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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 4h

If you haven’t check this one out this season

👻 SHUDDER Blues 🎃 @frownt.bsky.social · 2d

18. Under the Shadow (2016) - Set in Tehran in the 80s, a mother contends with the Islamic guidance patrol and sharia judges as well as Iraqi missiles and a ghostly entity haunting her missile damaged building. The creature in this was very cool and genuinely scary at a couple points.

Never lose track of your daughter's favorite doll.

Movie monsters that change shape and exhibit a variety of powers can be lame but this one worked with the omnipresent double oppressions of war and conservative religion in a very effective way.

A little girl screams as she looks up into a beam of light shining down through a hole in the ceiling.

Shideh's love of Jane Fonda workout videos is one of her recurring acts of rebellion.

PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 4h

I watched this and Don’t Look Now this year and honestly they make a good double feature

PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 4h

32. The Descent Part 2 (2009). It’s never gonna live up to the original but it packs a few chilling sequences in there and makes for a fun watch

PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 4h

31. Off Season (2021). Recommended by horror aficionado @mattdcohen.bsky.social because it features my favorite trope: creepy seaside town cult. Feels like a video game at times as the characters explore place after place. And the final monster is a little cool.

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 6h

You can see it floating behind a pregnant woman, whispering terrors and delights in her ear

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 17h

Franz kafka ruined waking up as a giant bug. now if you wake up as a bug it's automatically "kafkaesque"

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 14h

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Xzibit A:

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 14h

But not Ailynn Dinnerfield. After what she pulled.

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 15h

Do you think Burke Plankfort will perform?

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15h

these people are actually out of their fucking minds and im so sick of being told we need to pretend otherwise

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 15h

I am saddened to report that I have awoken the anti-circumcision freaks

PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 16h

Reminds me when I was partying on a Japanese beach with a British guy who is giving me shit for being circumcised and I said it helped reduce HIV transmission and so he screamed at me “are you saying I have AIDS? Listen up everybody I have AIDS!!”

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 15h

Anti-circumcision people are so fucking obnoxious

PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 15h

Probably not a coincidence that this bullshit happened in the same meeting then bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 15h

Looooool

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 16h

Anti Circumcision people are the absolute weirdest motherfuckers

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 16h

My point is arguing about this stuff never leads anywhere good

PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 16h

And the next morning my buddy said “hey I fell asleep early last night but did I hear Bruno say he has AIDS?”

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 16h

Reminds me when I was partying on a Japanese beach with a British guy who is giving me shit for being circumcised and I said it helped reduce HIV transmission and so he screamed at me “are you saying I have AIDS? Listen up everybody I have AIDS!!”

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 18h

30. Companion (2024). Really, really fun. Go in blind if you can, the shift halfway through is a delightful surprise. The writing can be...clunky but there's enough meat here for the main points to land effectively and for everyone to have fun with the kooky elements.

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 19h

I know this isn’t the point but is she wearing thigh high boots with a business suit there?

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 1d

29. Freaks (1932). Great! Went way beyond my expectations, though you can sadly tell some scenes were cut. Everyone feels like a full person even if you only see them in the background, more than I can say for a lot of modern movies on the subject. And wow that final scene is terrifying.

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 1d

29. Freaks (1932). Great! Went way beyond my expectations, though you can sadly tell some scenes were cut. Everyone feels like a full person even if you only see them in the background, more than I can say for a lot of modern movies on the subject. And wow that final scene is terrifying.

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 1d

man that's just quaint now

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 1d

edit: repost this if an editor ever saved you from yourself

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PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 1d

definitely checking it out, i need my 90s lucasarts fix

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