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Richard Waters

@richmwaters.bsky.social

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Filmmaker and horror lover. Director/Editor Distort, Bring Out The Fear, In A Stranger's House, Advent, The O'Briens. Sadly unfunny but will never stop trying.

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · Apr 18

People discovering DISTORT on Amazon Prime is amazing. Low budget analogue horror (ish) films with indie musicians who don't tune their instruments dealing with horrors of the past and present overlapping can be a hard sell, but I hope people connect with it. Please review/share wherever you can!

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · Apr 14

DISTORT has landed on Amazon Prime in both the US and UK!

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 2d

American friends, can anyone tell me is Distort live at this link? Tubi isn't available in Ireland so I can't tell! (but the link thumbnail is a big closeup of my nostril so I may be off to a good start) tubitv.com/movies/10004...

Distort (2025)

A musician recording an album in the woods finds eerie cassettes of a woman being terrorized by a man and his dog—the same fate that will befall him.

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 5d

Ok now let’s be fair Distort isn’t worthy of mention in the same breath as Blair Witch, but if this isn’t a Monday morning pick me up of a review from @letterboxd.social , I dunno what is!

Distort is available in all the usual places including free on @watchfoundtv.bsky.social, and also on bluray

Review text from Letterboxd saying; The horror is light, but effective. Not a movie I may watch again, but it did what it needed to do.
I may prefer it over Blair Witch Project as the main guy is way, way more likeable. The forest once more is just too beautiful to not feel attracted to it. And the whole movie is just so calming even when it's supposed to be scary.

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 10d

You’d think as a horror filmmaker this time of year would be when a lot of people discover my films, but every year it’s the opposite. I guess people go for the classics or big releases. Well, Distort is out now streaming for free or on bluray & ready for you!🎃
www.weirdprettypictures.com/distort

- DISTORT (2025) BLU-RAY

DISTORT BLURAY

www.weirdprettypictures.com

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 10d

A stunning transformation! Keep up the great work! It’s all worth it!

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disturbedByVoices @godhatesgoth.bsky.social · 12d

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 12d

I’m scared already!

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 13d

I joined @padz1312.bsky.social to talk about something very close to my heart; Blair Witch 2 🤣 I think I made a convert, right?!

Thehumancentipadz 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️💜🩷💛💚 @padz1312.bsky.social · 13d

New episode of my podcast with @richmwaters.bsky.social !!

open.spotify.com/episode/3S0W...

Ep 2: Book of Shadows Blair Witch 2 (with Richard Waters)

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 13d

I remember watching this in someone’s student flat when I was in college and being absolutely taken by it, but now I can’t for the life of me remember about it. I must rectify that!

William Buchanan @williambuchanan93.bsky.social · 13d

Now watching

Lilya 4-ever (2002)

Lilya 4-ever (2002)
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
with Oksana Akinshina & Artyom Bogucharsky

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks to the generosity of everyone so far, we’ve raised a huge amount for Arthritis Ireland and the Irish Cancer Society, and I’ll keep fundraising until I complete the 10km race. But for today, I think I’ve earned a few hours with the feet up! Contribute at: eventmaster.ie/fundraising/...

Fundraising page of Richard Waters

Hi there and thanks for taking the time to visit my fundraising page! Along with my friend Sophia, I will be completing my first 5km race in the Rathfarnham 5k 2025 in just 2 weeks on Sept 28th, then ...

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 13d

I figured maybe I wasn’t going to hit my goal, but at least I achieved the 5km. Well, when I crossed that line and got my time, I absolutely couldn’t believe it. Today was a big achievement time wise, but now the countdown is on to the achievement distance wise; the 10km.

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 13d

I absolutely can’t believe it. Maybe it’s because it was the morning when I’m stiffest, maybe because it was my first run with a crowd and it’s a different experience, but it was a tough run, but with huge thanks to my friend keeping pace for about 2/3rds of the race, I got past the worst of it.

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 13d

Before and after. I did it! My first ever 5km race in the bag! It’s been months of prepping and training and my goal was to complete it in 33 minutes. According to the official stats, I did it in… 29.43!!!

Woman in white and man in black together at the start of the race

Man and woman in blue racings tees that say Rathfarnham 5k with red faces at the end of the race

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 14d

Saturday night after effects work… it doesn’t even seem like a good idea to begin with 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 14d

After Effects hung on a render and seems to have decided autosaves are for squares. Guess fool on me expecting it to actually have created that new converted project and not just heavily imply it had. I deserve all that work lost for sure. Fecker.

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 14d

In about 12 hours, I do my first 5km race. Could everyone else just, I dunno, look away while I run maybe? 😬

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Fundraising page of Richard Waters

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 14d

I'm dying to grab that release! Enjoy!

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 15d

American men in Hollywood rom-coms flirting: Wow, you look incredible tonight, with those beautiful eyes of yours, the ones I can't stop thinking about since the first time we met

Irish men flirting: Here is a list of seventeen reasons your parish is shite, do you want a chip

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 15d

Big fan. Big fan!

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 16d

It’s mad. I appreciate games costs have to go up, but am I crazy or did they jump up like 25% in one quick move?

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 16d

Ah that’s great!

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 16d

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

CREEP’s Mark Duplass Launches Found Footage Fund For Trans Filmmakers

He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.

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Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 17d

I know folks on here don’t care much about my personal goals, but I’m hard in training and am shocked this arthritic guy who struggled to run 8 mins total on a treadmill just a few years ago is aiming for a sub-33 min 5km in his first ever race for charity this Sunday. eventmaster.ie/fundraising/...

Selfie of me after a run down the seafront at night looking red in the face.

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 17d

Are you even doing it right if the client doesn’t give ‘one small little change’ that takes at least half a day to actually action?

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 18d

It’s finally happened; I’m listening to a podcast where the host talks so slow I’m playing at 1.5x speed.

Richard Waters @richmwaters.bsky.social · 18d

When I was a kid, new n64 games were about €35. The Irish inflation calculator says that’s worth €57.92 in today’s money. I appreciate it’s an expensive industry but wow, that’s a big jump.