if you missed this back when i posted about it, it’s now expanded well beyond the MTV universe (Eurovision! Tiny Desk! Austin City Limits!)
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 7mo agoa friend recently shared this with me and i'm obsessed — it's an MTV/VH1 simulator with almost 30,000 videos (organized by decade) along with special sections for things like 120 Minutes, Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps, and Pop-Up Video (!!!) wantmymtv.vercel.app
For my next Summer of (Movie) Love entry, I’m celebrating THE HITCHER. John Ryder was more terrifying to me than Freddy Krueger as a kid & the film still feels like a cinematic powder keg: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/summer-of-mo... Open to both free & paid subscribers- thanks y’all!
Summer of (Movie) Love: The Hitcher
Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
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Why Your Team Sucks is BACK! defector.com/why-your-tea...
Why Your Team Sucks 2026: Las Vegas Raiders | Defector
Some people are fans of the Las Vegas Raiders. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Las Vegas Raiders. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the…
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This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.
Worse on Purpose
The brands you trusted quietly gutted quality to protect margins. Investigative essays on corporate enshittification. Free newsletter.
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@briantallerico.bsky.social with a read on why The Prisoner coming to Criterion Channel is such a big deal
The Prisoner didn’t just predict the next 60 years of TV—it predicted the next 60 years, period
The Prisoner didn’t just predict the next 60 years of TV—it predicted the next 60 years, period
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Dad Carrying 2-Person Inner Tube Up Waterslide Steps Like Christ Bearing Cross
I JUST CAME FROM HELL #1 is the 40 page first chapter of our horror-mystery comic full of sacrificial offerings, body horror, and dark mystery. It follows the long tradition of black and white horror comics by offering provocative imagery, compelling characters, and a story that won't let go.
Coming soon: I Just Came From Hell #1
A 40 page horror comic full of cults, body horror, and mystery. For fans of 70s Giallo, John Carpenter, and drive-in movies.
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I'm feeling ✨fancy✨ because I finally created my own website. So if you've been wondering how to contact me, want to see a curated list of my work, or you're curious about my favorite DC Comics characters (Detective Chimp and Wonder Woman tbh), you'll find your answers here. angelicabastien.com
Angelica Jade Bastién Personal Website
The personal website of writer and film critic Angelica Jade Bastien that provides work clips and contact information.
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ICYMI: Yesterday I posted the next entry in my Crystal Lake Memories that focused on JASON LIVES which celebrates its 40th anniversary soon too. Please check it out if you're into the FRIDAY THE 13TH series or storytelling in horror cinema: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/crystal-lake...
Crystal Lake Memories: Tommy Jarvis as Town Crier in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
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Bill is the leading authority on John Hughes. He leads with his heart, with nostalgia, with his head, too. Every piece he does is a joy for me to read, but every Hughes piece edifies me. He gets it. Essential.
Bill Chambers@flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 2mo agoFERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF opened 40 years ago today. I finally wrote about it when it hit 4K; this is my longest piece ever, and not coincidentally one of the more conflicted four-star reviews you're likely to encounter. filmfreakcentral.net/2024/07/ferr...
Just sent the beginning of the first Invisibles chapter to Patrons. www.patreon.com/posts/lwia-4... Next time: 👽🇳🇵🛸 (Yes, first Invisibles chapter. I'll be doing one chapter per volume.)
LWiA 4.8: Developing The Invisibles | Elizabeth Sandifer and Penn
And so we return and begin again, as the kids say.
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would like to give the brainiacs of Westminster, CO, a hand for using the trivia team name In The Form Mothra Question in the national Jeopardy bar league (winner gets an IRL audition, glory, etc.) www.jeopardybarleague.com/leaderboard/
Woke up with so much to do today that I forgot to plug the new Last War in Albion chapter, featuring some of Grant Morrison’s early Vertigo work: Sebastian O, The Mystery Play, and the astonishing Kill Your Boyfriend. As ever free to the world on Eruditorum Press, last bastion of the good Internet.
Chapter Four: Some Kind of Divine Manipulatrix (Morrison at Vertigo)
Previously in Last War in Albion: While Alan Moore was writing From Hell and going mad, Grant Morrison was palling around with their toxic best friend making remarkably shitty and cynical superhero co...
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Thank you to Dejan Ognjanović, who reviews TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN in this month’s @ruemorguemag.bsky.social: "A worthy sequel to The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain: a collection of nine tales by leading British authors... beautifully designed and illustrated." 👉🏼 helleborezine.com
This remix is awesome, but the original? Also pretty, pretty groovy youtu.be/mWwMgJ4yCpM
Ann-Margret and Desi Arnaz Jr..Here's Lucy February 1970
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆@eviebauer727.bsky.social · 5mo agoEverything is terrible and horrible. So here is Ann-Margaret and Desi Arnez Jr. on the “Here’s Lucy” show in 1970 doing a dance number that’s been remixed to Prince’s “Kiss”. Ann-Margaret was hip AF! 🔥
This is the best product review I’ve read: samhenri.gold/blog/2026031... It doesn’t matter if you’re interested in the MacBook Neo or not; this is the kind of essay that makes you think about the potential of technology and the joys of exploration.
“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold
Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.
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Happy Friday the 13th y’all! Last month when we were seeing the first FRIDAY, I had this idea for an article about the stories from these films & it morphed into a series. Here’s part 1 that celebrates the stories of the OG FRIDAY THE 13th: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/tales-from-c...
Tales from Crystal Lake: How the Friday the 13th Franchise Became Horror’s Ultimate Campfire Legend (Part One)
Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
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"I stole from a ghost" - The director of UNDERTONE used dialogue from an actual Toys R Us ghost: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/394028...
“I Stole from a Ghost” – ‘Undertone’ Director Used Dialogue from an Actual Toys R Us Ghost
Every great artist borrows ideas from the past to make their art, but director Ian Tuason admits that he stole from an unlikely source for his new horror movie undertone. As Tuason reveals in a chat w...
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i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :) open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.
I wrote about 10 Criminally Overlooked Found Footage Movies for @macabredaily.bsky.social. Picks include A Film for Friends, Mr Jones, and The Fear Footage (trilogy) www.macabredaily.com/articles/10-...
10 Criminally Overlooked Found Footage Films (RANT) — Macabre Daily
Bee Delores unleashes 10 found footage films that aren’t just underrated, they’re underseen and underappreciated!
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Yesterday's LA Times piece about Gen Z + physical media reminded me that I should do a better job of promoting what I believe is the world's only regularly updated list of still operating video stores: bit.ly/LGVSDirectory I always welcome updates + corrections, so please share this far + wide!
I spent way too much time putting together an oral history of “Scotty Doesn’t Know” from EUROTRIP that had been erased from the internet, but now it’s back, with some added commentary
Here's An Oral History Of 'Scotty Doesn't Know' From 'EuroTrip'
This was a piece that published at Uproxx on August 17, 2018, which has been deleted from the internet. So here it is again. There are two things I remember distinctly about putting this piece togethe...
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Last year, I also celebrated what I think is the definitive scene in the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise because, in this moment, a legend was born: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/lets-talk-ab... #Fridaythe13th
Let's Talk About the Greatest Scene in the Friday the 13th Series
Legend has it...it changed everything.
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ICYMI: yesterday, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of MY BLOODY VALENTINE’s US release, I posted a tribute to a bunch of Canadian slashers from the 1980s. from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/blood-in-the... This was a lot fun but took some time so any shares and/or subs would be amazing! 🙏
Blood in the Snow: Celebrating the Canadian Slashers of the 1980s
Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
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