Neil S Bolt
@neilbolt.bsky.social
Horror Guy (various interpretations).
Co-host of Safe Room Podcast.
Co-host of Safe Room Podcast.
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Neil S Bolt
@neilbolt.bsky.social
· Jul 31
This will be my #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days (2025) thread on BlueSky.
From August 1st through October 31st, I will add all the horror films I watch for the first time for this challenge.
Letterboxd List: boxd.it/LMwMc
Let's see how far I get this time!
From August 1st through October 31st, I will add all the horror films I watch for the first time for this challenge.
Letterboxd List: boxd.it/LMwMc
Let's see how far I get this time!
Finally watched Eddington and I really liked it, but then it made a Geronimo sight gag that pushed it up another notch.
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Finally watched Eddington and I really liked it, but then it made a Geronimo sight gag that pushed it up another notch.
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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The biggest game storefront in the world really should have the resources and self-imposed mandate to be transparent with indie devs about decisions that could wreck their livelihoods. This isn't cool.
The unsettling horror game HORSES has been banned from Steam, leaving the studio with "high risk" of closure. https://bit.ly/48y75RM
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The biggest game storefront in the world really should have the resources and self-imposed mandate to be transparent with indie devs about decisions that could wreck their livelihoods. This isn't cool.
Duke Nukem 3D was a standout when my family got a PC in 1997. For a while I thought my love for it was just nostalgic titilation, but it's really a bloody good shooter draped in exaggerated machismo.
This week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social hail to the king in their reminiscence about the brash and bold lineage of Duke Nukem 3D!
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🟢 bit.ly/4roOUFO
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Duke Nukem 3D was a standout when my family got a PC in 1997. For a while I thought my love for it was just nostalgic titilation, but it's really a bloody good shooter draped in exaggerated machismo.
If you wanted to add extra flavour to your film, Udo Kier was your guy.
Melancholia, Blade, Dogville, Shadow of the Vampire, and so many more where his presence was significant in small ways.
Rest easy.
Melancholia, Blade, Dogville, Shadow of the Vampire, and so many more where his presence was significant in small ways.
Rest easy.
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If you wanted to add extra flavour to your film, Udo Kier was your guy.
Melancholia, Blade, Dogville, Shadow of the Vampire, and so many more where his presence was significant in small ways.
Rest easy.
Melancholia, Blade, Dogville, Shadow of the Vampire, and so many more where his presence was significant in small ways.
Rest easy.
Black Eyed Priest is one of my favorite developers because it scratches particular itches, using nostalgia correctly and subverting expecations of the PSX-inspired game with every new outing. Skinfreak keeps the hot streak going in style.
This week @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social , chat about the immersive sim horrors of Skinfreak!
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@puppetcombo.bsky.social
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🟢 bit.ly/4pd00f1
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social
@puppetcombo.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Black Eyed Priest is one of my favorite developers because it scratches particular itches, using nostalgia correctly and subverting expecations of the PSX-inspired game with every new outing. Skinfreak keeps the hot streak going in style.
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Eze hat-trick! What a guy!
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Eze hat-trick! What a guy!
Bob Trevino Likes It embraces its cheesiness and makes it central to its greatness.
Flaws may be there, but the raw emotional heft of it left me with a very wet, salty face in the last 20 minutes.
Flaws may be there, but the raw emotional heft of it left me with a very wet, salty face in the last 20 minutes.
A ★★★★ review of Bob Trevino Likes It (2024)
There's flaws to Bob Trevino Likes It. It's often clunky, the way some things are shot don't gel with the film it is, and the trailer shows up all its bad traits to the point I was reluctant to watch ...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Bob Trevino Likes It embraces its cheesiness and makes it central to its greatness.
Flaws may be there, but the raw emotional heft of it left me with a very wet, salty face in the last 20 minutes.
Flaws may be there, but the raw emotional heft of it left me with a very wet, salty face in the last 20 minutes.
Yes, it's #LetterboxdFriday and yes, I have a #LastFourWatched to offer.
Clint's Prison Break.
Chorus lines and cancer at Christmas.
Orson Welles Eires his dirty laundry.
Another viewing of an all-time favourite.
#filmsky #moviesky
Clint's Prison Break.
Chorus lines and cancer at Christmas.
Orson Welles Eires his dirty laundry.
Another viewing of an all-time favourite.
#filmsky #moviesky
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Yes, it's #LetterboxdFriday and yes, I have a #LastFourWatched to offer.
Clint's Prison Break.
Chorus lines and cancer at Christmas.
Orson Welles Eires his dirty laundry.
Another viewing of an all-time favourite.
#filmsky #moviesky
Clint's Prison Break.
Chorus lines and cancer at Christmas.
Orson Welles Eires his dirty laundry.
Another viewing of an all-time favourite.
