Frank Moraes
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In my fourth decade as a freelance writer. Currently focused on screenwriting and Psychotronic Review (https://psychotronicreview.com/)
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Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood - Psychotronic Review
Veronica Lake was born on 14 November 1922. She is best known for our Film Noir roles. But we highlight her last film, Flesh Feast (1970).
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Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
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Reposted by Frank Moraes
God has a point
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
God has a point
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My favorite flavor of giallo: fashionable haunted women in existential crisis mode aka haute paranoia
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My favorite flavor of giallo: fashionable haunted women in existential crisis mode aka haute paranoia
Reposted by Frank Moraes
Reposted by Frank Moraes
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"A Boy and His Dog" was released on this day in 1975. It's one of Don Johnson's earliest films.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"A Boy and His Dog" was released on this day in 1975. It's one of Don Johnson's earliest films.
psychotronicreview.com/short-takes/...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Psychotronic films released on this day:
The Invisible Killer (1939)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Castle Freak (1995)
Island of the Dead (2000).
The Invisible Killer (1939)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Castle Freak (1995)
Island of the Dead (2000).
Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood - Psychotronic Review
Veronica Lake was born on 14 November 1922. She is best known for our Film Noir roles. But we highlight her last film, Flesh Feast (1970).
psychotronicreview.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Psychotronic films released on this day:
The Invisible Killer (1939)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Castle Freak (1995)
Island of the Dead (2000).
The Invisible Killer (1939)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Castle Freak (1995)
Island of the Dead (2000).
Vanessa Bayer is 44 today. Not exactly psychotronic. But I love the Totinos commercial parodies she did.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izhv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izhv...
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Vanessa Bayer is 44 today. Not exactly psychotronic. But I love the Totinos commercial parodies she did.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izhv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izhv...
Other psychotronic birthdays today:
Dick Powell (1904-1963)
Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011)
Brian Keith (1921-1997)
McLean Stevenson (1927-1996)
Sandahl Bergman (1951-)
Laura Ramsey (1982-).
Dick Powell (1904-1963)
Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011)
Brian Keith (1921-1997)
McLean Stevenson (1927-1996)
Sandahl Bergman (1951-)
Laura Ramsey (1982-).
Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood - Psychotronic Review
Veronica Lake was born on 14 November 1922. She is best known for our Film Noir roles. But we highlight her last film, Flesh Feast (1970).
psychotronicreview.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Other psychotronic birthdays today:
Dick Powell (1904-1963)
Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011)
Brian Keith (1921-1997)
McLean Stevenson (1927-1996)
Sandahl Bergman (1951-)
Laura Ramsey (1982-).
Dick Powell (1904-1963)
Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011)
Brian Keith (1921-1997)
McLean Stevenson (1927-1996)
Sandahl Bergman (1951-)
Laura Ramsey (1982-).
Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood - Psychotronic Review
Veronica Lake was born on 14 November 1922. She is best known for our Film Noir roles. But we highlight her last film, Flesh Feast (1970).
psychotronicreview.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Veronica Lake and the Villainy of Hollywood
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Lake was born on this day in 1922.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/14/v...
Reposted by Frank Moraes
"Crocodile" and Bad Special Effects Monsters
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Crocodile and Bad Special Effects Monsters - Psychotronic Review
Millennium Films released Crocodile in the United Kingdon on 13 November 2000. They only released it there — at least for a couple of years. It went directly to video in most countries. This is despit...
psychotronicreview.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Crocodile" and Bad Special Effects Monsters
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
The Fearless Vampire Killers was released on this day in 1967.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Fearless Vampire Killers was released on this day in 1967.
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Josh Marshall: "What’s more, as a general matter, blue states aren’t as aggressively gerrymandered... Blue state America has a lot more untapped potential there than Red State America."
Bringing Guns to Gun Fights: Making Sense of the National Gerrymandering Battle talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bring...
