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Shawn Griffiths

@offbeattheater.bsky.social
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Journalist. Podcaster. Horror enthusiast. NeoCloudstrider in gaming communities. "A heathen, conceivably. But not, I hope, an unenlightened one." #FrightClub #MutantFam My Letterboxd profile: boxd.it/56ZQP

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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 13h
Sure, we have seen the "killer goes to the hospital to finish off the victim that escapes him" plot before, but this is Michael Ironside in a role that deserves more attention. Movie 082 / 100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #Filmsky #Horrorsky #MutantFam
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A ★★★½ review of Visiting Hours (1982)
Michael Ironside plays a serial killer who targets Lee Grant, but after failing to kill her, he goes to the hospital to finish her off. Director Jean-Claude Lord does suspense well, setting up the hig...
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 20h
Overall, I like Happy Birthday to Me, though it could have shaved 15 minutes off the runtime. I also read they changed the ending to make it less predictable, but the added twists make it seem like they couldn't settle on how to make it less tropey. Movie 081/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days
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A ★★★ review of Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
J. Lee Thompson understood the assignment for the most part with Happy Birthday to Me. People are going to watch this for the suspense and the slasher moments. And this film provides plenty of both. I...
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I may think the movie is a little too long, but I love the ending. #FrightClub #TheLastVoyageOfTheDemeter
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#FrightClub
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Archer Do You Not
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Tales From the Cryptlette @manofthetown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Toby exploding into fire is an image that stays with you. #Frightclub #thelastvoyageofthedemeter
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Shocked Astonished Cartoon Man
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Initially I gave The Last Voyage of Demeter 4 stars, but on a second watch, I will probably knock it down half a star. Two hours is a bit excessive for this pacing. #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Only the doctor. #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blacula Takes London, actually. #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How many harbingers does this crew need? At this point, Dracula's cargo should have "You will die" etched into it. #FrightClub #TheLastVoyageoftheDemeter
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I couldn't get Fandango to work so I just bought the movie on Prime (discounted at $7 right now and not a bad movie to have in my digital library). #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#NowWatching The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023), directed by André Øvredal. #FrightClub #MutantFam #Horrorsky
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship.
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No, not at all. 😁
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I am surprised I hadn't watched City of the Living Dead until today, but I also didn't start watching more Fulci until last year. It's excellent. Movie 080/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #Filmsky #Horrorsky #MutantFam
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A ★★★★ review of City of the Living Dead (1980)
The coffin scene, Mary violently scratching to escape it, causing her fingers to bleed... oh, it makes me cringe. Fulci always has a scene like that and always knows how to unsettle an audience. Thoug...
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This film has the perfect gritty 70s NYC atmosphere. It just failed to keep my interest. I kept thinking that the Slumber Party Massacre films gave us better driller killers. Movie 079/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #Filmsky #Horrorsky #MutantFam
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A ★★½ review of The Driller Killer (1979)
The best thing this film has going for it is its atmosphere. Great tone and setting. Then again, there is always something great about getting gritty 70s NYC just right. Director Abel Ferrara does thi...
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
MUNE MUNE MUNE
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"You gonna hit me?" Looks like he might kiss you. #FrightClub #Session9
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Adventure Time: Finn and the 'Now Kiss' Meme
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I miss seeing Josh Lucas (Hank) in the spotlight. #FrightClub #Session9
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Listen.... I just want to see some satanic rituals. #FrightClub
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Paul Rudd: Give Me It!
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Leonardo Decapitator @xenionx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just like the real satanic panic, can’t show no rituals if there ain’t never been no rituals. #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sometimes you need to hijack movie night for the greater good. #FrightClub
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I'M The Captain Now - Captain Phillips
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don't run your mouth about satanic rituals. Show me satanic rituals. #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh good. They hired someone who is... checks notes... afraid of the dark in a rundown asylum. #FrightClub #Session9
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Lucifer Morningstar: Should Have Left It To The Professionals
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You guys have a week to get this done. Not a lot of spare time for exposition. #FrightClub #Session9
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Okay, he has to know it is complete bullshit to suggest they can get the whole asylum done in a single week. #FrightClub #Session9
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If David Caruso doesn't make puns, what are we even doing here? #FrightClub #Session9
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David Caruso Puts On Glasses (CSI: Miami)
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#NowWatching Session 9 (2001), directed by Brad Anderson. #FrightClub #MutantFam #Horrorsky It is okay if you didn't see Sessions 1-8.
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Session 9 (2001)
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I was able to find a free-to-watch version on YouTube. You will likely have ads, but it's still free.
