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Couldn’t sleep. Watched from after the Seattle-Detroit game until dawn. Both ‘School’ and ‘Watch’ are well worth the effort. American giallo at its gialloist

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 42m

Oh my

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 5h

238/365–‘Night Watch’ Familiar premise. Liz Taylor is an unhappy, insomniac, shut-in-ish wife who sees murder victims in the abandoned house out back. Hubby Harvey and cops have their doubts. Has plenty of giallo flavor, with a twist (twists?) you won’t see coming
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I know what you did last summer @i-am-estevan.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve posted about it before, so apologies for repeating myself. But tonight’s movies and this movie particularly remind me of Victorian headless portraits. Why couldn’t I be alive for this selfie fad. This is Ike my new ADHD rabbit hole obsessions. #frightclub @barelyashley.bsky.social

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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 11h

237/365–‘Night School’ Is this (American) 80s giallo? Black gloves? Check! Sharp, slashy blade painting walls and girls red? Check! Incompetent cops? Check! (Double) twist ending! Double check! Boston night schoolers lose their heads, ‘primitive’ rituals factor in
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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 12h

236/365–‘Sugar Hill’ 70s blaxploitation revenger with supernatural elements, captured in that memorable tagline. Sugar’s man gets iced over a nightclub by whitey and she turns to voodoo to settle scores. Kills and love angle reminded me of the Dr. Phibes films, really
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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 15h

235/365–‘Freddy v. Jason’ #FearFest #TLDI As JB says, this grew out of those playground fights over who was the greater slasher. Are you Team Freddy? Team Jason? Who wins? The fans, obviously. A burning Jason coming out of the corn to kill truly is a wonder to behold
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Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 15h

234/365–‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ #FearFest #TLDI Joe Bob’s now-annual foray into regular cable. Fred ‘Freddy’ Krueger kills teens in their sleep… for reasons. Gave Darcy childhood nightmares (highest rec!) Scarier than I remembered in what is Fred’s scariest version
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Annie @badgrgrl21.bsky.social · 21h

The Aliens doc is on @shudder! I feel
Like I’ve been reading about it for eons…and even better, it’s nice & looooong…

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Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social · 23h

Just sneaked into the horror summit at Telluride HorrorShow with/watching (“listening to?” We’ll see…) @jrjisprobable.bsky.social Sarah Langan @paultremblay.bsky.social