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Craig J. Clark

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · Jan 29

Words to live (or die) by, courtesy of Keita Amemiya's MECHANICAL VIOLATOR HAKAIDER.

“If you don't have a will of your own, there is no reason for you to live.”

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Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 5h

Bill Forsyth's unique holiday tale 'Comfort and Joy' was released on this day in 1984. Here's @hoodedjustice.bsky.social on its seasonal appeal: crookedmarquee.com/tidings-of-c...

Tidings of Comfort and Joy

It’s a common enough sight in Christmas films: holiday shoppers admiring animatronic window displays and taking advantage of the sales at department stores while appropriate music plays over the…

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 6h

A solid list. Here’s mine:

Blood and Black Lace
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Tenebre
Opera
Don’t Torture a Duckling

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 7h

Very briefly in passing. Sam Flynn appears on a newspaper during the opening catch-up montage.

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 7h

You know what would have improved TRON: ARES immeasurably? If Ares had kept this look throughout. Some characters should stay faceless.

Ares stepping down from his laser-printed vehicle. His visor is opaque, thus shielding the viewer from having to see Jared Leto’s face and his dumb hair.

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 8h

I logged my 450th earlier this week. Not too shabby.

Diary Milestones

Dark Match, 50th, Jan 31
Britannia Hospital, 100th, Feb 27
Red Beard, 150th, Mar 26
The Shrouds, 200th, Apr 24
Breakfast of Champions, 250th, Jun 5
Aliens, 300th, Jul 3
Death Angel, 350th, Aug 3
Viêt and Nam, 400th, Sep 3
Warning from Space, 450th, Oct 7

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 10h

Gamera is friend to all children.

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 11h

Letterboxd/Filmsky Last Four Friday

An empty spectacle, a gigantic turtle, an amnesiac werewolf, and starfish aliens. I won’t lie, it’s strange that the brightest spot in this foursome is a Gamera movie, but there it is.

#LastFourWatched

TRON: Area (2025) / Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965) / The Werewolf (1956) / Warning from Space (1956)

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

I hope so. He was great when I saw him in 2019. I’m not looking at any set lists because I want to be surprised, but I think I’ll be happy with whatever he plays.

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

Got my ticket to see Elvis Costello & The Imposters on Sunday. The process was more stressful than it needed to be thanks to Ticketmaster's Ticketmastery, but I fought valiantly and won the day.

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me

👺 Häxan (1922)
👹 Black Sunday (1960)
💀 The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
⛓️🪚 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
🧛 Martin (1978)
🐺 An American Werewolf in London (1981)
🎃🧙‍♀️💀 Halloween III (1982)
📺 Videodrome (1982)
⛪️ The Church (1989)
🔺 The Void (2016)

Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 1d

10 horror movies to get to know me

🐈‍⬛️ The Cat and the Canary (1927)
🏚 The Old Dark House (1932)
👹 Curse of the Demon (1957)
💀 House on Haunted Hill (1959)
🍄 Matango (1963)
👻 The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
🧪 Gremlins 2 (1990)
🪦 Nightbreed (1990)
📺 Ghostwatch (1992)
📼 Noroi (2005)

Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🩸Messiah Of Evil
🪏Dead And Buried
✝️Exorcist III
🔪Alice, Sweet Alice
🪟The House With The Laughing Windows
🎅Black Christmas '74
🐺The Thing
📺Ghostwatch
⚪Phantasm
🪦Creepshow

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a good stack. EYES WITHOUT A FACE is one of my favorites.

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

describe your Bluesky account with a single image

Jason Voorhees with a sack on his head looking back over his shoulder as he’s about to exit a cabin.

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

Super Evil Personman!

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday, man!

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

The Halloween party in THE MIDNIGHT HOUR is attended by people in all sorts of costumes (as well as some actual ghouls and monsters). One of the guests is all wrapped up in white bandages (save for their head, which is in a white hood) and they're carrying a doll, which I guess makes them a "mummy."

Party-goer all wrapped up in white bandages with a white hood, carrying a Cabbage Patch Doll.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

It is a wonder, and the new 4K is stunning. The camera effects really hold up.

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DareBear @derekbgayle.bsky.social · 1d

#WerewolfWednesday

DareBear @derekbgayle.bsky.social · Aug 31

We awooing fam

Wolf Man Prototype from Kamen Rider howling

#DragonCon

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that one’s pretty rough, but Barry Bostwick is having fun.

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 1d

That is quite the movie for that milestone.

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 2d

Water

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 2d

Now that’s a title.

Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 2d

Mexican poster for The Vampire and Sex (1969), directed by Rene Cardona - BOTD in 1905

Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 2d

That film-centric website, by the way, is @crooked-marquee.bsky.social. Possibly a useful piece of information to include. Here’s my latest piece for them: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: Matango

One decade after introducing Godzilla to the world, Ishiro Honda brought to the screen a more down-to-earth threat to humanity.

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 2d

In late 2016, I saw a post on Twitter about a new film-centric website that was looking for contributors. I contacted editor Eric D. Snider with a few sample reviews I had done for The Dissolve and he told me to pitch something. My first piece ran that January. I’ve written 138 more since then.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social · 3d

And I’m prepared to accept the consequences.

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