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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#watched SCANNERS (1981) A sketchy weapons developer recruits a telekinetic loner to hunt down an assassin with similar mental powers. If Jedi and Sith were real, this is probably their origin story and a cynically accurate portrayal of how they'd behave. #DavidCronenberg

The theatrical poster for the 1981 sci-fi horror film, Scanners, shows the villainous character Darryl Revok (played by Michael Ironside) being ravaged by a telekinetic attack.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#watched MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949) Most of the key figures involved in the production of KING KONG (1933) return for a more kid-friendly remake (of sorts). It's trite but charming with deft stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen, Willis O'Brien, and Pete Peterson.

The poster for the 1949 fantasy adventure film, Mighty Joe Young, features the titular character, an immense gorilla, fending off an attack by a pride of lions.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#watched THE DRACULA SAGA (1973) A pregnant woman visits her ancestral castle where her grandfather, Count Dracula, eagerly awaits the birth of her son. An atmospheric pastiche of Poe, Lovecraft, and Hammer films from frequent Paul Naschy collaborator León Klimovsky #SpanishHorror

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#watched CRACK IN THE WORLD (1965) A scientist fires a nuclear missile deep into the Earth despite the protestations of those who know better, which creates a planet destroying global fissure. I haven't seen this since I was wee. Some okay suspense moments mixed with very dumb science.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#watched FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD (1988) Jason returns from the grave yet again to kill a bunch of college-age kids partying in an old house, but he doesn't anticipate emotionally troubled Tina's fierce telekinetic powers. Utterly silly, but I have a big soft spot for this entry.

This promotional artwork for Friday the 13th Part 7, which was released theatrically in 1988, shows a split image. On the left side is half of Jason's hockey mask, and on the right side is half the face of Tina, the film's protagonist. A knife bisects the two faces. The split face image represents the nature of Tina, whose telekinetic powers make her a far more formidable opponent than Jason is used to dealing with in previous films.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#watched THE GIANT BEHEMOTH (1959) It's Labor Day, and I choose monsters. This okayish knock-off of Ray Harryhausen's Beast from 20,000 Fathoms has its moments, but the creature FX supervised by stop-motion legend Willis O'Brien sadly pale in comparison to those of his protege.

The poster for the 1959 giant monster film, The Giant Behemoth, shows a long-necked, four legged prehistoric reptile (not a dinosaur!) rampaging through the streets of London while tiny humans flee in terror.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#watched STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (1984) This is the only OC Trek film I missed in theaters, which I was able to rectify tonight at a special screening. In home video formats I've always thought STIII showed its budget limitations, but it actually played quite well on the big screen.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Today's trail pics. I hiked one of my favorite spots in NJ for the first time in a couple years: A segment of the Appalachian Trail with some connecting trails looped in. Here's a nice view from the Kittatinny Ridge.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#watched SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES (1971) A woman and her new husband arrive at her family castle, where they discover her cousins have been turned into vampires. The plot doesn't matter in early Rollin films. Just sit back and soak in the vibes.

The poster for French director Jean Rollin's 1971 film Shiver of the Vampires looks less like a movie poster and more like a strangely elegant artwork that happens to have a movie title written across the bottom. The art approach is hard to describe. Sort of art nouveau but with soft details as if illustrated with colored pencils. The center of the image features a shapely nude woman in the clutches of a vampire that's more evocative of a dragon than a bat. Behind and around the central figures are loosely sketched scenes from the film and semicircular roundels containing words or images. Psychedelic is the best term I can think of.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Richard Lynch as Harris in BAD DREAMS (1988). The Scooby Doo ending ruins the good thing they had going, but if they had let him be a proper horror icon ... Seriously, the third-act fake out was a remarkably terrible decision. That's a different post, though.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#watched BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) Racists hiding a dark secret get riled up when a mysterious stranger shows up in their rinky-dink town asking questions. Alas, racists are like cockroaches. Can't seem to get rid of 'em.

