfair.com

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 2d

Not a novella, but The Countess of Stanlein Restored
by Nicholas Delbanco is a short book (104 pages) about restoring a Strad cello that at the time belonged to Bernard Greenhouse but used to belong to Paganini. It's just a lovely book.

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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been posting some of my favorite scary books in honor of Spooky Season. Please take a look if that sort of thing interests you. What are your favorite scary books?

Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 9d

In honor of of the first day of Spooky Season, here's Dracutwig, a novel about Dracula’s daughter who becomes a Twiggy-inspired model in late 1960s Swingin’ London. This could have been a great Hammer, or maybe an Amicus, movie. But I think Twigula is a better name for the character.

Cover of a novel called Dracutwig. The tagline mentions the “daughter of Dracula who has a body like Twiggy and turns into a vampire whenever she makes love.”

Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 4d

For day 7 of Books for Spooky Season here’s Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s. This collection of essays looks at the era when Satan was everywhere including heavy metal, Dungeons & Dragons, pulp paperbacks, Saturday morning cartoons, TV talk shows and home computers.

Cover of book called Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s. The editors are Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe.

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