Bringing Guns to Gun Fights: Making Sense of the National Gerrymandering Battle
TPM’s Khaya Himmelman has a report here on the state of the...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Josh Marshall: "What’s more, as a general matter, blue states aren’t as aggressively gerrymandered... Blue state America has a lot more untapped potential there than Red State America."
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Second of the Ilsa films! Not really my thing but I try to know it. There were four of these films as I recall. David F Friedman produced the first, "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS" (1975). He said it was the only film he produced that he wasn't proud of. That's saying something!
Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976, Don Edmonds)
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Second of the Ilsa films! Not really my thing but I try to know it. There were four of these films as I recall. David F Friedman produced the first, "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS" (1975). He said it was the only film he produced that he wasn't proud of. That's saying something!
Reposted by Frank Moraes
The New York Times owes readers a front-page apology. Trump's outright lies about the economy are not the same thing as Biden's arguable "tone-deaf" comments deanbaker22.substack.com/p/being-tone...
Being Tone-Deaf Is Not the Same as Telling Outright Lies: That Should be Obvious
Trump is pushing lies, Biden may have been impolitic
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The New York Times owes readers a front-page apology. Trump's outright lies about the economy are not the same thing as Biden's arguable "tone-deaf" comments deanbaker22.substack.com/p/being-tone...
Other psychotronic releases on this day:
The Bat Whispers (1930)
The Aztec Mummy (1957)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
The Running Man (1987)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).
The Bat Whispers (1930)
The Aztec Mummy (1957)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
The Running Man (1987)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).
"Crocodile" and Bad Special Effects Monsters
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Crocodile and Bad Special Effects Monsters - Psychotronic Review
Millennium Films released Crocodile in the United Kingdon on 13 November 2000. They only released it there — at least for a couple of years. It went directly to video in most countries. This is despit...
psychotronicreview.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Other psychotronic releases on this day:
The Bat Whispers (1930)
The Aztec Mummy (1957)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
The Running Man (1987)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).
The Bat Whispers (1930)
The Aztec Mummy (1957)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
The Running Man (1987)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).
Psychotronic birthdays today:
Edward Buzzell (1895-1985)
Jack Elam (1920-2003)
Linda Christian (1923-2011)
Richard Mulligan (1932-2000)
Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
Tom Atkins (1935-)
Joe Mantegna (1947-)
Art Malik (1952-)
Whoopi Goldberg (1955-)
Steve Zahn (1967-).
Edward Buzzell (1895-1985)
Jack Elam (1920-2003)
Linda Christian (1923-2011)
Richard Mulligan (1932-2000)
Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
Tom Atkins (1935-)
Joe Mantegna (1947-)
Art Malik (1952-)
Whoopi Goldberg (1955-)
Steve Zahn (1967-).
"Crocodile" and Bad Special Effects Monsters
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Crocodile and Bad Special Effects Monsters - Psychotronic Review
Millennium Films released Crocodile in the United Kingdon on 13 November 2000. They only released it there — at least for a couple of years. It went directly to video in most countries. This is despit...
psychotronicreview.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Psychotronic birthdays today:
Edward Buzzell (1895-1985)
Jack Elam (1920-2003)
Linda Christian (1923-2011)
Richard Mulligan (1932-2000)
Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
Tom Atkins (1935-)
Joe Mantegna (1947-)
Art Malik (1952-)
Whoopi Goldberg (1955-)
Steve Zahn (1967-).
Edward Buzzell (1895-1985)
Jack Elam (1920-2003)
Linda Christian (1923-2011)
Richard Mulligan (1932-2000)
Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
Tom Atkins (1935-)
Joe Mantegna (1947-)
Art Malik (1952-)
Whoopi Goldberg (1955-)
Steve Zahn (1967-).
"Crocodile" and Bad Special Effects Monsters
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Crocodile and Bad Special Effects Monsters - Psychotronic Review
Millennium Films released Crocodile in the United Kingdon on 13 November 2000. They only released it there — at least for a couple of years. It went directly to video in most countries. This is despit...
psychotronicreview.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Crocodile" and Bad Special Effects Monsters
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
Tobe Hooper's lesser effort was released on this day in 2000.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/13/c...
