For everyone catching & loving BACKROOMS this weekend, there's a short story that inhabits the same frequency. It's "Little Lambs" by @stephengrahamjones.com, available only in @annvandermeer.bsky.social & @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social's THE WEIRD: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (link below)

The neighbor is playing the piano and it’s a real sassy little jazz number but they’re practicing, so even though it’s good, I’m presently listening to the same riff on repeat and only time will tell how long this goes on.

Saw Obsession again tonight, theater was packed, mostly teens. Theater etiquette was pretty on point (sadly not the case for most of my theater visits!) and it was nice to hear pieces of their excited conversations after about how freakin good this movie is. Sometimes, the kids are all right 😉

The type of shit my little sister texts me when I’m literally watching Obsession again. 👀 Who needs a Nikki when you have a little sis to stalk your every move!

When there is something cool to do, but also you are so sleepy.

The Dems are blowing up my phone even more than Nikki from Obsession. At least Nikki’s not asking for money, just undying devotion 😝

Slathering my face in aloe vera then realizing I absolutely can’t stand the smell.

Spent the last 3 days dressing like I was 16 again, feeling like I was 12, and it was wonderful and joyous as heck 🍊

Sat next to a man in the movie theater who ate his popcorn like he thought it might escape. And then audibly licked each finger individually with a loud smack. More than once. When he wasn’t doing that, he was yawning wide and also just intermittently exhaling for 6-7 seconds with exaggerated force

On Mother’s Day, my little sister let me know my parents were really concerned about me in 1999 because I listened to Pearl Jam’s cover of “Last Kiss” on repeat but they never ever asked me about it. (It’s literally just a banger and was only sold as a single, I’m fine Mom!)

Two interviews this week: One with someone I really admire, it got emotional and I was grateful they were willing to be so vulnerable and candid. And another that would blow teenage Anhel’s mind. Super grateful each and every time I get to talk with folks about the very cool stuff they make.

I will never forgive my gf for making me watch Beaches. Devastated for the foreseeable future.

The team really put something very cool together for this one. Any fans of American Werewolf are really going to howl with appreciation 🌕🐺 Phil did an awesome job with this and I hope you’ll all be seated in 2 hours for some lycanthropic fun. www.regmovies.com/movies/fango...

Los Angeles audiences can share the liminal experience of the BACKROOMS with a new pop-up celebrating the upcoming A24 film.

Will you invite FANGORIA Presents: VAMPIRES inside? This 100-page collector’s edition chronicles the complete evolution of the vampire across literature, film, television, and pop culture. Pre-order now. www.fangoria.com/fangoria-pre...

Adults really underutilize late night pizza at a best friend’s house. It’s as magical as you remember and should be implemented far more frequently.

Can attest to the first part but would like to add I would have loved to see @philnobilejr.bsky.social levitating on cam 💚

Go to the movies and maybe we’ll find you there (mildly threatening)

I love seeing the fervor over the uncut restoration of THE DEVILS and can only hope it will encourage folks to dig deeper into Ken Russell's oeuvre. A cinematic phantasmagoria, his work encompasses a sort of outrageously unhinged cosmic queerness that marries the high and low brow. A true auteur.

Valet dude complimented my Jeep and said it suited me which was nice because one hour before that, I was picking that bish up from the shop for another minor surgery. My mechanic loves to see me roll up.

To say Pee-Wee was formative af is an understatement. Never got the chance to meet Paul Reubens but he sure created a world where it felt ok to be YOU, and as an adult I’m still discovering wonderful things about this gift of a human and why it all resonated to the core. Thanks, Pee-Wee 💚

Annual "thank you @fangoria.bsky.social for being there for me when I needed it most" post.

This past week, photographer/Fango contributor Liz Liguori, after having her nose broken by cops while protesting an animal research facility in Wisconsin, drove back there (from NY) and helped rescue 1500 beagles. I’m in awe of her. The beagles still need our help! www.instagram.com/reel/DX4lBeS...

Phil Collins tribute band: SU-SU-SPIRIA

My nephew’s band is called Amulet, short for Give Me The Amulet as in… Give me the amulet, you bitch. 😌 They may not call themselves The Monster Squad, but I still think it’s pretty nice!

A comedian who looks like my supreme childhood crush, Winnie Cooper, pretended to poop on stage and the people behind me were so confused and

In theory, storage is fine until you need something very specific that you rarely use… like a red bowtie. 😬

Disassociating inside a Costco on a Sunday afternoon.

My teenage nephew just called me with his gf in the car to gush about how much HOKUM rules. Raised him right 🙏🏽 (Ok but also so so grateful this kid still loves to shoot the cinematic shit with me)

I will never tire of watching Michael B. Jordan mow down the bitch ass klan 🙏🏽

Rod Serling just introduced a Twilight Zone character as “a tired ancient” and I will now be changing my bio across platforms.

Otitis media strikes again! My arch-nemesis returns for another battle.

What it’s like hanging out with me.

Makeup artist Bill Corso didn't just turn Jaafar Jackson into Michael; he was tasked with recreating one of the great makeup FX moments of the 20th century.

“The End of the Innocence” underrated banger.

Wow, these baristas are gettin’ bold.

To heck with your star sign, which Scooby Doo character are you?

I know logistically this doesn’t make any sense at all and I’m gonna be mad if I have to deconstruct it but I’ve gotta do it. Your girl absolutely cannot resist a novelty food item.

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When you’re watching a serious scene on your television and your neighbor decides to start up their ragtime piano playing at that exact moment. Just hits different. I’m sure this is as the director intended.

A Love Letter To John Waters On His 80th Birthday Celebrating the filmmaker who taught me everything I know about art, antifascism, and living authentically. www.fangoria.com/john-waters-...

Sometimes my therapist has me do silly little exercises (that I don’t like but I participate cause I’m tryin’ here!) After the most recent one she said I did it “very cool” on account of how my leg was positioned but it was only because I was balancing my Dr. Pepper Zero in my lap 😎

The DCU goes full horror in the disturbing first trailer for CLAYFACE. Watch it right here.

I have had a headache for hours but I got to watch an independent horror movie and celebrate the folks who DIY’d the whole damn thing and truly, from my fucking soul, this shit makes me the absolute happiest. I always over prepare, the time always goes so fast, and I always have such a blast.

Once again, no nap for bb girl. Canceling all plans this weekend for SLEEP 🤘🏽😴🤘🏽

No nap, but at least I was able to walk to the concert and hardly even got ready. 10/10 very chill experience for a sleepy girl.

I always optimistically believe I’ll get to sneak in a nap before doing a thing, but ‘tis rarely so.

Did not realize mariachis on the Coachella stage would make me cry, but here we are. Get it, Karol G 🎺

Watching FKA Twigs perform feels like I was abducted by friendly aliens who just wanted me to be the test audience for their new space opera, which they just call “opera” because “space opera” is only something an earthling would say. (👆🏽Highly complimentary)

MADONNAAAAA