The world needs more podcasts! I'm soft launching Queer Horror: A Film Guide-The Podcast. I'll be chatting w/ other writers of the book: co-editor Tyler Doupe, contributors Calpernia Addams, Brian Kirst @boysbearsandscares.bsky.social @michaelvarrati.bsky.social + special guest @queerforfear.com 1/

Seventeen years writing for @fangoria.bsky.social !

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btw I'm fully prepared for these to be part of a high functioning autism diagnosis....

I'm fascinated by dishwashers & time machines. It's something abt processes that I'm hyperfixated on. W/ time machines, I used to draw them as a kid - big as a room, one side was a window. I would draw objects inside them, then erase the objects as if they'd been transported to another time. 1/

I'm fascinated by dishwashers & time machines. It's something abt processes that I'm hyperfixated on. W/ time machines, I used to draw them as a kid - big as a room, one side was a window. I would draw objects inside them, then erase the objects as if they'd been transported to another time. 1/

Wearing a shirt while naked from the waist down is more naked than completely naked.

I was having a not great mental health evening, and then I made myself a little mini Burn Book on my Notes app, and now I feel 100% better!

My toxic trait is I keep track. Not score. Track.

My husband, calling his Uber to take him to the airport for a 10 day trip to the UK for work. I have such separation anxiety when it comes to my husband, and the fact that he'll be so far away will exacerbate that. Blargh. I already miss him!

Almost 30 years ago at a gym in Los Angeles where B- level celebrities worked out, I was on the elliptical next to both Peter Weller (RoboCop) and Daniel Quinn (Scanner Cop). I said to them “Now that’s a sequel! RoboCop vs Scanner Cop!“ And neither of them found that amusing.

Surprise! Turns out I made my first contribution to a @vinsyn.bsky.social disc & didn't even know it. The first release on the new Iconoscope label, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, incl my commentary for the OG DVD release! I'm in good company w/@madefortvmayhem.bsky.social @jeffreyareddick.bsky.social

We’re in the next @fangoria.bsky.social! @gayofthedead.bsky.social takes a wonderful deep dive into BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL-- and thanks @philnobilejr.bsky.social for including us! If you have a subscription you can read it as part of the digital issue— the print version drops soon!

If you had a subscription to @fangoria.bsky.social Magazine, which includes digital versions of every issue, you could be reading my article on @DavidKittredge‘s genius documentary abt EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC and dir John Bootman BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL right now!

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you. Hi, I'm the Class Four rapids you were thrown into during your 40th birthday whitewater rafting trip.

My poor husband had to sit for a 20 minute dissertation last night about why the moment in 30 Rock when Liz Lemon shows up with two omelettes to Jack Donaghy’s hotel room was a perfect piece of comedy.

ruin two bands by combining them: Garbage Cake

Unpackaging latest @phantasmagpress.bsky.social! Insanely flattered that this issue contains an extensive interview w/me by @queerforfear.com. Phantasmag is the most exciting new voice in horror journalism & I’m thrilled to be a small part of that. Get this zine!!!

A little unboxing of a new zine - thanks @slasherslags.bsky.social for the gorgeous work!

I saw Stereophonic at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles tonight and my mind kept wandering to the zine I’m putting together.

We talk about Avatar's cultural footprint the same way we talk about a wrecking ball's cultural footprint on the low-income, single family neighborhood now filled with over-priced condominiums.

I’ve never wanted a protagonist to fail more than Marty.

Make a Bond movie casual Lawnraker

Occasionally I get paid to talk abt something I love &this was one of those occasions. The LankerSCREAM Rocky Horror Picture Show symposium as part of the RHPS Holiday Mystery Market. I asked @michaelvarrati.bsky.social @theterigamble.bsky.social to do this deep dive w/me. Coming soon as a podcast

Every Christmas Day - baked French toast with Pee-Wee’s Christmas Special, presents with A Christmas Story, then a movie and Jewish deli after with whoever is up for it. We’ve had crowds as big as 30 and as small as just the two of us. This year we saw Marty Supreme.

