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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's Sick Flick makes detention look like summer break! Join me as we break down the youth gone wild cult classic, The Class of 1984! It's even got a young Michael J. Fox!

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How Did Young Michael J. Fox End Up in This?

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My debut novel is launching on October 6th! Sympathy for the Devil is a buddy cop mystery set in Hell featuring demons, Satanic conspiracies, and the Devil himself! You can preorder signed copies at www.mikebrackenbooks.com or order regular copies from your favorite bookseller!

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today's Grindhouse Gospel ep takes a look at one of my favorite cyberpunk films, Richard Stanley's Hardware -- and the plagiarism lawsuit that emerged after it hit theaters!

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This Cyberpunk Cult Classic Got Sued for Plagiarism

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today's Sick Flick has nasty nuns, Bruno Mattei, and Claudio Fragasso. I know, Christmas is still a few months away, but I like to spoil you guys. Join me as we break down the absolutely insane The Other Hell!

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The Craziest Nasty Nun Movie Ever Made!

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

All the Gerrit Graham love today but not nearly enough Terrorvision mentions... I love that big dumb movie, mostly because he's in it. :-) RIP.

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today's Grindhouse Gospel Ep breaks down a direct-to-video sci-fi horror film featuring the Devil in outer space that beat Event Horizon to the punch by 7 whole years! Join me for a cinematic sermon on the magic that is The Dark Side of the Moon!

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This $1.2M Movie Beat Event Horizon to Hell

YouTube video by Grindhouse Gospel

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey Bluesky! Could you help me spread the word about my Patreon? Signing up will allow me create more fabric art monsters and creatures. As a patron, you'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun, bizarre posts. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, and a black creature with sharp teeth wearing a bulbous eye earring. There's a large purple creature with many yellow eyes and an open mouth, with a little green creature popping her head out. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background.

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Excited to announce we're finally launching my debut novel, Sympathy for the Devil! It's a buddy cop murder mystery...set in Hell! Preorder a copy here! Official launch is October 6th! www.mikebrackenbooks.com/products/sym...

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Sympathy for the Devil by Mike Bracken | Horror Novel

Shop Sympathy for the Devil by Mike Bracken, aka The Horror Geek—a supernatural crime novel about a damned homicide cop solving an impossible murder in Hell.

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today's Sick Flick has Treat Williams and Huggy Bear dodging a killer shark and government agents in the totally misnamed Night of the Sharks!

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How Did They Get Treat Williams to Star in THIS?

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My man Scratch Bastid was playing LTD's Love to the World this morning, which immediately made me think of how they flipped it here. Magic.

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Masta Ace - Ladder Of Success (feat. Analogic, KO, Phonte & Wordsworth)

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've been making YT videos for almost 8 years. In that time I've seen the internet make so many people mean & insufferable. I get it. You're miserable/unhappy/pissed at the world. Yelling at strangers online won't make you feel better. Log off, play with your kids, pet a dog...

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today's Grindhouse Gospel breaks down the disaster that was 1994's The Shadow! This one was set to be a franchise, but audiences didn't seem interested in a Russell Mulcahy-directed superhero flick that felt like a riff on Burton's Batman films.

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This $40 Million Superhero Movie Sank a Franchise

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Bob Clark had a wild career — he made Black Christmas, Porky's, and the holiday staple A Christmas Story —but today we're checking out his cult-classic zombie film, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things!

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The Director of A Christmas Story Made THIS?

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nick was kind enough to say nice things about my book!

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today's Grindhouse Gospel ep tackles one of my favorite HBO films with a deep dive into Cast a Deadly Spell! HP Lovecraft is a PI hunting The Necronomicon in a magic-powered 1940s LA!

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HBO Turned Cosmic Horror Into a Noir Detective Story

YouTube video by Grindhouse Gospel

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was sold on today's Sick Flick the second I heard "Henry Rollins fights hillbilly cannibals." I'm a simple man. Join me as we break down Wrong Turn 2: Dead End! This one's got a shot at the coveted 5 barf bag rating!

