Isaac Land
@coastalhistory.bsky.social
_The Craft of Historical Research: A Practical Guide from Start to Finish_ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). Professor Emeritus, Indiana State University. Former co-editor, Coastal Studies & Society journal.
If you search for Cesare Lombroso criminal atavism, you’ll get one of the closest matches for Altered States. Idk, maybe some of today’s internet billionaires are on par with Victorian visionaries and madmen. Maybe we should encourage Elon to spend his time in a sensory deprivation tank 😆
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you search for Cesare Lombroso criminal atavism, you’ll get one of the closest matches for Altered States. Idk, maybe some of today’s internet billionaires are on par with Victorian visionaries and madmen. Maybe we should encourage Elon to spend his time in a sensory deprivation tank 😆
I know what you mean about movies that seem like they were concocted in a lab. And not a fun, weird lab, either
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I know what you mean about movies that seem like they were concocted in a lab. And not a fun, weird lab, either
I’m intrigued! Looks like I can maybe stream that on Plex
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I’m intrigued! Looks like I can maybe stream that on Plex
Alas, I’m not sure we found a solution. But you’re welcome to scroll through the replies, they’re all visible here.
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alas, I’m not sure we found a solution. But you’re welcome to scroll through the replies, they’re all visible here.
It hasn’t aged well, but it had the absolute serene confidence of its own stupidity 😆 Thats a kind of weird integrity, in the end. #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It hasn’t aged well, but it had the absolute serene confidence of its own stupidity 😆 Thats a kind of weird integrity, in the end. #horrorwatch
I have a lot of admiration for Ken Russell’s visuals, but the basic error here was assuming that what was really needed was a director with visual flair. I’m fond of Mike Flanagan’s work (like Midnight Mass) and I’d love to see him re-envision this novel and its characters #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I have a lot of admiration for Ken Russell’s visuals, but the basic error here was assuming that what was really needed was a director with visual flair. I’m fond of Mike Flanagan’s work (like Midnight Mass) and I’d love to see him re-envision this novel and its characters #horrorwatch
The anxiety that we’d unlock the violent ape just under the surface. There was a whole early school of criminology that proposed that this was the underlying problem with murderers, etc. There was even a fear that in cities, humans were regressing and not advancing #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The anxiety that we’d unlock the violent ape just under the surface. There was a whole early school of criminology that proposed that this was the underlying problem with murderers, etc. There was even a fear that in cities, humans were regressing and not advancing #horrorwatch
I seem to remember an early Nic Cage movie where he just seems to *believe* he is a vampire and things just go to pieces gradually #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I seem to remember an early Nic Cage movie where he just seems to *believe* he is a vampire and things just go to pieces gradually #horrorwatch
The preoccupation with de-evolution and degeneracy, taking this form, is very late Victorian. #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The preoccupation with de-evolution and degeneracy, taking this form, is very late Victorian. #horrorwatch
Would love to see the divorce papers. “My husband has been de-evolving for some time now.” #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Would love to see the divorce papers. “My husband has been de-evolving for some time now.” #horrorwatch
I feel like a bunch of later film makers drew inspiration from scenes and sound effects in this one, from Oppenheimer to Arrival (with Amy Adams communicating with the aliens) #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I feel like a bunch of later film makers drew inspiration from scenes and sound effects in this one, from Oppenheimer to Arrival (with Amy Adams communicating with the aliens) #horrorwatch
He seems like the type who’d expect everyone to just spontaneously work around his needs, translate for him, etc. #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
He seems like the type who’d expect everyone to just spontaneously work around his needs, translate for him, etc. #horrorwatch
An early draft of the sex scene from Oppenheimer. “I am become death, destroyer of worlds.” #hororwatch
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
An early draft of the sex scene from Oppenheimer. “I am become death, destroyer of worlds.” #hororwatch
William Hurt never played Steve Jobs but I can see how that would have worked #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
William Hurt never played Steve Jobs but I can see how that would have worked #horrorwatch
I, for one “did not know Jessup was into this kind of stuff.” Sorry @pauljessup.com you knew these were coming tonight 😆 #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I, for one “did not know Jessup was into this kind of stuff.” Sorry @pauljessup.com you knew these were coming tonight 😆 #horrorwatch
This is one I’ve seen a couple times, the first time when I was a kid (it aired, I assume in an edited version, on TV). #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is one I’ve seen a couple times, the first time when I was a kid (it aired, I assume in an edited version, on TV). #horrorwatch
Some of us listened to the Pseudopod version of Edogawa Ranpo’s The Human Chair with Paul for #horrorReads. Was delighted to see there’s a simplified version of it for Japanese language learners in the Yomu Yomu app! I’m not quite ready, but will definitely be reading that in 2026. #horrorwatch
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Some of us listened to the Pseudopod version of Edogawa Ranpo’s The Human Chair with Paul for #horrorReads. Was delighted to see there’s a simplified version of it for Japanese language learners in the Yomu Yomu app! I’m not quite ready, but will definitely be reading that in 2026. #horrorwatch
This much is clear, I agree.
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This much is clear, I agree.
My instinct was that “brute” was the key to it all—perhaps it was a reference to hunting or dog training or horse racing that I didn’t know, to an animal in its “tenses.” But then the OED would have rescued me.
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My instinct was that “brute” was the key to it all—perhaps it was a reference to hunting or dog training or horse racing that I didn’t know, to an animal in its “tenses.” But then the OED would have rescued me.
I was hoping that people would suggest typo possibilities. I rechecked my own notes, kinda hoping that the typo was mine—no such luck.
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I was hoping that people would suggest typo possibilities. I rechecked my own notes, kinda hoping that the typo was mine—no such luck.
It would be nice to see other examples of that usage, it might be that Yexley is imitating / paraphrasing another author here—his prose isn’t usually this opaque
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It would be nice to see other examples of that usage, it might be that Yexley is imitating / paraphrasing another author here—his prose isn’t usually this opaque
Is it possible that this is a weird, erudite grammar reference? Grammar does have both moods and tenses, but this seems like an odd thing to evoke in an impassioned passage about the injustice of naval discipline
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Is it possible that this is a weird, erudite grammar reference? Grammar does have both moods and tenses, but this seems like an odd thing to evoke in an impassioned passage about the injustice of naval discipline