It can even adapt the second game and Dan Stevens can play Herbert Wallace. He'd love that.

Kick Gareth Evans off remaking A Colt Is My Passport (for some reason) and force him to make a Nightmare Creatures movie.

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A ninja peeks around a corner at another ninja in this still from Revenge of the Ninja (1983).

Revenge of the Ninja (1983) | "Only a ninja can stop a ninja."

I like how the ninjas are always obliged to use different weapons for each guy they kill. Like, you can use the sword more than once, guys. You don't need to figure out how to kill him with tonfas for some reason.

I say this a lot about the Hays Code. Not that it was a good thing that we had it, but working against it made filmmakers make things that were more creative - and often more progressive or transgressive - than what we often got when it was gone.

DA FLY!! Not to be confused with the Mansect! But I did base this on my own Fly cosplay. Which we repurposed for MANSECT. So.

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Can't wait to celebrate 10 years of #AnalogSunday with @elijahlafollette.bsky.social next month!

A ninja in white is kicking a ninja in black in the head against a black background in a scene from the opening titles of Enter the Ninja (1981).

Enter the Ninja (1981) | "Looks like a thriller."

I don't care how many fake Halloween scars they show me, that guy fully killed like 10 employees just to graduate from ninja school. This is why tuition is so high.

I Was Trapped In The Chamber Of Fear! - A man is surrounded by a bunch of alien beasts.

Opening splash page from Tales Of Suspense no. 33 (Sep 1962) by Jack Kirby with Dick Ayers on inks, Stan Goldberg on colors, letters by Artie Simek.

I haven't actually seen what we're showing, but I gather it's gonna be something very special.

A shadow on a wall. Could it be of a mushroom person?

M-matango?

Can't wait to celebrate 10 years of #AnalogSunday with @elijahlafollette.bsky.social next month!

A cat (Bindle) is asleep on a pillow and holding her own tail between her paws. It is the cutest thing ever.

Sleepy.

As disappointing as this is, it's not terribly surprising. I'm proud of my nomination from last year, but I know that their nomination and voting practices are not the most stringent.

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Apparently?

"Creature Crackers," a 1979 Topps Chewing Gum sticker card made to look like a package of animal crackers, but instead of animal shapes, there are various monster shapes; a gillman, an ape, a dinosaur, a wolfman, and a slightly-humanoid bat. The package says "Sunstroke Creature Crackers: The Snack That Attacks!"

"Creature Crackers," a 1979 Topps Chewing Gum sticker card. Now you know as much as I do.

Also, not to nitpick something that people are clearly very excited about, but is Shudder not... still a paywall?

A small painted charm of a mummy.

A small painted charm of a Halloween witch.

A small painted charm of a skeleton wearing a cape and holding a stick.

A small painted charm of a gravestone with skulls around it.

Details from a thrift store Halloween knick-knack (part 2).

A miniature gravestone with skulls on it.

A small painted charm of a scary tree.

A small painted charm of a ghost wearing a witch's hat.

A small painted charm of a Frankenstein monster head.

Details from a thrift store Halloween knick-knack (part 1).

Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in The Big Steal (1949).

As noirs go, The Big Steal (1949) is little more than a charming confection. But it's very charming indeed.

I love that they did the bats!

Dennis Weaver in Touch of Evil (1958).

Also, Torgo's theme should have played every time Dennis Weaver was onscreen.

Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh stand in front of a burning conflagration in a scene from the opening of Touch of Evil (1958).

In one of those cases where I am probably just wrong on this one, Touch of Evil (1958) is undeniably shot to within an inch of its life, but ultimately too mumbling and flabby for me.

Sound of Horror (1966)

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A brown button sewn with white thread onto a pair of tan jeans.

Today, I sewed buttons onto three pairs of pants. I'm still quite bad at it, but I'm trying to teach myself at least the most basic rudiments of garment repair. Starting with sewing on buttons.