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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 1d

Chag sameach!

Bald man in glasses and a loden suit in front of a Sukkot

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if your child went to a concert & was taken hostage by terrorists after 400 of their fellow concert-goers were massacred & the world ignored your kid or celebrated his plight.

There's so much bias against Jewish people & it's heartbreaking!
#2yrsTooLong
#LetThemGoNow
Read Mindy's Substack⬇️

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve got some feelers out about finding Beasts a permanent home after its abbreviated run, but still have some signed Cemetery Dance copies on hand in the meantime if you’re interested!

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 2d

It had a much more difficult road to publication and getting on people’s radars than Our Lady (women serial killers and girl power in the 80s versus satanic snuff films in the 70s), so it’s touching to see Beasts of 42nd Street neck-in-neck with it on GR…!

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 5d

Spread the word horror hive! I’ll be hosting a found footage double feature in Tulsa on October 18 for @dreadcentral.bsky.social , with prizes and giveaways and maybe a scare or two. www.dreadcentral.com/news/544993/...

Dread Central and Circle Cinema Present a Found Footage Double Feature

Dread Central and Circle Cinema present a found footage double feature of '.ask' and 'Noroi: The Curse'! Learn more now.

www.dreadcentral.com

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 6d

And that’s a wrap! L’Shana Tovah yall! Now to work on 5786.

Bald man in a blue suit round glasses and a tallit

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 8d

“I was not myself last night
Couldn’t set things right
With apologies or flowers…”

(This HAD to be an influence, right?)

Dental dummy head that looks a lot like Phantom of the Paradise

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 11d

We hope we’ll be able to fill an entire panel truck of food to distribute to them. As a former Guinness recognized Tetris Champion (really) I’ll be periodically visiting the truck through October to reorganize the contents and maximize the amount of food we can fit inside!

Handsome bald man with buzzed hair and round wire rim glasses

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 11d

Vickery Meadows is both one of the most diverse and poorest communities in America, hosting families from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria, Latin America, and more. That’s why my shul is collecting food to distribute for the HHD, and I’m playing a part…!

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 12d

And here’s where you can listen to @kellimaroney.bsky.social ‘s performance!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0D94WRGB...

Landis: The Story of a Real Man on 42nd Street

Amazon.com: Landis: The Story of a Real Man on 42nd Street (Audible Audio Edition): Preston Fassel, Kelli Maroney, Encyclopocalypse Publications: Books

www.amazon.com

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 12d

Anywho, if you want a little bit more multimedia out of the experience, consider checking out the audio adaptation of Landis with a career-best voice performance by Kelli Maroney!

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 12d

Considering how indispensable Friedman’s book is it’s a fascinating change and I dare say it’s probably still #3 on this list. My big guess is the popular of Forty Deuce is due to the lack of photos in both Bill/Michelle’s book as well as mine, a regret I’ve spoken about at length…

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 12d

Fun new development on the Landis front: Josh Alan Friedman’s Tales of Times Square has been bumped from the most frequently bought package by The Forty Deuce photography book…

Infograph showing Landis, Forty Deuce, and Sleazoid Express books frequently bought together

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 13d

What’s this? Late might writers’ meeting? Why, yes it is, and yes, I am vaguebooking. News when I can share it. Gosh it feels good for stuff to be happening again

Bald man in glasses and a red polo shirt in front of a laptop

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 13d

I didn’t just like HIM, I loved it, and I predict that in a few years, a lot more people will be saying they did too. Thoughts on this year’s boldest yet most alienating cinematic experience today on Professor Horror

professorhorror.com/professorhor...

HIM ISN’T A MOVIE, IT’S AN EXPERIENCE, AND ONE OF THE BEST PIECE OF MEDIA 2025 HAS TO OFFER By Preston Fassel American horror has a complicated history with post-modern structural conceits. I’m not ...

Preston Fassel reviews Justin Tipping’s HIM, a surreal, experimental horror film blending football, vision quests, and brain trauma into an immersive experience. A bold, divisive work that could becom...

professorhorror.com

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 13d

It’s not a NYT bestseller but I was happy to get a sales report this morning showing this has done much better for itself than I would have anticipated. Chris and I wrote this to try and help folks who need it, and if we’ve reached even one of those people, we did our job

Pretty cover of a self help Book showing snakes and flowers

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 14d

The cats out of the bag (well, one of them)! I’ll be in Tulsa next month hosting Circle Cinema’s Found Footage Feature ahead of Halloween!

This is a whole found footage event with two movies, director Q&A, reading from a found footage horror book, and more! www.circlecinema.org/movies-event...

Found Footage Double Feature presented by Dread Central

www.circlecinema.org

Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 15d

Operation Rosh Hashana Kitten Rescue continues unabated

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 15d

Today is the day! You can read WHY I LOVE HORROR with 18 of today's best Horror authors.

In their essays they ALL bring their personal connection to Horror directly to you, their readers.

A post to celebrate with the full table of contents is below.

raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...

WHY I LOVE HORROR is Out Today!

Click here to learn more Today is the day. Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature , edited by me, is available wherever books ar...

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 16d

Happy 5786! And oh God may it be better than ‘84 or 85.

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 16d

Shana tova to all my Jewish friends and family! Here’s hoping for a very sweet year for you, me, the world, and the entire Jewish people.

A lil cartoon dude with traditional HHD apples and honey

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 16d

It was an unexpected but touching pre-Rosh Hashana surprise to get a pic from the set of Mike Lombardo’s Dead Format this morning containing an Easter egg for a dearly departed friend. 🥹 Thanks for keeping the spirit of the video store alive, and along with it the memories of all those who loved it

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 17d

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 18d

Caturday night

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Preston Fassel דָּוִד פשל 🎗️🕎 ✡️ @prestonfassel.bsky.social · 19d

Controversial opinion but Him bumps Sinners down to #2 for best horror movie of the year. It will NOT be a crowd pleaser, but, if you wanna know what it would look like if Ken Russel and Spike Lee got together with David Cronenberg to do ketamine and remake Any Given Sunday… this movie is for you.

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