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My give a fucks aren’t on vacation, they’re straight up retired.

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#NeverForget that John Waters had Steve Buscemi dress up as John Waters for Waters' 1995 Christmas card.
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Never forget that the filmmakers constructed a giant Gizmo to use for close ups on GREMLINS.
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Jack Nicholson breaks into tears as he explains the positive effect Roger Corman had on his acting career. R.I.P. Roger Corman
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#NeverForget that Jonathan Demme cast Roger Corman as the director of the FBI in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. R.I.P. Roger Corman
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#NeverForget that in 1992, David Lynch directed a series of serialized commercials for the Japanese brand, Georgia Coffee set in the world of TWIN PEAKS. The commercials only aired in Japan and only four were produced.
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R.I.P. Julee Cruise “Ladies & gentlemen, direct from the roadhouse in Twin Peaks, USA, Miss Julee Cruise.” Cruise filled in for Sinead O’Connor on SNL when O’Connor refused to appear with host, Andrew Dice Clay on May 12, 1990. Cruise performed “Falling.”
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Never forget that Mel Brooks produced David Cronenberg’s THE FLY (1986).
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“EVERYONE likes HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH now. Everyone.”
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Martin Scorsese explains what he learned about preparation and filmmaking from Roger Corman while making BOXCAR BERTHA (1972). R.I.P. Roger Corman
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The Simpsons take in Roger Corman’s TITANIC on the THOUSAND DOLLAR MOVIE. R.I.P. Roger Corman
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HEREDITARY; I was 38 years old.
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What horror movie did you watch when you were way too young to watch it?
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can’t believe there are people out there that think solo a star wars story is a bad movie
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Why isn’t anyone talking about the real surprise of JOKER?! The use of the 1972 Saul Bass Warner Bros. logo in the film’s opening!
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This years theme was “costumes that only men over fifty would understand.”
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We really did have it all, didn’t we?
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can’t believe there are people out there that think halloween ends is a bad movie
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Comedian Paul Mooney recalls going to see the THE EXORCIST with Richard Pryor at the Westwood upon its release in 1973. "If you say EXORCIST didn't scare you, you're full of shit." R.I.P to one of the greats.
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🤣🤣🤣
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You know what 00’s horror movie is slept on? We don’t talk enough about DEAD SILENCE (2007).
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RT these photos of character actor Mike Hagerty.
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Do you like Freddy Krueger? 👍 or👎
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First image from the new HELLRAISER just dropped.
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Who wore it best?
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When a horror movie names it’s characters after famous horror movie directors.
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Chow Yun-fat With His Sleeves Rolled Up
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Gothy Christina Hendricks is all you need this weekend.
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Modern horror movies don’t utilize enough fog.
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My Fall Plans / The Delta Variant
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RT if your comfort movie is a horror movie.
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Color stills from the set of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968). #TheLastDriveIn @SetDarcyFree @kinky_horror @HalloweeniesPod
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RT this photo of Public Enemy at the movies.
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By age 35 you should have realized that BOONDOCK SAINTS is a shit movie.
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My generation already had a Pete Davidson.
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RT this photo of Phil Lynott with Mayor McCheese.
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RT if horror movies saved your sanity this year.
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Quote tweet with a fictional band you would want to join.
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The #CobraKai /A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Cinematic Universe.
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I don’t think we realize how lucky we are that in our lifetime we got a superhero movie with an entire soundtrack by Prince.
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Just saw the HALLOWEEN ENDS trailer and let me just say… This is not your father’s Michael Myers.
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Brittany Snow in X
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MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE (1966) characters as Jordans. A thread:
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Tubi is the closest thing we have to a streaming mom & pop video store and Pluto is the closet thing we have to UHF.
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RAGING BULL (1980) Dir. Martin Scorsese DP: Michael Chapman
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RT with a baby photo that exudes the energy you have now.
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We don’t talk enough about how casting Allison Williams as a quintessential manipulative white woman in GET OUT is one of the most inspired and spot on casting decisions in film history.
