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The Cultured Curators
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Two curious people explore culture in its broadest sense. One is a renowned expert, the other a connoisseur of the curious. Together they embark on cultural explorations each episode, taking you along for the ride!

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It's Official! The Cultured Curators will be boots on the ground at the 10th annual @brooklynhorror.bsky.social! @benhorrible.bsky.social will be there in the flesh and @rpish.bsky.social in spirit. Can't wait to see and hang with some of our favorite friends!
The 10th annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in red writing at the top left. A zombie rat rotting and rabid, rises fiercely, crawling toward the viewer over a flaming brain. in the bottom left in red text it reads. BrooklynHorrorFest.com October 16-25, 2025
September 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Episode 14 is live

In this episode, Benjamin and Rabia sit down with Horror Activist, film maker, and festival directorAriel Baska to talk about their prolific work surrounding disability advocacy and the Access:Horror Film Festival (Now available to stream on Shudder).
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Ariel baska. A caucasion person with chin length light hair, glassed and a crooked smile. They wear a black shirt with a layered patchwork of blue and green stripes atop. The image carries a blur effect adding a mysterious glow to them.
September 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Before and After
A platter of oysters, a dirty martini and fries. A tray of empty Oysters and a tiny pearl held between my fingers.
April 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I was arachnophobic growing up, so this was big for me. Thanks @shudder.com and @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Where ya at? Post @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social badges.
Benjamin, a caucasion person woth long hair in a pride edition Fangoria shirt showing you their Overlook film festival Badge on the streets of New Orleans.
April 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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And likely our most anticipated film of the fest! Flying Lotus’ new film starring Aaron Paul and Eiza González. “Ash”. “Kuso” and Ozzy’s Dungeon” are some absolute favorites so of course we have faith in FlyLo’s vision.
“Ash” in black font. A strang red sky overshadows six fogures with headlamps.
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Long awaited new film by king of body horror David Cronenberg “The Shrouds” promises to be a deeply personal dark new tale starring Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger.
“The Schrouds” in large white font. Framing the top of the image the names “Vincent Cassel” and “Diane Kruger” in white font. Two people stand in rows of glowing tombstones. The light casts them in a blue haze.
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Felipe Vargas’ feature directorial debut “Rosario” stars Emeraude Toubia opposite genre favorite David Dastmalchian who’s very well known for taking on fun projects. Going in blind.
“Rosario” in red font. A pair of unnaturally large black and green hands caress the face of a woman looking up and into the light as she caresses a rosary. “You can’t escape the curse” lingers in red font at the top of the page.
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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We’re all revved up for the new Texas Chainsaw doc by Alexandre O. Philippe “Chain Reactions”, where icons Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama chat about the films lasting effect.
“Chain Reactions: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at 50” A beautiful sky, over top a night vision image of a man in a butchers apron chasing a young woman with a chainsaw through a field.
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Slime, slime, slime!?!? 🥵
You know we can’t miss a mess and Joseph Kahn’s “Ick” promises to give us the goo!
Centered the words “Don’t Touch”. Beneath it “Ick” in bold red text. “A Joseph Kahn Film” in white text beneath that. A giant hand saturated in a purple slime reaches for the night sky. A full moon in the background. Three characters stand heroically in the palm of the hand.
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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The master Kiyoshi Kurosawa returns with psychological thriller “Cloud”. If you’ve seen his films “Cure” or “Pulse” you know why this is flying high on our list.
“Cloud” in black text. A masked figure looms just behind a fogged glass window. The windows texture blurs the shape pf the already concealed character.
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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As the festival centerpiece, Emilie Blichfeldt’s “The Ugly Stepsister” promises to be a bleak retelling of a classic tale. Dark satire with gorgeous cinematography. We are in pieces over it.
“The Ugly Stepsister” in pink lettering. The image of a pink cloth shoe set on green floral carpeting. The toe of the shoe is saturated with blood as a meat cleaver balances just behind the foot.
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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An illustration by Suehiro Maruo in the ero-guro or erotic grotesque style. A Japanese soldier holds a school girl in a classic embrace as if to kiss. The romantic posture is subverted by the horrible act of the school girls face being peeled off by hand from forehead to chin exposing a skeletal face. Blood drains from the open wound covering the military man’s hand and her shirt. The man licks her exposed eyeball as if French kissing. Fireworks erupted in the background. Transposed over the officers face the words “The Cultured Curators”, transposed over the faceless girls body the word “You”.
November 19, 2024 at 2:22 AM