#filmsky #moviesky
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For this week's Horror Bytes, Safe Room's indie horror showcase, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social attempt to survive their fare on the Night Bus! #HorrorSky
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November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
For this week's Horror Bytes, Safe Room's indie horror showcase, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social attempt to survive their fare on the Night Bus! #HorrorSky
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🟢 bit.ly/4498GuQ
🍎 apple.co/4ib9DbH
🟢 bit.ly/4498GuQ
Finally did a Low Chaos no kill run in Dishonored 2 and now, with every damned ability at my disposal, I'm going for the kill everything run and my word does it make me feel powerful.
a man with a mustache is saying `` there will be blood tonight '' .
ALT: a man with a mustache is saying `` there will be blood tonight '' .
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November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Finally did a Low Chaos no kill run in Dishonored 2 and now, with every damned ability at my disposal, I'm going for the kill everything run and my word does it make me feel powerful.
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My primary goal with Save Scum is to champion notable indie horror games. So it's a huge bummer to report that, after years of waiting for the game's release, I did not enjoy my time with Dead Static Drive.
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Dead Static Drive & The Importance of Early Access
Previous Post: The Indie Report: File #1
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November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My primary goal with Save Scum is to champion notable indie horror games. So it's a huge bummer to report that, after years of waiting for the game's release, I did not enjoy my time with Dead Static Drive.
🎮 medium.com/@SaveScum/dead-static-drive-the-importance-of-early-access-48bf185fef87
🎮 medium.com/@SaveScum/dead-static-drive-the-importance-of-early-access-48bf185fef87
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Casual quarterly re-introduction post!
Hey! I'm Jay, a freelance writer and podcaster yapping about all things indie horror!
If you’re an editor or developer in need of coverage, I’m your guy!
DM or email Jaykrieger7(@)gmail.com
Portfolio: clippings.me/jaykrieger
Blog: medium.com/@SaveScum
Hey! I'm Jay, a freelance writer and podcaster yapping about all things indie horror!
If you’re an editor or developer in need of coverage, I’m your guy!
DM or email Jaykrieger7(@)gmail.com
Portfolio: clippings.me/jaykrieger
Blog: medium.com/@SaveScum
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Casual quarterly re-introduction post!
Hey! I'm Jay, a freelance writer and podcaster yapping about all things indie horror!
If you’re an editor or developer in need of coverage, I’m your guy!
DM or email Jaykrieger7(@)gmail.com
Portfolio: clippings.me/jaykrieger
Blog: medium.com/@SaveScum
Hey! I'm Jay, a freelance writer and podcaster yapping about all things indie horror!
If you’re an editor or developer in need of coverage, I’m your guy!
DM or email Jaykrieger7(@)gmail.com
Portfolio: clippings.me/jaykrieger
Blog: medium.com/@SaveScum
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the Hitman series, so please enjoy this interview I recently did with some developers at IO Interactive reflecting on the series' legacy, the challenges of redefining it for World of Assassination, and what the future holds.
www.gamingbible.com/features/hit...
www.gamingbible.com/features/hit...
Hitman 25th Anniversary: IO Interactive Discusses Series’ Past, Present and Future
IO Interactive speaks to GAMINGbible about the series' long legacy, as well as talking a bit about the future of the series.
www.gamingbible.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Hitman series, so please enjoy this interview I recently did with some developers at IO Interactive reflecting on the series' legacy, the challenges of redefining it for World of Assassination, and what the future holds.
www.gamingbible.com/features/hit...
www.gamingbible.com/features/hit...
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The wonderfully trashy (complimentary) and challenging SNES era JRPG @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social is out today!
And a PSA for fellow horror sickos who fell in love with Look Outside’s monster design, dev & pixel artist Francis Coulombe serves as KotD's lead boss/ enemy artist for the game!
And a PSA for fellow horror sickos who fell in love with Look Outside’s monster design, dev & pixel artist Francis Coulombe serves as KotD's lead boss/ enemy artist for the game!
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The wonderfully trashy (complimentary) and challenging SNES era JRPG @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social is out today!
And a PSA for fellow horror sickos who fell in love with Look Outside’s monster design, dev & pixel artist Francis Coulombe serves as KotD's lead boss/ enemy artist for the game!
And a PSA for fellow horror sickos who fell in love with Look Outside’s monster design, dev & pixel artist Francis Coulombe serves as KotD's lead boss/ enemy artist for the game!
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The Running Man is good. Suffers a bit from reality making its scenario almost quaint, and it's a touch too dark at times (as in I can't see) but potent talents of Colman Domingo, Josh Btolin, and Glenn Powell keep the fire burning.
Also very much enjoyed Michael Cera's Home Alone reboot pitch.
Also very much enjoyed Michael Cera's Home Alone reboot pitch.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The Running Man is good. Suffers a bit from reality making its scenario almost quaint, and it's a touch too dark at times (as in I can't see) but potent talents of Colman Domingo, Josh Btolin, and Glenn Powell keep the fire burning.
Also very much enjoyed Michael Cera's Home Alone reboot pitch.