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Saying 2020 was like a horror movie is an insult to horror movies.
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Happy Boxing Day!
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THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS premiered on ABC on this date in 1986. Check out this promo pilot from DIC animators Kevin Altieri and Eddie Fitzgerald. The clip was used to sell the series to ABC and it became one of the longest running cartoons of the '80s.
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We don’t talk enough about Brendan Fraser.
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Chicagoans: what’s the most Chicago thing that’s ever happened to you?
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RT this photo of Martin Scorsese wearing a Clash T-shirt.
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never not thinking about this
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Just about finished with the bedroom...the bedroom I’ve wanted since I was 8 years old.
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Say your sexuality using only a pic already saved to your phone.
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@RedShadow113 This is a joke, right? This has to be a joke.
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FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER was released on this date in 1984.
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Just sitting around thinking about how much I dig the work of Patrick Nagel...
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RT this photo of @HamillHimself goofing around on the set of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980).
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If HALLOWEEN ENDS isn’t on your best of the year list, you need to rewrite that list.
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We don’t talk enough about how John Waters’ cult classic PINK FLAMINGOS was added to the National Film Registry today.
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#NeverForget that in 2018, there was an attempt to reboot WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S as a political satire, staring John Larroquette as Bernie, Mayor small town Maine mayor who runs for Senate, dies, and his aides keep up the ruse that he’s alive. A full season was shot & shelved.
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DEAD ALIVE aka BRAINDEAD (1992) 👍 or 👎
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Tubi has become the best streaming service and it’s not even close
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My plans / 2020
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the arbys neon cowboy hat should have never left
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Who could that be standing behind Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski on the set of Fellini’s SATYRICON (1969)? #8WhiskeySours
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The cast of MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE at the film’s premiere in El Paso, 1966. The original, uncut psychotronic classic screens Saturday, November 14th at the Rock Island Public House Drive-In! Enjoy the film, dinner, and drinks from the safety of your vehicle!
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Making fun of chain restaurants is classism disguised as cleverness.
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I know Halloween is traditionally the favorite season to watch horror movies but there is something to be said for a hot night with the AC blasting that takes me right back to summers in my parents’ basement.
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RT this photo of Robert Mitchum wearing a T-shirt that says Robert Mitchum.
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If a studio remade JAWS today it’d be called JAWS: RISE OF THE GREAT WHITE or some dumb shit like that.
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Toshiro Mifune In Suits
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“You either die Roy Scheider or live long enough to see yourself become Richard Dreyfuss.”
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The movie hero The actual hero
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RT this photo of Charles Bronson brandishing a dildo.
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HALLOWEEN would not be overwhelmingly considered an all time classic film if it the internet was readily available upon its release because entire articles (and Twitter) would be devoted to the “plot holes” and “logic problems” of Michael Myers learning how to drive.
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You either die a hero or live long enough to see grown ups boycott a STAR WARS movie.
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It unreasonably bothers me when studios put their latest production logo on classic films.
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I remember there being a pitch for a WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S III that would give Bernie a dead wife and family.
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It’s a cool rainy day in Chicago, perfect for classic horror movies on the couch.
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Tonight, someone had the nerve to rack up a $100 bill and tip $1, adding the note “I’m poor, I’m sorry.” You’re not poor, you’re cheap.
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RT this photo of the cast of MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE at the film’s premiere in El Paso, 1966.
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The Blockbuster Video discourse never stops…
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SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY was gorgeously shot by Bradford Young but audiences have gotten used to the flat, bright, digital look of big franchise pictures and internet users tend to regurgitate talking points that they read somewhere else re: “the film is too dark.”
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My plans / 2020
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ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD characters as Jordans. A thread.
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Jack Nicholson breaks into tears as he explains the positive effect Roger Corman had on his acting career.
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“Chicago bartender, Mike Vanderbilt™...”
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We don’t talk enough about Lucy Lawless ins SPIDER-MAN.
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One frame that's worth a thousand words.
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