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Tricksy Tri
@tehtri.bsky.social
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Movie binger, horror lover, book and comic collector, suspicious that I am cursed by Mercury retrograde, bit witchy (but that’s our secret)

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Pre-owned, vintage, weird books are, by far, the best books.

Two out of three even have photo pages!

#booksky
Three vintage paperback books laid side by side on a dark surface. From left to right: “Terror Zones” by Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, featuring a dramatic illustration of a ship caught in an orange, storm-like glow; “The Mystery of Atlantis” by Charles Berlitz, with a blue cover showing a classical temple rising from the sea; and “In Search of Myths and Monsters” by Alan Landsburg, illustrated with an image of a lake creature resembling the Loch Ness monster.
January 23, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Highlight of the last four was Billy The Kid Vs Dracula (1966). Make of that what you will 🤷‍♀️

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1971’s The Resurrection Of Zachary Wheeler (I rated it 2/5), 1966’s Billy The Kid Vs Dracula (I rated it 3/5), 1977’s The Deep (I rated it 2/5), and 1956’s The Black Tent (I rated it 2.5/5).
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Off down the John Keel ultraterrestrial rabbit warren I go!

🛸 👽 👻🧜🧚🎅🏻

🕵️‍♀️

#LightWeekendReading
Book cover of “Anomaly,” The Collected Issues of the Irregular Newsletter by John Keel. The cover shows a black-and-white illustration of a wooded landscape with two small human figures, accompanied by the text “Flying Saucers or Fairy Rings?” Book cover of “Our Haunted Planet” by John A. Keel. The design features bold yellow text on a dark green and black background, with the subtitle describing strange phenomena such as UFOs, vanishing children, and mysterious creatures.
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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I Start Counting (1970) was simply stunning. All the best and the worst of people and places of the late-60s/early 70s colliding in an atmosphere I’ve only experienced in Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975).

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1959’s Hidden Homocide (I rated it 2.5/5), 1970’s I Start Counting (I rated it 5/5), 1971’s A Clockwork Orange (I rated it 4/5), and 1955’s Confession / The Deadliest Sin (I rated it 3.5/5).
January 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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One of these things is not like the others 🙃

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1995’s Apollo 13 (I rated it 5/5), 2013’s The Wolf Of Wall Street (I rated it 5/5), 1994’s Stargate (I rated it 5/5), and 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (I rated it 2/5).
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Honestly, pretty pleased (appalled? 🤣) with my 2025 and the first and last watched sum up the overall watching vibes perfectly.

#LetterboxdWrapped #BigChrisLee
My Letterboxd Wrapped film-watching summary graphic titled “TehTri’s 2025 in Film.” At the top, three colored circles display statistics: 653 films logged, 4 films reviewed, and 999+ hours watched. Below are two black-and-white portraits labeled “Most Watched Actor: Christopher Lee” and “Most Watched Director: Terence Fisher.” My Letterboxd Wrapped year-in-review graphic showing two movie posters side by side. On the left, under the heading “First Watch,” is the poster for Picnic at Hanging Rock with the date Jan 1 beneath it. On the right, under “Last Watch,” is the poster for Babylon, showing a dancer lifted by raised hands, with the date Dec 31 beneath it.
January 3, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Happy-place week rewatching some of the best of my favourite movies.

Lovely colour scheme too, I must say.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2022’s Babylon (I rated it 5/5), 1999’s The Mummy (I rated it 5/5), 2018’s Paranormal Farm II: Closer To The Truth (I rated it 4.5/5), and 1978’s Dawn Of The Dead (I rated it 4/5).
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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A massively pleasant surprise courtesy of Dracula (2025). It honoured what came before, brought something new, had a great cast, and had plenty of wit to go with it. I’ve either been living under a rock or it just had no marketing at all. So odd.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2022’s Deadstream (I rated it 5/5), 2004’s Broken (I rated it 1/5), 2025’s A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Room In The Tower (I rated it 3/5), and 2025’s Dracula: A Love Story (I rated it 4.5/5).
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Yearly tradition of ‘Japanese’ Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. The family have very happy tummies.
A closed KFC cardboard box with red-and-white stripes and the Colonel Sanders logo sits on a wooden table. In the background are a Hotel Chocolat white cardboard Christmas cracker tied with red ribbon and another KFC box partially visible.
December 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Row (2025) is a very decent, horror-adjacent, mystery thriller. The poster makes it look “shitty horror”. It’s anything but. Hard recommend tbh.