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Martin (1977) | RETRO HORROR MOVIE | John Amplas - Lincoln Maazel - Christine Forrest
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is the first #FrightClub double feature of October. Join us and celebrate spooky season! #MutantFam #Horrorsky
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Rob L. White (‘Cuddle’ Short Film OUT NOW!!) @therlwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tired? horror movies. Sad? horror movies. Cold? horror movies. Bored? horror movies. Horror Movies? horror movies.
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Raul Julia, and Brad Dourif. Adapted from a spec script by John Carpenter. If you haven't seen Eyes of Laura Mars, check it out for these reasons alone. Movie 078/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #Filmsky #Horrorsky #MutantFam
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A ★★★ review of Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Eyes of Laura Mars has such a stacked cast, I can't believe I never heard of it. Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Raul Julia, and Brad Dourif. This is early in all of their careers too. Especially Douri...
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Fright Club @frightya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Get outta your mind with a #FrightClub double feature Friday. Beginning with Session 9 (2001) at 10 PM ET. Available on Shudder. Then continue at 11:45 PM ET with Eli Roth's Dream Eater (2025). On Tubi, Prime, Shudder. We don't really dance, but we're in the zone.
Poster for Session 9 (2001), by Brad Anderson. David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas. "Fear is a place." All the images are indistinct. There's a room, with an abandoned wheelchair, and an almost transparent figure of a man walking down a few steps, away from the room, in the foreground. In the background, a creepy-looking abandoned asylum (a real place, and that's exactly what it was). This is all in shades of rust. Everything looks very old, like it might not really exist anymore. Poster for Dream Eater (2025). Man, looking wet and dirty, with horizontal lines on the image like he's on an old television, silently screaming. "It won't let you sleep." Alex Lee Williams, Mallory Drumm.
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! We're in October now. I got in some great watches this week and my #LastFourWatched include Cronenberg, Carpenter, and Romero. Martin (1977) Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) They Live (1988) Shivers (1975) #Filmsky #Horrorsky #MutantFam
Martin (1977)
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Martin is a reminder that some of Romero's best work had nothing to do with zombies. Movie 077/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #Filmsky #Horrorsky #MutantFam
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A ★★★★ review of Martin (1977)
I don't know if I would call this my favorite George Romero film, but it is certainly a quality of film that reminds the viewer, "You know Romero made more than zombie films, right?" In fact, his best...
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There is an argument to be made that "Alice, Sweet Alice" could get bumped up to 4 stars. At first, I thought this film was pretty straight forward, but in the end, I could not have predicted how it played out. Movie 076/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #Filmsky #Horrorsky #MutantFam
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A ★★★½ review of Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
I didn't realize just how much I would enjoy the mystery of this film. At first, it seems so straight forward, but then not only are there the murders, but there is what is going on with Alice. I can ...
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Leonardo Decapitator @xenionx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
By 2025, the entire planet will be under their dominion. Carpenter really cooking here. #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That is exactly what "they" would say. #FrightClub #TheyLive
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Hmm Suspect Fry Futurama
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Leonardo Decapitator @xenionx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carpenter nonchalantly wrote one of the most hard assed screenplays of all time and then took his name off of it. #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are times when it gets a little ridiculous, but in a comically fun way. "There will be hell to pay. Because I ain't daddy's little boy no more." #FrightClub #TheyLive
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Ron Burgundy: That Doesn't Make Sense
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Brother. Life's a bitch... and she's back in heat." I don't care. Just keep feeding Roddy these one-liners. Carpenter knew what he was doing. #FrightClub #TheyLive
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Michael Jackson Comendo Picoca
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And so begins the longest hand to hand fight ever put to cinema. What I love about it is this is how two guys would actually fight. It doesn't feel choreographed. #FrightClub #TheyLive
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I bet Keith David tossed the cash in the box in the first take. #FrightClub #TheyLive
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Holly isn't calling the cops. She is calling the glass company to ask why her windows break so easily. #FrightClub #TheyLive
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Fright Club @frightya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A wild Meg Foster appears! 😍 #TheyLive #FrightClub
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Your head looks like it fell in the cheese dip in 1957." That is wildly specific and random insult. #FrightClub #TheyLive
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah, but how do the glasses allow him to suddenly hear the subliminal audio? #FrightClub #TheyLive
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the reasons I hold this film in such high regard is Carpenter made a film with social commentary that remains relevant 4 decades later. #FrightClub #TheyLive
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allfrightner @allflicker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“I believe in America, I follow the rules” #TheyLive #FrightClub #filmsky #horrorfam
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#NowWatching They Live (1988), directed by John Carpenter. #FrightClub #MutantFam #Horrorsky I love that this film is always available on streaming.
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They Live (1988)
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
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Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy birthday! #FrightClub
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They Live: Roddy Piper's Bubble Gum Quote
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Ashy Slashy @junkywithamonke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
5 minutes until #TheyLive with #FrightClub
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