Chris Otto (Papergreat)
@papergreat.bsky.social
Journalist by day. He/him. ALLY.
Blogs about books, ephemera, movies & history at papergreat.blogspot.com
Digs folklore, Ruth Manning-Sanders books, cinema from Japan and lots of other niche stuff
Has 23 indoor cats & takes care of the feral cats & skunks
Blogs about books, ephemera, movies & history at papergreat.blogspot.com
Digs folklore, Ruth Manning-Sanders books, cinema from Japan and lots of other niche stuff
Has 23 indoor cats & takes care of the feral cats & skunks
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I've moved here from X, where I had the same username and liked to discuss books, movies, ephemera, 1970s nostalgia, folklore, folk horror and, when their bullpen wasn't melting down, the Phillies. Hope to eventually find all those great people from X here.
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In 1980 and 1981, Toei Animation released unlikely anime adaptations (very) loosely drawn from Marvel's Tomb of Dracula and Monster of Frankenstein comic series. I saw the Frankenstein one a few years ago, and tonight I finally got to watch the much more bizarre Dracula one. It was kind of amazing.
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
In 1980 and 1981, Toei Animation released unlikely anime adaptations (very) loosely drawn from Marvel's Tomb of Dracula and Monster of Frankenstein comic series. I saw the Frankenstein one a few years ago, and tonight I finally got to watch the much more bizarre Dracula one. It was kind of amazing.
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If you haven’t seen Secret Honor, it’s Philip Baker Hall as Richard Nixon directed by Robert Altman and it’s some of the greatest/most unhinged acting of all time. Big recommend.
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you haven’t seen Secret Honor, it’s Philip Baker Hall as Richard Nixon directed by Robert Altman and it’s some of the greatest/most unhinged acting of all time. Big recommend.
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I need the @criterionchannl.bsky.social to add a section every month of “Films Leaving Your Library.” The email doesn’t arrive until about two weeks into the month & I’m left scrambling. I’ve already watched two Robert Altman movies today.
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I need the @criterionchannl.bsky.social to add a section every month of “Films Leaving Your Library.” The email doesn’t arrive until about two weeks into the month & I’m left scrambling. I’ve already watched two Robert Altman movies today.
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The 1967 billboard for Love's Forever Changes album in West Hollywood. The original album art was by Bob Pepper.
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The 1967 billboard for Love's Forever Changes album in West Hollywood. The original album art was by Bob Pepper.
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See Shawn's great post at "The Everyday Cinephile" blog - Dante's Inferno (1911): The First Feature-Length Horror Film theeverydaycinephile.com/articles/dan...
Dante's Inferno (1911): The First Feature-Length Horror Film - The Everyday Cinephile
The first feature length horror film, Dante's Inferno over a 110 years later still has the power to frighten and terrify its audience.
theeverydaycinephile.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
See Shawn's great post at "The Everyday Cinephile" blog - Dante's Inferno (1911): The First Feature-Length Horror Film theeverydaycinephile.com/articles/dan...
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While I'm ranting: It takes time, nurturing, strategy, and deep knowledge of release patterns and regional idiosyncrasies to nurture a film from, say, October deep into awards season. That's how smaller movies used to make money. And I'm not seeing a lot of distributors eager to put in that effort.
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
While I'm ranting: It takes time, nurturing, strategy, and deep knowledge of release patterns and regional idiosyncrasies to nurture a film from, say, October deep into awards season. That's how smaller movies used to make money. And I'm not seeing a lot of distributors eager to put in that effort.
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I took the liberty of adding a few more of these back to the shop because everyone has someone on their gift list they'd like to lightly poison with an omelet 🍄
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I took the liberty of adding a few more of these back to the shop because everyone has someone on their gift list they'd like to lightly poison with an omelet 🍄
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...
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Palestine-1 is out! If you’re a fan of speculative fiction from the margins pick up this anthology of stories shot the Nakba. commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Palestine - 1 - Stories from the eve of the Nakba | Comma Press
£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh, Ahmad Jaber, Anwar Hamed, Mahmoud Shukair and others
commapress.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Palestine-1 is out! If you’re a fan of speculative fiction from the margins pick up this anthology of stories shot the Nakba. commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
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The Devil Bear Blu-ray is up for pre-order! This silent Canadian film from 1929 has never been released and features a guy in a gorilla suit. What more do you need?
Buy your copy now: goldninjavideo.com
Buy your copy now: goldninjavideo.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Devil Bear Blu-ray is up for pre-order! This silent Canadian film from 1929 has never been released and features a guy in a gorilla suit. What more do you need?
Buy your copy now: goldninjavideo.com
Buy your copy now: goldninjavideo.com
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Just watched Paperhouse (1988), a dark little children's horror fantasy movie. As beautiful as it is melancholic, really enjoyed the dreamy imagery and dense atmosphere.
