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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 15m

Capsule review of Murder by Death (1976)

I like this film a lot -- but not like I did when I was a kid!

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Short Takes: M - Psychotronic Review

Short overviews of lots of films starting with M. Meant to become the ultimate source for quick information about psychotronic films. Updated constantly.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 14h

Kirk Alyn Will Always Be Superman

The first live-action Superman was born on this day in 1910.

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Kirk Alyn Will Always Be Superman - Psychotronic Review

Kirk Alyn was born on 8 October 1910. He was a successful actor best remembered today as being the first live-action Superman.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 5h

I've been working on an article about the Hammer Dracula films -- writing while I watched each. It was going well until I hit The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires. It's actually quite a good film. But I feel like it shouldn't be included. It doesn't really fit.

Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 6h

There will be egg on your face when his plan comes out in 2 weeks! Or is that over because "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated!"?

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 8h

Also on this day, in 1993, Demolition Man was released. I've written about it at length.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 11h

Films released on this day:

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
Kill, Baby... Kill! (1967).

Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 14h

Kirk Alyn Will Always Be Superman

The first live-action Superman was born on this day in 1910.

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Kirk Alyn Will Always Be Superman - Psychotronic Review

Kirk Alyn was born on 8 October 1910. He was a successful actor best remembered today as being the first live-action Superman.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 12h

Lots of other birthdays today:

Rene Cardona (1905-1988)
James Olson (1930-2022)
Paul Hogan (1939-)
Chevy Chase (1942-)
Sigourney Weaver (1949-)
Stephanie Zimbalist (1956-)
Kristanna Loken (1979-)
Matt Damon (1970-).

Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 14h

Kirk Alyn Will Always Be Superman

The first live-action Superman was born on this day in 1910.

psychotronicreview.com/2025/10/08/k...

Kirk Alyn Will Always Be Superman - Psychotronic Review

Kirk Alyn was born on 8 October 1910. He was a successful actor best remembered today as being the first live-action Superman.

psychotronicreview.com

Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 14h

Kirk Alyn Will Always Be Superman

The first live-action Superman was born on this day in 1910.

psychotronicreview.com/2025/10/08/k...

Kirk Alyn Will Always Be Superman - Psychotronic Review

Kirk Alyn was born on 8 October 1910. He was a successful actor best remembered today as being the first live-action Superman.

psychotronicreview.com

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

The process is more like Broadcast News. The results are entirely Videodrome!

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

Why should you care about Dwain Esper? He directed films The Seventh Commandment (1932) where a medical student gets syphilis and Sex Madness (1934) about a former burlesque dancer with syphilis. Also: Marihuana (1936) where sex leads only to pregnancy!

Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

Dwain Esper and Early Exploitation Filmmaking

He was born on this day in 1894.

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Dwain Esper and Early Exploitation Filmmaking - Psychotronic Review

Dwain Esper was born 7 October 1894. Or 1893. It depends on who you listen to. He was an early exploitation filmmaker.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

Why should you care about Dwain Esper? He directed films The Seventh Commandment (1932) where a medical student gets syphilis and Sex Madness (1934) about a former burlesque dancer with syphilis. Also: Marihuana (1936) where sex leads only to pregnancy!

Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

Dwain Esper and Early Exploitation Filmmaking

He was born on this day in 1894.

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Dwain Esper and Early Exploitation Filmmaking - Psychotronic Review

Dwain Esper was born 7 October 1894. Or 1893. It depends on who you listen to. He was an early exploitation filmmaker.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

Only one other notable person today: special effects artist Screaming Mad George is 69 today.

These films were released on 7 October:

The Crawling Eye (1958)
4D Man (1959)
Fail Safe (1964)
Alien Nation (1988)
Big Boss (1971)
Ed Wood (1994)
Dead Snow 2 (2014)

Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

Dwain Esper and Early Exploitation Filmmaking

He was born on this day in 1894.

psychotronicreview.com/2025/10/07/d...

Dwain Esper and Early Exploitation Filmmaking - Psychotronic Review

Dwain Esper was born 7 October 1894. Or 1893. It depends on who you listen to. He was an early exploitation filmmaker.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 1d

Dwain Esper and Early Exploitation Filmmaking

He was born on this day in 1894.

psychotronicreview.com/2025/10/07/d...

