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I write horror novels and babble about psychotronic cinema. My azn author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alex-Vorkov/author/B01LZ5U3QX?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Alex Vorkov

#watched BACKROOMS (2026) It's difficult to believe a 20-year-old directed this unsettling, surreal film. Fluid camera movements (some subtle and some not so subtle) and seamless editing build palpable tension and dread with nary a jump scare to be found. Imagine that!

"Ahoy there!"

I had no choice but to upvote this video.

The inchworm crop looks to be robust this year!

Author and film historian Kierla Janisse is reporting that Spanish horror icon Jack Taylor has died. I haven't found any details, but in any case, RIP Jack. You're one of my favorites.

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You were expecting something else?

#watched OBSESSION (2025) Bear uses a magic wish to escape the "friend zone" of his crush, Nikki, but ends up in the twilight zone instead.

#watched I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE (1958) The "body snatchers from space" sub-genre delivered some of the best sci-fi/horror movies of the 1950s. This one is far better than the title suggests.

Tom Tryon, who portrayed the titular monster, was much more than just a handsome lug. He fought in WWII, graduated with a fine arts degree from Yale, acted in 38 movies and TV shows, and published 27 books, including bestsellers. Not bad!

#watched ILSA, THE WICKED WARDEN (1977) Jess Franco's 1977 production began life as "Greta, the Mad Butcher," but the distributor repackaged it as an Ilsa movie: The same star overenunciating the same "Nazi" accent, same gratuitous nudity and torture, same comeuppance. I accept it as canon.

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