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There are many vhs/dvd/streaming versions that like to claim it was adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Bells." It wasn't, but between the name and the similarity to "Tell-Tale Heart" you can understand why an eager distributer would try to pass it off as such.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've decided to spend October catching up on silent horror movies. THE BELLS (1926) featuring Boris Karloff in a small but menacing role. Adapted from a play, it's a classic plot about a murderer literally haunted by his deed. Even under a big hat and thick glasses you can spot Karloff.

Scene from the "The Bells." Boris Karloff performs as a mystic in a carnival.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That's a great Clint Eastwood anecdote. October really is the best month for sunsets on the east coast.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hell of an avatar for that thread.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I use them to clean my DUNE popcorn bucket.

Dune popcorn bucket that looks like a butthole

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

But there's no sport in that!

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

MARK OF THE VAMPIRE is the quintessential hidden gem of horror. Tod Browning basically remade his (now lost) silent film LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT. Bela Lugosi plays Count Not Dracula, seen here with proto-goth girl Carroll Borland.

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Carroll Borland & Bela Lugosi: Mark of Vampire

ALT: Carroll Borland & Bela Lugosi: Mark of Vampire

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I just thought of a new one! September 30 October 1

Chiwetel Ejiofor in his pirate costume in the movie "Backrooms"

The Chiwetel Ejiofor monster pirate from "Backrooms"

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Seriously thought that was a picture of Rudy Guliani

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sometime before December they might even think of what the plot will be.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Up close with Count Orlock. 11"x14" watercolor original available on my ebays.

Watercolor portrait of Max Schreck as Count Orlock in Nosferatu

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Was it Spielberg's FB? Maybe he just doesn't want anybody trashing his movie.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pfft! @boxbrown.bsky.social has been saying this for years. And I wouldn't call his statement a "slam," but I get it. You can't leave a good pun like that on the shelf.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

According to that article, they don't even have a story yet. I'm sure any ending will be a surprise to them.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Next goal- write, direct and star in his next project, The MAHA Reckoning

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Between Lanterns and Resident Evil, I never want to hear the word "fuck" again.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pretorious is going to be so happy with these.

Still from Bride of Frankenstein. Dr. Pretorious oversees a collection of his little people.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I usually agree, but the barren plain actually worked for me this time. It's a dead desolate world and it leaves Jordan alone with only his own thoughts. ... and a Hal Jordan hologram. Hal-ogram. Has anyone used that yet? I'm going to try to make it happen.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Maybe it's what QT is working on for his final film. "Hanging Dong With The Wolf"

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Looks like a Ghanian poster for "Inferno."

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's time to be al dente with these jokes.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's been a few months so I figure it's ok to make my spoilery jokes about the monster. But I've forgotten them all.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And it's funny to me that with "Artificial" (starring Andrew Garfield) we seem to have TWO legacy sequels in the same year. Brings me back to the 90's when there were competing volcano movies and asteroid movies.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Heard an interview with Aaron Sorkin where he insisted this wasn't a sequel to The Social Network. The marketing team is not backing him up here...

Poster for The Social Reckoning, a direct copy of the poster for The Social Network using Jeremy Strong's face with the words "WE ARE WAY PAST MAKING FRIENDS" in a large font over entire image.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Is it just my own familiarity with Philly or were there a LOT more specific location shots than in other seasons?

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Always reminded me of this Don Martin classic...

Don Martin drawing of strong man stretching another man's head by the ears

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's summer 1983 and my grandparents are asking me "what is this whole return of the jedi (pronounced JE-dee) thing" they keep hearing about. My 12-year-old brain can't comprehend how it is even possible to be so out of touch. It's 2026 and there is SO much popular shit I've never heard of.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I miss the days when a show would just run it's course and stop production without a finale. The only way you knew it was cancelled was 3 months later in September there would be a new show in it's timeslot.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Classic horny soap opera meets bloody demon sacrifice. I'm wary to recommend the sequel, Hellbound. I think it's great but it's a very different vibe from the intimacy of the original.

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I mean, he's right there in the title...

DC comics villain Doomsday as drawn by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding

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Doug Slack @dslack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some Indiana Jones shit here

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