An American Haunting (2005) was just characters screeching with a soundtrack of noise…

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2005’s An American Haunting (I rated it 2.5/5), 2025’s Row (I rated it 4/5), 1963’s The Terror (I rated it 3/5), and 1964’s Castle Of The Living Dead (I rated it 3/5).
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Happy Easter everyone?

(I realise in buying this I am part of the problem).
A close-up of a hand wearing a dark purple leather glove holding a small Cadbury Creme Egg wrapped in purple and yellow foil. The background shows a paved path scattered with fallen autumn leaves.
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A pretty “mid” week. Not bad, but definitely not great.

Highlight was an unexpected love arc featuring Jamie Lee Curtis and David Copperfield (yes, that David Cooperfield) in Terror Train (1980).

🤷‍♀️

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2005’s The Ring Two (I rated it 3/5), 1962’s Tales Of Terror (I rated it 3/5), 2002’s The Ring (I rated it 3.5/5), and 1980’s Terror Train (I rated it 3/5).
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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As I continue Saw-athon re-watch. I’ve really realised that this franchise is one hell of a commitment to a singular storyline, like it or love it.

I promise I didn’t watch out of order, simply forgot to log IV (2007) on the day. Doh!

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2024’s Blink Twice (I rated it 5/5), 2008’s Saw 5 (I rated it 3.5/5), 2007’s Saw 4 (I rated it 3.5/5), and 2009’s Saw 6 (I rated it 3.5/5).
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Podtastic year again. I love you all so much.

Shout out to @househammerpod.bsky.social and @generalwitch.bsky.social who get lot of my listening via Patreon.

Further shout out to @victoriannightmare.bsky.social which I stumbled across in Summer and is the best bundle of gothy joy.

#SpotifyWrapped
Spotify Wrapped “Cosmic Stereo Club” card with a green and black background. In the center is a hexagonal badge featuring a stylized purple planet with a single large eye, a yellow ring orbiting it, and small stars around it. Below the badge, text reads “My Role: Broadcaster.” Underneath: “You listen to podcasts more than others, keeping club conversation alive.” The Spotify logo and “spotify.com/wrapped” appear at the bottom. A Spotify Wrapped graphic on a black background with white curved lines. Large purple numbers in the center read “35,605.” Above them, bold white text says “My Minutes Listened.” Below, smaller text reads “That’s 24 days.” The Spotify logo and “spotify.com/wrapped” appear at the bottom. Spotify Wrapped graphic titled “My Top Podcasts” on a black background with white and neon green geometric lines. A vertical list on the left shows the top five podcast cover images with their rankings: 1. Distractible — cover shows three animated hosts in an action-style scene. 2. Two Girls One Ghost — cover features two women in dim lighting with a paranormal theme. 3. Morbid — cover shows a forest path with eerie atmosphere. 4. The Haunted Objects Podcast — cover has a colorful, spooky design with ornate lettering. 5. The House of Hammer — cover features bold red and black text. To the right of each cover, the podcast titles appear in white text. The Spotify logo and “spotify.com/wrapped” are at the bottom.
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I’m still pretty rubbish at French though!
Duolingo “2025 Year in Review” graphic featuring the green Duolingo owl holding a glowing blue orb with “2025” on it. Text says “I’m a top 2% French learner on Duolingo!” Below are four stats: a French flag icon with “23 French Score,” a flame icon with “1389 longest streak,” a lightning bolt icon with “63835 total XP,” and a clock icon with “1389 minutes spent.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Something ‘old’: Saw II (2005)

Something new: Locked (2025)

Something ‘borrowed’: Get Out (2017)

Something blue: Bad And Crazy (2021)

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2025’s Locked (I rated it 3.5/5), 2021’s Bad And Crazy (I rated it 5/5), 2005’s Saw 2 (I rated it 3.5:5), and 2017’s Get Out (I rated it 4.5/5).
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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After a re-watch of House Of 1000 Corpses (2003) at the weekend, I went off on a Rob Zombie theme (ignore The Mummy (2017)).

Watching a House Of triple back to back gave me a massive appreciation for 3 From Hell (2019) that I didn’t have when I first watched it.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2017’s The Mummy (I rated it 3.5/5), 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects (I rated it 5/5), 2019’s 3 From Hell (I rated it 4/5), and 2016’s 31 (I rated it 3.5/5).
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A perfect Sunday afternoon/evening double bill while relaxing under a blankie.

