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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 9h

JFC can we please have a “no fucking sports ever” filter?

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Making it a double feature with one of my all-time favorite haunted house movies. I would give anything to see full color photos of the extraordinary set, but, alas, they're nowhere to be found.

The four main cast members of The Haunting (1963), standing on the staircase talking with each other on their first night in the house. From left to right, they are Dr. John Markway, Luke Sannerson, Theodora, and Eleanor Lance. The two men on the left are wearing suits, Theodora is wearing a very modern black vest over a white shirt, and Eleanor is wearing a more old-fashioned blouse with a big bow tied at the neck.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's the first Friday in October and it was nearly 90° today, so obviously we need to immerse ourselves in full Halloween mode to combat that nonsense. Now watching what is quite possibly the most perfect anthology movie ever made. 🎃

Scene from the movie Trick 'r Treat. The character of Sam, a childlike Halloween spirit with a round burlap bag head and an orange onesie body, is standing inside the bedroom of the cranky neighbor. There is a jack 'o lantern on fire behind him, and the words "trick or treat, give me something good to eat" have been scrawled all over the wall in blood.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Having just seen GODZILLA MINUS ONE, it was serendipity that I happened to rediscover what's probably my earliest drawing of Godzilla while cleaning out my parents' house. I'm not sure when it was drawn, but we're probably looking at 1976-77 or thereabouts? Who knows really.

By me, circa 1976-77 or so: A brilliantly rendered line drawing on three-quarters of a torn sheet of looseleaf lined paper of Godzilla in green attacking the combined forces of two brown tanks, three see-through helicopters (those girder/bubble-looking ones), and two equally transparent fighter planes. He's doing all this while also reeling from yellow electrical bolts from all the telephone/electric towers in front of him, and dripping blood on his claws and mouth, which is weird, since he never eats people; my young vision of him was clearly more horrific. Oh, and "GODZILLA" is written at the top in green in case you didn't get it.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We manually cleared out the label backlog last night, and I dropped off all outstanding book orders at the post office this morning. Shout out to my fabulous local postal workers, who are overworked and underpaid and still manage to radiate joy in the midst of it all.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you ordered a book recently, thanks for your patience with fulfillment! Our shipping plugin decided to stop communicating with us and hadn't been importing orders into our label queue. The same shipping plugin that's been boasting about new AI features. I'm sure that's just a coincidence. 🙄

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's #LastFourWatched for #filmsky #moviesky #LetterboxdFriday! From r to l: A new horror movie that was better as a YT short; a superb human drama with Godzilla in it; a disturbing literary riff (part of a box set I'm reviewing); and a classic close to my heart (& guts) to kick off October!

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Did you know? When you order an ATB book, there is a 100% chance it will be packed by me. That's because we store the print runs of our books and handle the distribution ourselves. It also means you can request a handwritten note for any gift orders! 🧛📚 ---> www.atbpublishing.com/product/coun...

Flat lay photograph of a book sitting on top of an unfolded packing box. Also visible is a pair of scissors, roll of tape, and insert cards. The book is green with multiple illustrated representations of Dracula lined up in rows. The title of the book is displayed on an illustrated tombstone, and reads, "Counting Draculas: Binge-Watching the Vampire King."

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of our favorite pastimes is brainstorming hypothetical band names based on our conversations. @doctorofthedead.bsky.social is the keeper of the list and has just informed me we hit our 🎉 100th 🎉 band name! Which I guess is our version of a marriage milestone, so happy band name-iversary. 😂

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October 1. Time to post my 1st entry in RetroSupply's Fright-Fall 2026 (see it on my IG), watch NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, read the 1st chapter of A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER, & plan the Halloween episode of the GHOULS IN THE HOUSE podcast with @positivelynatalie.bsky.social. October is good.

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Tomtebogatan: Spooky Skeletons Dance

Alt: A black and white animation of four skeletons dancing in a circle holding hands then breaking into individual twirling jigs while in a moody graveyard. Pretty sure it's from the classic first Silly Symphony from Disney, 1929's THE SKELETON DANCE.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They're really going to act like none of us knew immediately and without doubt that he's going to be a Tony variant, aren't they?

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I might be a little less distrustful of AI if the dudes promoting it, supporting it, insisting on it, and advocating for it weren’t the worst fucking people on the planet.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also, defeating the actual bad guy in Aladdin involves tricking him into becoming a genie, thus trapping him in a lamp. Putting the genie back in the bottle is literally a known solution for dealing with genies.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The Writers of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Tried Killing Hawkeye Over Black Widow" Not hard enough.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Eating a ridiculous quantity of wings about it

Overhead view of a bunch of takeout containers of wings on the table. There are both boneless and bone-in chicken wings in a variety of sauces.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"This year, whether you are an Apple TV subscriber or not, you can stream It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on October 17 and October 18 on the platform." I'm not installing your shit app and giving you the viewing numbers. I'm watching my Blu-ray. Fuck you, Apple TV.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Still haven't heard a single note of that Texas song, and if all goes well, I never will.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

True story: Many years ago, I reviewed this and its sequel, Zombies: The Beginning (Bruno Mattei's last 2 films), and the label that released the discs got mad that I said they were terrible films. But I also said it was great they were on disc, because come on, we all enjoy bad movies!

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every so often I remember this song exists and get to delight myself with another listen. (I love the animated style of the video, but warning to those who are sensitive that there is some use of flashing lights in the second half.)

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Gotye - State Of The Art (Official Music Video)

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today is Pickles and Bean day, and some jokes are like clockwork: www.picklesandbean.com

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A bit late to the party, but we finally watched GODZILLA MINUS ONE tonight and it absolutely lived up to the hype. Not just a good Godzilla movie, but a good *movie* outside of the kaiju plot.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Made my first pumpkin baked oatmeal of the season this morning! Not that I really limit myself to fall for baking this, but it just feels cozier on a cool and rainy day.