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This Sequel Makes the Original Wrong Turn Look Tame

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Bonus video this week! Join me as I talk about some of horror movie endings that still haunt me! It was hard to narrow this list down!

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The Movie Endings That Still Haunt Me

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Phil's studio going bankrupt is tragic.

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One of the weirdest cult films of the 1990s featured Rutger Hauer as a blind swordsman in a modernized American retelling of a Zatoichi film. Blind Fury bombed at the box office and shouldn't work...so why has it gone on to become a minor action classic?

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When a Blind Man Pulls a Katana

YouTube video by Grindhouse Gospel

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today's movie was distributed by Roger Corman and manages to rip off both Jaws and Creature from the Black Lagoon...but still be terrible. Join me as we break down Cirio Santiago's Demon of Paradise!

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Corman Rips Off Jaws & Creature From the Black Lagoon!

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The reviews are in: funny, insightful, informative, well researched, and absolutely not for the squeamish. Thanks for making Sick Flicks: Volume 1 part of your horror shelf. We heard your Volume 2 requests loud and clear. amzn.to/4bk4mff

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today's Grindhouse Gospel ep is breaking down one of the greatest action sequences ever filmed, the teahouse shootout in Hard Boiled!

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The Action Scene that Changed Everything

YouTube video by Grindhouse Gospel

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🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New #BloodSplatteredVlog! 📽️ This week The Horror Guru & Count Jackula review IT ENDS! A liminal horror film about the never ending journey of four young friends on the road trip of their lives! #FilmSky #MovieSky #HorrorSky #Horror #ItEnds youtu.be/zps2SpjDYSU

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It Ends (2026) Horror Movie Review | Blood Splattered Vlog

YouTube video by The Horror Guru

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Today's Sick Flick is one of my favorite HP Lovecraft adaptations. Join me as we break down Dan O'Bannon's riff on The Case Charles Dexter Ward in The Resurrected!

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The Cosmic Horror Movie Too Disturbing for Theaters

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hey, if you're looking for something to watch and still don't own a copy of Sick Flicks: Volume 1, here's a video review from Peculiar Notions!

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Sick Flicks | GarbAugust

YouTube video by Peculiar Notions

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Today's Grindhouse Gospel episode covers one of my favorite movies of recent years, David Prior's creepy cosmic horror flick, The Empty Man. This was mismarketed and misunderstood and today, we'll talk about why it's worth watching!

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The Movie That Tricked Its Own Studio

YouTube video by Grindhouse Gospel

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

All my new Sick Flicks eps are caught up in copyright claim bullshit, but don't fret -- I've got a video on 5 horror villains who deserved sequels to share with you today! This was a fun one.

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5 Horror Movie Villains Who Should Have Been Huge!

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Today's Grindhouse Gospel ep covers The Dark Half! George Romero's dream Stephen King adaptation turned into a nightmare. From on-set conflicts to uncooperative birds to bankruptcy, this one almost derailed Romero's career!

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This Stephen King/George Romero Movie Was a Nightmare

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Dario Argento has made some great films, but today's Sick Flick is not one of them. Join me as we break down Dracula 3D on today's episode! youtu.be/6NdI2ExDosQ

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This Dracula Adaptation Really Sucks

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I think about this a lot as I read Youtube comments lately... I don't want to be hyperbolic, but we might be cooked as a species. 😂

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Oh hell yeah! We're finally getting Henri Xhonneux's Marquis on blu from @MondoMacabroUSA! I have been singing the praises of this thing for decades. The Marquis de Sade is a dog. His penis talks to him. The whole thing feels like a weird dream...in the best way possible!

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

On today's Grindhouse Gospel ep, we're talking about Universal's alien abduction flick The Fourth Kind and how the movie's marketing got them sued!

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The 'True Story' Hoax That Got Universal Sued

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Sho Kosugi finally makes his Sick Flicks debut today! Join me as we break down 1985' Pray for Death!