Also very much enjoyed Michael Cera's Home Alone reboot pitch.
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This week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social hope to keep their skin as they attempt to survive the immersive horrors of Skinfreak! #HorrorSky
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🟢 bit.ly/4pd00f1
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @puppetcombo.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social hope to keep their skin as they attempt to survive the immersive horrors of Skinfreak! #HorrorSky
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🟢 bit.ly/4pd00f1
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @puppetcombo.bsky.social
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🟢 bit.ly/4pd00f1
@bloody-disgusting.com @bloodyfm.bsky.social @puppetcombo.bsky.social
What are your top 5 movie genres?
Mine are:
1- 2AM in the city
2- Weird in Europe
3 -Are we recording this?
4- Love is fucked up and that's great
5- So the dead are coming back to life because...
Mine are:
1- 2AM in the city
2- Weird in Europe
3 -Are we recording this?
4- Love is fucked up and that's great
5- So the dead are coming back to life because...
What are your too 5 movie genres? Mine are:
1) Someone consumes fish sticks
2) Creatures in the sewer make toilets scary
3) Kathleen Turner in the 80s
4) Ironic slow clap for dubious accomplishment
5) Impossibly hyper-realistic human masks
#filmsky 📽
1) Someone consumes fish sticks
2) Creatures in the sewer make toilets scary
3) Kathleen Turner in the 80s
4) Ironic slow clap for dubious accomplishment
5) Impossibly hyper-realistic human masks
#filmsky 📽
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
1) "There's no such thing as witches"..........Boom, Witches!
2) Hats, & Violence
3) Horses, & Violence
4) Gene Hackman
5) With the singing & the dancing
1) "There's no such thing as witches"..........Boom, Witches!
2) Hats, & Violence
3) Horses, & Violence
4) Gene Hackman
5) With the singing & the dancing
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres?
Mine are:
1- 2AM in the city
2- Weird in Europe
3 -Are we recording this?
4- Love is fucked up and that's great
5- So the dead are coming back to life because...
Mine are:
1- 2AM in the city
2- Weird in Europe
3 -Are we recording this?
4- Love is fucked up and that's great
5- So the dead are coming back to life because...
Got a ticket for the Death Stranding concert in London tonight, but I can't make it. If anyone wants it transfered to them (on Eventim) let me know ASAP.
And please share with anyone you think can make it.
And please share with anyone you think can make it.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Got a ticket for the Death Stranding concert in London tonight, but I can't make it. If anyone wants it transfered to them (on Eventim) let me know ASAP.
And please share with anyone you think can make it.
And please share with anyone you think can make it.
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For my indie gaming blog Save Scum, I compiled a handful of recent releases worth checking out.
@lcbgamestudio.bsky.social @dreadxp.bsky.social @rowye.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social
@fernandotittz.bsky.social
🎮 medium.com/@SaveScum/indie-report-file-1-e900ac21dafd?postPublishedType=repub
@lcbgamestudio.bsky.social @dreadxp.bsky.social @rowye.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social
@fernandotittz.bsky.social
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Indie Report: File #1
For my first official Save Scum post, I decided to start with Indie Report, a bi-weekly smörgåsbord round-up of indie games I have recently…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
For my indie gaming blog Save Scum, I compiled a handful of recent releases worth checking out.
@lcbgamestudio.bsky.social @dreadxp.bsky.social @rowye.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social
@fernandotittz.bsky.social
🎮 medium.com/@SaveScum/indie-report-file-1-e900ac21dafd?postPublishedType=repub
@lcbgamestudio.bsky.social @dreadxp.bsky.social @rowye.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social
@fernandotittz.bsky.social
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Shockingly, it's #LetterboxdFriday again, so it requires my #LastFourWatched.
5-star musical ensemble
More Predators
Vitches!
#filmsky ##moviesky
5-star musical ensemble
More Predators
Vitches!
#filmsky ##moviesky
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Shockingly, it's #LetterboxdFriday again, so it requires my #LastFourWatched.
5-star musical ensemble
More Predators
Vitches!
#filmsky ##moviesky
5-star musical ensemble
More Predators
Vitches!
#filmsky ##moviesky
When a film just glides into my all-time favourites on the first attempt, it's a rare, but amazing feeling.
Thanks to @cinefeast33.bsky.social for tipping me over the edge to finally watch Nashville.
Thanks to @cinefeast33.bsky.social for tipping me over the edge to finally watch Nashville.
A ★★★★★ review of Nashville (1975)
The traffic jam. The 'I'm Easy' scene. The climactic concert. Just three of the many moments in Nashville where I was thinking, "Damn, this is something special". As the viewer, we sort of drift in an...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
When a film just glides into my all-time favourites on the first attempt, it's a rare, but amazing feeling.
Thanks to @cinefeast33.bsky.social for tipping me over the edge to finally watch Nashville.
Thanks to @cinefeast33.bsky.social for tipping me over the edge to finally watch Nashville.