The poster for Bad Day at Black Rock from 1955 is split into two images. The top half shows star Spencer Tracey standing on railroad tracks holding a briefcase and wearing a black business suit. The bottom half show the villain, Robert Ryan, in a classic western movie pose, wearing a cowboy hat and holding a rifle. The contrasting images of the new west and the old west are meant to capture the flavor of the film, which is set in modern times (post World War 2) but otherwise looks and feels like a western, only with trucks and jeeps instead of horses.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#watched AND SOON THE DARKNESS (1970) A summer holiday in France turns nightmarish for a British woman when her cycling companion vanishes. Each person she turns to for help is sketchier than the last. This film sure takes a dim view of the French. 🥐

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#watched A PATCH OF BLUE (1965) A blind white woman escapes her abusive, bigoted mother by visiting a local park, where she befriends a black man who encourages her to seek a more meaningful life. See, I watch non-horror movies. Occasionally. When the DVR gets full.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today's trail pics: In Living Color It only took me 8 attempts to get a shot with this butterfly's wings spread. They just won't stay still for a big lumpy mammal in cargo shorts and holding a cell phone.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#watched SAINT MAUD (2019) A home care nurse comes to believe her job is to save souls rather than lives ... to the detriment of herself and her patients. Welsh actress Morfydd Clark gives an intense performance as a lonely young woman becoming increasingly unhinged from reality.

Promotional artwork for the psychological horror film Saint Maud presents a simple image of the title character wearing a loose robe with her arms outstretched in an orant posture. There's no background art or even a ground for her to stand on, so she appears to be floating in the ether.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#watched DEATHDREAM (1974) Andy, a soldier reported killed in Vietnam, shows up late one night at his family home. Joy turns to dread when a series of vampirish murders seems to coincide with Andy's arrival. Damn. I forgot how devastatingly bleak this movie is.

The poster for the 1974 horror film, Deathdream, is yet another "collage of scenes" style artwork, which I don't care for. A great film nonetheless, directed by Bob Clark of Black Christmas and A Christmas Story fame.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Today's trial pics - Not one but two ghost houses (second in thread). Naturally, the creepier of the two gets the lead-image slot. We got enough of these rotting old cabins in the woods here for a whole family of Voorhees.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#watched SATAN'S SLAVE (1980) A widower and his children hire a housekeeper who uses supernatural power to bring the dead back to life to do her sinister bidding. I'm not that familiar with Indonesian horror, but this one definitely has its own vibe.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#watched NEITHER THE SEA NOR THE SAND (1972) I wish I could go back in time to see the theater audience's reaction when they realize 45 minutes in that this is actually a horror film.

Promotional art for the 1972 film, Neither the Sea Nor the Sand, features a painted image of Anna and Hugh, the film's star-crossed lovers, locked in embrace while painterly waves crash on the rocks around them.

This movie might bear the most misleading title in cinema. The first half is a melancholic, windswept love story about two lonely people looking for happiness, which befits the poetic name. Then it abruptly shifts to become a horror film that turns increasingly grim and more somber with each scene.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#watched THE GRAPES OF DEATH (1978) As a zombie-like plague spreads across the French countryside, a woman hides in a rustic village and attempts to fend off a siege by the infected creatures. The first Jean Rollin film I ever saw back in the early 90s and still one of my favs.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#watched THE FRENCHMAN'S GARDEN (1978) An innkeeper (Paul Naschy) who makes his money on gambling and prostitution decides it would be more lucrative to kill his patrons, steal their cash, and bury their bodies in his vegetable garden. But that's never as easy as it sounds.

The poster for The Frenchman's Garden is, frankly, not very interesting or artistic. It features photos of two cast members next to a sketch of an arm holding an axe.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Yesterday's trail pics Found another ruin in the forest to add to my "collection." I knew it existed but wasn't able to find it on a prior hike in the area. It's hard to see from the trail (in summer at least).

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#watched DON'T DELIVER US FROM EVIL (1971) Loosely based on the same real-life crime that inspired Peter Jackson's HEAVENLY CREATURES, this French film follows two Catholic schoolgirls whose exploits quickly escalate from cruel pranks to murder. Not a comfortable watch (in multiple ways).