#horrorsky
Poster for the horror film House of 1000 Corpses. The right side features a close-up of a decayed, corpse-like face lit in harsh red and yellow tones. On the left, the title “HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES” appears in large red block letters stacked vertically. At the bottom, a dark, ominous image of a rural house glows red under nightfall, with silhouettes and eerie lighting. The text at the top reads, “Written & Directed by Rob Zombie,” and at the bottom, “The most shocking tale of carnage ever seen.” Poster for the horror film Talk to Me. A severed, pale ceramic hand lies on a wooden table beside a lit candle, its fingers stained with blood. Shadowy human hands reach toward it from the darkness above. The background is covered with scribbled, chaotic writing repeatedly saying “TALK TO ME.” A quote at the top reads, “A welcome splash of new blood on the horror landscape.” Near the bottom, text reads: “You call. They’ll answer.” followed by the title Talk to Me and production credits.
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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This week has been horror films of my youth. Honestly, most held up to the enjoyment levels I remember.

Saw (2004) remains pretty damn brilliant. The screaming at the end still chilled me to my bones. But I take it personally that it’s over 20 years old…

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1998’s Urban Legend (I rated it 5/5), 2003’s Wrong Turn (I rated it 3.5/5), 2009’s Drag Me To Hell (I rated it 3.5/5), and 2004’s Saw (I rated it 4.5/5).
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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My 300th horror film of the year and 200th classic film of the year was the resplendent The Masquerade Of The Red Death (1964). Delighted to give this honour to the equally glorious Vincent Price.

2025 horror list: boxd.it/BYXUG
2025 classics list: boxd.it/BYYmK

#filmsky #horrorsky
Vintage movie poster for The Masque of the Red Death starring Vincent Price. The poster features a large red-tinted illustration of a man’s face (Vincent Price) filled with smaller, intricate images of people in anguish and torment. Text on the left reads: “LOOK INTO THIS FACE. SHUDDER… at the blood-stained dance of the Red Death! TREMBLE… to the hideous tortures of the catacombs of Kali! GASP… at the sacrifice of the innocent virgin to the vengeance of Baal!” The title appears at the bottom in stylized black and red lettering, with credits for American International Pictures, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, and director Roger Corman.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Winner of the week: the Arrow release of The City Of The Dead (1960) - free to view on YouTube.

Stellar Amicus-adjacent work from Milton Subotsky with nuanced use repetition to enhance the tale.

The image of Barlow holding the giant cross aloft was haunting af.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1960’s The City Of The Dead (I rated it 5/5), 1967’s Theatre Of Death (I rated it 3.5/5), 1996’s The Amityville Dollhouse (I rated it 3/5), and 1976’s Satan’s Slave (I rated it 2.5/5).
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Halloween means spooky marathons, so working my way through rewatches of Fear Street and Hell House LLC.

Tonight is Fear Street: 1666 (2021), Hell House LLC: Origins (2023), and Hell House LLC: Lineage (2025).

Happy Halloween spooky chums!

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2019’s Hell House LLC 3: Lake Of Fire (I rated it 3/5), 2018’s Hell House LLC 2: The Abaddon Hotel (I rated it 3.5/5), 2018’s Hell House LLC (I rated it 4/5), and 2021’s Fear Street: 1978 (I rated it 4/5).
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The Collector (1965), utterly brilliant. So close to perfection. So, so close.

The Mothman Prophecies (2002) and, in particular, Gothika (2003), not as good as I remember. Twenty years sure does change taste.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 2002’s From The Mothman Prophecies (I rated it 3.5/5), 1989’s Witchtrap (I rated it 3/5), 2003’s Gothika (I rated it 3/5), and 1965’s The Collector (I rated it 4.5/5).
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Clusters of ringless honey mushrooms sprouting up everywhere and so my yearly shroom-watch begins.

Afternoon-shrooms and pre-sunrise-shrooms.

🍄‍🟫
Daytime photo of clusters of large, light brown ringless honey mushrooms growing in bright green grass, with fallen leaves scattered around. The mushrooms form dense overlapping groups, showing wide caps with textured surfaces and curled edges. A photo in low light, taken just before sunrise of dense cluster of light brown ringless honey mushrooms growing in green grass, surrounded by scattered brown autumn leaves. The mushrooms are tightly packed with rounded caps, forming a mound-like shape near the base of a small tree.
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Scratched the itch of rewatching The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). It gets better every time and I hate the sound of chainsaws more every time too.

Hard recommend for From A Whisper To A Scream (1987). Amicus-vibing portmanteau with 80s slasher violence. Fab!

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
My Letterboxd recent activity, showing the last four films I watched: 1987’s From A Whisper To A Scream (I rated it 4/5), 1941’s Invisible Ghost (I rated it 3/5), 1980’s Inferno (I rated it 3.5/5), and 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (I rated it 5/5).
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM