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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · 5h

This whole release GIVES ME LIFE!!!
I have an essay in here on adapting Lovecraft.

Second Sight @secondsightfilms.bsky.social · 1d

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · 16d

The Descent, Pulse, Martyrs, Lake Mungo, Let the Right One In, Rec, Jennifer's Body... This is gonna be a tough one
Plus you need to suspend the Mooch rule and let John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns in there.

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SciFrights Podcast @scifrightspod.bsky.social · Sep 5

Films covered: Salt Along the Tongue, Five, Mother of Flies, Serpent's Skin, Dog of God, Transcending Dimensions, Redux Redux, Cogn-AI-tive, The Home, Jimmy & Stiggs, The Red Mask, Bone Lake, Daughters of Darkness, Malpertuis, The Descent, The Toxic Avenger, the Andy Milligan doc, and The Fairy Moon

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SciFrights Podcast @scifrightspod.bsky.social · Sep 5

New episode out now reporting from FrightFest! We give you a rundown on what we saw & some of the recurring themes we noticed (our biggest takeaways: beware of demons, witches and shamans, and always check that you don't double book that Airbnb, folks)
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We spent our August Bank Holiday weekend at Frightfest, indulging in 5 days of non-stop horror movies. We give you a rundown on what we saw and survey some of the recurring themes we noticed (our bigg...

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Sep 4

Whoa! You are the first I've come across who can even tolerate this film, let alone love it. Maybe I need to watch it again?

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks to everyone who came to see Jaws at Genesis Cinema and listened to my intro. I talked about Spielberg's origins in New Hollywood of the 70s, how Jaws led to the rise of the blockbuster and other ways it impacted pop culture. The film on the big screen still plays like gangbusters.

The bar at Genesis Cinema decked out for a Jaws Beach Party. There is an Amity Island sign, to the left is an inflatable shark, underneath the sign is a deck chair

Inside a cinema, on the screen on the leftis a poster for Jaws with a mouth of a shark pointing up, to the right on a red background are the words Jaws 50th Anniversary at Genesis, in front of the screen stands a woman in black pants and black jacket holding a microphone

I am holding a blue inflatable shark with the the top of my head peering over the top

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SciFrights Podcast @scifrightspod.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks so much to @travisjj.bsky.social for being our first guest and talking Terminator with us!

Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · Aug 19

The good folks at @scifrightspod.bsky.social have their first guest! Unfortunately, their options were limited, so it's me. But if you wanna here me, @liamdunn82.bsky.social and @lindsayhallam.bsky.social dig into the entire Terminator franchise, smash that link.

Judgement Day: Ranking the Terminator Series

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 26

I think this film has made it impossible for me to ever go in a cave ever again.

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thanks! You should try to make it down sometime, even for just a day.

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 25

Woke up this morning with an awful cold, so have to miss the last day of Frightfest. Really gutted. Was so looking forward to seeing the new Adams family film Mother of Flies, Sick Puppy, and the new Alice Maio Mackay film Serpent's Skin. 😩😩😩

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 25

FrightFest Film #12: Redux Redux. A revenge thriller with a SF premise -what if you could kill the person who wronged you over and over again across the multiverse?- it manages to stay grounded, mostly due to its low tech aesthetic and the excellent perfs of the 2 female leads. The best of the fest.

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 25

FrightFest Film #11 : Bone Lake. A booking mixup sees two couples share the same rental, bringing temptations and trust issues to the surface. A twisty turny erotic thriller that erupts into carnage, this was much better than I was expecting.

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 25

FrightFest Film #10 - The Descent. First time seeing the film on the big screen in a new 4K restoration and it looked incredible. "That shot" still gets me every fucking time.

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 25

FrightFest Film #9: Jimmy & Stiggs A down on his luck filmmaker on a seemingly neverending bender is abducted by aliens & enlists his newly sober friend to help prepare in case they return. The whole film is a loud & unrelenting assault on the senses, drenched in neon lighting & awash in alien blood

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 24

FrightFest Film #7 The Red Mask. Really enjoyed this meta slasher. Manages to deconstruct horror tropes while also delivering the requisite thrills, taking welcome potshots at toxic horror fandom (sorry dudes, horror has always been woke!)

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 23

FrightFest Film #6 The Toxic Avenger. Sweet and so much fun. Keeps a lot of the spirit of the original. And nice to see director Macon Blair in a cameo sporting an Ain't Rights t-shirt (which I guess means there is a Toxie/Green Room shared universe?).

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 23

FrightFest Film #5 Transcending Dimensions. I can't even really begin to describe this film. Sensory, spiritual and totally mind-blowing on the big screen.

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 23

FrightFest Film #4 The Degenerate: The Life & Films of Andy Milligan. I went along to this to learn something and I did: Milligan was a singular filmmaker, fiercely determined but clearly hard to get along with, caught in a trap that allowed him to be prolific but never advance in budget or respect

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 23

FrightFest Film #3: Dog of God. This fucking RIPS. A Latvian medieval heavy metal pagan hallucinogenic folk horror fairy tale. Full of fluids and phalluses, witches and werewolves, accompanied by a throbbing soundtrack.

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 23

FrightFest Film #2: Cogn-AI-tive. An AI company must contend with its creation taking on a life of its own.The threat of AI taking our lives as well as our livelihoods plays to current anxieties but the film itself feels indebted to the 80s and 90s - think Hackers meets Chopping Mall.

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Lindsay Hallam @lindsayhallam.bsky.social · Aug 23

FrightFest Opening Film - The Home. Pete Davidson stars in a non-comic role as a young man forced into community service at a retirement home, where things soon reveal themselves as 'not quite right'. Very predictable with clichéd scares (and A LOT of dream sequences) derivative of much better films

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · Aug 19

The good folks at @scifrightspod.bsky.social have their first guest! Unfortunately, their options were limited, so it's me. But if you wanna here me, @liamdunn82.bsky.social and @lindsayhallam.bsky.social dig into the entire Terminator franchise, smash that link.

Judgement Day: Ranking the Terminator Series

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SciFrights Podcast @scifrightspod.bsky.social · Aug 15

New episodes of SciFrights Bites is out now! We check out the new film everyone is talking about - Zach Creggar's WEAPONS!
We cover the film’s influences, structure, style & scares before getting into spoiler territory, going deep into the film’s villain and the societal implications of its themes.

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In this episode we discuss Liam’s most anticipated film of the year – and a film that set the box office on fire over the weekend – Zach Cregger’s Weapons. We start with a spoiler-free conversation ab...

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