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A Scanner Burkely
@ascannerburkely.bsky.social
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writer: Nightscript, @DimShores.bsky.social @ThinkingHorror, @weirdfictionrev, film crit. @ patreon.com/ascannerburkely | mulchsack left. most likely to be mad online, class of 2000. he/him.
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Today for patrons I've some fresh writing on the Lovecraftian portion of my Halloween viewing, covering The Void, In the Mouth of Madness, and Prince of Darkness

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The Void: A deputy stands in a dark medical lab that's being overtaken by a bizarre being on a centered lab table, tentacular and webby body parts extending around the room In the Mouth of Madness: John Trent and editor Linda stand, seemingly superimposed, in front a mysterious tunnel extending behind them. Prince of Darkness: A woman looks at a tall cylinder with green liquid in a dark, candlelit basement filled with shadowy crosses on one wall.
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16? Too many:
Refused - "The Shape of Punk to Come" Meat Beat Manifesto - "Actual Sounds and Voices" Stabbing Westward - "Darkest Days" The Monorchid - "Who Put Out the Fire?"
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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This week i logged several great films of 21st century American cinema and one flat and disappointing horror short I watched randomly while waiting for something, on the perfectly engineered 2.x version of the Android letterboxd app #LastFourWatched
Letterboxd recent activity, rewatches except The Hug: Bug (4.5⭐), Big Trouble (4.5⭐), The Hug (1.5⭐), Gone Girl (4.5⭐).
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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A close screenshot from "Glengarry Glen Ross" of Alec Baldwin holding a pair of decorative brass balls connected by string near his crotch.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Logging some enjoyable rewatches and a disappointing new one on the android 2.x app #LastFourWatched
Letterbox recent activity: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (1.5⭐), Ghostbusters 2 (4⭐), Ghostbusters (4⭐), The Guest (3.5⭐).
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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In which we're raging against Brexit, the end of the world, and Catholic baby trafficking

Today for patrons I've fresh writing on 28 Years Later, The Omen, and The First Omen

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28 Years Later: a boy, his mother, and a man, in raggedy postapocalyptic gear, stand outside amid strange vertical structures The Omen: a young boy in a black suit and hat stands among graveyard crosses, looking grimly into the camera The First Omen: Two young women, one visibly in plain novice nun attire stare in inquisitive awe at something high above the camera
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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A post from Twitter by me, dated Aug 3, 2021: xPitch: a slideshow of Andrew Cuomo being smacked in the face"
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Favorite first watches of October
"Jack Goes Home" - Long-haired Rory Culkin has a tense up-close confrontation with his mother, Lin Shaye. "Prince of Darkness" - The chamber of green ectoplasm in a church basement. One of the women characters looks on. "mother!" - Jennifer Lawrence looks desperate and overwhelmed as the houseguests from hell surround her. "The Void" - Several cultists face the camera, covered head to toe in white gowns except a black triangle covers their faces.
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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My reading took a nosedive about 5 years ago so there'll be some debuts since then that I'm not up on, but have plenty in my brain by people still writing
One like = One scary short story by a current horror author
October 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Nothing quite as thrilling as logging my #LastFourWatched on the Android 2.x app
Letterboxd recent activity: The Descent Part 2 (2⭐), Prince of Darkness (4.5⭐), Resident Evil: Retribution (4⭐, rewatch), Hotel Artemis (3.5⭐, rewatch)
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Best first viewings of October
"mother!" "Prince of Darkness" "Jack Goes Home" "The Void"
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Updated
Official Carpenter Rankings https://boxd.it/pFHaG
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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In which we're breaking down at home, braking for wandering weirdos, and breaking the occult cases

Today for members (including free), I've fresh writing on Jack Goes Home, Doctor Sleep, and Longlegs

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Jack Goes Home: Long-haired Rory Culkin in a tense face-to-face confrontation with his mother played by Lin Shaye Doctor Sleep: Danny Torrance and Abracadabra prepare to face off against an enemy off camera, positioned on the stairs of the Overlook Hotel with Danny holding an axe. Longlegs: Back to the camera, Maika Monroe stares at a conspiracy wall with pinned papers containing occult symbols in a dimly lit room.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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if you see this, post 4 female characters you love
May from "May" Sophia from "A Dark Song" Ginger from "Chicken Run" with the rest of the gang in the background Kathryn Janeway, Captain of the Federation starship Voyager
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Four books to get to know me
Franz Kafka - "The Trial" Kelly Link - "Magic for Beginners" M. John Harrison - "Viriconium" Daphne du Maurier - "Rebecca"
October 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Logging my #LastFourWatched on the Android 2.x app
Letterboxd recent activity: Jack Goes Home (3.5⭐), The Surrender (2⭐), mother! (4.5⭐), The Dogs (1⭐)
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Oh shit
A photo of frozen Cheez It pepperoni pizza, which i just learned exists
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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In which we're slicing snowmen, surrendering severances, and stupidly stealing stories.

Today for patrons I've fresh writing on The Naked Gun (2025), The Surrender, and Cobweb.

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The Naked Gun: Frank Drebin Jr. and Ed Hocken Jr. accept cups of coffee being handed to them by hands intruding from out of frame. The Surrender: Two seated women dressed in yellow hold hands over a corpse with symbols in blood on its chest. An old disheveled man looks on from a centered position. Cobweb: A woman leans an ear against a wall, while a young boy out of focus looks on in the middle distance down the hall. Her sweater pattern has an old-fashioned look that seems in tune with the wallpaper, and the boy contrasts with a solid yellow sweatshirt.
October 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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She sleep deep, then she peep
Overhead photo of our calico cat River sleeping between my legs like a kidney bean with a leg up in the air Overhead photo of our calico cat River awakened with legs moving around in different directions. A level angle profile photo of our calico cat awake and composed in a dapper manner, looking off outside of frame to the right.
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I like a tapir
A black and white Malayan tapir. Kind of makes me think of like a medium-big pig-dog that has a little anteater in its distant past too.
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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The tale thus far
2025 Horror Ranked https://boxd.it/DJEAA
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Who’s your favorite reoccurring (that is not part of the regular cast but kept showing up) sitcom character?
Carl Weathers from "Arrested Development," holding up a bone and talking about stew. Poppy from "Frasier." Terry Duke Tetzloff from "Duckman." "Bruh Man" from "Martin."
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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i love to log my #LastFourWatched on the Android 2.x app
Letterboxd activity, all rewatches: "Resident Evil: Extinction" (3⭐), "Phenomena" (3.5⭐), "Go" (4⭐), "The Naked Gun" (2025, 3.5⭐).
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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POV you're the owner of the BlueSky trailer park and some new users have shown up before 9 a.m.
Screenshot from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Nerdy FBI agent Sam Stanley and suave colleague Chester Desmond present their credentials to trailer park owner Carl Rodd, who has graciously answered the door in foul temper despite the rudeness of them knocking before 9 a.m.
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Absolutely not surprising (pejorative)
Post from Reactor magazine with embedded image from "Keeper": "James Wan and Guillermo del Toro love the new Osgood Perkins movie Keeper"
October 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM