Chris Lee sure spent a lot of his career carrying young ladies around. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

Thunderstorm! Classic. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

Pathetic. "Killed by bats" only sort of worked in Kiss of the Vampire. In this one, it's just lame. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

The priest here is Michael Gwynn, who was the creature in Revenge of Frankenstein. He was also in Village of the Damned and Jason and the Argonauts. He's no Cushing, but he's got the cheekbones, and sounds a lot like Pete in this "vampires 101" scene. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

I predict waitress Alice will become a Drac Snack. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

Wait, is the church actually safe after it's been desecrated? I'm thinking not. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

There must have been a sale on those Norfolk jackets - I just noticed Simon is wearing one, too - he just hasn't fastened the belt. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

Chris Lee gets more lines in this one than most of the Hammer Draculas. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

Patrick Troughton as Klove. Most famously a Dr. Who, but a character actor with a huge CV. He was Olivier's stand-in on Richard III, and you'll see him in a lot of the long shots. I first saw him as the priest in The Omen. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

Nice allusion to Stoker with Paul climbing out the castle window. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

"The Landlord" (how he's credited) is Michael Ripper. Ripper appeared in more Hammer films than any other actor, usually playing innkeepers, body snatchers, and other secondary characters. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

Paul being thrown from the carriage allows them to skip having to do a carriage crash. But I want to know what happened to those poor horses. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

I predict Paul the Dick is eventually going to die, probably at Dracula's hand. Also, I bet that photograph of Sarah is going to be Important. #ScarsOfDracula #FrightClub

Between superstitions and the priest's knowledge, these guys should know better how to kill vampire. People all across Europe dug up bodies and drove stakes long before the period this is set. Set his stone castle afire and hope he burns with it? #ScarsOfDracula! #HammerWednesday #FrightClub

What's up with this bat? Dribbling blood on Dracula's ashes? Where did it come from? Is that it's own blood, or some it sucked from a human? Doesn't matter, I guess. Drac's back. #FrightClub#ScarsOfDracula!

I don't know this comic series, though I'll be checking it out. I just wanted to remind people who complain about modern pop media being woke, that in the 1940s the Superman radio show helped take down parts of the KKK in real life. dangerousminds.net/pop-culture/...

Fake. Does not show the turtles.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

What is AMELIA SHADOWS AND THE NEW HEAD GHOST? It's my new kids graphic novel that's coming out next week (4/7)! It's the first in a whole series of Amelia Shadows books and I'm really, REALLY excited about it.

Finished! “Let It Be”. Coloured pencil on hot pressed paper. Based on photos I took of a barred owl in a Toronto ravine. #SciArt #Birds

He’s making me tap the sign, isn’t he? — Jeff

DEAR BLUESKY: WE DON'T WANT ATTIE, WE WANT AN EDIT BUTTON WE DON'T WANT ATTIE - WE REVILE AI & "VIBE-CODING" AND REALIZE ALL "AI" / LLM TECH IS BUILT ON THEFT AND DEPLETES RESOURCES WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DISCOVER THINGS HERE ORGANICALLY WITH *HUMAN,* NOT MACHINE-ASSISTED LLM INTERACTIONS

It brings me great pleasure to inform you the word "blurb" is named after a made-up woman named Belinda Blurb whose job is to tell everyone how great a book is

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

Great thread for anyone interested in Arthurian material.

Even though my work was stolen, I don't qualify for this class action (because America is dumb). But if you do, looks like you could get paid more! The filing deadline is in a few days, so if you can file DO SO NOW! I can't get compensated but you should soak these fuckers for as much as you can

IN THE DEVIL WIND the, I swear to god this time, final Sandman Slim novel is available for preorder. Today is the last day Barnes and Noble’s 25% off preorder sale, so grab a bunch now!

The plot to steal us from ourselves.

Baba Yaga, the plains of Wyoming, and the perils of growing up--RATTLESNAKE WIND is a Kobo deal, $1.99USD in ebook until 3/31! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Hey, that same Bast statue that the mummy's using to kill Sir Giles is sitting in my library right now. #FrightClub #TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb

Think I'll walk home." Famous last words. #FrightClub #TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb

"Statue of Bastet.. his gaze undimmed." HER gaze, idiot. The cat goddess Bast or Bastet is female. #FrightClub #TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb

Fred Clark (playing King, the obnoxious American promoter) was a regular on the Burns & Allen show as their next door neighbor. He also would have guest roles on Twilight Zone and the Addams Family. #FrightClub #TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb

George Pastell repeating his priest role from Hammer's first Mummy, and a similar role in Stranglers of Bombay. #FrightClub #TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb

Beauchamp is played by Terrance Morgan, best known for the title role in the TV series Sir Francis Drake. #FrightClub #TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb

Playing John Bray is Ronald Howard, son of Leslie Howard. He starred as Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes series produced by Shelson Leonard. TV guest appearances included Combat, Karloff's Thriller series, and Danger Man (AKA Secret Agent) with Patrick McGoohan. #FrightClub #TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb

Everyone dooming over how $185M means nothing to Meta: this lawsuit was brought by one (small) state. Forty-nine plus DC to go. It is okay and encouraged to celebrate Ws instead of just saying “it doesn’t matter” every time any awful corporation faces ANY consequences. This could force change.

Worth a read:

If you're interested in finding out a little more about #TheAdventuresOfRobinHood, here's something I wrote/delivered in 2024.

Now I'm wondering - was the term "selling someone out" originally a specific stock market term that morphed into a general expression for betrayal? Or did the use of the phrase generally for a betrayal pre-exist its use in this context? #VanGhoulAtTheMovies #The BensonMurderCase

That's Eugene Pallete as Sgt. Heath, basically Lestrade to Vance's Holmes in several movies. A popular character actor, Pallete played Friar Tuck in the '38 Errol Flynn Adventures of Robin Hood, and Padre Felipe in the Tryone Power Mark of Zorro. #VanGhoulAtTheMovies #The BensonMurderCase

Late to the party, but catching up. From a writing perspective, it's good they give us an idea how murderable Benson is, I think this is way too much setup. Just murder Benson already and all this backstory could be uncovered as Vance investigates. #VanGhoulAtTheMovies #TheBensonMurderCase

Sounds to me like Benson's gay for Harry. #VanGhoulAtTheMovies #TheBensonMurderCase

If you meet an asshole in the morning, you met an asshole. If you meet assholes all day long, you're the asshole.

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

Bernie Sanders suggesting they filibuster by reading out the complete Epstein files is some next level agent of chaotic good shit

A friend just sent me this perfect piece by Karel Čapek, trans. Dora Round, ‘From the Point of View of a Cat’.