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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 2h

#NowWatching ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ (1996) 🚐🩸☀️  "𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚙𝚜𝚢𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚜? 𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎? 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜. 𝙿𝚜𝚢𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚜 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚏*𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎!"  #100DaysOfHorror (78/100) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 2h

🌞 ☕️ 😄 👍 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 13h

Drop some CREEPY CRAWLIES 🕷️ 🖤 🪳

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 20h

TRIVIA: 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit' was the last DreamWorks Animation film to be officially released on VHS. (IMDB) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 20h

‘Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit’ featuring the voice talents of Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, and Helena Bonham Carter was released in North America on this day twenty years ago. 🐰 🥕 😱 #OTD

"𝚅𝚎𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚍. 𝚅𝚎𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚍. 𝚅𝚎𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚍. 𝚂𝚊𝚢 𝚗𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚜, 𝚌𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛!"

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 20h

Recommend a hidden gem! 🎬 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 20h

TRIVIA: 'Taste The Blood Of Dracula' was one of four films released in 1970 in which Christopher Lee played Count Dracula. The other three were 'Count Dracula', 'One More Time', and 'Scars of Dracula'. (IMDB) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 20h

‘Taste The Blood Of Dracula’ (aka ‘Taste Of Blood’ • ‘The Real Dracula’) starring Christopher Lee, Linda Hayden, Anthony Corlan, Isla Blair, and Roy Kinnear took a bite out of moviegoers in France on this day in 1970. 🧛🏻‍♂️ ⚰️ 😱 #OTD

"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍."

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 23h

At the theater seeing another one of my fav horror pics up on the big screen. Happy happy joy joy! 😈

#NowWatching ‘Wes Craven’s New Nightmare’ (1994) 🫨 ⚰️ ☠️  "𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚜. 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙺𝚘𝚗𝚐."

#100DaysOfHorror (77/100) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 23h

TRIVIA: The character of reporter Hector Ramirez would appear in various TV shows made by Sunbow Productions. Besides appearing in ‘Jem’, he appeared in episodes of 'G.I. Joe', 'InHumanoids', and 'The Transformers'. (IMDB) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 23h

The truly outrageous animated series ‘Jem And The Holograms’ (aka ‘Jem’) premiered in syndication forty years ago this week. 📺 🎶 🪩 #OTD

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 23h

Choose a Horror Queen 👸

I’ll start… 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

TRIVIA: This is technically George Wendt's film debut. However, while he is credited, his scenes were deleted. (IMDB) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

The romantic fantasy drama ‘Somewhere In Time’ starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, and, VERY briefly, William H. Macy was released to theaters in the US this week in 1980. 🖼️ ⏰ 💞 #OTD

"𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞."

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

Drop something SKELETAL 🦴 🖤 ☠️

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

TRIVIA: It was Keir Dullea's performance in this movie that led to Stanley Kubrick choosing him to play his most famous role of Dave Bowman in '2001: A Space Odyssey'. He didn't even have to audition; Kubrick simply asked him if he wanted the role, and he said yes. (IMDB) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

‘Bunny Lake Is Missing’ starring Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, and The Zombies premiered in New York City sixty years ago this week. 🫥 🔎 ⁉️ #OTD

"𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚢𝚖𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗."

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

Share a random film GIF or vid! 🎬 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

TRIVIA: The in-story events of 'Harbinger Down' open on June 25, 1982, a tribute to the release date of John Carpenter's 'The Thing'. (IMDB) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

The indie sci-horror thriller ‘Harbinger Down’ (aka ‘Inanimate’) starring Lance Henriksen, Giovonnie Samuels, and Matt Winston was released direct-to-disc in the UK on this day ten years ago. 🌊 🧬 👾 #OTD

"𝚂𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜? 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚢 𝚁𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛?"

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

Post a film with an excellent soundtrack! 🎶

I’ll start… ‘Flash Gordon’ 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

TRIVIA: 'The Deeper You Dig' was a family affair. It was written, directed, and produced by John Adams, his wife Toby Poser, and their daughter, Zelda. They also starred, shot the film, and composed the film's score. (IMDB) 🖤

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

The indie horror drama ‘The Deeper You Dig’ starring John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poster was released to video-on-demand in the United Kingdom this week in 2020. 🏚️ 😵 👻 #OTD

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 1d

Just a 12-year-old Christopher Walken making pie crust in his father’s bakery, 1955.

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 1d

TRIVIA: Take this with a grain of salt because I couldn’t find the source article, but IMDB claims in a 1990 interview with Empire, David Lynch said his favorite film of that year was ‘Shakma’. When asked to elaborate, he reportedly refused. 🖤

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