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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And the award for the most mind-numbingly boring movie of the century goes to i'm thinking of ending things. I certainly was by the end of it! Don't be fooled by the trailer - only watch it if you hate yourself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDTg... #boringmovies

i'm thinking of ending things | a film by Charlie Kaufman | Official Trailer | Netflix

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The unending quest to watch every 1950s sci-fi movie continues. I'd rather watch the original black and white film, but the colourised version was a better quality print and actually looked really nice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b36Z... #CreaturefromGalaxyX #Nightofthebloodbeast #1950sscifi

Creature from Galaxy 27 (1958) Alien Horror - Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski + Commentary

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not on the same level as Shivers, but Rabid was pretty good. The Brood coming up next! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n-d... #Rabid #DavidCronenberg #CanadianHorror

YouTube video by TrailerTrackerEnglish

Rabid ≣ 1977 ≣ Trailer

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

下北沢ではジェントリフィケーションが進み、かつての街の活気が失われつつあります。もはや、以前の面影はほとんど残っていません。東京全体もまた、同じ道をたどっているように感じられます。 The gentrification of Shimokitazawa is stripping it of its character. I don’t recognize it anymore. It feels as though all Tokyo is following the same path. #下北沢 #ジェントリフィケーション #Shimokitazawa #gentrification

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve just revisited Shivers for the first time since seeing it on VHS back in the stone age. What a great movie! Rabid coming up next! #Shivers #Davidcronenberg #barbarasteele #horrorfilms #paulhanpton #theycamefrimwithin #canadiancinema youtu.be/ZgWFzPQB8Z8?...

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Shivers • 1975 • Theatrical Trailer

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Revisiting old reference material for this week's proofreading assignment. #Booksky #Proofreading #DavidJSkal #HamiltonDeane #Dracula #BelaLugosi #Vampires

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’ve just had the great misfortune to sit through Shelby Oaks, the lamest excuse for a horror film I’ve seen in a long time. The dire trailer was a masterpiece compared to the film itself. A film to recommend to people you hate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-m1... #ShelbyOaks #Horrorfilms #Badfilms

SHELBY OAKS - Official Trailer #2 - In Theaters October 24

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I seem to be in a minority, but I loved Luc Besson's Dracula. Christoph Waltz was perhaps the fly in the ointment, but Caleb Landry Jones was magnificent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hver... #Dracula #Dracula:ALoveTale #CalebLandryJones #LucBesson #ZoëBleu #ChristophWaltz #GothicCinema

Dracula | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Watched Robocop 2 for the 1st time in 30 years. Top points for great special effects & the skeleton of Elvis, but lousy direction and a muddled script. For pure escapist enjoyment, Robocop 3 is a better film. #Robocop #Robocop2 #80sfilms #80scinema #scifi #FrankMiller

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I've read some dismissive reviews of this anthology, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Rather than horror, it's a voyage into the darker corners of the human psyche. 3 of the stories were dramatised for the excellent TV series of the same name. #booksky #anthology #Talesofunease #JohnBurke #Darkfiction

Damaged book cover featuring a skull image in a brandy glass in black and white.

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Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

+++ Born On This Day, the 15th of September 1907, Fay Wray - King Kong (1933). +++ Dubbed the first 'Scream Queen'. After her death in 2004 aged 96, the lights of the Empire State Building were lowered in her honour. #FayWray #KingKong #OTD #ScreamQueen #RKO #MonsterMovie

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Imagine the horror of being stuck in the Jungle with Klaus Kinski, and then deciding to do it all over again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lae8... #KlausKinski #WernerHerzog #Aguirre #Nosferatu #Fitzcarraldo #Woyzeck #CobraVerde #Cinema

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MY BEST FIEND - Trailer

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A sad farewell to Keith Bailey of Here and Now, a band I loved and often saw live during my student years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9FW... #HereandNow #KeithBailey #PlanetGong #vinyl #records

Here & Now ‎– Give And Take (full album) 1978 .wav

YouTube video by GEORGE TSAPAKIDES

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’ve always loved this book (and the radio and TV series - don’t mention that awful film), but this cover is dreadful. Bring back the winderful original cover. #booksky #DouglasAdams #thehitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #britishhumour #scifi #DontPanic #arthurdent #fordprefect #trillian #zaphodbeeblebrox

A photo of stars in space is the cover photo. Very poor design.

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Alternating my freetime between getting back into studying Japanese and reacquainting myself with the bass guitar I have neglected since coming to Japan. One activity is definitely more fun than the other! #bassguitar #Ibanez #Japanese #languagestudy #musicalinstrument #musicalinstrumentpractice

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

CDs I haven’t listened to in over 20 years #2: There’s no denying Cochran’s brilliance, but for every great song, there are too many record company-imposed lightweight variety show fodder tracks. #EddieCochran #CDs #music #rocknroll

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

CDs I haven’t listened to in over 20 years #1: The Ink Spots - Whispering Grass. A great compilation I had totally forgotten about. I must listen to their original albums. #TheInkSpots #CDs #music #1930smusic #1940smusic

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Can Eno get me through the torturous process of trying to set up my new printer? #Eno #BrianEno #CDs #music #glamrock

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The more everyone told me how bad it was, the more intrigued I became. @dead-gnome.bsky.social was certainly right that it is a 'burning toilet', but it is a glorious burning toilet. Never have I have enjoyed garbage so much! #Robocop #Robocop2 #Robocop3 #80sfilms #DVDs #sobaditsgood

Japanese poster for Robocop 3. Robocop soars above the city in his jetpack.

