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They want everyone but them dead

Day 29: "Occult"ural Center. I know this is not a popular opinion, but I like this movie. This will remain on my periodic rewatch list. Fun. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 28: This Is Jeopardy. Solving puzzles to survive. Have not seen Cube in 25 years. It holds up as a tightly written film with an ensemble cast that find themselves trapped in a giant moving metal box for some reason. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 27: Trancing and Hypnotizing. Wow. This is two steps away from a Russ Meyer flick. A busty guidance counselor hypnotizes a new student at the boarding school for girls with a ginormous Transylvanian pendant. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 26: THAR SHE GLOWS...featuring a lighthouse. Homophobic homoerotic art. I probably won't watch this again, but it will leave a lasting effect on me. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 25: Electric Slip 'n' Slide... something sloppy/goopy. Haven't watched this remake in long time. So much to like, although the action-packed climax of the film loses my interest a bit. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 24: In Your Dreams.... #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 23: Survivors? If anything walks away... Such an original story. Such an original take. I should read the novel. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 22: Wreck Tangle. Watch a movie with a significant car crash scene. I just saw Ray Wise the other night in person as part of a Twin Peaks event panel. I also like Lin Shaye. Thought this would be a good watch. It was! #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 21: Twinner's Circle...human clones. Halfway through.... "Wait a minute! I *have* seen this movie! Dang it!" I must've forgotten because of all the hooey we're expected to swallow. It's not good. Dang it. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 20: Dance Dance Devolution... film containing a mutant, freak, or genetic misshapening. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

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Day 19: Abandoned Place...I chose Eloise, due to the asylum location and the presence of Eliza Dushku. It's decent. Love Robert Patrick as an evil doctor. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 18: Video Store Day! Look, I just haven't made it over to Scarecrow recently. I do and rent there a lot! In lieu of a rental, I choose the 2nd option: watch a film featuring a video store. I chose "The Last Video Store." 👍🏻 #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 17: The Watchening... watch a movie ending in -ing. The Howling. I just love Dee Wallace. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 16: Sequelar Subtitular... a cleverly titled sequel. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 15: Goes Without Saying....something with little to no dialogue. You'd think with a title like "The Silence" there'd have been less conversation. Sad parts. Similar to A Quiet Place. Good cast. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day 14: Shut The Face Up! Watch an edited-for-TV version of a movie. This was difficult to find and choose, but i went with one called "Along Came the Devil." 🤷🏻‍♀️ #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Day13: Hollywoodland Back... Indigenous horror. Cannot beat Blood Quantum fire this category! #bloodquantum #bloodquantummovie #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

#scvpsychotronicchallenge Day12: Morose Code. Something Gothic. The Cursed, 2021. On the late 19th century, a clan of Romani forced of their land curse it. #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

#scvpsychotronicchallenge Day11: Dystopian Future. 2019 Spanish offering, The Platform. #scarecrowvideopsychotronicchallenge

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 10: Estimation...Decimation. Mushroom Cloudy with a chance of radiation. 💣🔥❄️🩻 Threads (1984) is to the UK what The Day After (1983) was to the US. The most traumatic TV movie / anti-nukes PSA ever. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 9: Master of Disaster - any Irwin Allen offering. The classic 1972 Poseidon Adventure. 💙🌊🚢🌊 #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 8: Holy Wednesday - Christploitation. IDK. I watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 7: Now That's Brass (Metal... Precious or Base). As with many films of the 2010s, I forgot that is already seen this. I like the premise and the cast. I hate the shaky cam. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 6: Squeaky Reels - 1925. "The Monster" starring Lon Chaney, Sr....Hey, wait a minute-- this is the same plot as Stonehearst Asylum (2014)! #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 5: Shrieks and Squeals. "Berberian Sound Studio" is an avant-garde film about making a film. Specifically, a giallo - 1970s-era Italian splatter horror. Toby Jones is quietly mesmerizing. #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 4: Mythical Creatures. No one does mythical creatures like Guillermo del Toro. "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark." #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 3: Simian Cinema. Time to watch Stephen King's "The Monkey"! #Halloween #johncarpenter #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 2: Sanguine movie with Fangs. Finally watching "A Girl Walks Home Alone", 2014, Iran. #Halloween #johncarpenter #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

Scarecrow Video Psychotronic Challenge Day 1: Movie woth a debut performance or "Introducing" credit. I'm going classic. #Halloween #johncarpenter #scvpsychotronicchallenge #scvpsychotronicchallenge2025

#horrorwriterschat I'm from Maryland originally but I've lived in Seattle WA for 34 years 🖤 I write creepy and funny. Ghost stories, speculative horror, Gothic. Dark Fantasy/SF sometimes, and Historical. I write short stories, flash fiction, and poetry, but also dip into longer work & screenplays.

How can I wake up at 7AM and lie in bed reading till 2PM? *thinks of laundry list of tasks to do today, including laundry...* #exhaustion #health #tired

Yay! A new album from @timminchin.bsky.social! I can't wait to listen to it! 🎶 #newmusic #wordsmith #funny #funnysad #songwriting #poet

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Does anyone here have experience #writing or reviewing #grants applications? It's like a foreign language to me. I've been rewriting my answers to narrative questions with #feedback from admin but would love fresh feedback today. I plan to submit Monday 7/28. Less than 2 pages. #writing #grant

Second Thursday of the month is coming up this week which means #Horror #Readaroke at #2FingersSocial in West Seattle July 10th. I'm planning on reading if it works out! #writing #horrorwriters #writingevent #hwaseattle

My husband and I can't agree on which movie to go see this Wednesday: ◾️M3GAN 2.0 ◾️28Years Later #movies #megan2.0 #m3gan2.0 #28yearslater

Reposting this meme I saw a month ago. Every time I scroll past it, it makes me happy! #Dracula #cats #catsandboxes #catsandcoffins #vampirelife

Happy to accept my first #grant! Thank you, #kc4culture. The @seattlewritersmeet.bsky.social community will be happy to enter is newest phase!

Dreamt my friend & I spent a weekend at Oprah's house but were more excited to speak with @thatmattkingfella.bsky.social, who also lived there. Upon arrival, I asked Oprah if she'd seen #Spirited before or after she knew Matt King. She didn't know about it. Matt showed us a cast/crew CD. #dream

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My #CrypticonSeattle2025 panels! Excited to discuss #horror topics like #BuffytheVampireSlayer, horror and comedy, #writersblock & #ideageneration, #womeninhorror, #precodehorrormovies, and #theElderlyinHorror. I'll be moderating the panel on #Pre-codeHollywood Horror. @crypticonseattle.bsky.social

Just finished listening to The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture by @gailcarriger.bsky.social and just ordered the paperback version so I can read it again with a highlighter in hand. #theheroinesjourney #writinglife #writers #storystructure #books

Got a whole Sunday evening ahead of me. Wondering if I should watch a movie? Read a book? Work on my writing projects? Or just end up taking a nap on the sofa with my cat... #decisions #horrormovies #horrorlit #horrorwriters #writinglife #lifewithcats #books #sundays

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Aw, happy to see this....The Changeling is my most favorite horror movie! #thechangeling #georgecscott #horror #horrormovies www.inverse.com/entertainmen...