Hong Kong’s hopping kung fu horror comedy MR. VAMPIRE is now streaming on Criterion Channel, and it also happens to be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. @horrordad.bsky.social looks back at the folklore and production behind this infectious '80s gem:

I had the opportunity to write about one of my favorite Hong Kong horror movies for Bloody Disgusting! It was a blast putting this one together.

#NowWatching Spending the day snorting Advil Cold & Sinus and watching movies. 🤧 First up:

Dressing up at work just doesn’t hit like it used to.

From Pat Brennan @horrordad.bsky.social Voices from The Twilight Zone: Nothing in the Dark 🩸📜 manorvellum.medium.com/voices-from-...

I’ve never been so tempted in my life.

Another movie’s climax ruined by my borderline obsessive knowledge of “Arrested Development” lines. 🤦‍♂️

Stack: VHS Edition. Found these last week. Coming across an O.G. Vestron release in the wild was great but “G.I. Samurai” was the tape that stole my heart. You know I’d walk a country mile for a Sonny Chiba picture any day.

Feeling a bit under the weather so I’m kicking back and introducing Arlo to a classic.

#NowSpinning In case anyone asks, this is what I want playing when they lower me into the ground.

A couple of fantastic secondhand finds from yesterday. I feel like they're a weirdly accurate representation of my taste in movies. 😅

#NowWatching Happy birthday, Takashi Miike!

#NowWatching Been wanting to see this for some time!

#NowWatching 🤌 CINEMA 🤌

Who else feels old because they listen to audiobooks while working out? I just started this one. It’s my first Skal book, I’m embarrassed to say.

New stack, who dis??

My son: “Daddy, I got you a present! It’s very educational!” Presents anatomically labeled skull. ❤️

Was trying to figure out who Arlo reminded me of in this picture. Then it hit me… #sleepawaycamp

#NowWatching It’s a Hong Kong horror kind of night.

I would kill for a buddy comedy featuring these two.

#nowspinning It’s a bloody scorcher out there today, so it’s time to crank up the AC, kick out the jams, and fantasize about freezing my ass off in the Arctic.

Speaking of films by Edward Yang. 📸 #mailday

Much to my delight, Arlo's become a huge fan of those old Might Max toys from back in the day. Watching him play with them has been unlocking some core childhood memories. The 90's was a such a golden age for gateway horror toys.

#NowWatching What? Can’t a guy enjoy a nice domestic drama every now and then?

#NowSeated Now for something completely different.

#NowSeated Let’s GOOOO…

Mmmm, that’s goooood Mail Day. 🤤

#NowSpinning Probably in my top five Waxwork Records releases. 🤌

I love listening to a commentary where the director spends a bunch of time taking the piss out of their own movie, especially when the picture in question is goddamn fantastic. The lack of ego is really endearing.

Man, every time this logo appears before a movie, I know the likelihood of seeing some cool shit is high.

🤌🦇❤️

I realized yesterday that it’s been 6 years since I got sober. When I first stopped drinking, the urge to grab a bottle took hold every single day. To get to this point, to feel like sobriety isn’t something I’m white-knuckling anymore, is an experience I never thought I’d have.

#NowWatching - The Roundup: Punishment Where my Don-heads at??

A couple of solid secondhand finds.

Just finished watching 825 Forest Road on Shudder. The movie itself didn’t really hit with me, but that scare involving the painting was delicious. Reminded me of watching Night Gallery with my grandpa way back in the day.

#NowWatching: The Strange World of Coffin Joe My first Coffin Joe picture. Thrill me.

Me, popping back onto socials after months of seclusion, mental health issues, and child rearing:

This week I showed my son some of the shows I grew up with and it never occurred to me how much of a golden age the 90’s was for cartoons. So many bangers.

“The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena: the Videodrome.”

Sneakily got a video of Arlo singing along to “Dream Warriors” while eating his lunch. He truly is my son. 🤘

My oldest, living out his dream of becoming a palaeontologist. I told him it might be difficult to find fossils at the moment, but he is unfettered by foolish things like snow or the ground being completely frozen. 🥹

Does anyone else have an album they play on repeat while they write? I usually listen to Brian Eno’s Apollo when I’m working on something. I don’t know why, but it always helps things fall away in my mind when I’m trying to focus on getting the words out of there.

Gene Hackman was the kind of actor who was fantastic in nearly every film he appeared in, but for sentimental reasons my favorite picture of his will always be The Royal Tennenbaums. Watching him play Royal was like seeing my grandfather alive and well again, it was that uncanny.

Some movies have a smell to them. TETSUO is one of those movies. Had a blast writing this one for @bloody-disgusting.com.

The new writing partner and I are really starting gel, even if his vocabulary is a little limited.