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As I’ve just read the book, I’d better rewatch the films! I’ve never seen Robocop 3. Is is worth spending any of the precious little time I have left on? #Robocop #Robocop2 #80sfilms #DVDs #PaulVerhoeven

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I bought this yokai tenugi at the Ota Memorial Museum while visiting its current yokai exhibition. #yokai #tenugui #妖怪 #手拭 #てぬぐい #otamemorialmuseum #太田記念美術館

Black outlines of Japanese yokai on a red traditional handcloth.

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My son and I went to see a triple bill of Rear Window, Vertigo, and Psycho today. I've seen all them umpteen times since I was at elementary school, but to see them on the big screen was a fantastic experience! #WasedaShochiku #早稲田松竹 #AlfredHitchcock #RearWindow #Vertigo #Psycho #裏窓 #めまい #サイコ

Japanese pop-art poster featuring the iconic outline of Hitchcock.

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In 2016 I was award the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Article of the Year for my article on the short-lived romance between Bela Lugosi and Clara Bow. The award arrived today. #BelaLugosi #ClaraBow #RondoHatton

The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award is a bust of actor Rondo Hatton.

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A much better read than I was expecting. Grittier and with more emotional depth than the film. #Booksky #Robocop #Movietein #filmtiein #noveliszation #paperbackbook #SF #Scifi #Sciencefiction

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Apart from the constant belittling of Mick Karn's excellent solo work, this was an interesting overview, but I didn't come away any the wiser about this complicated individual. #Booksky #DavidSylvian #Japan #MickKarn #Biography #Music #Musicbook #UKrockmusic

Stylish head and should photo of David Sylvian at his most youthfully beautiful.

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The best way to beat the summer heat is to go to a kaidan storytelling event! #Kaidan #Kwaidan #怪談 #Yurei #Japaneseghost #Japanesehorror #幽霊

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I always go to this annual Lafcadio storytelling event, but this year I couldn't get a ticket :( #LafcadioHearn #Koizumiyakumo #Kaidan #Kwaidan #Hoichitheearless #小泉八雲 #怪談 #耳なし芳一 #Mimi-nashiHōichi #Yurei #Japaneseghost #Japanesehorror #幽霊

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A look behind the scenes of the making of a stop motion film by @elizabethdollmaker.bsky.social based on one of my poems. It’s such a thrill and an honor. #stopmotion #dolls #poetry #poems

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We marked the end of Obon by watching a favourite Japanese ghost film, 異人たちとの夏 (The Discarnates), which is actually set during Obon. #Obon #Japaneseghosts #異人たちとの夏 #TheDiscarnates #Japanesefilms #JapaneseCinema #JHorror #お盆

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The latest exhibition at the Ōta Memorial Museum of Art in Harajuku includes some yōkai ukiyo-e that I have never seen before. www.ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp/animalsmonst... #ŌtaMemorialMuseumofArt #Harajuku #yōkai #ukiyo-e #妖怪 #浮世絵 #原宿 #太田記念美術館

Japanese Edo-era images of yokai and dancing cats on a green background

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Elizabeth - hand-crafted unique dolls & more @elizabethdollmaker.bsky.social is making a stop motion short based on my poem 'Annunciation' from my book In The Ghost Hours. Aren't those dolls wonderful? #stopmotion #dolls #poetry #Gothic #booksky

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The wine in Saizeriya is undrinkable muck until you add beer and ginger ale! #Saizeriya #wine #beer #gingerale #japanesefamilyrestaurant

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

John Wyndham’s second novel, written sixteen years before The Day of the Triffids catapulted him to international success, is a rip-roaring tale of the race to be the first to reach Mars, and the strange life forms found on the dying world. #booksky #johnwyndham #sf #sciencefiction #sci-fi 8m

Painting of a woman surveying a crashed rocket

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A beautiful version of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's Beauty and the Beast directed by Juraj Herz, with a haunting soundtrack by Petr Hapka Beauty and the beast #Pannaanetvor #BeautyandtheBeast #urajHerz #PetrHapka #Gabrielle-SuzanneBarbotdeVilleneuve www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT_c...

Beauty and the Beast (1978) Modern Trailer

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thank you to the Kaidankai for recommending my volume of Gothic verse. See comments: "In the Ghost Hours" by Andi Brooks is a beautiful collection of gothic poetry that reflects on mortality, grief, family, cemeteries, and the quiet conversations we have with the living and the dead."

The cover of the book In The Ghost Hours features a grave stature of an angel from Highgate cemetery on a snow-white background.

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My latest poem, inspired by 2 of the incredible dolls created by Elizabeth - hand-crafted unique dolls & more @elizabethdollmaker.bsky.social Check out her incredible dolls and books. The poem will be included in my next book. #Blueskypoetry #Dolls #Goticpoetry #Gothicpoems #handmadedolls #goth

Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Finally read Wyndham’s 1st novel-length story after buying 40 years ago. Written in 1935, 16 years before Triffids, it’s a very Conan Doyle type lost world story. Very good apart from casual racial slurs. #booksky #JohnWyndham #paperbackbook #sci-fi #lostworlds #johnbeyon #pulpmagazine #SF

Painting of flooded underground cave with giant mushrooms and futuristic crashed airplane

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Andi Brooks @ghostlytales.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

39 years since the last issue, I’ve started mocking up a cover for a new issue of my old fanzine. If I like it, I’ll have to find something to go inside! #fanzine