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The Meanest Ninja Movie Ever Made!

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

They were digging in the vaults and found this unreleased Digital Underground video from 1994. We lost Shock way too young.

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Digital Underground - Nothing Has Changed (Official Video) #fromthevault

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In the '90s Sony bought a script from Seven screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker. They spent millions to make this dark descent into the seedy underbelly of cinema, then tried to tone the whole thing down. Join me as we break down 8MM on today's episode of Grindhouse Gospel!

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The $40M Movie Hollywood Was Scared to Release

YouTube video by Grindhouse Gospel

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Today's Sick Flick is one you won't want to miss. We've got drunk Franco Nero, dubbed George Kennedy, Aliens, and a Dollar Store T-800 in sensible dad jeans! Join me as we break down the bonkers Alien Terminator aka Top Line!

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This Alien/Terminator Ripoff Was Too Crazy for Theaters

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Joe Spinell gives one of the most unsettling performances in horror history. Maniac isn't just violent. It's grimy, uncomfortable, and feels frighteningly real. Forty-five years later, it still hasn't lost its power. Full review in Sick Flicks Volume 1. amzn.to/4bk4mff

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Join me over on Grindhouse Gospel as we break down the cult cyberpunk flick, Death Machine! This one remixes Aliens, Robocop, The Terminator, and like 5 other movies & has Brad Dourif chewing scenery like he's a starving man at a buffet! Plus Stephen Norrington made this before helming Blade!

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This Cult Killer Robot Movie You Found By Accident

YouTube video by Grindhouse Gospel

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today's Sick Flick is an early backwoods flick that feels very much like a Canadian Deliverance in all the best ways. Join me as we break down Rituals!

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This Grimy Deliverance Rip-Off Is A Cult Classic

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Join me over on Grindhouse Gospel today as I wax poetic about one of my all-time favorite sci-fi flicks, the unforgettable Trancers! Tim Thomerson should have been a huge star. Jack Deth lives! youtu.be/lDzZOKfs1pw

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The Time Travel Movie That Shouldn't Work — But Did

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Today's Sick Flick is a Bruno Mattei Caligula cash-in...so expect lots of borrowed footage, questionable editing, and sleaze! Join me as we break down Caligula and Messalina! youtu.be/NNGy11FRWmI

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This Ripoff Makes Caligula Look Like a Masterpiece!

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Bonus video! I get asked where to start with Italian horror films pretty regularly, so I made a video with the answer. Here are 5 great entry points into spaghetti splatter and one bonus pick that pushes the boundaries of good taste in the best way.

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5 Italian Horror Essentials (And One You’ll Regret)

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Zombie isn't just one of the greatest Italian horror films ever made. It's one of the greatest horror films, period. Amazing gore. Incredible atmosphere. And an eye trauma scene that's been making people squirm for more than 40 years. Full review in Sick Flicks Volume 1. amzn.to/4bk4mff

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Today's Grindhouse Gospel ep breaks down one of the most infamous exploitation films ever made, the movie history would like you to forget...Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS. Director Don Edmonds said the script was "the worst piece of shit I've ever read..." 😂

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The Movie History Wants You To Forget

YouTube video by Grindhouse Gospel

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today's Sick Flick is one of the most insane mutant killer fetus movies ever made. Join me as we breakdown the monument to bad taste that is....The Suckling.

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The Most Disgusting Mutant Baby Movie Ever Made!

YouTube video by The Horror Geek

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Brad Jones @thecinemasnob.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New Cinema Snob Episode, a little later than usual since it took some extra time to get cleared from copyright. We end our run through The Hitcher series with the obligatory 2000s remake, this time starring Sean Bean in the hitcher role! Click here: youtu.be/oVkLtWvaeRY

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The Hitcher (2007 Remake) - The Cinema Snob

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Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

If you know me, you know I love a good cursed piece of media story. Looking forward to checking this one out.

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