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Travis Woods

@aheartofgould.bsky.social

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Professional obsessive. BYLINES: Bright Wall/Dark Room, Southwest Review, Fangoria, etc COMMENTARY TRACKS/BOOKLETS: Fun City Editions, Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance, Imprint, Shout Factory https://linktr.ee/black_neon

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · Aug 13

I made my @letterboxd.social debut writing about the genre that handcuffs sex to danger, noir to romance: the Erotic Thriller.

This primer body doubles 10 classics with 10 rarities. Make a new watchlist as this long, hot summer draws to a close--films meant to be watched in, and by, the dark.

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · Aug 13

As a long, hot summer pivots towards its sweaty end, Travis Woods presents an erotic thriller double feature syllabus, pairing ten of the genre’s classics with complementary hidden gems. boxd.it/2FS

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 4h

Me reading each successive word:

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 5h

I’m putting together a physics team for you.

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Um what brand is this 👉👈

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit. This sounds *incredible*.

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Another killer horror movie marathon from @purecinemapod.bsky.social. Elric quotes me as saying it's always my favorite PCP episode of the year, and he's GODDAMN RIGHT.

Pure Cinema Podcast @purecinemapod.bsky.social · 1d

It’s that time of year! We’re back (with @patrickbromley.bsky.social of @fthismovie.bsky.social) to program our own 6-film horror movie marathons!
open.spotify.com/episode/3sxx...
@elrickane.bsky.social

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, his upcoming memoir.

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 1d

FUCK

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Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky Season Painting #1: Ripley

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Pure Cinema Podcast @purecinemapod.bsky.social · 1d

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 1d

I am once again watching this fucking movie.

Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 2d

Always wild to me that in the year 2000, Robert Zemeckis made a Brian De Palma film while Brian De Palma made a Robert Zemeckis movie.

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 3d

One of the most calming images in cinema. Like a cool mint breeze blowing through my mind.

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I have an ever-growing piece on TIGHTROPE I am dying to find a home for before it takes over my life any further.

Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 3d

Tuesday at the movies.

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 3d

One of my favorite film discoveries of 2025. Incredible. A crisscrossing web of kink and terror, all cradled within a hothouse city seemingly always descending deeper and deeper into a fever of faceless bodies all lithe and leatherclad.

Vinegar Syndrome @vinsyn.bsky.social · 3d

31 Days of Syntober continues! Get a staff pick at 50% off—plus 4x VSMC points—one day only, 12:01PM ET to 11:59AM the next day: vinegarsyndrome.com/pages/31-days-of-syntober 🩸

DAY 7: WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR?, picked by Justin LaLiberty, Director of Operations, OCN & Manager, Cinématographe

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 4d

Writing about David Fincher's THE GAME and--

🚨🚨NEW KINK ALERT🚨🚨

--like Michael Douglas in THE GAME, I too would like Deborah Kara Unger to drug me, dress me in BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA cosplay, bury me alive in Mexico, and leave me for dead.

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 4d

Mean but fair.

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 4d

Not even a text or a phone call that you were working on this? What the FUCK

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 4d

oh man fuck you

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 9d

I better see this film on all your Halloween watchlists this October.

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 9d

Happy to have contributed to @letterboxd.social's 24 Underseen Horror Films by writing about my favorite feature of horny, depressed filmmaking--Larry Fessenden's HABIT.

Stop what you're doing and watch this Cassavetes castlevania of toxic love and vampiric sex RIGHT NOW.

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 9d

To honor the hallowed Halloween season, Letterboxd staff and contributors recommend 24 underseen horror ﬁlms, spanning from ’60s noir witches to ’70s psychedelic vampires to ’80s against-type Colin Firth.

Read about each pick on Journal: boxd.it/2Ko

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 9d

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 6d

Meiko Kaji, aka “the first lady of vengeance,” interviewed by writer-director Sean Baker at Beyond Fest.

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