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Jessica Scott

@wewhowalkhere.bsky.social

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Film critic, essayist, horror scholar, and one hell of a lover. She/her. Words at Fangoria, Second Sight Films, Inverse, Grim, and more. GALECA and OAFFC member. Portfolio: authory.com/jessicascott Email: [email protected]

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · Nov 8

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Hi! I’m Jessica. I write about movies, mostly of the horror variety. I’ve written for Fangoria, Inverse, Grim, and more. I’ve contributed special features to physical media releases and would love to do more! You can read my work at authory.com/jessicascott.

Jessica dressed as Jennifer Check from JENNIFER’S BODY for Halloween. She takes a mirror selfie in a dive bar. There’s graffiti on the mirror, including a note that says, “You’re Beautiful.” She has brown curly shoulder-length hair. She wears a white prom dress and elbow-length gloves with fake blood stains on them. She has colorful tattoos on her arms and shoulders and is wearing sparkly purple lipstick.

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 9h

Oh to be a beautiful woman bathed in neon lighting with eyeliner as sharp as a straight razor in a gloved hand.

Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 10h

If you want style for days, you need Italian horror. I want to lick the screen every time I see a Bava movie.

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 10h

Karloff night continues! Time to throw some Bava into the mix.

Film poster for Black Sabbath. A headless horseman gallops through the countryside as buxom maidens scream in terror.

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 11h

I sincerely love spotting new silver strands in the mirror.

Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 11h

Karloff was an incredibly handsome man, and his curly salt-and-pepper hair has me blushing a bit.

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 12h

My next treat: a new-to-me Val Lewton movie.

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 12h

And my God do I miss the way actors’ eyes shone in classic movies. Beautiful work from cinematographer Hal Mohr.

Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 12h

He really is one of my favorite actors. He brings so much grace, sensitivity, and humanity to every role. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Karloff performance that didn’t break my heart just a little bit.

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 13h

It’s a Karloff kind of night.

Film poster for The Walking Dead (1936). A white illustration of Boris Karloff’s face looms against a green background while an illustration of a blonde woman in a red evening gown stands in front of him.

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you!

Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 16h

I haven’t been feeling well lately, but my feral cat buddy purred for me today and Tully is doing this, so it’s a pretty okay day.

A tabby kitten napping happily on top of Jessica’s legs.

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 18h

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 18h

I don't argue with anyone who won't watch a Woody Allen movie; it's a personal choice, different for everyone. But Diane Keaton is a big reason I almost never say "[Movie X] is dead to me." My argument isn't "Separate the artist from the art"; it's that movies are never just one person's legacy.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 18h

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 19h

Rest easy, Diane Keaton. Her work in Goodbar is some of the most amazing and fearless I've ever seen from an actor.

Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · Jan 4

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Seen in a non muddy YT rip it some how becomes even more sordid and searing, a reeking of Charlie and Newports time capsule that's also the bleeding misogyny of right now. Fantastic cast, bleak as three am coffee.

Image from Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Diane Keaton is picturing herself as a sex worker.

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P.M.Bryant @pmbryant.com · 20h

Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester celebrate their new American citizenship, 1950

Laughton and Lanchester hold up papers, smiling, arms around each other, American flag on wall behind them.

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Cosmic Horror Picture Show @cosmoslionheart.bsky.social · 20h

yeah i'm tron
tron to enjoy any movie that doesn't contain jared leto

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Jessica Scott @wewhowalkhere.bsky.social · 1d

John Carpenter’s The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain

🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

John Carpenter's The Birdcage

Austin Wilden (FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE)🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 1d

John Carpenter’s Jurassic Park

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 1d

Coming to US streaming/digital this month - Alex Philippe's doc CHAIN REACTIONS on the 50th anniversary of Texas Chain Saw Massacre, w/ myself, Stephen King, Takashi Miike, Patton Oswalt + Karyn Kusama.

Thanks for the signal boost @fangoria.bsky.social 💜

CHAIN REACTIONS Documentary Slashes Onto Digital This Month

Alexandre O. Philippe's CHAIN REACTIONS documentary, featuring insight from Karyn Kusama, Stephen King, and more, hits digital this month.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 1d

For The AV Club, I wrote about how the film industry's response to #MeToo evolved from searing and optimistic to a mealy-mouthed return to the status quo.

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After a decade of change, #MeToo cinema is being shown the door

After The Hunt encapsulates a political shift away from the MeToo era of cinema that the film world was all too happy to take.

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Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to share that @donatobomb.bsky.social and I will be talking to Tina Romero next week at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival during a live @certifiedforgot.bsky.social event. It's a free to get in, so if you're New York-based and can help spread the word, you know what to do.