Vince Stadon

A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #13: Tom Savini’s blood tube in Friday the 13th (1980) by Vince Stadon  “You see, Jason was my son, and today is his birthday…” – Mrs. Voorhees  Sunday the 1st. I begin watching Friday 13th for the first time in decades. Twenty minutes in it occurs to m...

Feels appropriate to kick off October with @vincestadon.bsky.social taking a look at FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)!

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #09- Boris Karloff’s haircut in The Black Cat (1934) by Vince Stadon “Are we not both the living dead?” – Hjalmar Poelzig  It’s not Karloff’s real hair, of course; it’s a wig he is wearing for his character, the murderous Satanist Hjalmar Poelzig. But...

Surprise post today - @vincestadon.bsky.social's sojourn into horror continues with a look at the 1934 film THE BLACK CAT!

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #81: The Doorbell in Repulsion (1974) by Vince Stadon “There's no need to be alone, you know. Poor little girl. All by herself. All shaking like a little frightened animal.” – Landlord  When that doorbell rings, Carol curls up into a ba...

This week @vincestadon.bsky.social examines the horror tapestry that is REPULSION!

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As we approach the Halloween season, now's a great time to check out @vincestadon.bsky.social's thought provoking, not-just-your-average essay series on horror movies. We encourage you to sign up for a free account on the site to join in on the discussion!

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NEW POST: Our purveyor of personal horror pontifications @vincestadon.bsky.social - hey, we're trying here - is back this week covering the original classic RING!

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #21: The bag of marshmallows in The Blair Witch Project (1999) by Vince Stadon “I see why you like this video camera so much… It’s not quite reality. It’s like a totally filtered reality… it’s like you can pretend everything’s not quite the way it is.” – Josh I...

NEW POST: Our resident horror maestro, @vincestadon.bsky.social, returns to the phenomenon that was THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT: www.dreamtheory.media/a-personal-h...

A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #70 - Rear-view mirror in The Devil Rides Out (1968) by Vince Stadon “I'd rather see you dead than meddling with Black Magic!” – Duc de Richleau  It’s England in 1929. George V sits on the throne. Stern-jawed, stiff-upper-lip Englishmen are racing fas...

NEW POST: This week’s horror essay by @vincestadon.bsky.social looks at 1968’s THE DEVIL RIDES OUT!

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #79 Theo’s pendant in The Haunting (1963) “Suppose the haunting is all in my mind.” – Eleanor by Vince Stadon I read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson back-to-back with The Shining by Stephen King. I was fourteen. In both cases, I wondered how filmmakers had made Hill House and th...

It's Thursday, and you know what that means! @vincestadon.bsky.social is back with another foray into horror. This time, he revisits "The Haunting"!

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #31 - Flaming torch in Frankenstein (1931) by Vince Stadon “Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous?” – Henry Frankenstein  Henry Frankenstein is an asshole. He’s not the worst asshole in Frankenstein, a film populated by ass...

NEW POST: @vincestadon.bsky.social is back with another horror essay! This time, he tackles a classic in FRANKENSTEIN (and he even does his own art! Vince, not Frankenstein's monster).

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@vincestadon.bsky.social not only writes the essays but does the art for every post. A regular Renaissance man.

A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #1 - Betty’s audition sides in Mulholland Dr. (2001) by Vince Stadon “Remember, I'll be watching for you on the big screen.” – Irene   I don’t know what Mulholland Dr. is about.   I’ve watched it dozens of times—always thrilled by it, always seduced ...

Is that @vincestadon.bsky.social unleashing an essay on one of my favorite movies of all time and it's aptly labeled as #1? Why yes, yes it is. This week Vince tackles "Mulholland Dr"!

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It's over. The cats have my bed now. They have won. I must graciously accept defeat and slump away to sleep somewhere else.

A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #04: Håkan’s little orange plastic sleigh in Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) (2008) by Vince Stadon “What else am I good for?” – Håkan  It’s 1982 and Oskar is a weedy, lonely, twelve-year-old blond boy who is being relentlessly bullied at school. His dad is an alcoholic who would r...

NEW POST: @vincestadon.bsky.social's unconventional, provocative and - dare we say it? - sexy* horror essay series continues with his analysis of "Let The Right One In"!

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* Vince did not, in fact, pay us to say this. Nope. Not even a little.

A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #51: Colonial Theatre Movie Projector in The Blob (1958) by Vince Stadon “Would you believe me if I told you there was something inside of that rock we found tonight? Something that could wipe out this whole town?” – Steve Andrews  In the ‘50s, the UK did...

NEW POST: @vincestadon.bsky.social dares to examine the horror classic, THE BLOB!

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@jlizhill.bsky.social's fantasy fiction "Stormcaller" (art: @doctorofthedead.bsky.social): www.dreamtheory.media/stormcaller/

Cody Schell's "ART of the Solar System" #2: www.dreamtheory.media/art-of-the-s...

@vincestadon.bsky.social's essay on THE BLOB : www.dreamtheory.media/a-personal-h...

A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #57: Joel’s video camera in Scream 2 (1997) by Vince Stadon “Now I'm gonna do what any rational human being would do, and that is to get the fuck outta here.” – Joel  Irony. It was everywhere in the ‘90s – the culture was steeped in it. Back ...

NEW POST: @vincestadon.bsky.social serves up another keen look at horror with his essay on SCREAM 2!

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #100: Nurse Alex Price’s Mickey Mouse Figurine in An American Werewolf in London (1981) by Vince Stadon “I'll be perfectly honest with you, David. I'm not in the habit of bringing home stray, young American men.” – Alex Price.  The London of An American Werewolf in London is still ther...

NEW ESSAY: @vincestadon.bsky.social brings us to the next stop on his horror movie journey, covering 1981's AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON!

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #58: Tattler Reporter Freddy Lounds’ paparazzi shot of former FBI Profiler Will Graham in Manhunter (1986) by Vince Stadon “Because everything with you is seeing, isn’t it? Your primary sensory intake, that makes your dream live, is seeing.” – Will Graham  Manhunter is all about seeing. Francis Dollarhyd...

NEW POST: @vincestadon.bsky.social's unique journey through horror films continues with MANHUNTER!

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #3: Nicole Horner’s sunglasses in Les Diaboliques (1955) by Vince Stadon “I won't have any regrets.” – Nicole Horner  The world was cold in the early 1950s.   Money was coming. Money was surely on its way to warm things up and make everybody feel better,...

NEW POST: @vincestadon.bsky.social continues his journey through 101 horror films, this week looking at LES DIABOLIQUES.

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A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #11: R.J. MacReady’s Computer Chess Game in The Thing (1982) by Vince Stadon “We're gonna draw a little bit of everybody's blood... 'cause we're gonna find out who's the Thing.” – R.J. MacReady  If nothing monstrous or extraterrestrial or monstrously extrater...

@vincestadon.bsky.social's new essay series "A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects" kicks off with a look at the "The Thing"!

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Upcoming on the site:

4/16/2025 - An introduction to @vincestadon.bsky.social's "A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects".
4/23/2025 - An introduction to Cody Schell's new strip "ART of the Solar System"
4/30/2025 - We're live with a new poem by @alwayscoffee.bsky.social!

Does it ignore all the others in the series, like the legacy Halloween films?

19th century ghost descriptions:

The Black Monk
The Grey Lady
The Red Lady
The Blue Boy
The headless horseman
The man in chains.

Modern Ghost descriptions:

It was, like, an orb?

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In a couple of weeks, we will be posting the site launch date and details for some of the ongoing features that will release alongside the flash fiction stories. Here is a little teaser...

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