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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We love Fantasia and have so many gems to discover! Read @rpish.bsky.social review on the lofi sci-fi directorial debut of Makoto Ueda: You Are The Film. theculturedcurator.com/cinema/you-a...

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What if the real Mouth of Madness was the friends we made along the way?

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Fantasia, Elina, delectable lists! Listen to the new ep 🧿

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New Cultured Curators Episode is live.

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Episode 18 A Fantasia Threesome is live. Come join @rpish.bsky.social and @benhorrible.bsky.social as we welcome the newest Cultured Curator Elina Meinerte and dive into what we are most excited to check out at this years @fantasiafestival.com Give us a listen wherever you find your podcasts.

A cropping from the 2026 Fantasia Film Festival poster. Three women circle a cauldron. Fire peaks from the bowl shaping into fantastic creatures. A pegasus escapes the blaze into the top of the image. The light from the fire reveals the women to perhaps be witches in the forest.

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We’re excited for @fantasiafestival.com full line-up! Check Rabia’s selection on the site ✨🧿

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

First one is South Korea, as mentioned recently in an episode of @culturedcurators.bsky.social They do mainstream spice really well and often in a Historic setting. The list ever-growing, so do please comment any titles you feel are missing boxd.it/hBDqA

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Korean cinema w/ *spice*

spicy titles from South Korea

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Episode 16 Spice and Smut In which @rpish.bsky.social and @benhorrible.bsky.social offer holiday gifts as they touch on Korean and Indian Erotic cinema to warm you up during the cold season. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

New Episode is up Ep. 15 Foreplay In which @rpish.bsky.social and @benhorrible.bsky.social touch on what they've been up to the last few months and tease future pleasures. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

It seems I have awakened an end of year list-craze with an hyper focus on Erotic Thrillers specifically from Asian countries! Watch out Letterboxd and @culturedcurators.bsky.social blog!

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ALT: a woman in a gold dress is standing next to a maid in a hallway

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Also endless thanks to all the folks who came out to @brooklynhorror.bsky.social this week, especially those who came to see "It Needs Eyes" and spoke with us after.

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Access:Horror @accesshorror.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

“Given that all of us will experience disability and horror in our lifetimes, I consider the work of this festival to be necessary planning for the future. But let’s have a goddamn good time while we do it.” – Ariel Baska Submit to our 2026 film festival: filmfreeway.com/AccessHorror... ❤️🩸

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

If I was in London, I wouldn't dare miss this.

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Meanwhile, me and my squad at the Rapture.

An image from the film “Society” by Stuart Gordon (1989)
Depicting dozens of bodies merging in an orgiastic flesh form. This is the act of Shunting

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Sarah Lyons @citymystic.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Not enough gay bars hosting Rapture parties

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

It's Official! The Cultured Curators will be boots on the ground at the 10th annual @brooklynhorror.bsky.social! @benhorrible.bsky.social will be there in the flesh and @rpish.bsky.social in spirit. Can't wait to see and hang with some of our favorite friends!

The 10th annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in red writing at the top left.
A zombie rat rotting and rabid, rises fiercely, crawling toward the viewer over a flaming brain. in the bottom left in red text it reads.
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October 16-25, 2025

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Blerdy Massacre @blerdymassacre.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Did somebody order the audio from our live recording at @accesshorror.bsky.social last month? Cause that’s what we’re serving this Tuesday. Get into this convo about the intersection of disability and horror with convo with Karama Horne and Chuck Collins. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Sharai, Xero, Karama, and Chuck having a damn Blerdy time on stage

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Sarah Lyons @citymystic.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Back in February I wrote about how constantly making a joke out of everything is destroying us. Been thinking about it a lot lately. houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/banish-wit...

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Banish With Laughter

When everything is funny, nothing is sacred

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

It's official, The Cultured Curator will be there in person!

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Episode 14 is live In this episode, Benjamin and Rabia sit down with Horror Activist, film maker, and festival directorAriel Baska to talk about their prolific work surrounding disability advocacy and the Access:Horror Film Festival (Now available to stream on Shudder). @accesshorror.bsky.social

Ariel baska. A caucasion person with chin length light hair, glassed and a crooked smile. They wear a black shirt with a layered patchwork of blue and green stripes atop. The image carries a blur effect adding a mysterious glow to them.

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Access:Horror is live on Shudder today! It was such an honor to work with this festival in celebration of disability in horror cinema. The programming is incredible, and the work of this festival and what it represents is surely needed. Please go give it a watch! @accesshorror.bsky.social

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

It’s time for #Hooptober! Yearly horror watch and review challenge. You can find the list and rules on Cinemonster’s LB. Will post here per title once we start. Got my letterboxd list ready to go: boxd.it/O54UI

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Hooptober 12 - The Cultured Curators list

My 5th year participating via Letterboxd. Great initiative by @cinemonster (check his account for previous lists and info) QUICK EASY RULES: There must be 31 horror films6 countries (other than Italy ...

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Let’s Gooooo! #Hooptober12 boxd.it/O4akE

Posters for.
The Wizard of Ox
Shivers
Bride of Frankenstein
Cemetery Man
Return of the Living Dead Part 2
28 Days Later
The Dead Don’t Die
Starry Eyes
Frankenstein
Blind Beast
Ganja & Hess
The X Files

Posters for
Demon Lover
Night Watch
Kenneth Abger’s Fire Works
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Beauty and the Beast
Faust
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the hourglass
The Beast
Vampyr
The Golem
All the Colors of the Dark
Trick or Treat

Poster for
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Burn Witch Burn
Hardware
Thirst
Santa Sangre
I Like Bats
Under The Skin
On yhe Silver Globe
The Wolf House
The Hourglass Sanatorium

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The Cultured Curators' eternal hunger may never be sated!

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

FYI: short reviews on my Letterboxd Long form reviews going up on the @culturedcurators.bsky.social website after the fest (I need sleep first)

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

It’s that time of the year again! @frightfest.bsky.social

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

My little Frightfest 2025 thread: First movie was The Home with Pete Davidson. Opening the festival 🍀

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Just remembered Shintaro Kago hosts a pooped theme film festival. I have to know these things, so now you do too.

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Amazing thread on how Superman has always been the way he is, James Gunn only took his to his roots. And how history repeats itself. Doing an interview about this on radio today as well.

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Can’t wait for everyone to become extremely normal* over Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein.

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Just put my votes in. Let’s go Cannibal Mukbang!

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I'll play. 1 Like = 1 Movie

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

@harmonycolangelo.bsky.social is a gift. Thank you for this!

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

FYI: Access: Horror Film Festival, named as one of the most accessible film festivals in the nation, returns this summer with a hybrid slate of films and events that celebrate disability in horror and genre cinema.

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ACCESS: HORROR Film Festival Returns Online And Live In New York City This Summer

Access: Horror Film Festival, named as one of the most accessible film festivals in the nation, returns this summer with a hybrid slate of films and events that celebrate disability in horror and genre cinema.

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Rabia | RPISH @rpish.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

New @culturedcurators.bsky.social ep is live! theculturedcurators.com/vampire-spit... Listen to @benhorrible.bsky.social and myself catch up on Culture, Cinema, and ….ssss Sinners

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Episode 13 is live. In Which Rabia and Benjamin play catchup, talk Sinners, Butoh, and the world on fire. open.spotify.com/episode/31aD...

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

BREAKING: Monstro ElisaSue from THE SUBSTANCE has arrived at the 2025 #MetGala!

The 2025 Met Gala carpet with THE SUBSTANCE's Monstro ElisaSue.

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Tomorrow night I get to see David Cronenberg's latest feature "The Shrouds" for the second time, with Cronenberg in attendance! But you should read my review from when I saw it @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social because I think this actually may be one of his best. theculturedcurator.com/uncategorize...

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Memento Mori: David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” @ Overlook Film Festival – The Cultured Curator

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The Cultured Curators @culturedcurators.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Bound to be the talk of the town in coming months! Check out @benhorrible.bsky.social 's review of Emilie Blichfeld's feature directorial debut "The Ugly Stepsister" over at The CC website. theculturedcurator.com/featured/bea...

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Beauty Breaks the Body: Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister @ Overlook Film Festival – The Cultured Curator

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The first film I saw while at @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social was a high watermark in horror docs. Check out my writeup on "Chain Reactions" over at @culturedcurators.bsky.social theculturedcurator.com/featured/the...

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The Poetry of Gore: Alexandre Philippe’s Chain Reactions @ Overlook Film Festival – The Cultured Curator

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

This is going to be an absolute blast, and for a good cause! Come hang if you’re in the area! I’ll be there.

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

So glad to get to rep @culturedcurators.bsky.social for @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social. An incredible adventure full of marvelous new friends, which I hope to have the opportunity to return to for years to come. Now back to my NYC adventures.

Benjamin, a Caucasian person with long hair tied into a pony tail, black shorts, a white shirt, and tall black socks and shoes stands in front of the Overlook Film Festival Step and repeat. A red carpet beneath them. They are smirking.

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I’ll accept my review of Ick being posted on the directors instagram as something I can brag about.

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Benjamin Frankenberg @benhorrible.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Last day of @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social Lets Gooooo!

Benjamin a Caucasian personwith long dark hair up in a pony tail, and a white shirt that reads “A Four Chambered Heart”. They stand in front of a step and repeat for the Overlook Film Festival.

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