Portion of pumpkin baked oatmeal in a bowl on the counter. It's deep orange in color, with the texture of rolled oats on the top and a dusting of cinnamon.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just tried to watch the trailer for Robert Eggers' WERWULF and tapped out a minute into it, because all I could see and hear was this: "Once, on the shore of the great Northern Sea, two men stood alone on a pier..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMCY...

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MST3K: The Sword And The Dragon - A Joke By Ingmar Bergman

YouTube video by MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Film you've watched more than six times?" Six? SIX??! We've seen DANCIN': IT'S ON! via @rifftrax.com 11 times in 2026 *alone*! Movies I've been watching since childhood must be in the high 100s? What is wrong with people? Who doesn't watch movies they enjoy over and over?

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Frankly I think I’d be funny if it *were*, and I’m totally OK with it.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wishing a happy Accidentally Found the Utz Factory Outlet Store Day to all who celebrate

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"I didn’t want people to think that we’re doing Stranger Things. This exists in the world of Friday the 13th, it’s *grounded*," says CRYSTAL LAKE showrunner Brad Caleb, who's telling a prequel story about the slasher icon that became a zombie and later went into space and morphed into a cyborg.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Live look at me being left behind by AI

Movie still from the end of the original Beetlejuice film. It shows Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz standing in her office, holding a clay bust she has sculpted of Beetlejuice's screaming face with a elongated neck. Delia has her head tilted to the side with her eyes closed and a big grin on her face.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It was everything I dreamed it would be and more.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today is Pickles and Bean day, and yes, we skipped this past Friday but that just kinda happened: www.picklesandbean.com

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I can't recall if this is the first thing that really gave me a chill when I first saw the original film, but it's definitely the one aspect of it that sticks with me the most. That time counter running fast with her bobbing slightly as we see she's standing there watching him for *hours*...

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"It's OK, it was just bleeding in the moment," I told @positivelynatalie.bsky.social about a spot I had put a Band-Aid on that fell off. "We're all just bleeding in the moment," she replied sadly, and it was one of the most profoundly depressing yet completely true things I have ever heard.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Love the first four and can watch them over and over. A bit of diminishing returns, yes, but I still really enjoy revisiting the series. And yes, Katie is an icon.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I always loved Gahan Wilson’s NUTS, which I read over and over in an incomplete 1979 collection. For my birthday a couple weeks ago, @positivelynatalie.bsky.social tracked down the 2011 complete reprint of the entire strip. Nostalgic, painful, wistful, horrifying, hopeful - childhood in one book.

The hardcover 2011 edition of NUTS: A GRAPHIC NOVEL by Gahan Wilson, with “The Kid” in his huge floppy checkered hat with ear flaps behind a large red book that he’s reading eagerly or with terror…or both. Everything is in red and yellow, but two big brown acorns are on either side of the NUTS title.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

While I appreciate Terry Matalas saying genAI wasn't used on his Vision show (assuming we believe him), I do NOT like the framing. "There hasn't really been a need." There is and will NEVER be a fucking "need" for that world-destroying theft machine, Terry. Don't leave the door open even a crack.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Going to watch the Season 2 STAR TREK VOYAGER episode "Death Wish" in honor of Gerrit Graham. First episode of that series I've watched in probably 20-25 years, maybe?

Screencap from the Season 2 STAR TREK: VOYAGER episode, "Death Wish," with Gerrit Graham in the then-current red Starfleet uniform, smiling vaguely on the transporter pad as Quinn, a Q who just wants to die.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hey it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Haha! Let's all do it! LOL! "Arrr matey, we should have UBI; free healthcare, housing, education, food, and clothing; functioning public services; and the chance to express ourselves without a world-destroying theft machine stealing our stuff!" Arrr.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I remember Gerrit Graham best from USED CARS, but he was also so endearing as Quinn on STAR TREK: VOYAGER. RIP and farewell.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Women and people of color in all key positions. Absolutely no white men making any decisions about anything ever. Oh, and yeah, do this for Doctor Who too.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

To be fair, sometimes it was a very expensive CGI cutscene transporting the Doctor from one standing-talking-room to another standing-talking-room. What if actors could move around dynamically within a space and what if framing could be used to heighten the drama? We may never know.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Maybe next time the Doctor/companion could attempt to achieve something, placing them in dramatic tension with some kind of antagonist, and their reactions to adversity could tell us something about them / the human experience. OR just do another season of Four People Say Things In a Room.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nothing makes you feel old quite like trying to watch a video and nearly having a panic attack from how quickly the person is talking.

Scene from the original 1978 Halloween where Laurie, Lynda, and Annie are walking home from school carrying all their books and bags. They're on the sidewalk framed by trees and bushes. A car has just zoomed past, and Annie is yelling, "Hey jerk! Speed kills!"

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The argument against AI should always start with the THEFT of creative labor the technology was built on. The intent was CRIMINAL. CEOs should be facing charges, not class action lawsuits. The devastation these companies continue to inflict on creative communities demands accountability.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yesterday was supposed to be Pickles and Bean day, but instead it's today, because life. Anyway, the Ring Cookie saga is here: www.picklesandbean.com Please support this 100% human-made no-AI-ever #webcomic strip: ko-fi.com/picklesandbean

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The thing that sticks with me the most is that the joke scene I wrote that I was most proud of became the big trailer moment that defined the movie in the marketing. Sigh.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Randomly learned tonight through a Wikipedia rabbit hole that BREAKIN' and BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO came out in the same year. You currently have to wait like 3 years between seasons of a TV show, but Cannon made a whole-ass movie sequel happen in only seven months.

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