This is another example of a visual filmmaker whose ideas are, at best, primitive. So we all didn't understand the ending of The Shining because we couldn't believe it was that stupid? Good to know!
www.youtube.com/shorts/YTbcd...
www.youtube.com/shorts/YTbcd...
Stanley Kubrick Explains the ENDING of THE SHINING
YouTube video by Outstanding Screenplays
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November 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
This is another example of a visual filmmaker whose ideas are, at best, primitive. So we all didn't understand the ending of The Shining because we couldn't believe it was that stupid? Good to know!
www.youtube.com/shorts/YTbcd...
www.youtube.com/shorts/YTbcd...
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Jacques Tourneur and B-Picture Horror
The director of Cat People was born on this day in 1904.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/12/j...
The director of Cat People was born on this day in 1904.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/12/j...
Jacques Tourneur and B-Picture Horror - Psychotronic Review
Jacques Tourneur was born in Paris on 12 November 1904. We remember him for Cat People (1942) and The Comedy of Terrors (1963).
psychotronicreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Jacques Tourneur and B-Picture Horror
The director of Cat People was born on this day in 1904.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/12/j...
The director of Cat People was born on this day in 1904.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/12/j...
Released on this day in 2019: Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made.
I love this film but I'm a little worried about recommending it to most people because they tend not to like pure horror that doesn't make a lot of sense.
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I love this film but I'm a little worried about recommending it to most people because they tend not to like pure horror that doesn't make a lot of sense.
psychotronicreview.com/short-takes/...
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Released on this day in 2019: Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made.
I love this film but I'm a little worried about recommending it to most people because they tend not to like pure horror that doesn't make a lot of sense.
psychotronicreview.com/short-takes/...
I love this film but I'm a little worried about recommending it to most people because they tend not to like pure horror that doesn't make a lot of sense.
psychotronicreview.com/short-takes/...
Released on this day in 1982: The Slumber Party Massacre -- feminist slasher, which does NOT mean there aren't a lot of naked boobs. There are also two male boobs, but they aren't naked.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Released on this day in 1982: The Slumber Party Massacre -- feminist slasher, which does NOT mean there aren't a lot of naked boobs. There are also two male boobs, but they aren't naked.
psychotronicreview.com/short-takes/...
psychotronicreview.com/short-takes/...
Psychotronic films released on this day:
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Brimstone and Treacle (1982).
There are two others that I will post later.
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Brimstone and Treacle (1982).
There are two others that I will post later.
Jacques Tourneur and B-Picture Horror
The director of Cat People was born on this day in 1904.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/12/j...
The director of Cat People was born on this day in 1904.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/12/j...
Jacques Tourneur and B-Picture Horror - Psychotronic Review
Jacques Tourneur was born in Paris on 12 November 1904. We remember him for Cat People (1942) and The Comedy of Terrors (1963).
psychotronicreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Psychotronic films released on this day:
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Brimstone and Treacle (1982).
There are two others that I will post later.
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Brimstone and Treacle (1982).
There are two others that I will post later.
Not a lot of psychotronic birthdays today:
Kim Hunter (1922-2002)
Wallace Shawn (1943-)
Radha Mitchell (1973-).
Kim Hunter (1922-2002)
Wallace Shawn (1943-)
Radha Mitchell (1973-).
Jacques Tourneur and B-Picture Horror
The director of Cat People was born on this day in 1904.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/12/j...
The director of Cat People was born on this day in 1904.
psychotronicreview.com/2025/11/12/j...
Jacques Tourneur and B-Picture Horror - Psychotronic Review
Jacques Tourneur was born in Paris on 12 November 1904. We remember him for Cat People (1942) and The Comedy of Terrors (1963).
psychotronicreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not a lot of psychotronic birthdays today:
Kim Hunter (1922-2002)
Wallace Shawn (1943-)
Radha Mitchell (1973-).
Kim Hunter (1922-2002)
Wallace Shawn (1943-)
Radha Mitchell (1973-).