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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 8h

Something bad is going on with the price of books, man. Today I had to put back a Ligotti paperback that was like 200 pages because it rang up for $31.24.

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Jayce @jayceb.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely loved Michael Curtiz’s Doctor X (1932). A testament to Pre-Code horror’s bite, unmatched for decades, and Curtiz’s urban expressionism is sharply spectacular shadow. But it’s the two-strip technicolor that floors me, a lost palette language that swirls this giallo ancestor in absinthe.

A full moon in a green cloudy sky above several apartments

A scientist investigating a body under a sheet, looking like a shadow play as two detectives watch

A dissolve from the full moon and sky to a grandfather clock face

A seaside cliffside manor in the green dark

Doctor X (1932), Michael Curtiz

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · Oct 25

Art by • David Gallagher

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Francine @witnesstheabsurd.bsky.social · 1d

Sketch Commission for @retrogrademinis.bsky.social !

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 2d

1. Of the creatives who've worked on the Fourth World after Kirby, who do you feel has Gotten It the most?

2. Do you agree with me that Willem Dafoe would make a great Orion

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 2d

There's been some really weird pushback against recasting in general for the last ten years. Of course it seems to have started with Marvel fandom, which makes me think it was seeded to pave the way for AI

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · 2d

Art by • Tim Jacobus

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lookcaitlin @lookcaitlin.bsky.social · Oct 10

#1984 rb.gy/sep1c rb.gy/5c46f

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 3d

Periodically I get a bunch of notifications from this post and it makes me think I'm in trouble.

The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · Apr 29

It's my strong desire to make a horror movie that features some really busted, grimy, powered by magic and spite EC Comics zombies.

Zombie covered in cobwebs from BONE SICKNESS

Zombie with long wispy hair covering its skeletal face like a curtain, from THE HAUNTED MANSION

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 3d

You can also send money.

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 3d

Today is my birthday. I'm working on new videos but not right this second; see first sentence. If you want to get me something you can subscribe to my channel. I ask because I would like you to.

www.youtube.com/@TheCountVon...

The Eternal Night Show

I am the Count von Curdles, and you're watching The Eternal Night Show.

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 3d

This is the kind of plot I would've come up with as a teen, and that's how you know it's awful

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_Mostly_Ghostly_ @mostlyghostly.bsky.social · 3d

Preacher from the Black Lagoon ✏️🥀⛪️🪦💀

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 3d

193. STAGE FRIGHT

Sometimes a movie killer's presence is so creepy and his deeds so nefarious you can overlook his having a dorky name like Irving Wallace.

A slasher wearing an owl mask swings an axe

The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 3d

192. THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY

Deeply vindicating to show this to friends and for them all to Get It. Dr. Freudstein might be the greatest movie monster.

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · 5d

Art by • Ned Dameron

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 14d

"The hills have eyes" is a cautionary tale about having some stuff

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Kallidora Rhosferatu 🩸 @kallidorarho.bsky.social · 4d

you are not a 'content creator' you are a WRITER you do not write 'fics' you write STORIES you do not have 'ocs' you have CHARACTERS

and if you disagree, well, I'm not your boss. but if you're serious about writing it's important to hold your own craft in a certain esteem and this is one way

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_Mostly_Ghostly_ @mostlyghostly.bsky.social · Sep 11

Horror Friends 👹🎞☠️🎥🍿🦇

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 5d

191. PEEPING TOM

Last thing I expected this to remind me of was Mary Poppins, but you put enough easily-surprised British people in a movie and it's inevitable.

The skeleton key to like half a dozen genres, and engaging as hell from minute one.

Karlheinz Böhm possessively clutches a movie camera in Peeping Tom

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 5d

"His name was *Alucard*?" the stranger asked. "Surely, you didn't fall for such a simple trick."

"What?" Alucard, a vampire? I couldn't believe it. "Who are you to level such an accusation?"

"I'm Dr. Retsnom Snietsneknarf."

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KinoFabino 🇵🇸 @kinofabino.bsky.social · 5d

It's October so we're Blood posting

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 6d

190. BRING HER BACK

Not to pit one movie against another--that's hardly any way to talk about art--but this eats Weapons for fucking breakfast. Brutal, surprising, so tense it made me feel seasick; that's the stuff!!

Sally Hawkins wears a purple sweater and large sunglasses to a funeral

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 6d

189. MADMAN

Quaint and silly in a few places, but this really does have great atmosphere. Beware the Madman Marz.

A large madman approaches in silhouette, clutching an axe

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The Count von Curdles @thecountvoncurdles.bsky.social · 6d

188. TRILOGY OF TERROR

Couldn't spare any terror for the first hour?

Karen Black squats in a dark room with a knife

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