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Kelly Robinson
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Writer, researcher, historian. Two-time finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Writer of the Year. Film commentaries and booklet essays on several Blu-Ray releases. Obsessed with weird history and minutiae.
***Oooooeeeeeeoooooo*** The haunted pajamas are coming to get you! (Found this 1917 film poster while researching the director, Fred Balshofer)

#FilmSky #Film #SilentFilm 🎥 🗃️
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Annual public service announcement.

#vintage #Halloween #history
October 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's a sad fact of being from my generation that we will probably never again experience anything akin to the satisfaction of seeing the Jiffy-Pop poof up.

#IYKYK
September 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm a big fan of ultra-specific histories. Any recommendations for favorite books on specific objects, clothing items, colors, words, concepts? (Also interested in very niche groups of people or moments in history.)

#What'sHistory 🗃️ #historians #books #booksky #research #writing
September 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Why does the word "catnap" refer to a very short sleep? Every cat I've ever known could sleep for about 47 hours in a single day.

#cats #catpics #catsofbluesky
September 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Just finished reading this bio and amidst all the great anecdotes and jokes, his humanity and joy for life shine through. It's so refreshing to spend time with someone not filled with hate.

#books #authors #writing #comedy #BookSky
September 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My mom is a better film critic than I am.

#FilmSky #movies
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm always telling people how much humor is in Moby Dick, and no one ever believes me.

#booksky #reading #literature
September 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This 1944 SCREENLAND layout for Universal packs an awful lot of synonyms for horror films into its small amount of text. Can't decide which I like most: "the creepies," "chiller-dillers," or "spine-icers."

#FilmSky #Horror #ClassicHorror #Writing
August 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Sneak peak of the Sept/Oct issue of RUE MORGUE, featuring my cover story on the legacy of LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT. How did the film attain poster-child status, and does it deserve it? Along the way, some of Chaney's other lost films get their due.

#FilmSky #Horror #HorrorSky #SilentFilm
August 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Whenever a dog in a movie goes crazy over a fancy female dog walking by, it's always a collie or a poodle, so I'm like great, film's impossible beauty standards even extend to the dog world.

#FilmSky
August 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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On Patreon, I'm covering gorilla movie history film by film, from 1897 up. THE ESCAPE OF THE APE (1908) has left few traces, but I unearthed a tidbit that makes this film a first of its kind—and an important milestone in ape cinema.
www.patreon.com/posts/escape...
#FilmSky #History 🗃️ #gorillas
The Escape of the Ape (1908): A Lost Gorilla Film | Kelly Robinson
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August 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On Patreon, I'm covering gorilla movie history film by film, from 1897 up. THE ESCAPE OF THE APE (1908) has left few traces, but I unearthed a tidbit that makes this film a first of its kind—and an important milestone in ape cinema.
www.patreon.com/posts/escape...
#FilmSky #History 🗃️ #gorillas
The Escape of the Ape (1908): A Lost Gorilla Film | Kelly Robinson
Get more from Kelly Robinson on Patreon
www.patreon.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
How I imagine myself on those elusive days when I actually like what I wrote.

#writingcommunity #booksky #authorsky
July 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is the greatest tagline I've ever read.

#FilmSky #movies #movieposters
July 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Raul Julia in the Broadway production of DRACULA, with set design by Edward Gorey. (He replaced Frank Langella in 1978.)

#horror #EdwardGorey #Dracula
July 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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At last, some French I can use!

#FilmSky #Duolingo
July 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
At last, some French I can use!

#FilmSky #Duolingo
July 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Lillian Gish says you use too much rouge.

#FilmSky #silentfilm
July 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Something I noticed after watching Nosferatu (1922) for the 900th time: Since there are no servants, the vampire must have prepared the food himself. I am really loving that Count Orlok baked Hutter a Bundt cake.

#silentfilm #FilmSky #horror #Nosferatu
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something I noticed after watching Nosferatu (1922) for the 900th time: Since there are no servants, the vampire must have prepared the food himself. I am really loving that Count Orlok baked Hutter a Bundt cake.

#silentfilm #FilmSky #horror #Nosferatu
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Has there ever been a better example of onomatopoeia in a children's book than "WEEBK!" in Make Way for Ducklings?

[By Robert McCloskey, 1941]

#BookSky #ChildrensBooks #Illustration
July 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Meet my new roommate Tuppy Glossop. He is affectionate, chatty, and has the longest toes I've ever seen. He makes biscuits in the air as he falls asleep—or perhaps he's playing an invisible harp? Get a good look before I cuddle him to absolute pieces.

#cats #Wodehouse
July 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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“Superman is too woke!”

Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM