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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 1d

My ★★★½ review of When Worlds Collide on Letterboxd boxd.it/biHHrl

A ★★★½ review of When Worlds Collide (1951)

At its best when dealing with the human drama of greed vs. selflessness, at its worst when dealing with George Pal's typical religious interjections, at its pretty goodest when going for that spectacl...

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 1d

#DaveOfTheDead no 10.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 1d

My ★★★★ review of The X-Files on Letterboxd boxd.it/biw2wH

A ★★★★ review of The X-Files (1998)

Works fine as a standalone story; works gangbusters as a parade of mood and mystery. 3.5/4 [Viewed for Dave of the Dead 2025]

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 1d

"Spooky Mulder" is a terrible nickname. They could've gone with "Macabre Mulder" or "Freaky Fox." Alliteration matters, people.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 1d

#DaveOfTheDead no 9.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 2d

My ★★★ review of The Mummy on Letterboxd boxd.it/bi8wUB

A ★★★ review of The Mummy (1959)

The movie itself is so-so - serviceable if not all that thrilling - but it's totally worth it for Lee as the mummy. He's an absolute brute and a beast, a force of nature that plows through every scene...

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 2d

#DaveOfTheDead no 8.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 2d

My ★★★★ review of The Enfield Haunting on Letterboxd boxd.it/bhZWH1

A ★★★★ review of The Enfield Haunting (2015)

A few great scares, but it's not interested in the scary, not really. It is instead a drama about loss and grief that just happens to have ghosts in it. The cast sells it - terrific performances all a...

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 2d

#DaveOfTheDead TV no 1.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 2d

They count!

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 3d

It kills me how he ruined "YMCA" because it was the only song left when artists told him to piss off.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 3d

There is literally a Village People song called "In the Navy" and they went with the double jerk off dance instead. Fascists have no imagination.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Dancing to a Village People song with a bunch of sailors.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 3d

I've not seen this one. (My TOS knowledge is lacking.) Wiki tells me the network held this back so they could show it for Halloween, so that's a plus.

Chance Scarily 🎃 @crewless.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, also the “Catspaw” episode of OG *Star Trek*.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 3d

"Empok Nor" is a terrific haunted house episode.

Andrew Cook @mastermastermnd.bsky.social · 3d

Conspiracy, The Darkness and the Light, Empok Nor, and Impulse across the various iterations of Star Trek.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 3d

"Blink" is one I'll watch around Halloween most years. Great horror.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 3d

Twilight Zone is weird, as it's remembered as a creepy show but half the episodes are "old guy goes back to 1890s home town" or whatever, lots of Kick the Can sweetness. Serling had a nostalgia fetish.

Fred Smith @coyotefred.bsky.social · 3d

I'm wondering if The Twilight Zone could generally be considered "non-creepy"; "It's a GOOD Life" in a walk, if so.

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 3d

What are your favorite creepy episodes of non-creepy shows? (TNG's "Night Terrors," for example.)

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Abbott and Costello Meet David Cornelius @davidcornelius.bsky.social · 6d

Jealous! Closest I got was cheap print red/blue glasses at a drive-in, where the effect was practically nil from inside the car. Good on them for trying, but still.