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Split Picks: Frank Henenlotter's 'Basket Case 2' Vs. 'Bad Biology' - Split Tooth Media

Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 15h

Happy 81st birthday to the legendary Udo Kier!

Read about his work in Paul Morrissey’s ‘Blood for Dracula’ and ‘Flesh for Frankenstein’: www.splittoothmedia.com/flesh-franke...

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Thunderdome apologist @spencerwparsons.bsky.social · 1d

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Split Picks keeps the horror coming with a new episode about two oddities from director Frank Henenlotter! Filmmakers Steve Collins and Spencer Parsons join host Jim Hickcox to chat 'Basket Case 2' and 'Bad Biology!'

Split Picks keeps the horror coming with a look at two oddities from director Frank Henenlotter. Buckle up.

Split Picks: Frank Henenlotter's 'Basket Case 2' Vs. 'Bad Biology' - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Split Picks keeps the horror coming with a new episode about two oddities from director Frank Henenlotter! Filmmakers Steve Collins and Spencer Parsons join host Jim Hickcox to chat 'Basket Case 2' and 'Bad Biology!'

Split Picks keeps the horror coming with a look at two oddities from director Frank Henenlotter. Buckle up.

Forgotten Ohio: Uncovering Blade Independent Studios and 'A Darker Light' (1996) - Split Tooth Media

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Vincent Albarano @valbarano.bsky.social · 2d

I’m back for October Horror at @splittoothmedia.bsky.social. Head over to check out my look at Sandusky, OH’s Blade Independent Studio and their 1996 vampire feature A Darker Light. I’ve been working for two years to piece their story together, more to follow

www.splittoothmedia.com/a-darker-lig...

The majority of Blade Independent Studios films are lost. A Darker Light, their atmospheric, dread-tinged vampire film survives.

Forgotten Ohio: Uncovering Blade Independent Studios and 'A Darker Light' (1996) - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 2d

From 1989-97 Ohio’s Blade Independent Studios released 17 feature films, most of which are lost to time. One that remains available is 'A Darker Light,' a dread-tinged piece of vampire revisionism. Vincent Albarano explores Blade's history for October Horror!

The majority of Blade Independent Studios films are lost. A Darker Light, their atmospheric, dread-tinged vampire film survives.

The Devil's Work: Benjamin Christensen’s 'Häxan' and the Limits of “Director as God” - Split Tooth Media

Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Many directors have played God on and off screen, but no one has more thrillingly played the Devil than writer-director-star Benjamin Christensen in 'Häxan.'

Other directors have played God on and off screen, but no one has more thrillingly played the part of the Devil than Benjamin Christensen.

Monozygotic Malpractice: David Cronenberg's 'Dead Ringers' (1988) - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 3d

A horror film shrouded in drama, a psychological thriller embedded in a character study, David Cronenberg's 'Dead Ringers' (1988) captures the master of body horror at a moment of stylistic mutation.

A horror shrouded in drama, a psych-thriller inside a character study, 'Dead Ringers' finds the master of body horror morphing stylistically.

Law of Closure: Charlie Shackleton’s ‘Zodiac Killer Project’ (2025) - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 5d

After losing the movie rights to a book about the Zodiac killer, Charlie Shackleton instead made a documentary — about the film he would have made. Read about 'Zodiac Killer Project' (2025) in the latest October Horror piece from Oliver O'Sullivan!

After losing the movie rights to a book about the Zodiac killer, Shackleton instead made a documentary — about the film he would have made.

'Weapons' (2025): Terror and Hopelessness in American Schools - Split Tooth Media

Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 6d

Zach Cregger’s 'Weapons' (2025) confronts the never-ending fear of violence in schools when a whole class disappears on the same night. October Horror 2025 continues with the latest from Logan Ann Taylor.

Like many before it, Zach Cregger's 'Weapons' confronts the never-ending fear of violence in schools when a whole class disappears one night.

'Celia' (1989): Wonders and Horrors of A Childhood - Split Tooth Media

Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 7d

A hidden gem of Australian folk horror, 'Celia' (1989) follows a young girl as she navigates a fractured world that meets the needs of its people with scapegoats rather than truth

A hidden gem of Australian folk horror, 'Celia' follows a young girl as she navigates a fractured world of scapegoats and lurking hobyahs.

Split Picks: Gary P. Cohen's 'Video Violence' Vs. 'Video Violence 2' - Split Tooth Media

Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8d

The Split Picks Podcast makes its triumphant return for October Horror 2025! Host @craigsplittooth.bsky.social is joined by guests Aaron Bartuska and @valbarano.bsky.social to discuss Gary P. Cohen's Video Violence films! www.splittoothmedia.com/split-picks-...