Almost every Xmas, my husband & I give each other at least one identical, or very similar, gift. For example: one year we got each other red pajamas & a cat puzzle. We've given/received the same book 3 years in a row. This year it was a little further apart: a Stephen King-adjacent book & a cat mug.

My husband at sleepy time.

This is 238 lbs down from 273 (during pandemic I was 283) l've lost 3 to 4 bowling balls of weight, almost all from my belly. Haven't had back pain, which is was chronic, in months. Blood pressure is down. Slow/steady weight loss + consistent workouts has been the best gift I’ve given myself in ages

IMPORTANT UPDATE

There’s nothing that makes me want to watch a show about gay hockey players less than the insinuation that if I don’t watch the show about gay hockey players, I’ve somehow failed some form of media literacy.

Unpackaging! WGA residuals! Thank you, SO WEIRD fans for this Christmas miracle! #wga #soweirddisney #writersofbluesky @soweirdondisney.bsky.social #disneychannel

You can unredact the Epstein files AND watch the 60 Minutes episode?? GOD BLESS AMERICA

Beginning of 2025 the plan was to stay off social media as much as possible &let my work speak for itself bc social media was destroying my mental health. Well, that was dumb I wish there was a way to do this job w/o worrying abt taking a day off-line &missing the Important Conversation of the Day

I so enjoyed my chat with @theterigamble.bsky.social and @juliacmarchese.bsky.social on @horrormoviepodcast.bsky.social ! Among items discussed - why I love violence! Many ways to listen in OP comments!

My first physical media booklet essay assignment was an invitation from @horrornonna.com @neilsnowdon.bsky.social @arrowvideo.bsky.social I don’t think they realized, & neither did I until I started writing, what a profound impact Salem’s Lot had on me as a young monster kid. 🧟‍♂️💚grateful💚

For your Christmas enjoyment. Costarring my friend Gary Cotti. With apologies to JW.

So. I guess the universe decided I should take some time off.

We finally watched 28 YEARS LATER. Yes, the premise is flawed, the narrative doesn’t quite add up. But there are moments in this film that affected me to a profound degree. I had no idea. My husband and I wept spontaneously. Not the film I was sold via the trailer.

It’s been a tough couple weeks. But today I managed to find some good light at the gym. Small victories.

So, the plan is: -meet in the meadow -create life -force him into the religious patriarchy -force him to be a buffoon for our enjoyment -then stand by while the neighborhood children murder him. Who’s in??

Currently at the Jinkx and Dela show in LA. Intermission and everybody’s on their phone reading about Rob Reiner. Terrible news.

Currently questioning my "write 3,000 words to get 2,000 words" method of doing journalism....

The people demanded knowledge! Shredder tutorial!

I literally can't remember the last time I had a day off.

There’s just something about the world we live in and a TV show where everyone’s happy except one person who’s trying to ruin it… I’m just not enjoying it honestly. I’m a sucker for plot so I want to know what happens but I’m not invested. #pluribus

A Christmas Story. It’s on repeat in the background all day on Christmas Day.

Unboxing @darkskyfilms.bsky.social Chain Reactions! cc: @horrornonna.com #texaschainsawmassacre #physicalmedia

Yes I'm reposting this again but I just read this great piece about it by @gayofthedead.bsky.social and couldn't NOT share that. His lived experience in reality TV production adds important perspective and he's explaining the stuff that I haven't been able to coalesce into thoughts yet. So good.

Unboxing the @secondsightfilms.bsky.social 4K UHD Re-Animator box w/a booklet essay... by me! Thanks Second Sight and @phillipescott.bsky.social for asking me to be part of this gorgeous release! 🧟‍♂️👩‍🦳☠️😵 👨‍⚕️💉🦠😵 😵… … … 🧟‍♀️ #physicalmedia #secondsightuk #horrormovie #reanimator #writerslife

Someone was trapped in our elevator and I called 911 and six HOT AF paramedics showed up… (Not shown: two HOT AF paramedics)