Dwain Esper and Early Exploitation Filmmaking - Psychotronic Review

Dwain Esper was born 7 October 1894. Or 1893. It depends on who you listen to. He was an early exploitation filmmaker.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 2d

CarousHELL the the Power of Perseverance

This low-budget gem was released on this day in 2016.

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CarousHELL the the Power of Perseverance - Psychotronic Review

Silver Spotlight Films released CarousHELL on 6 October 2016. It's a whole lot of fun and spawned two sequels.

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 2d

Other anniversaries/birthdays today:

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Better Watch Out (2017).

Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Wendy Robie (1953)
Elisabeth Shue (1963-).

Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 2d

CarousHELL the the Power of Perseverance

This low-budget gem was released on this day in 2016.

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CarousHELL the the Power of Perseverance - Psychotronic Review

Silver Spotlight Films released CarousHELL on 6 October 2016. It's a whole lot of fun and spawned two sequels.

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 2d

As promised, here is the recipe I use to make vegan mushroom gravy, and the recipe my husband uses to make meat-based gravy

Ingredients

2 onions diced
1 lb mushrooms
2 TB sesame oil
1 cup whole wheat flour
5-5½ cups water
½ cup soy sauce

In large pot, heat oil and saute onions and mushrooms.
In a small bowl, whisk flour with enough water to form thin paste.
Add remaining water and soy sauce to vegetables in pot. Start with 5 cups of water and add more at the end if the gravy is too thick.
Bring to a boil, and cook until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
Add flour mixture, stir well, and cook about 15 minutes until desired consistency is reached.
Stir occasionally.

it’s just the premade packet of gravy you add water to lol

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 2d

CarousHELL the the Power of Perseverance

This low-budget gem was released on this day in 2016.

psychotronicreview.com/2025/10/06/c...

CarousHELL the the Power of Perseverance - Psychotronic Review

Silver Spotlight Films released CarousHELL on 6 October 2016. It's a whole lot of fun and spawned two sequels.

psychotronicreview.com

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 2d

Having watched all the Hammer Dracula films now, I'm struck that conventional wisdom is mostly wrong. Critics seem to have stopped liking the films when they started doing new things. But these films now stand out as excellent. The old ones? Kind of tired.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins.

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Amazing Grace

YouTube video by Save America Movement

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 3d

"For folks who have spent the last decade under a rock, a description that apparently applies to most of the Washington press corps..."

On 28 Feb 2017, Trump said, "'Nobody knew health care could be so complicated." You'd think the press would have learned by now!

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is still promising a healthcare plan in two weeks, and the media forget to give the truckload of ridicule deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-is-a...

Trump Is a Pathetic Joke on Healthcare, and the Media Incredibly Don’t Notice

His record on healthcare is a total disaster

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Frank Moraes @franklycurious.bsky.social · 3d

The film that gave me nightmares for years and started my love of horror. Here's my 10,000-word article on the film that answers important questions like, "What is that painting on the wall?"

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Last Man on Earth: Synopsis, Review, Analysis, Everything Else

Everything you need to know about the 1964 cult classic The Last Man on Earth. Is this a review? More an appreciation. Synopsis. Analysis.

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 3d

if this gets more faves than @radiofreetom.bsky.social ‘s post trying to dunk on me I’ll share the recipe for my mushroom gravy and my partner’s meat gravy

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 3d

blocking this guys’ loser fans’ insults left and right. they seem to think this is a holy war but I’m doing it while turning the potatoes I grew into poutine for my Canadian husband

Mary-Elizabeth Prosser @prosselizabe... • 38m
Now is the time for me to bow out and join you another day because some people have gone too far!!
You can handle this.
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Tom Nichols •@radiofreetom.bsky.... • 21m
Sorry, madam. Kids these days. You know how it is.
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Jace @rapturedemon.bsky.social • 38m
I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE
Mary-Elizabeth Pros. @pross... • 36m

delightfully purple fresh potatoes sliced into wedges and about to get fried and covered in gravy and cheese curds

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