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#watched THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR FACE (1971) An office worker at a car maker is summoned to the mountain villa of the company's founder, who might be a vampire but is definitely a bloodsucking oligarch obsessed with establishing a corporate-run surveillance state. Prescient, no?

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#watched WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? (1972) Not only one of my favorite gialli, one of my favorite films, period. It's nasty and cynical and doesn't care about your feelings. As an existential nihilist, I find the "life is not fair" message therapeutic.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#watched THE ALIEN FACTOR (1978) An alien spacecraft carrying an array of galactic monsters crashes in Maryland, overwhelming local law enforcement. Until a mysterious stranger shows up to help. Pure nostalgia if you grew up a Gen X monster kid.

Promotional artwork for the 1978 sci-fi monster movie, The Alien Factor, shows a collage of alien creatures from the film chasing a screaming woman.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#watched NIGHT OF THE DAMNED (1971) A journalist and his wife visit a dying friend at his castle and soon find themselves ensnared in occult rituals and human sacrifice. The budgetary constraints are evident, but the surprisingly explicit eroticism ought to keep most viewers engaged.

The artwork for the theatrical poster of 1971's Night of the Damned shows the film's lead actress, Patrizia Viotti, screaming while a collage of skeletal faces surrounds her.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#watched WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (1966) Believe it or not, this is the first time I've seen the Toho international English dub with someone else voicing Russ Tamblyn's character. It's a completely different (and more accurate) plot! Still, gimme Russ Tamblyn ad-libbing. #Kaiju

The Japanese poster for War of the Gargantuas shows Gaira, the green gargantua, and Sanda, the brown gargantua, fighting while surround by an alphabet soup of Japanese letters. As much as I love Japanese monster movies, I'm not a huge fan of the poster art style, which tends to be a collage of scenes from the film being promoted with an explosion of words and phrases splashed in 10 different directions.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today's trail pics. At 93°F/34°C, it was too hot for anything strenuous, so I did a canal footpath just to get some miles in. I enjoyed the wildflowers, some of which you see below. #hiking

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#watched BABA YAGA (1973) A fashion photographer meets a mysterious older woman who bewitches her camera so that the people she photographs are struck ill or die. That's ostensibly the plot, but there are many more layers than can't be described in 280 characters (or whatever you get here).

The poster for the 1973 surrealist horror drama Baba Yaga highlights the kinkier elements of the film. The painted image depicts the protagonist, played by Isabelle De Funes, nude and shackled while the titular character, played by Carrol Baker, strokes her chest. In the background, the film's living doll character, "Annette," looks on.

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horrorposterguy1.bsky.social @horrorposterguy1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tombs of the Blind Dead. 1972. The first outing for Spains medieval dead. Pivotal Europulp packs nightmarish visuals with spooky style and atmosphere to spare. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #spanishhorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#watched A HEN IN THE WIND (1948) With her husband off fighting the war, a poverty stricken woman becomes a prostitute to pay her unwell son's hospital bills then struggles to live with the shame. Japanese postwar dramas walk softly but punch hard.

I'm not sure when or where the DVD was released, but, at any rate, the image shows DVD cover art for Yasujiro Ozu's 1948 post-war drama, A Hen in the Wind. The top half of the art shows a still from the film of star Kinuyo Tanaka kneeling with her arms wrapped around a man's legs, begging for forgiveness. The half features a photo of the director.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#watched THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT (1973) Twin brothers in search of a mystical jeweled ring chase it to Transylvania, where they meet a sexy but sinister countess who has a very special event planned later that evening. An Italian film pretending to be a US film pretending to be a Hammer film.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#watched IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958) Well documented as the progenitor of ALIEN, this film has its share of 1950s sci-fi stupidity (tossing grenades inside a spaceship?), but all things considered it's a taught and effective low-budget monster movie.

I believe that the image I have chosen is from a prior DVD release of "It! The Terror from Beyond Space." I try to use original theatrical posters when posting about films, but the original poster for this film is of especially poor artistic quality, so I went with a simpler, cleaner image. This artwork shows the film's reptilian monster with a moon for a background. Nothing fancy, but there are only 3 colors, and the lettering is bold and chunky, so it suffices.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975) It doesn't feel overtly like a horror film until after you've watched it and are thinking about it later. Among the most quietly unsettling viewing experiences I've had.

