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Special Projects Editor at Decrypt, director of short films (The Dead of Winter, premiered at @frightfest.bsky.social 2023), player of D&D, painter of little Warhammer/MESBG men. @stephengraves on Twitter.
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Didn't they also have Dave Kushner, latterly of Velvet Revolver, on guitar for a spell?
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I've written a new Adrian Chills story (short horror stories based on the Guardian columns of Adrian Chiles). This is #8.
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Also before YouTube's real-time captioning was improved, the dialogue in the plane scene read: "Was getting cock part of your plan?" "Of COURSE!" Which made me giggle.
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The plot holes and logic problems annoy me (police baton charging men with AK-47s! Batman pausing his hunt for the atom bomb to light a big Bat Symbol on fire because it looks cool!) but I did like all the Tale of Two Cities allusions. And Tom Hardy stomping around putting on a silly voice. ACTING.
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I'm also astonished that we never got an adaptation of The Tomorrow Windows...
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It still astonishes me that we never got a straight adaptation of @lanceparkin.bsky.social's Father Time. Or The Dying Days, but RTD strip-mined that as effectively as Nolan and Snyder did The Dark Knight Returns, so...
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youtu.be/WSFDCmmsqEI?...
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ERIC (2022, d. @davidyorkefilms.bsky.social) Joshua finally gets to meet Eric, the beloved dog of a girl he's been dating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozrH... @niccibrighten.bsky.social
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YELLOWMEADS (2024, d. Christian Burnett) On the London council estate of Yellowmeads, Vicky is stalked by an unsettling stranger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLXv... Starring Caroline Nield and @adiemueller.bsky.social ‬
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AGATHA (2024, d. Jack Berry) When sisters Agatha and Edna find themselves stuck in the woods with seemingly no way out, their hope begins to dwindle and insanity grows. Is a prayer enough to free them?
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OUTSIDE NOISE (2024, d. @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social‬) An overwhelmed woman listens to a sleep ambience app to unwind before bed, but when the sounds eerily begin to blend with reality, she suspects it has conjured something frightening into her room. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JprS...
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O, GLORY! (2022, d. Joe Williams and Charlie Edwards-Moss) In the late 70's, a psychiatric doctor and his assistant are called to an isolated country house to examine Deborah, whose brother believes she is losing her mind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEjs...
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BODY WORN VIDEO (2024, d. Tony Hipwell) A child abuse call isn't the best way to end a day, but for officers Cane and Adel, it's not just their shift that's about to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdob... @indiehorrorsoc.bsky.social
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VHX (2024, 5 mins, d. Alisa Stern and Scott Ampleford) A collection of home movies languish on a shelf, longing to be watched again. Little do they know, there’s a fate far worse than being forgotten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wE...
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THE AUTEUR (2023, d. @bethanyhwhite) A man tries to write his ideal female character, only for her to gain awareness and rebel against the way he's writing her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2U9...
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OUZO & BLACKCURRANT (2019, d. @natluurtsema.bsky.social‬) Two old friends take a trip down memory lane, but they are not alone - there's someone there who never left. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zakZ...
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Well, there's the small issue of Marvel superheroes having a bit more cultural cachet than the Ergon.
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Can you model a little set of DJ decks for him to stand behind?
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A couple of the Games Workshop artists, like Fangorn, ended up working on Kubrick's version of A.I. old.reddit.com/r/StanleyKub...
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Which contains this gem, revealing that at one point Kubrick (very briefly) speculated about the possibility of doing a Warhammer 40,000 movie.
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Nothing to do with The Shining, but if you want a deep dive into What It's Like To Work With Stanley Kubrick, this massive article by A.I. screenwriter Ian Watson is a great read: www.ianwatson.info/plumbing-sta...