Graham🐝
@grahamthings.bsky.social
Retired special ed teacher. Fascinated by the weird, the beautiful and the extreme especially in Horror cinema. Love all things Gothic. Indie Horror, Physical Media, Cats, Vegetarian, Fledgling Birdwatcher… Letterboxd… https://boxd.it/L4Zx
Off to the UK Midlands tomorrow for my niece’s wedding so no films for a couple of days 🙁 I will of course make up for it at the end of the month with 5 or 6 films a day at FrightFest! 😊
Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) and Isao Natsuyagi (夏八木勲) in Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (女囚７０１号 さそり), 1972, directed by Shunya Ito (伊藤 俊也). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
We're deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Justin Hardy whose latest film, Wrath of the Gods is playing at Tubi FrightFest this August. Justin is best known for his documentary celebrating the legacy of his father Robin Hardy's iconic work. Our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.
St. John’s Wort (2001) d. Ten Shimoyama 'Otogiriso' Based on a video game staying faithful to the game's format. Probably has a limited audience who will appreciate this but I enjoyed it. Set in a haunted mansion. I have lots of St. John's Wort in my garden which was what drew me to today's choice..
Saccharine (2026) d. Natalie Erika James Some good prosthetic effects and enjoyable overall but didn't work as well for me as the director's earlier film Relic. At just under two hours perhaps a little on the long side...
Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) photographed by Kazuhiro Yokozeki (横関一浩) for an article in Aera magazine that comes out Aug 3, 2026, but can be read online today! dot.asahi.com/articles/-/2... 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
Eaten Alive (1976) d. Tobe Hooper Completely blind choice from my shelves but I suspect synchronicity at play Ian? 🤔 The sticky humid atmosphere here in SE England mirrors that in the film. Hopefully there isn't a giant crocodile on the lawn! Great sound design...
La cabina (1972) d. Antonio Mercero El televisor (1974) d. Chicho Ibáñez Serrador From my new acquisition 'Two Boxes: Televised Terror in Franco's Spain'. Both of these were excellent. A surreal short about a man trapped in a telephone box then a feature about a man obsessed by his new TV. #anxiety
By comparing two radically different interpretations of The Turn of the Screw, Ava DeVries explores how unreliable narration shapes horror, and why what we can’t trust is often far more frightening than what we can see. 👻 📺 📽️
“SOMETIMES ONE CAN’T HELP IMAGINING THINGS”: AMBIGUITY AND THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR IN TWO ADAPTATIONS OF THE TURN OF THE SCREW
What is lost when an adaptation chooses certainty over ambiguity? By comparing two radically different interpretations of The Turn of the Screw, Ava DeVries explores how unreliable narration shapes…
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Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子), on the right, Koji Wada (和田浩治) and Mari Sono (園まり) in Till We Meet Again (Aitakute Akitakute, 逢いたくて逢いたくて), 1966, directed by Mio Ezaki (江崎実生). Scanned by me. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
Frogman (2023) d. Anthony Cousins The sequel is playing at FrightFest next month but doesn't fit in with my schedule. Nevertheless I've decided to watch the first one. Low budget found footage fare that hots up towards the end. I'll definitely catch up with the new one when I can...🐸
Train to Busan (2016) d. Yeon Sang-ho 부산행 Re-watch before seeing the director's latest @frightfest.bsky.social next month. Exciting ride with just enough emotion to make the viewer care about the main characters. Still needed tissues for the end!
Much as my nearest and dearest pour scorn and ridicule on my mycological obsessions, even they would concede that not only did this Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) make for a fantastic photo. It also made for a fantastic korma.
INVOKING SCREAM: A buried VHS tape and a forbidden book of witchcraft unleash supernatural terror as Chile's heavy metal horror saga continues. Patricio Valladares returns with the blood soaked sequel to Invoking Yell.
Lavender bush next to my morning seat always alive with small flying friends… 😍 📷me
The Devil from Mill Mountain (1955) d. Herbert Ballmann 'Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg' Part of the new collection 'Into the Forest: Folktales at DEFA' from Eureka. Between 1950 and 1989, the East German studio DEFA produced a huge number of adaptations of popular fairy and folktales. Loved this one...
10 of the Most Spectacular Penis Injuries in Horror Movies Cross your legs for this one, because it's going to get brutal. littleredhorror.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/1...
Daisies (1966) d. Věra Chytilová 'Sedmikrásky' Celebrating the 60th anniversary of this underground Czechoslovak classic... 😍
Consecration (2023) d. Christopher Smith That's me up to speed with the films of Christopher Smith. Here we have a supernatural battle that takes place in the shadowy existential wasteland between God and Satan.
I wrote a little primer on East German cinema for the BFI – ten great films produced by DEFA between 1946 and 1989. Half of them are available on UK Blu-ray (so far, anyway).
10 great East German films
Between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the weird and wonderful film production line in communist East Germany included sci-fi, westerns, film noir and some uniquely disturbin...
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Very much looking forward to a new film from my favourite film making family @adamsfamfilms.bsky.social and to showing off my new tee -shirt! 😊
FrightFest@frightfest.bsky.social · 2w agoTHE GLORIOUS DEAD: A small town sheriff awakens to a world where blood flows from taps, creatures roam the woods and the dead refuse to stay buried. The Adams Family return to FrightFest with another fiercely original nightmare.
This will complete my Christopher Smith short season 😊
FrightFest@frightfest.bsky.social · 2w agoSunday at FrightFest closes out with a visit to SPIDER ISLAND. Luxury influencers arrive at an exclusive island resort, only to discover they've become prey for a deadly swarm of giant spiders. Christopher Smith returns to FrightFest following Creep, Severance, Triangle and Detour.
Detour (2016) d. Christopher Smith Clever neo-noir thriller with plenty of twists and turns. Uses parallel narrative plotting to good effect without being overly complex...
This here @adamsfamfilms.bsky.social fan boy is very much looking forward to the latest offering from my favourite film making family @frightfest.bsky.social next month!🖤
