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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yeah this was really refreshing. There’s still the same tropes that they all have but this pushes it in a really fun way. I was immediately into it from the beginning

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I really wasn’t excited to see Buddy because there’s been so many children’s show gone wrong types of horror movies made in the past ten years and I’ve kind of hated all of them, but I was really surprised by this. So far my favorite new horror film of the year

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

lol it’s not worth seeing honestly. Basically a tattoo artist is explaining what everyone needs to do in the final battle, and she keeps using oranges on a map as demonstration with everyone’s faces tattooed onto them including all of the ghosts and by the end of it there’s like 12 tattooed oranges

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There’s a bit with some oranges in the new Insidious movie that’s so goofy that it ends up being a better Scary Movie gag than anything that happened in the actual Scary Movie earlier this year

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

New video! House | Anatomy of a Franchise youtu.be/His-f25qcmQ

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Imp! @pimscrypt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

👁️!!NEW VIDEO!!👁️ In which we enter the world of Backrooms video games, in an attempt to understand what makes the original creepypasta so culturally relevant even seven years on. youtu.be/bNXj0Huz6E0

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

As long as the harmful fandom brained mindset continues that horror is the small underdog that must always be unquestioned, protected and defended no matter what this too will continue

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For years horror has been used to see how much AI bullshit audiences will swallow, always under the defense that it’s just a small production that can’t do no better, and still folks with large audiences are trying to push that this is just the natural and good progression of things

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thanks! I’d definitely love to see you take that on, like I said I still feel like the definitive one hasn’t been done yet and there’s a ton of potential there

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thanks so much, I’m glad you liked it! Also I really liked the comic, hope you’ve been doing well!

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Drawing Doll @mathraptor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Great video that touches on something I also felt about much of country horror, that most of the people writing the mainstream versions of it have never lived in the country for longer than a tourist trap vacation. I grew up between a cow pasture and a corn field, and that's why I feared scarecrows.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I’m a bit late to it but I finished watching Hacks earlier today and I can’t get over how good the ending of that show was. Easily one of the best series finales I’ve ever seen.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New Video: The History of Horror Scarecrows youtu.be/qlrP0K1-M9Y

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

New Video! Evil in the Woods is Horrible (and why that's okay) www.youtube.com/watch?v=23JP...

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Introducing @darkertimes.bsky.social - a new worker-owned website for cultural criticism about all things horror! www.darkertimes.com

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Darker Times

A worker-owned magazine for horror culture, commentary, and criticism.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This is cool! Thanks for letting me know

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Star Hustler @gonzocurze.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It’s always a great day when I see this notification.

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Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.art · 28/05/2026

Putting this on DIRECTLY And the franchise is due a full rewatch come to think of it

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Profound Underdog @profound-underdog.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

One of my favourite video essayists takes on Larry Cohen’s trash horror/dark comedy mutant baby films? That’s my evening sorted. I had things to do, but I’ll clear my calendar for IPOS, and doubly so if Larry Cohen is involved.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

New video! It's Alive | Anatomy of a Franchise youtu.be/67vlXIeVKdQ

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New Darksides video: The Nightmare Horror of The Child youtu.be/13VHnC-gq2I

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I was rewatching some old Goosebumps yesterday and noticed that they snuck this X-Files poster in the back wall of this shot

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Every month horror YouTube keeps producing another clone of this exact type of guy that has slowly ruined online horror spaces

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Mother Mary is one of those weird movies that would have been a lot better if it just stayed a drama and never dipped into being a horror film. First quarter to half I was very into it, second it went supernatural it lost me in the same way that Longlegs did.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

New Darksides video Shrunken Heads: One of the Weirdest Children's Horror Films youtu.be/kF3p2PeWwFc

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Jack Harvey @eljackinton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It was so egregious in LNWTD too because it was so obvious and distracting. It stuck out like a sore thumb in a film that was so desperately trying to feel like archive footage.

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"KILL-KRAZY" KEK-W @kekw-writer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I wrote a short Dystopian / Existential Horror film that got shot a couple years ago by a remarkably talented crew and cast of human beings. It's now finished and due to be released. NO AI WAS USED. It's not needed. Human imagination and skills are all you need (and a LOT of luck and perseverance).

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It should be a hardline issue, but sadly it won’t ever be seen as such and will always be excused if fandom and an unquestioning love of horror continues to be prioritized over any ethical consumption and production of art.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Late Night With the Devil was more than just an early use of AI in a movie, it was a rubicon moment for horror as a culture on if people were going to accept this kind of stuff or not.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Two years ago people acted like I was crazy for saying that the low budget nature of horror was a potential breeding ground for the normalization of AI in film and now there’s shit like this.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I went for a walk just now and found a weird old door in an abandoned lot

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The Elden Ring set photos made me dive back into the game again. Seeing lots of individually crafted characters on a large scale really tickles the same part of my brain as the Emerald City in Return to Oz. I didn’t think it would work at first, but I really can’t wait for it now.

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Ryan ∀rtPunk (α Mode) @nouveauartpunk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Great video as always

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Pretty much yeah, the main character is seen drinking out of a Voss water bottle or holding one in legitimately every three scenes or so. It gets to the point that it’s pretty funny just how much it’s in the movie in close up shots.

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Definitely! I really do love most of what is going on in it

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I rewatched Smile 2 this week and completely forgot that like 30% of that movie is a water bottle commercial

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AdequateEmily @adequateemily.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

NEW VIDEO! Stalker: Who Deserves to End the World? Featuring original music by Molly Noise, and featuring the voices of @spacemanscott.bsky.social, @mancarryingthing.bsky.social, and @pimscrypt.bsky.social! Enjoy! youtu.be/PXDe_h3Kqo8

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Thanks so much! Didn’t really love most episodes in that sadly, I was really looking forward to it but ultimately the only ones I really fucked with was The Outside and The Viewing

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New video! Blade | Anatomy of a Franchise youtu.be/s7Rj8tuiKjI

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

On my way to a clown themed birthday party today

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In Praise of Shadows @praiseshadows.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I was supposed to have my new video out yesterday but have been fighting copyright issues on it with each test upload I do for over a day now. Dealing with these issues has unfortunately in my case become way more frequent in the last year which has been frustrating.

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