In Praise of Shadows
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I make videos about horror | YouTuber, Writer, and Artist
For years horror has been used to see how much AI bullshit audiences will swallow, always under the defense that it’s just a small production that can’t do no better, and still folks with large audiences are trying to push that this is just the natural and good progression of things
Great video that touches on something I also felt about much of country horror, that most of the people writing the mainstream versions of it have never lived in the country for longer than a tourist trap vacation. I grew up between a cow pasture and a corn field, and that's why I feared scarecrows.
In Praise of Shadows@praiseshadows.bsky.social · 3w agoNew Video: The History of Horror Scarecrows youtu.be/qlrP0K1-M9Y
I’m a bit late to it but I finished watching Hacks earlier today and I can’t get over how good the ending of that show was. Easily one of the best series finales I’ve ever seen.
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Putting this on DIRECTLY And the franchise is due a full rewatch come to think of it
In Praise of Shadows@praiseshadows.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew video! It's Alive | Anatomy of a Franchise youtu.be/67vlXIeVKdQ
One of my favourite video essayists takes on Larry Cohen’s trash horror/dark comedy mutant baby films? That’s my evening sorted. I had things to do, but I’ll clear my calendar for IPOS, and doubly so if Larry Cohen is involved.
In Praise of Shadows@praiseshadows.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew video! It's Alive | Anatomy of a Franchise youtu.be/67vlXIeVKdQ
I was rewatching some old Goosebumps yesterday and noticed that they snuck this X-Files poster in the back wall of this shot
Every month horror YouTube keeps producing another clone of this exact type of guy that has slowly ruined online horror spaces
Mother Mary is one of those weird movies that would have been a lot better if it just stayed a drama and never dipped into being a horror film. First quarter to half I was very into it, second it went supernatural it lost me in the same way that Longlegs did.
New Darksides video Shrunken Heads: One of the Weirdest Children's Horror Films youtu.be/kF3p2PeWwFc
It was so egregious in LNWTD too because it was so obvious and distracting. It stuck out like a sore thumb in a film that was so desperately trying to feel like archive footage.
In Praise of Shadows@praiseshadows.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt should be a hardline issue, but sadly it won’t ever be seen as such and will always be excused if fandom and an unquestioning love of horror continues to be prioritized over any ethical consumption and production of art.
I wrote a short Dystopian / Existential Horror film that got shot a couple years ago by a remarkably talented crew and cast of human beings. It's now finished and due to be released. NO AI WAS USED. It's not needed. Human imagination and skills are all you need (and a LOT of luck and perseverance).
In Praise of Shadows@praiseshadows.bsky.social · 3mo agoTwo years ago people acted like I was crazy for saying that the low budget nature of horror was a potential breeding ground for the normalization of AI in film and now there’s shit like this.
Two years ago people acted like I was crazy for saying that the low budget nature of horror was a potential breeding ground for the normalization of AI in film and now there’s shit like this.
I went for a walk just now and found a weird old door in an abandoned lot
The Elden Ring set photos made me dive back into the game again. Seeing lots of individually crafted characters on a large scale really tickles the same part of my brain as the Emerald City in Return to Oz. I didn’t think it would work at first, but I really can’t wait for it now.
I rewatched Smile 2 this week and completely forgot that like 30% of that movie is a water bottle commercial
NEW VIDEO! Stalker: Who Deserves to End the World? Featuring original music by Molly Noise, and featuring the voices of @spacemanscott.bsky.social, @mancarryingthing.bsky.social, and @pimscrypt.bsky.social! Enjoy! youtu.be/PXDe_h3Kqo8
On my way to a clown themed birthday party today
I was supposed to have my new video out yesterday but have been fighting copyright issues on it with each test upload I do for over a day now. Dealing with these issues has unfortunately in my case become way more frequent in the last year which has been frustrating.
I wish I loved The Mummy more. Some good in there, but ultimately a worse Evil Dead than his actual Evil Dead. It’s very cold in a way that makes the whole thing lack the human element that made that one great.
I had to take a break because I got covid so it took me a while to read it, but I finished Cabal and I think it’s my favorite Barker work. I really wish he had followed up on this with another entry into this world exploring the implications of the ending, fantastic book.
I had some really good used bookstore finds this week
I’m currently working on a production schedule for shooting the rest of this movie which I’m going to be doing over the course of the next year, and am kicking myself now for having nearly 60 different locations in this thing.
