#the ritual film

[that-guy-in-the-chiton]

A Father’s Day gift.

[fanofspooky]

More horror sub-genre definitions 2

Most definitions and various found here

[d3molition-lov3rs]

spooky season you know what that means

the craft (1996)

[psykopaths]

[horygory]

Haxan (1922)

[wiissa0]

[goryhorroor]

horror + cults

[ingravinoveritas]

Bonus clip of Michael on the WTAWTAW podcast talking about his experiences with gender expression as a teenager in Port Talbot and mentioning his crush on John Taylor again. Transcript of notable highlights below:

Michael: "So when I was 12, 13--early '80s, the time that Allie is talking about--and I saw girls with lip gloss and wearing rah-rah skirts and leg warmers and stuff, [whispers] and I was a little bit jealous. Course, never said that, never said that. In Port Talbot if I'd mentioned that, my life would've been hell. But I do remember being quite...attracted by the trappings. A lot of trappings for girls. We didn't have stuff like that for boys. There were rituals for girls, doing your makeup, doing your hair." Michael: "I mean, my first crush--I said this on a thing I did called The Assembly recently--my first crush was a man called--ah, John Taylor from Duran Duran. Ohh, he was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. The way I processed it was, like, I'm gonna try and look like John Taylor, try and make my hair like John Taylor." Michael: "And they always used to have a bit of lip gloss going on, didn't they? Those New Romantics. But like I say, I couldn't really try that out in Port Talbot."

This goes directly back to things I have written about on my blog previously, about Michael having these feelings and not being able to express them because of where he grew up and the hateful climate that Section 28 fostered. This is why it is so difficult for someone of Michael's generation to label themselves, because none of that is lightly shaken off.

Even hearing the way Michael talks about it in the podcast, you can tell that this is not a joke, but a longing for something that he still remembers so vividly, because it meant so much to him at the time, and still does. Also, Michael has now mentioned his crush on John Taylor twice in the span of two months after not saying anything about it for years, and if that doesn't tell you where his heart and mind are right now, I'm not sure what does. Neither he nor David need a formal announcement to make it clear who they are, because they've already been telling us...

[ninsectoid]

healed tattoo of Moder, the monster from The Ritual

[steven-myself]

Voodoo- Hamidou Banor by Baldovino Barani for FACTORY Fanzine XXXVI

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was in a hedge maze with the Mario cast and they were performing a ritual to become freaky flesh things. Most of them left to kill an old man who interrupted them, and I was left with Luigi and Daisy who were screaming in horror and pain at what was happening.

[that-guy-in-the-chiton]

Moder meeting uncle Odin.

[arthur-lesters-spinal-cord]

Happy halloween!

John is dressed up as Frakenstiens monster from the 1931 hollywood movie and Arthur is Dracula (also 1931).

[cinematicmasterpiece]

ritual (2000)

[conciliumxx]

evil dead rise (2023)

directed by lee cronin

[horygory]

Bride of Chucky (1998)