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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Blood Diner- 1987 Two brothers are entrusted by their uncle to uphold the ritualistic cannibalism of the ancient cult of Sheetar. In order to do so, they have to prepare a feast of sacrifice for the resurrection of their goddess. #horror #movie #blood-diner #cannibals #comedy

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

“The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.” #art #digital #talonabraxas #hear Ramana Maharshi Eye of the Heart Talon Abraxas

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Who did you pray to? God or the devil? To the one…who will help by #Andromeda on ArtStation #art #digital #occult #dark #fantasy

A dark shadowy figure is handing over a star light, to a woman stretching out her hands to receive it

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Legacy Penny dreadfuls are becoming increasingly scarce and difficult to source They are considered the Victorian equivalent of true crime podcasts or video games

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Popularity They were wildly popular,especially with young male readers They were a way for the poorer classes to access expensive fiction Decline In 1880s, there was a"middle-class moral panic"over penny dreadfuls Some urged that the publication and consumption of penny dreadfuls be criminalized

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Content Stories often featured criminals, ghosts, pirates, and highwaymen They were often based on true crime or gothic fiction They were also inspired by Jacobean tragedies, macabre folklore, and ballads Many stories were stolen from popular authors like Dickens and Ainsworth

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Origins Penny dreadfuls were originally called "penny bloods" They were made possible by technological advances in printing and distribution They were written to appeal to the working classes, whose literacy rates were increasing

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Penny dreadfuls were a genre of sensational fiction that were popular in Victorian Britain from the 1830s to around 1910. They were cheap, weekly installments of lurid stories that were often based on true crime or gothic fiction.

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Penny Dreadful 2014-2016 #pennydreadful #horror #gothic #tvseries This series contains some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, "Frankenstein's monster", Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Ah, damn. I don't know. But I would like to see how that would play out. Are we talking about Werewolf and Vampire teaming up? Hellraiser isn't from this plane of existence, though. But, they are all ’supernatural. So .... Idk.

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My blood thirsty, female heart desires more of this. The brutal battle between Werewolves and Vampires. #horror #vanhelsing #werewolf #dracula #movie VAN HELSING (2004) dir. Stephen Sommers

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

That's horrible! 😔 May they rest in peace. 🖤

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Lol, that's ridiculous! Maybe 10 a day? Idk Guess I should read the guidelines, oops

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꧁ ✫You’re just a Bloodbank✫ ꧂ @gothdolly.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The Collector (1965), based on a chilling novel by John Fowles, followed; it focused on a mild-mannered bank clerk (Terence Stamp) whose collection of butterflies is expanded one day to include a young woman (Samantha Eggar) whom he kidnaps and imprisons in his basement. #horror #movie #thecollector

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