Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Doc Vark

@docvark.bsky.social

340 followers 500 following 1K posts

‘Birds of Darkness, consume me!’ Horror fan, Mutant Fam, The Last Drive-in

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · Aug 27

…and the list of films I have yet to watch gets a little longer

www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/25-bes...

The 25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked

From razor-edged satires to dark fairy tales, inspired haunted house riffs and nerve-shredding accounts of supernatural possession, the 2000s have been a goldmine for fright freaks.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 6h

233/365–‘Friday the 13th’ #FearFest ‘Camp Blood’ has a death curse, so says local crank Crazy Ralph. Strange to watch this without the kills (no axe in the head, arrow through the throat, or coup de grace beheading). Reverse ‘Psycho,’ with mom killing for son
#Horror365Challenge
#MutantFam

Reposted by Doc Vark

Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social · 11h

Such an honor to have @barbaracrampton.bsky.social on the cover—and in the pages—of this third a True Believers:

Barbara Crampton Lands the Cover of Stephen Graham Jones’ ‘True Believers’ Final Issue [Exclusive]

New York Times-bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw) and Joshua Viola are bringing their slasher comic series True Believers to a star-studded conclus...

bloody-disgusting.com

10 55

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 7h

232/365–‘Candyman’ Superior take on urban legends and the purposes they serve. Grad student Madsen gets too curious about Chicago legend of a wronged 19th son of a slave who carves folks up with a meathook if you say his name five times. ‘Be my victim’ indeed! RIP TT
#Horror365Challenge
#MutantFam

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 7h

231/365–‘Kolobos’ #GangDoesGiallo #IndieWatch Late 90s mashup of horror themes, all to obscure the ‘real’ twist. Five kids shack up in a ‘haunted’ house for an experimental film. Once they arrive, everything goes ‘giallo.’ And ‘Kolobos’? It means ‘mutilated’… obviously
#Horror365Challenge
#MutantFam

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 8h

230/365–‘Practical Magic’ Witches and ‘zombies,’ spirits and, of course, magic, so label this romantic-comedy horror adjacent. Bullock and Kidman as witchy sisters doomed by a curse to lose the loves of their lives. But, as usual, love (and witchcraft) conquers all
#Horror365Challenge
#MutantFam

Reposted by Doc Vark

Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 14h

therecipecritic.com/swamp-soup/

The TikTok Soup That Sounds Strange but Tastes Incredible! - The Recipe Critic

It may have a funny name, but one spoonful of this TikTok-famous soup will change your mind, hearty sausage, tender potatoes, and green veggies in a rich, cozy broth.

therecipecritic.com

3 9

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

I have an early morning but I’m sure y’all will post-mortem the heck of that indie sleeper. Cheers!

1 2

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Think it won an Emmy

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Great call tonight, Jeff. That movie sizzled! Thanks for bringing the #IndieWatch gang over to join us… or vice versa, whatever

1 2

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Jeebus, that was one of the creepiest things I ever saw on TV… wooohooo! <full-body shiver>

1 1

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

You know, this movie channels a lot of different films and vacillates between genres, but in the end I’d have to say it’s pure giallo

#GangDoesGiallo
#Kolobos
#MutantFam
#IndieWatch

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Shout out to ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night 2,’ I think?

#GangDoesGiallo
#Kolobos
#MutantFam
#IndieWatch

1 1 7

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

It really is almost in a league by itself. Think you’re going one way and then wham!

Reposted by Doc Vark

Ruby Tombsday🏳️‍⚧️ @rubytombsday.bsky.social · 1d

Erica: "This wasn't the plan!"
Tom: "Then what was?!"
Erica: "Freddy was going to use Tom and Kira for bait to lure Old Man Withers back to the Rube Goldberg trap, like always!!"

#IndieWatch #GangDoesGiallo #Kolobos

2 6

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

That was B-R-U-T-A-L! Brutal!

#GangDoesGiallo
#Kolobos
#Gialloween
#IndieWatch

1 5

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Kolobos! … or should I say, Merry Kolobos?

1 2

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

I get a lot of FanDuel and Progressive ads

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Now I’m getting a ‘Cube’ vibe… and that newer one where the house AI turns deadly

1 2

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Just take my money

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

What happened!? … What happened!? I’ll tell ya what happened! Kolobos!

#GangDoesGiallo
#Kolobos
#Gialloween
#IndieWatch

1 5

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, my mistake. This seems more ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ than ‘House on Haunted Hill,’ but it’s by a smidgen

#GangDoesGiallo
#Kolobos
#Gialloween
#IndieWatch

1 7

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

🎵Turn up the bass! Turn it up! Turn up the bass. Turn it up!🎶

#GangDoesGiallo
#Kolobos
#Gialloween
#IndieWatch

1 7

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

It’s making a comeback

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

Man, I wanna get me one them there Kolobos

#GangDoesGiallo
#Kolobos
#Gialloween
#IndieWatch

1 6

Doc Vark @docvark.bsky.social · 1d

This does have a ‘House on Haunted Hill’ vibe big time

#GangDoesGiallo
#Kolobos
#Gialloween
#IndieWatch

1 6