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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 16h

#NowWatching Horrors of the Black Museum For Day Three of Hooptober 2026, I was tasked with finding a movie starring Michael Gough. Because I’m watching this on Tubi, the HypnoVista prologue isn’t included.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 16h

Happy 23rd anniversary to School of Rock, a which follows a down-on-his-luck guitarist who poses as a substitute teacher and forms a secret class band. Richard Linklater taught Miranda Cosgrove how to do the screwed mouth face after she Sunmer finds out what groupies are.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#NowWatching The Ape Man For Day Two of Hooptober 2026, I was tasked with finding another Bela Lugosi movie. I can tell just from the poster that this will be a pretty ridiculous movie.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy 28th anniversary to Antz, which follows an anxious worker ant who tries to save his colony from a power-hungry general. Sarah Jessica Parker was originally cast as Princess Bala. She recorded some lines until she was fired and replaced by Sharon Stone.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#NowWatching Night of Terror Hooptober is finally here! As in years past, I'll watch one horror film a day leading up to Halloween. For Day One of Hooptober 2026, I was tasked with finding a Bela Lugosi movie.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy 22nd anniversary to Shark Tale, which follows an underachieving fish who falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss. When Don Lino is seen for the first time, a mole is by his right eye, which is a nod to his voice actor, Robert De Niro.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#NowWatching Small Soldiers Back when I saw this in high school, I really liked it because it was like the dark and violent version of Toy Story. Since I haven't seen it in many years, and it'll be leaving Tubi soon, it’s time to give it a rewatch.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy birthday to Alison Sealy-Smith, who is most well-known for playing Storm on X‑Men: The Animated Series, X‑Men ’97, What If...? and Gamora on the Silver Surfer cartoon. She is also the founding director of Obsidian Theatre and won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#NowWatching Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) The original Silent Night, Deadly Night is one of my favorite Christmas horror films, but I never cared for any of the sequels after Part 2. That said, I'm hoping this reboot will be a worthy addition to the franchise.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy heavenly birthday to Reggie Bannister, who was most well-known for playing Reggie in the Phantasm franchise, Eli in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, Belmont in Cemetery Gates, and Father Richard Cummings in Bloody Bloody Bible Camp, among others.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A few hours ago, I went to 2nd & Charles to get sone store credit, and I walked out with some new movies and four new additions to my DC Compact Comics collection. I also snatched up the Ignite Films 4K of Re-Animator at Barnes & Noble.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#NowWatching Scary Movie (2026) While I was doing my Scary Movie marathon, Paramount+ added the newest entry in the franchise. I’ve heard this is better than Scary Movie 4 and V, but it’s not as good as the others.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy 3rd anniversary to Totally Killer, which follows a teenager who accidentally travels back in time to stop a masked killer before he can murder her mother and her friends. Vernon High School is named after Richard Vernon, the principal in The Breakfast Club.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The effect of the mansion disappearing in a bright, colorful light was done by Joe Westheimer, who did many of the effects on the original Star Trek television show. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In 2015, Don Coscarelli oversaw a full 4K restoration of Phantasm with the help of Bad Robot, the production company founded by J.J. Abrams, a long time fan of the film. It received a limited theatrical release in 2016 before being released on Blu-ray. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When Phantasm was released in Australia, it was renamed "The Never Dead" because a few years prior in 1976, there was a popular sex comedy named Fantasm. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The original cut of Phantasm ran for three hours before being trimmed down to an hour and twenty-nine minutes. Interestingly, some of the unused footage that was located in the late 1990s became the framework for Phantasm IV: Oblivion. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Sentinel Spheres were designed by craftsman Willard Green. Although he passed away before Phantasm was released, the spheres went on to become iconic horror weapons. They were also the inspiration for the Cerebral Bore in Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The genesis of Phantasm came from a nightmare Don Coscarelli had as a teenager. In the dream, he was being chased down a long corridor by a flying chrome sphere that wanted to drill his brain out with a needle. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The song played on the front porch by Reggie and Jody, 'Sittin' Here At Midnight,' was composed by Bill Thornbury. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Both of Don Coscarelli's parents worked on Phantasm. His father, Dac, who was credited as the film's producer, helped with funding. His mother, Kate, was the makeup artist, costume designer, and production designer, but was credited under several fake names. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Angus Scrimm played Jebediah Morningside aka The Tall Man, the local mortician with supernatural powers. Not only did he reprise the role in the Phantasm sequels, but he also played the character in a Fangoria commercial from 1988. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mike Pearson, Jody’s younger brother, is played by A. Michael Baldwin. He was in all of the Phantasm movies except for Phantasm II because Universal forced Coscarelli to recast Pearson with James LeGros. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The stone-looking interior of the mausoleum was constructed using plywood and marble-colored plastic contact paper. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The late Reggie Bannister played Reggie, the heroic ice cream man who was also friends with Tommy. Don Coscarelli wrote the character of Reggie specifically for Bannister and based it on their friendship. Like Bill Thornbury, he was in all five Phantasm films. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jody Pearson, Reggie’s friend and Mike’s older brother, is played by Bill Thornbury. He's one of four actors who appeared in all five Phantasm films, though he only appears in a photograph in Phantasm II. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Dunsmuir House in Oakland, California served as the exterior for the Morningside Mausoleum. It was used in other films like Burnt Offerings and A View to a Kill. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Lady in Lavender, the seductive woman who lures Tommy into the graveyard, is played by Kathy Lester. She would reprise the role in Phantasm: Ravager. #SinnfulSundays