Actress Anne-Louise Lambert gazes dreamily at the camera from behind a boulder.

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horrorposterguy1.bsky.social @horrorposterguy1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A misunderstood masterpiece of primal horror. Virtually bloodless but packing a sledgehammer blow to the brain. Brutal brilliance. Next level harrowing. 1974. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#watched TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE (1965) One year after an occultist meets an untimely demise, witnesses to his death start dying in grisly ways. The story doesn't make much sense, but the Gothic atmosphere is thick and eerie, and the locations are to die for.

The Italian poster for Terror-Creatures from the Grave is a messy collage of scenes from the film.

Gothic horror icon Barbara Steele as Cleo, the widow of a deceased occult practitioner, is surprised to learn her dead husband has been writing letters to people inviting them to the estate.

A woman screams in response to some off-screen horror.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#watched HER PRIVATE HELL (2026) Fog shrouds a futuristic city, bringing with it a killer known as Leatherman. Three women in a high rise are too caught up in interpersonal conflict to see him coming. This film was a big hit on Coruscant just before the old republic fell.

The poster for the 2026 retro-chic sorta-live-action anime, Her Private Hell, shows stars Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton over monochromatic backgrounds of pink and blue respectively.

Sophie Thatcher as "Elle" looks over the balcony of her high rise penthouse apartment down into the fog enveloping her city.

Havana Rose Liu as Dominique lies on a bed, making claws of her gold-painted hands as she looks invitingly into the camera.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I made a nice find in the woods today: A creepy, abandoned house suitable for a horror movie. Yes, it was kinda eerie being there alone. Or was I? More pics in thread.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#watched EVIL DEAD BURN (2026) After EVIL DEAD RISE leaned into EVID DEAD II "splatstick" style horror, the series returns to the bleak tone of the 2013 reboot in this American Gothic gorefest.

The Evil Dead Burn poster features a demon-possessed man engulfed in flames.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#watched THE HAUNTING (1963) I finally read Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel recently, so it was time for a rewatch. That sort of thing sure alters one's viewing experience.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#watched DISCLOSURE DAY (2026). Emily Blunt is fab, as are the action set pieces, and Spielberg can still build tension and intrigue like few others. I'm not sure it sticks the landing, though, and some of the emotional beats rang hollow.

In this theatrical poster variation for the film Disclosure Day, star Emily Blunt is shown looking toward the sky with the outline of a cardinal over her face. The parts of her face inside within the bird's outline are in focus while the rest is blurred, which is symbolic of a key story element in the film.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#watched ILSA, THE WICKED WARDEN (1977) Jess Franco's 1977 production began life as "Greta, the Mad Butcher," but the distributor repackaged it as an Ilsa movie: The same star overenunciating the same "Nazi" accent, same gratuitous nudity and torture, same comeuppance. I accept it as canon.

The illustrated poster for Ilsa the Wicked Warden shows star Dyanne Thorne holding a whip while wearing in a skimpy uniform and high leather boots ands standing in front of prison bars.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

#watched BACKROOMS (2026) It's difficult to believe a 20-year-old directed this unsettling, surreal film. Fluid camera movements (some subtle and some not so subtle) and seamless editing build palpable tension and dread with nary a jump scare to be found. Imagine that!

The somewhat minimalist theatrical poster for the 2026 horror film, Backrooms, depicts a sweaty and disheveled woman pressed tightly against a plain yellow wall.

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Alex Vorkov @alexvorkov.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#watched OBSESSION (2025) Bear uses a magic wish to escape the "friend zone" of his crush, Nikki, but ends up in the twilight zone instead.

The move poster for Obsession shows the protagonist, Bear, contemplating a wish while the object of his desire, Nikki, looks on from a distance.

Nikki and Bear are in bed together, with Nikki resting her head on Brea's shoulder. Her face expression is tranquil. His suggests concern.

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