Just had the idea for my next classic monster in the 80's story. It's Ska Frankenstein! :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6fQ...

#noirvember watch 8 of 30 was Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker (1953). A tense, dark tale that I loved watching again. Highly recommended.

"it is said that a wolf prowls these parts at night. A strange beast that walks on its hind legs as a man would. With eyes as red as blood, and a mane of hair as curly as that curly pasta that I forget the name of now." ~ Maneater #writing

Even a man who is styled of hair, and gels his hair by night, will become a mess when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright. ~ Maneater #writing

After every full moon, and Stewart Talbot's transformation into a wolf man, his hair, along with his clothes, would inevitably be ruined. The clothes were an easy fix; he simply stripped before the moon rose. But the hair? That was a tougher nut to crack. ~ Maneater #writing

In my ongoing series of short stories about classic monsters existing in the 80s, I've reached the point of writing a wolf man story where he really wants a perm and also really really loves Hall and Oates. :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=D00M...

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LEGO (when I was a kid): Here's a bag of nondescript bricks, use your imagination to make things. LEGO (now): Here's an intricate and expensive plastic jigsaw puzzle. Put it together. Imagination unnecessary.

Love noticing The Bradbury Building in TV/movies. It's here in The Night Strangler (1973) I'm watching now. Also in Wolf (1994) and, most fittingly, the opening credits of The Ray Bradbury Theater. :D

Watching Kolchak on a rainy Sunday afternoon. 10/10. Would recommend. 😁

Forget Jamie Oliver. Ignore Gordon Ramsey. Eschew Fanny Cradock. There's only one chef allowed in my house - Columbo!

Accidentally bought cookies n' cream shower gel, instead of cocoanut. I no longer smell like an island paradise, now I smell like the confectionary aisle at Morrisons.

#noirvember watch 7 of 30 was My Favorite Brunette (1947). It's a fun Bob Hope comedy where he plays a nervous photographer who pretends to be a Private Eye. Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. co-star www.youtube.com/watch?v=THBo...

Vampires suffer from nostalgia more than most. They're stuck in the decade when they first came into the darkness. Unable to move past the fashion and music of their time. ~ The Rythm Is Gonna' Get You #writing

In this story I'm writing, I answer the age old question, "Do vampires like the music of Lionel Ritchie?" 😁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAv...

#Writing an 80's disco vampire story titled The Rhythm Is Gonna' Get You. 😁🧛 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZkj...

#Noirvember 6 of 30 was my favourite Robert Mitchum film, The Big Steal (1949). A fast-paced, exciting romp, with plenty of back and forth dialogue and a cracking Mexican locale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1rC...

This new Del Toro Frankenstein just makes me want to watch Darkman again.

"All your life, you will remember this night. And you’ll know whom you have turned loose upon the world." #S2E5 Twilight Zone’s "The Howling Man" (November 4, 1960) by Charles Beaumont stars John Carradine, Robin Hughes, and H.M. Wynant -- who's still with us at age 98!

There's nobody like him writing today. These are all superb reads.

My YouTube debut tomorrow, 6pm GMT If you like car crash TV, might be worth a watch…

#Noirvember 5 of 30 was Pickup on South Street (1953). This one teeters on the edge of boring anti-communist propaganda (sign of the times), but it's elevated by some stellar peformances, especially Richard Widmark, and a fast-moving plot with lots of twists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-OQ...

#Noirvember 4 of 30 was The Set-Up (1949). I only recently got around to seeing this, but it became an instant favourite. It's a taught, personal story of a boxer experiencing a long dark night of the soul. Great acting, excellent cinematography. Highly recommended. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PVt...

If you're a writer looking for good graphics software, Affinity has gone free (Mac and Windows). It includes vector/pixel/publishing (like Illustrator/Photoshop/Indesign) all-in-one. You just need a Canva account, but it's a one time login after you install. #writinglife www.affinity.studio

Yes, please. 😁 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

I wasn't looking and took out a packet of prawn cocktail crisps from the Walkers' multi-pack.

Vampire: Hello, I'm a stranger being chased for unknown reasons, can I come into your shack? People in shack: Sure. Vampire: Want to start an amazing folk trio with perfect harmonies for no apparent reason after I bite you and turn you into vampires? People in shack: Why the hell not!

I'm just another ten percenter My mind is like an ocean www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnA2...

AI is technological asbestos.

#Noirvember 3 of 30 was Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982). A great pastiche that I still find hilarious to this day. It gets bonus points for turning me on to so many other films as a kid, and teaching me the cigarette in the ear trick. :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ef...

Adrienne Shelley and Robert Burke in a publicity still for Hal Hatley's THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (1989) Hartley was BOTD in 1959

November 3, 1961: Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life" airs. Anthony Fremont may be a little boy, but to the residents of Peaksville, Ohio, he's a big problem — a tiny tyrant with god-like powers. Perhaps you've seen this little-known episode. 😜 (Yes, that's a joke.)

Name a romance film.

#Noirvember watch 2 of 30 was Double Indemnity (1944). Still my favourite noir film of all time. The opening credits, the score, the heat of it sweating out through every shadowy frame of celluloid. A masterpiece that has never been equalled. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdc...

Read it somewhere ages ago, and I think it was an old pulp writer who said you only need 3 things for a good P.I. - An interesting method of transportation, an interesting place to live/work, and an interesting sidekick. He could have just said The Rockford Files, saved himself a load of time. :D

For the evening crowd— My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today. Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape. punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...

David Inshaw (British, b.1943) "The Raven," 1971 Oil on canvas 152.4 x 165 cm #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

The blade was a debt long owed to the necks of the rich and greedy. #writing

I was going to re-read Monsieur Hire's Engagement by Georges Simenon in preparation for my 2nd #Noirvember watch tomorrow, Panique (1947), based on the book. Can't seem to find it anywhere, though. I'll have to order another copy and push the film back in my watch list.

#Noirvember 1 of 30 was Jean-pierre Melville's Un Flic (1972). His last film, but still has all the Melville greatness. I think Melville carved out his own kind of noir in his later films. A blend of dark mood and icy colour, which I think of as noir et bleu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6fg...

Happy Halloween everyone! You should treat yourself to something spooky. And I've got just the thing! mybook.to/ltbDFh

Trump's toilet looks like something Paul Baron (owner of Baron's, Hull's premiere night club) would love.

So-Soñamos en grande que se caiga el imperio We dream in big that the empire falls www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKGU...