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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 13h

nobutlisten.com/2025/12/02/h... What happens when you market your paranormal movie as something a little too real?

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How The Fourth Kind Went from a Pseudo-Documentary To Getting Sued

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 14h

nobutlisten.com/2023/06/19/t... It’s twenty years since Park Chan-Wook released the legendary revenge thriller Oldboy – and I went back to watch it again and find out if it’s still as shocking as it was when it first dropped.

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Twenty Years Later, Oldboy is Park Chan-Wook’s Anti-Revenge Masterpiece

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 14h

thethreepennyguignol.com/2026/07/22/w... With Mike Flanagan's Carrie series on the way, I have to ask - are we ever getting a book-accurate Carrie White?

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We’re Never Getting a Fat, Ugly Carrie, Are We?

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 14h

nobutlisten.com/2022/04/02/b... Look, everyone who has told you that Book of Shadows is a bad film has been lying to you: it’s far, far worse than that.

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Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows is Bad on More Levels Than You Think

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 15h

nobutlisten.com/2026/08/03/f... Pour yourself an iced latte, get your best camis on, and fix your charm bracelets – it’s time to go to the mall.

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Forbidden Fruits is Subversive Capitalist Critique (And Also A Really Good Time)

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 19h

nobutlisten.com/2023/11/10/i... Remakes are a messy business at the best of times – but they’ve never been messier than they were in the late 2000s and 2010s in the horror genre. #anoes #horror

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In Defence (Sort Of) Of the 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street Remake

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2025/02/12/w.... OCD is a disorder that takes root via repetition; repetition, of the healthier kind of thought processes and behaviours, was the only way to instil real change. #ocd

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What I Wish I’d Known about OCD (Notes on Getting Better)

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

nobutlisten.com/2026/01/23/a... You don’t have to exceed the game, you just have to make sure that the new aspects you’re exploring are, you know, moderately interesting. Which is where Gans flubs it completely. #silenthill #sh2

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A Needlessly Thorough Rant About Return to Silent Hill

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2026/10/04/s... It's October, which means I have moved from "having no real reason to talk about horror all the time but doing it anyway" into "having some reason to talk about horror and doing it all the time whether you bloody well like it or not".

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Standalone Horror Episodes in the Spirit of Spooky Season

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

nobutlisten.com/2023/05/06/d... Joan Cusack’s turn as the charismatic, candy-coloured black widow in Addam's Family Values imprinted on me as soon as I saw it (and might explain why I’ve dated so many glamorous blonde women who’ve tried to kill me, but that’s a story for another time).

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Debbie Jellinsky is The Addams Family’s Perfect Nemesis

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2023/01/25/o... On Thursday, 28th October, 1982, Cow Tools was published for the first time - and one of the world's most controversial cartoons went to print.

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“Only the Cow Knows”: The Fall and Rise of Cow Tools

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

nobutlisten.com/2026/05/11/d... How strange does your work have to be when the only adequate shorthand for it is your own name?

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Directrospective: David Cronenberg’s Best and Worst Movies

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

nobutlisten.com/2020/07/23/o... For as long as I can remember, I’ve been anxious, and for as long as I can remember, I’ve loved horror.

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OCD, Scary Movies, and Me

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

nobutlisten.com/2023/06/03/d... Leigh Whannell and James Wan have had perhaps the biggest influence out of any other creators on the horror genre in the 21st century.

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Dead Silence was a Sign of Things to Come (and Also Pretty Awful)

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

nobutlisten.com/2026/10/03/s... This Halloween season, we're diving into the history of the living dead in cinema, starting with White Zombie! #horror #classichorror #classicfilm

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Season of the Dead: White Zombie (1932)

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2025/04/23/h... For so long, I told myself that I would stop, just as soon as this stress had passed or this particular event was behind me, and, eventually, I had to admit that I was using these as excuses to keep drinking. #sober #sobriety

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How I Knew I Had a Problem With Alcohol

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2026/05/12/t... “I’m here tonight to give you a friendly warning. Do you feel frightened of the dark? Squeamish about blood? Do you sometimes feel that the trees in a dark wood are not wholly on your side…?” #horror #classichorror

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The Lost Tapes of Late Night Horror (1968)

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2023/07/17/t... Just what is it about the myth of the pussy with teeth that has endured for so long across so many cultures?

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This Pussy Bites Back: The History, Theory, and Reality of Vagina Dentata

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2022/09/02/p... On the matter of making lesbianism illegal, it was said that “it would be made public to thousands of people...that there was such a horror”. Better to pretend it didn’t exist, and hopefully keep the women of the UK in the dark about girl-on-girl. #history

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Palatable Poison: Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness, and Lesbian Sex and Love on Trial

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2017/09/10/c... I deep-dived Stephen King's Carrie in twenty parts - check out my retrospective and analysis of the book here before the show comes out next week if you're so inclined! #carrie #carrietv #books

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Carrie Recaps: Part One

So, a few things. The housekeeping first: yes, I am recapping a new book and yes, I haven’t yet finished Fifty Shades Freed. But, as I’m sure you can tell from my last couple of recaps,…

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2026/08/30/s... When Johana de Ledes, better known as Joan of Leeds, grew tired of her life in a medieval nunnery in 1318, she did what so many of us who hate our jobs can only fantasize about: faked her own death and made a run for it. #ukhistory #history #uk

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“Seduced by Indecency”: The “Carnal Lust” and Faked Death of Joan of Leeds

When Johana de Ledes, better known as Joan of Leeds, grew tired of her life in a medieval nunnery in 1318, she did what so many of us who hate our jobs can only fantasize about: faked her own death…

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2025/12/01/a... It was a Tuesday night like any other at the turn of the millennium in the UK. But, late that evening, Channel 5 would drop a bombshell on an unassuming nation – and that bombshell was Naked Jungle.

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A Retrospective on Britain’s Worst Ever TV Special: Naked Jungle

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2024/02/07/how-writing-erotica-for-a-living-changed-my-relationship-with-sex/ I’ll answer the questions that I get asked most often about this: yes, I’ve come across pretty much every kink you can think of (including that one. And that one. Yes, really). #sex #erotica

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How Writing Erotica for a Living Changed My Relationship with Sex

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2023/09/18/q... Going sober for October, or just at the start of your quit-drinking journey? Here's my first-month survival guide as a long-time sober person! #sobriety #soberoctober

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Quitting Alcohol: A First-Month Survival Guide

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2022/03/05/t... An eating disorder, for a long time, felt like a safe space.

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The Strange Safety of My Eating Disorder

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2026/07/29/i... In Phoenix, Arizona, on the evening of 11th January 2003, Brandon Carl Vedas sat down in his bedroom, switched on his webcam, and livestreamed his own fatal overdose.

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“i told u i was hardcore”: The Death of Brandon Vedas and the Fatal Rise of Online Substance Abuse Broadcasts

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2025/08/03/s... In order to discuss the risks, potential harm, and implications of certain sexual practices, we need to be able to use explicit language. But that language has been absorbed into algospeak that limits that language to near-uselessness. #sex #censorship

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Sex, Censorship, and the Algorithim: How Algospeak Has Limited Conversations Around Sex When We Need Them Most

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2026/10/01/a... American Horror Story set the stage for anthology horror in the mainstream. Only problem is, it's fucking terrible. Let's talk about AHS 13! #ahs13 #americanhorrorstory

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American Horror Story: 13 is Indolent, Indulgent, and Impossibly Irritating

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2026/07/22/w... A young woman can be murderous, but God forbid she’s ugly and fat while she does it, you know? #carrie #carrietv

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We’re Never Getting a Fat, Ugly Carrie, Are We?

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2023/10/23/s... Honestly, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this deliciously nasty episode since I first saw it. #horror #halloween

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Standalone TV Horror Episodes to Boost Your Spooky Season Spirit

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2024/01/15/m... You know what I love? The original run of Twin Peaks. You know what I really don’t love? Twin Peaks: The Return.

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My Problem with Twin Peaks: The Return

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

nobutlisten.com/2021/05/18/t... It’s weird to think that, not that long ago “Shrek” was a synonym for failure.

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The Troubled Life and Brilliant Legacy of Shrek

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

nobutlisten.com/2020/10/20/a... When I first became aware of the movie Audition, all that I heard about it was how seminally fucked-up it was.

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Audition Is Way More Than The Gore

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

nobutlisten.com/2024/05/10/v... If you’ve been anywhere near genre television in the last ten years or so, chances are you’ve run into Vincenzo Natali at some point

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Vincenzo Natali’s Cube is a Brilliant Cult Classic (Despite Itself)

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

nobutlisten.com/2025/07/11/h... For as long as there has been horror, there has been reproductive horror.

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Huesera: The Bone Woman and the Subversion of Reproductive Horror

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

nobutlisten.com/2026/01/06/f... You know, I think it’s about time we raised some hell around here.

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Franchise Fanatic: Hellraiser

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

nobutlisten.com/2026/09/28/m... Did Zach Cregger succeed in finally making an unequivocally decent Resident Evil movie? Let's talk about it!

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Movie Review: Resident Evil

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2023/11/05/j... The 1990 adaptation of Jeeves and Wooster is one of the best British comedies of all time, and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t.

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Jeeves and Wooster is One of the Best British Comedies Ever (and I’m Tired of Pretending It’s Not)

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2026/07/04/i... Well, it’s official: internet horror has gone mainstream.

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Internet Horror Has Gone Mainstream (For Better or For Worse)

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

nobutlisten.com/2019/03/10/t... Filtering the story through a supposed live broadcast investigation featuring famous, instantly trustworthy faces from British factual television couched the story in an uncomfortable realism. #horror #foundfootage

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The Best Found Footage Movie You’ve Never Seen

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In this era of horror, how exactly do you make something stand out in all the worst ways possible? nobutlisten.com/2026/02/21/t...

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The Sadness is a Bonafide and Brilliant Modern Video Nasty

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

nobutlisten.com/2023/02/23/t... Just how scandalous is the legendary lost R-rated cut of Scooby-Doo: The Movie?

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The Lost R-Rated Cut of Scooby-Doo: The Movie

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Lou @cutpriceguignol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

thethreepennyguignol.com/2024/01/17/lets-talk-about-american-horror-storys-problem-with-true-crime/ American Horror Story has a true crime problem. Let's talk about it! #ahs #americanhorrorstory

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Let’s Talk about American Horror Story’s Problem with True Crime

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