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#NowWatching Phantasm Tonight on #SinnfulSundays, my co-host @sinnful-redhead.bsky.social and I are hosting one of my all-time favorite horror films from the 1970s. This viewing is dedicated to the late Reggie Bannister, who passed away last month.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Happy heavenly birthday to Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who was most well-known for playing Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, and Mortal Kombat 11, Nobusuke Tagomi on The Man in the High Castle, and Yoshida in Showdown in Little Tokyo, among many others.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#NowWatching The Hobbit Before Peter Jackson made his trilogy based on J. R. R. Tolkien's classic novel, Rankin/Bass made one of the earliest adaptations of The Hobbit. I've heard mixed things about it, but I wanted to watch it after I rewatched The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy heavenly birthday to Dame Olivia Newton-John, who was most well-known for playing Sandy Olsson in Grease, Kira in Xanadu, Debbie Wylder in Two of a Kind, and for her massively successful music career.

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In what might be one of the weirdest marketing collaborations ever, MC Hammer wrote the film’s theme song. Titled Addams Groove, it was Hammer’s last major mainstream hit. It later won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song in 1992. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Girl Scout is played by Mercedes McNab. She would return in Addams Family Values as Amanda Buckman, but she's mainly known for playing Harmony Kendall on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and Misty Cooper in Hatchet. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Mamushka sequence was originally much longer, but was shortened following negative responses from test audiences. Many years later, Barry Sonnenfeld found the original negative, and the full scene was added to the extended cut on the 4K Blu-ray. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Cousin It, Gomez’s gibberish-talking cousin whose entire body is covered in hair, is played by John Franklin. He's best known for playing Isaac Chroner in Children of the Corn (1984). #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

At one point, Tim Burton was considered to direct The Addams Family, but he passed because he was busy filming Batman Returns. He would later serve as an executive producer on Wednesday and direct several episodes. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The doll that Wednesday sleeps with is named after the last queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette. In the show, Wednesday said Pugsley chopped her head off, which is a nod to how Marie was executed by guillotine. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Back in the 1990s, movie-themed pinball machines were quite popular, so it’s no surprise The Addams Family got its own machine. Released by Bally, it’s the best-selling pinball machine of all time with twenty thousand two hundred seventy units sold. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The passenger inside one of Gomez’s miniature trains is the film’s director, Barry Sonnenfeld. This was his first movie, and even though it was a nightmare to shoot, it turned him from a cinematographer into a full-fledged director. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Originally developed at Orion Pictures, the film went $5 million over budget due to constant rewrites, delays, and health problems. Fearing another big-budget flop, Orion sold the film to Paramount Pictures. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The book that unlocks the vault is titled "Greed" and is written by J.P. Addams. This is a parody of banking tycoon John Pierpont Morgan, better known as J.P. Morgan. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Although the film borrows elements from the television series, it’s primarily based on the comic strips by Charles Addams. Barry Sonnenfeld and the production designers explicitly used Addams’s artwork to make the movie look and feel like the strips. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In one of the film’s darkest visual gags, Uncle Fester’s trunk is plastered with stickers from places defined by death, danger, or dark folklore, such as the Bermuda Triangle, Alcatraz, Death Valley, and others. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Uncle Fester, the long-lost older brother of Gomez, is played by Christopher Lloyd. Many of you will know him as Doc Brown from the Back to the Future trilogy and Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but this was the first movie I ever saw him in. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Abigail Craven, a loan shark and con artist who serves as one of the film’s antagonists, was played by Elizabeth Wilson. Considered one of Hollywood and Broadway’s great character actresses, you may know her from The Graduate or 9 to 5. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

While Tully is looking for the entrance to the vault, a roar is heard and Gomez says, “Down, Kitty!" This is a nod to Kitty Kat, the Addamses' pet lion from the television series. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Grandmama Addams, Gomez’s mother, and Wednesday and Pugsley’s grandmother, was played by Judith Malina. Before she died in 2015, she was best known for co-founding the Living Theatre company with Julian Beck of Poltergeist II fame. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tully Alford, the crooked lawyer of The Addams Family, is played by Dan Hedaya. He's one of those “that guy!” actors due to his cluster of iconic supporting roles across film and television. #FFBMovieNight

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Michael R. @batquinn5801.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Margaret Alford, Tully’s wife, is played by Dana Ivey. Besides being a beloved character actress, she's also a five‑time Tony‑nominated stage performer. She also originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy. #FFBMovieNight

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