@jaxbra.bsky.social I’d watch both of these shows.

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! This month’s Electronic Sound explores the strange and unsettling world of COLD WAR ELECTRONICA and we have a superb 35-track double CD to accompany the mag. Tension! Anxiety! Paranoia! Doom! Gloom! It’s all here! Get your copy at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

I will need £1 for the socks.

A few people have asked, so here’s a link to the playlist I created for Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

From the Comet Over Hollywood Archives: During World War II, actor Wayne Morris enlisted and flew 52 missions and helped sink five enemy ships. Read more here: cometoverhollywood.com/2013/05/27/t...

Wow, had no idea this existed. A 1948 radio show about A Streetcar Named Desire winning the Drama Critics Circle Award featuring scenes performed by the original Broadway cast including Jessica Tandy as Blanche. Tantalizing and invaluable glimpse at how she played it. youtu.be/wmpjP-ZKDvg?...

Flyer for Brother Theodore performing his macabre one man show in NYC Theodore was BOTD in 1906

@theharvestmaid.bsky.social I just learned that Alastair Crowley considered using Harpo Marx as the inspiration for The Fool for his Thoth Tarot Cards but ultimately decided not to.

Celebrating the birthday of the divine, and much-missed, Ann Reinking. ❤️

I've got a fresh batch of paperbacks in if anyone wants to buy directly from me for Christmas. Same deal as back in July: £13 each, or both for £25, including UK postage. precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/07/25/a...

NOT NOW PREVIOUSLY BURIED 1700s OBVIOUSLY VERY CURSED AND HAUNTED STONE CRYPT UNCOVERED BY AN UNEXPECTED GRAVEYARD TOMB COLLAPSE NOT NOW

I wrote briefly (and freely, if you catch my drift) about a couple of production stills from The Wild Party (1929) I found on eBay, one of which hints at an interesting change in the film's production, which could be simple, or not at all. Link: vitaphonezone.substack.com/p/production...

Clara Bow takes the BFGoodrich Silvertown Safety League pledge to promote safe driving in Hollywood, 1931 (or, me at the DMV)

Ceramic art by Sophie Woodrow

Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"

Horror ppl should watch Hell-Bound Train (James & Eloyce Gist, 1930) on @criterionchannl.bsky.social. The Gists were Black evangelists & amateur filmmakers who used their films in their sermons. This film is a catalogue of sins. Even w/ no budget, it has surprisingly haunting moments throughout.

@thebasementtan.bsky.social When I was kid we lived in Wales and just before the bonfire was lit, we’d throw in potatoes wrapped in tin foil. After the the fire died out, the potatoes were perfectly cooked. #potatosky

I wrote about House filmmaker Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's nouvelle vague-inspired biker movie His Motorbike, Her Island, in which young people tend to be more jealous of (and possibly even attracted to) motorbikes than people. New Blu-ray on Cult Epics loaded with extras. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

This looks interesting: “This comprehensive new collection of essays is set to deck your halls with insightful looks at all your festive fright favourites, from the BBC’s A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS series to SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT...” spectacularoptical.com/product/yule...

MANILA — An important piece of Filipino history missing for almost 90 years and thought to be lost forever was just found in Belgium. “Diwata ng Karagatan” is now the oldest surviving Filipino film! 🎞️🎞️ www.abs-cbn.com/entertainmen...

@theharvestmaid.bsky.social @stinasdemons.com Here’s a great playlist of spooky folk songs to help us keep Halloween in our hearts.

I just ordered Erin’s latest found photo zine, A Violent Life. Her previous photo zines, Danse Macabre and Untamed were excellent, and I can’t wait see this one. She has a good eye and a knack for choosing the perfect image.

The least believable thing about this film is that there would be an economic demand for a Protestant organ player in early 60s Salt Lake City ... . #TCMParty #CarnivalOfSouls

@bcdreyer.social I suspect you already know about this, but I would hate it if the information about the restoration of Lady of Burlesque finally being available slipped by you.

The article I wrote for Acoustic Guitar Magazine is now online. I had a blast researching this and it could have easily been three times longer but it turned out well.

October 1 vs. October 31

Jessica’s Classic Hollywood Halloween costumes are always excellent but this one as the portrait of Gene Tierney in Laura is perhaps her best yet. Well done!

Can I borrow 7 million dollars? I’d like to buy Bela Lugosi’s Hollywood mansion.

The back of the 1943 Dell paperback edition of The Phantom of the Opera has a map of the Paris Opera House with all the important locations marked. Dell published hundreds of books, now known as Mapbacks, with similar maps on the back covers. #PhantomsFriday

An Emergency First Aid Booth for "nervous patrons” of James Whale's THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935). It's on TCM tonight at 6:30pm ET, part of a day of classic Universal Monsters movies. #Halloween #FilmSky #TCMParty

What a great idea for a mini film festival.

There are some good books here on sale including Dark Carnival, David Skal’s biography of Tod Browning, and the first English translations of the original novella about Godzilla.

@theharvestmaid.bsky.social Some nice but expensive seasonal books here.

Happy Day Before Halloween Boris Karloff Guacamole Day!

I enjoyed this conversation about spooky but not scary films. Jessica mentioned one of my favorite oddball movies, You’ll Find Out, which has Kay Kyser and his band trapped in an old dark house with Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Bela Lugosi. Check it out for the Sonovox, a bizarre sound device.

Here’s wonderful story about Colin Farrel and the perils of acting with a piglet.

Always a pleasure to talk film with @frnclassics.bsky.social! This time, not-so-scary films for Halloween. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1qjX...

@fakehistoryhunter.net I wonder how accurate these sound effects are.

Ann Savage bullies a Hitler-faced pumpkin for Halloween 1942 publicity: “Green-eyed starlet Ann Savage is about to give this Hitler-pumpkin a poke in the nose. With the way things are going in Stalingrad, it’s hard to imagine why the old boy should be smiling.”

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers".

@jaxbra.bsky.social So, I just spent 20 minutes looking for the second episode of Ripley on Britbox or Acorn and couldn’t find it. It turns out we were watching Ridley on PBS Passport. I think I’m getting too old and befuddled to operate a TV remote.

Mark of the Vampire is a six robe movie! #classicmeninrobes #MarkoftheVampire #IvanFSimpson #JeanHersholt #lionelatwill #holmesherbert #lionelbarrymore #TCMParty

#TheFilmCrowd I recently finished my usual October re-read of Dracula. This is what happens in Dracula today:

Tired of paying for streaming? Annoyed by commercials? Here's my Free Stuff Thread, a collection of silent films offered by archives and film institutes from around the world! And absolutely free! Act now! Just four easy payments of $0!

Thrilled to see writers taking the folk horror genre in fascinating new directions. The new anthology from @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, Blood in the Bricks, focuses on the folk horror potential of urban areas and launches at World Fantasy Convention next weekend. Dig it!

Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

Went through the "White House" today. It was just beautiful.

News you can use.

Ah, the two 2020s theft joke templates side by side.

@theharvestmaid.bsky.social Truth!