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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 13d

New Gore Verbinski alert! Saw Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die and it’s an incredibly entertaining satire about time travel, AI, pie, and the sad state of modern tech addiction. Sam Rockwell leads a great cast through a straight up bonkers save-the-world adventure. Out in theaters in January.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 16d

This is true and it weirdly works super well. Didn’t expect to end up rooting for the crazed ax murderer, but it was a welcome surprise. Dug this one a lot.

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 16d

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT: They made Billy woke!

#FantasticFest

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 16d

Happy birthday, boss! Hope you don’t have to share your cake.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 17d

I really dug the latest VHS. Halloween is definitely my vibe and it’s going to be a great regular seasonal watch. Casper Kelly’s segment brings all the Too Many Cooks style weirdness and is super gory and funny. Not a bad segment in the bunch!

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 17d

Had a great time chatting with both lovely people. The live show should be available within the next week on your podcatcher of choice.

weinberg @weinberg.social · 17d

here's @ericvespe.bsky.social doing @thekingcast.bsky.social with guests Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Bone Lake) and Chris Stuckmann (Shelby Oaks) at #fantasticfest.

three movie nerds in comfy chairs on a stage.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 19d

First movie of Fantastic Fest 2025: Primate. What if Koko instead of Cujo? Rabid chimp terrorizes family in a fancy Hawaiian mountaintop house. Unapologetically gory studio horror flick that will for sure get crowds squirming in their seats when it comes out in January.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 20d

Fantastic Fest! Come out to the live Kingcast show at The Highball this Saturday, September 20th at 3:30pm. I’ll be chatting with two very promising genre filmmakers, Chris Stuckmann (Shelby Oaks) and Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Bone Lake) about some Stephen King shit. It’s gonna be fun!

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 27d

Behind the Mask is up there.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Sep 6

Let’s get you back for the main feed!

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 28

She’s also in Bill and Ted and Better Off Dead. This movie is great. If you can find it, give it a watch

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 28

The great Diane Franklin in the very heartbreaking The Last American Virgin.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 28

So insanely cool.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you see this, post a monster. (IYKYK)

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wrapped up another screening for The Long Walk and got to experience another audience emotionally destroyed! Thanks to @lionsgate.com and @fangoria.bsky.social for setting up the screening and @ryanscottwrites.bsky.social for helping with the post-screening discussion!

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · Aug 25

GOOD NEWS: Due to ongoing demand, we're going to open up more print copies of THE END TIMES by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social with @stephenking.bsky.social. Our email subscribers will get first dibs in tomorrow's weekly Bad Handout when the link goes live.

Sign up: badhandbooks.com/contact-bad-...

The masthead of The End Times features portraits of Stephen King and Ben Percy along with logos of Forbes and Fangoria, where The End Times has been featured.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 22

We’re mowing some lawns on The Kingcast next week. Prepare yourselves. #jobehasrisen

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 22

I regret to inform you that after over 40 years of avoiding it, your boy is starting to dip his toe into playing Magic: The Gathering. The nerd curve is rough, but I think this might be a problem if I keep enjoying myself the way I have been.

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ALT: a man is standing in a room with the words `` i am never going to financially recover from this ''

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s a nice thought and I’ll try to hold on to it, but I know in my heart of hearts he’d laugh his ass off at this foolishness.

Congrats, by the way!

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wampler is positively spinning in his grave in pure seething outrage right now.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Looks like Justin Theroux to me!

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Looks like us Fallout fans are gonna be eating good this December.

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Fallout – Season Two Teaser Trailer | Prime Video

YouTube video by Prime Video

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Get in line, fella.

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very much this. Also horror can be AAA at, like, $40 million. The Avatar of horror movies would still cost less than a random shitty Sony Spider-Man villain spinoff movie.

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · Aug 16

FYI: SINNERS is the biggest Hollywood movie since INCEPTION and WEAPONS just murdered the box office. Original horror + a budget to match the ambitions of talented filmmakers = a winning combination.

From 28 YEARS LATER To WEAPONS: 2025 Is A Good Time For Big-Budget, High-Concept Horror

SINNERS is the biggest Hollywood movie since INCEPTION and WEAPONS just murdered the box office. Original horror + a budget to match the ambitions of talented filmmakers = a winning combination.

dlvr.it

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · Aug 18

We’d be unstoppable. Or unbearable. Or unbearably unstoppable.

Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · Aug 17

This conversation was so damn good and nerdy and joyful. Loved it.
I need @ericvespe.bsky.social in conversation with @natcassidy.bsky.social, @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and @underratedskpod.bsky.social discussing only abstruse @stephenking.bsky.social references.
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155. Constant Reader Interview (Eric Vespe from the Kingcast!)

Podcast Episode · The Year of Underrated Stephen King · 08/16/2025 · 2h 5m

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