May 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just watched Paperhouse (1988), a dark little children's horror fantasy movie. As beautiful as it is melancholic, really enjoyed the dreamy imagery and dense atmosphere.
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This is sick
8 rare & iconic versions of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the Chain Reactions Limited Edition Mediabook. Available 12/2 only on Dark Sky Selects.
Pre-Order: buff.ly/MLDPGbT
Pre-Order: buff.ly/MLDPGbT
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is sick
After finally watching the Knives Out 3 trailer, I kind of want a mash-up where Benoit Blanc goes to Crockett Island to investigate the new priest who has taken over mass for Monsignor Pruitt
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
After finally watching the Knives Out 3 trailer, I kind of want a mash-up where Benoit Blanc goes to Crockett Island to investigate the new priest who has taken over mass for Monsignor Pruitt
Local man wants TV station to stop airing commercials.
Happy 90th birthday to the 🐐 TOM ATKINS! #BOTD 1935 🎃💀🧙
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Local man wants TV station to stop airing commercials.
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Handwriting makes me more aware of every word I use. That is getting lost
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Handwriting makes me more aware of every word I use. That is getting lost
If this weekend, in your living room, will be your first viewing of One Battle After Another, may I suggest:
-- lights out
-- volume up
-- phone off
You won't even feel the time fly by.
-- lights out
-- volume up
-- phone off
You won't even feel the time fly by.
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)
Streaming: November 14, 2025
PVOD (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.)
#OneBattleAfterAnother
🔗 whentostream.com/one-battle-a...
Streaming: November 14, 2025
PVOD (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.)
#OneBattleAfterAnother
🔗 whentostream.com/one-battle-a...
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If this weekend, in your living room, will be your first viewing of One Battle After Another, may I suggest:
-- lights out
-- volume up
-- phone off
You won't even feel the time fly by.
-- lights out
-- volume up
-- phone off
You won't even feel the time fly by.
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Flair Patterned Plexiglas by Rohm & Haas (1965)
December 15, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Flair Patterned Plexiglas by Rohm & Haas (1965)
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1946 Massachusetts State College Interscholastic Fruit Judging contest winners.
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
1946 Massachusetts State College Interscholastic Fruit Judging contest winners.
Safe to say nobody has any clue what Phillies are thinking this winter. Bader + Marsh + Crawford + their love affair with Kemp (platoon with Marsh??) fills up the outfield spots really fast. Where do they add RH thump? And don't say Bregman.
Dave Dombrowski says Harrison Bader's camp 'knows that we'd like to bring him back'
Dave Dombrowski says Harrison Bader's camp 'knows that we'd like to bring him back' | OnPattison
Despite Harrison Bader declining his half of a $10 million mutual option for 2026 last week, the Phillies remain interested in re-signing the veteran outfielder.
onpattison.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Safe to say nobody has any clue what Phillies are thinking this winter. Bader + Marsh + Crawford + their love affair with Kemp (platoon with Marsh??) fills up the outfield spots really fast. Where do they add RH thump? And don't say Bregman.
Rojas situation is a bit trickier than some think
Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away.
If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine.
But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance
Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away.
If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine.
But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Rojas situation is a bit trickier than some think
Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away.
If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine.
But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance
Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away.
If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine.
But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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I am the only person staying in a closed-for-the-winter field centre, next to a graveyard, in the darkest village in Britain. And this is the book I have chosen for my evening entertainment. How delightfully gothic.
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I am the only person staying in a closed-for-the-winter field centre, next to a graveyard, in the darkest village in Britain. And this is the book I have chosen for my evening entertainment. How delightfully gothic.
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Doing some sorting out of things upstairs… just found this postcard that Prunella Scales wrote to me when I was working for a theatre company in the early 2000s. I never met her but it was such a lovely gesture, and it made the day of the lowly admin monkey I was. RIP Prunella S.
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Doing some sorting out of things upstairs… just found this postcard that Prunella Scales wrote to me when I was working for a theatre company in the early 2000s. I never met her but it was such a lovely gesture, and it made the day of the lowly admin monkey I was. RIP Prunella S.
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Thinking a lot about how poorly our brains recognize long term subtle changes, like climate change or biodiversity loss. We've lost something like 1 out of every 4 individual birds in the US since 1970, more for some species.
There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.
There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thinking a lot about how poorly our brains recognize long term subtle changes, like climate change or biodiversity loss. We've lost something like 1 out of every 4 individual birds in the US since 1970, more for some species.
There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.
There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.
This ridiculousness seems to imply that they think "Moonraker" in its entirety is also canon for whatever Bond next takes the screen.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This ridiculousness seems to imply that they think "Moonraker" in its entirety is also canon for whatever Bond next takes the screen.