I wondered why I was getting sick so much lately, and then I remembered it's because I have a money-touching job again. And customers who instead of saying what they want, order "my drink" like I'm their mom, and then open-mouthed cough in my direction, also like I'm their mom.

For any #mutantfam closely following this mailbag saga, CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS is a movie that can literally drive you insane. It is so uniquely bizarre that I don't even know what genre to say it belongs to, but it will change you. #TheLastDriveIn

I just finished hosting my very last horror lecture and I'm having my ceremonial snack and beer + shot special at the watering hole where the workers collect after work, and I am here to report that "willy-nilly with the sawzall" is a very fun phrase. #willynillywiththesawzall

Double whammy on Tuesday, as we close out the year with a look at the Rise of Epidemic Cinema. Join @donnerpartyofone.bsky.social as she bids us farewell. Tickets: billetto.co.uk/e/do-not-tou... Remember, if you can't make it, we will happily send you a catch up link.

One of our rudest most annoying customers came in with her shitty pretentious children and a very expensive-looking puppy, so I assume in a few years our neighborhood will have a new ill-behaved dog who also doesn't tip.

Flytrap I found abandoned on a utility box in the park Oct. 2 vs. flytrap today. Doing pretty good it seems! #Audrey3D

Scanning the crowd at that Pope Leo film thing at the Vatican. Spike Lee and Cate Blanchett sure, but front row seat for Dario Argento 💥...

Recent episode of TDLI is going down as one of my all time favorites (and I thought Splatterween was awesome). I wasn’t sure if I’d seen Blood And Black Lace, but nope, I’m new to it and holy hell it is GORGEOUS. @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social @therealjoebob123.bsky.social #mutantfam #thelastdrivein

Dear @miskatonicihs.bsky.social students (and visiting #MutantFam folks!): Nov. 18 is a very special episode of our online series, with Erica Shultz and her book The Sweetest Taboo: An Unapologetic Guide to Child Kills In Film - a title that speaks for itself! miskatonicinstitute.com/events/erasi...

While it's still fresh, here's some set photos by my manservant @druu.bsky.social from #thelastdrivein. My only regret is that I didn't meet Ernie -- I was too starstruck to talk to him! -- but if all the love I got from the #MutantFam counts for anything, maybe I'll get another shot some day... 🦎🤠🍻

This seems to be the right time to mention other things I've done -- and here's the weirdest one! encyclopocalypse.com/products/spl...

Just saying HI to all the #mutantfam folks joining me here after #thelastdrivein! It was challenging for sure, but @therealjoebob123.bsky.social, @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social, their crew, and YOU GUYS made it a special experience. Hope to see some of you in the @miskatonicihs.bsky.social audience!

🥂🤓

Can we do this again?? #TheLastDriveIn

@miskatonicihs.bsky.social (thanks Mutant Fam!) #TheLastDriveIn

Blood AND black lace? In this economy? #monsterfam #thelastdrivein

💅!

Being from NY and hearing a Bard college joke #thelastdrivein #mutantfam

Yellow jacket, yellow J&B Scotch label, Giallo = Yellow, Giallo books from Mondadori with Yellow jacket backgrounds with Giallo book pages turning Yellow... #Giallo #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam #BirdwiththeCrystalPlumage #Yellow @themutantfam.bsky.social

For absolutely no reason at all, this feels like a great time to mention that I wrote the booklet for this release of Argento's OPERA (and also for basically every Severin Michele Soavi release): severinfilms.com/products/ope...

THAT BOY NEEDS THERAPY: THE DARIO ARGENTO STORY #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

AHEM :3

If you are not watching The Last Drive-In with @themutantfam.bsky.social right now YOU SHOULD BE because @donnerpartyofone.bsky.social’s class is in session

#TheLastDriveIn "Here's what our killer looks like" 1970s computer: ___ / \ | O | \ - / \_/ | /|\ / | \ / \ / \ _/ \_

This #TheLastDriveIn panel is pretty productive Maybe they can get a shutdown deal done #MutantFam @therealjoshweil.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social

While I find that the general Reddit environment is not really my bag, it is occasionally good for specific purposes, and I have been pleased to discover that there's actually a whole supportive community of people who all want to kill the 7soulsdeep guy.

Bus snacks really satisfy you #longhaulloin

torcher corn (joke and torching @druu.bsky.social )

From THE DEMON and DISTRICT 9 to FRIED BARRY, @brassupnorth.bsky.social shines light into a neglected corner of the cinema world with his new book "South African Horror Cinema." New from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/south-afr...

I'm really happy for, and somewhat jealous of, the people who had no idea that this kind of filmmaking existed until tonight. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Obsessed with this sign that's a xerox of, or printed-out photo of, another sign serving the same purpose at my local post office.

O the shame of having your cold utilitarian black chore bag covered in criminal orange snack dust, a veritable scarlet letter I tell you!

Happy TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE DAY! I celebrated by wearing this great shirt to work, and leaving my coworker a note saying we're out of skim, the baker is back on Wednesday, oh yeah and PS, the entire opening monologue of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Hopefully she finds me as funny as I do!

And YOU should, too!

The character count won't allow me to list every example, but cumulatively Joe Dante has brought me more happiness than a lot of people I personally know. #MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn

@therealjoebob123.bsky.social 's rant about ordering products online is so real it's giving me vicarious anxiety. Start the horror movie already, it will be much more relaxing! #MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn

The many pleasures of PIRHANA ease my disappointment that neither of tonight's #TheLastDriveIn movies is ORCA...but I can still be disappointed later if nobody cosplays as Paul Bartel! #MutantFam

The correct answer is Homicide: Life On the Street, and everyone should be saying this.

Gearing up for tonight's #TheLastDriveIn with this well-loved copy of @therealjoebob123.bsky.social 's excellent true crime novel Evidence of Love, which some brave soul pried out of Karen's cold, dead hands. #MutantFam

I'm obsessed with this moving truck that promises the exact opposite experience of what every other moving company in history has offered. It's like something from the world of BEAU IS AFRAID, what do you think happens to your shit if you use these guys?

HEREDITARY is the fire movie MIDSOMMAR is the earth movie BEAU IS AFRAID is the water movie EDDINGTON is the air movie and we must burn Ari Aster as a witch!

You guys need anything from the harmacy?

On July 12, 1991, Point Break debuted in Canada and the United States. Here’s a drawing of Patrick Swayze in a Ronald Reagan mask!

For some reason I didn't remember how sort of campy this movie is, but it's hilariously broad. #mutantfam #TheLastDriveIn

"ShipGoo001 is believed to be a single cell organism, but its appearance is not yet evident. It could be thread-like, spherical or even twisty"

My #strangeroftheday yesterday was the girl who sat next to me at 28 YEARS LATER, who saw me drop my napkins and gave me a fistful of hers immediately, and then remained curled up in silent terror for the whole show. Perfect movie theater behavior, I should have bought her some popcorn!

tfw when you sit in the way back of the dark cozy empty bar by yourself and get out your book, and then two guys move from where they were to right next to you and LOUDLY sing along to a Sublime song. And then they go and bully the bartender into playing the entire Sublime album. And also it's 5pm.

3. "This is the future liberals want"