Split Picks reemerges to sift through Video Violence and its sequel, two classic shot-on-video horror films from director Gary P. Cohen.

Violent Reading: John Carpenter's 'In the Mouth of Madness' (1994) - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 8d

Do you read Sutter Cane?

Venture into the nightmare world of John Carpenter's 'In the Mouth of Madness' with filmmaker Steve Collins: www.splittoothmedia.com/in-the-mouth...

Carpenter convincingly presents the experience of reading on film as the inverse of Misery, in which an author swallows his audience.

Gary P. Cohen: The Split Tooth Interview - Split Tooth Media

Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 9d

Gary P. Cohen has always made art with the people around him, including two films, 'Video Violence' and its sequel, that became mainstays of SOV horror. Aaron Bartuska spoke with Cohen about his varied artistic endeavors and the legacy of his horror films.

Cohen has always made art with the people around him, and two of those films, Video Violence and its sequel, became mainstays of SOV horror.

Dying of Thirst: Larry Fessenden's 'Habit' (1995) - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 12d

October Horror continues with Bennett Glace exploring 'Habit' (1995), Larry Fessenden's melancholy and sexy take on vampire tropes.

Fessenden’s melancholy and sexy take on vampire tropes is the best feature in the writer-director-producer-editor’s personal Dark Universe

October Horror 2025 - Split Tooth Media

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Vincent Albarano @valbarano.bsky.social · 13d

Incredibly excited to kick off October Horror with my look at Jim Van Bebber’s short films. Roadkill and My Sweet Satan are two of his strongest works, offering particularly nightmarish visions of Ohio.

There are great pieces in store this year, and I have another Ohio piece coming down the line!

Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 14d

October Horror 2025 has arrived!

We kick things off with a look at two of Jim Van Bebber's short films by @valbarano.bsky.social!

Follow the series here:
www.splittoothmedia.com/october-horr...

Split Tooth has evaded the proverbial stake through the heart to bring you year seven (VII) of October Horror!

Misophonia: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Chime’ (2024) - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 13d

Phantom frequencies beget societal annihilation in 'Chime' (2024), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s portrait of a world succumbing to metaphysical decay and the widening fallout of an alienated populace. October Horror continues with the latest from Oliver O'Sullivan!

Phantom frequencies beget societal annihilation in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's portrait of a world succumbing to metaphysical decay.

Two Short Visions of Hell by Jim Van Bebber - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 13d

With an emphasis on the horrors of small-town existence, ‘Roadkill’ and ‘My Sweet Satan’ are as crucial to Jim Van Bebber’s filmography as his infamous features. Vincent Albarano kicks things off for October Horror 2025 with some Ohio desolation!

With an emphasis on the horrors of small-town existence, 'Roadkill' and 'My Sweet Satan' are as crucial to Van Bebber’s filmography as his features

October Horror 2025 - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 14d

October Horror 2025 has arrived!

We kick things off with a look at two of Jim Van Bebber's short films by @valbarano.bsky.social!

Follow the series here:
www.splittoothmedia.com/october-horr...

Split Tooth has evaded the proverbial stake through the heart to bring you year seven (VII) of October Horror!

Showing Off: Elaine May’s ‘Mikey and Nicky’ (1976) - Split Tooth Media

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 14d

The wait is almost over… October Horror 2025 begins at midnight!

Follow along here: www.splittoothmedia.com/category/fil...

Video by Aaron Bartuska and Jim Hickcox
Music by Stumpy Joe

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Elizabeth Yoo @elizabethyoo.bsky.social · 21d

My charcoal portrait of the luminous Claudia Cardinale in Luchino Visconti's THE LEOPARD 👑
#ClaudiaCardinale

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 21d

'Mikey and Nicky' (1976) is Elaine May’s best and darkest film. Read about how her stage comedy roots found their way into her film work, and how she collaborated with stars John Cassavetes and Peter Falk.

May's darkest comedy is an exploration of friendship that dares to get ugly. It stands as her best and most daring film.

10 Macabre Animated Films to Watch Before Halloween - Split Tooth Media

Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 24d

With October just around the corner, check out this list of eerie animated films to watch before Halloween that includes seminal experimental work, adaptations of classic literature, and grotesque social realism.

These creepy animated features from around the world highlight the medium's ability to unsettle us in a multitude of ways.