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Found out via https://mstdn.social/@cainmark/117397492738324960 that #Monsterdon stalwart & #MondayActionMovie star Marjoe Gortner died 2 Oct

Obit
https://variety.com/2026/film/people-news/marjoe-gortner-dead-earthquake-falcon-crest-1236898534/

The Oscar-winning documentary about his life growing up as a child preacher of fraudulent evangelicalism is on streaming, inc free on Tubi in the US & Mexico

https://tubitv.com/es-mx/movies/312543/marjoe

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/marjoe

Other Gortner films
https://www.justwatch.com/us/search?q=Marjoe%20Gortner&person_id=39858

#MarjoeGortner #Starcrash

@Tim_Eagon @Da_Gut @diazona @SnoopJ @Taweret

Killdozer also on Plex in Mexico. Also a few copies on the Internet Archive

#Monsterdon

might or might not use this account mostly to spam #monsterdon statuses from now on

I LUV NOODLES

https://blurt.media/w/188dYccBz6YG5MTHojrBaR

#food #travel #blog #blurt #bravesmoke #fashion #news #usa #monsterdon #life

#monsterdon as a quasi-alert, I recently found a 1927 version of the German sci-fi monster/victim Alraune, which like Frankenstein, keeps getting remade with new twists on the monsterness of the monster. I'm told there's an earlier film, but I also wonder if there are any later than the 1952 'Unnatural'

@Da_Gut @SnoopJ @Taweret Tubi does rotate their selection periodically so it could happen.

It might already be on the watchlist, in fact. I could swear I've seen Killdozer suggested for #Monsterdon before.

@SnoopJ @Taweret ooh sweet

Yeah I do think it'd make a great #Monsterdon! It's probably on the more competent end of the spectrum among movies we've done, but it'd be far from unprecedented, and I do think there are a fair number of mock-worthy elements (even discounting the changes in cinematic convention between then and now)

@diazona oh NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is absolutely in-bounds. I'm kinda surprised #Monsterdon hasn't done it yet. cc @Taweret if it's not in your spreadsheet yet, it *is* available on Tubi:

https://tubitv.com/movies/675222/night-of-the-living-dead

"They're coming to get you, Barbaraaa"

Night of the Living Dead is a pretty good movie for its time. But it's also giving strong #Monsterdon vibes - like, I'm pretty sure I could have checked off most of a Monsterdon bingo card with horror movie tropes that seem dated or cheesy in the current era of movie viewing. (Not a knock on the movie, just a reflection on how our expectations change over time)

#MovieClub

My analysis of this new laser technology is that it is yet another "advance" that will not in any way improve our defense against Godzilla.

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-take-a-major-step-toward-smaller-cheaper-free-electron-lasers/

#Monsterdon

@willowwren @Taweret

I did, with the caveat that it is a little old-fashioned (I mean, 1920 production after all) and that a hundred years later you may be familiar with the plot twist.

But there's an over-the-top comedic character, a decently spooky setting, and the bus load of junior high school students who were in the audience too had a blast.

#Monsterdon

@willowwren @Taweret

I probably should have just linked directly. The novelization of the play is on Project Gutenberg, see the External Links section.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bat_(play)

#Monsterdon

@willowwren @Taweret

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Roberts_Rinehart

#Monsterdon

@Taweret

Huh, I saw the play many decades ago. It'll be interesting to see how the movie adapts iy.

#Monsterdon

🎃🎞️ MARS MADNESS POLL 🎞️🎃
QUARTERFINAL 3
Which movie is the LEAST cryptic?

#MarsMadness #poll #Monsterdon #JourneytotheCenterofTime1967 #TheStuff1985

A movie star. Eva Marie Saint died today.

A singer. Freddie Jackson died today.

And a former child preacher who was in a #Monsterdon movie. Marjoe Gortner died October 2nd, but I fou d out today.

#EvaMarieSaint #pn_film #Movies #FreddieJackson #m_music #Music #MarjoeGortner

With the coming weekend having a holiday Monday in it, I will be livetooting The Bat on Sunday at the usual #Monsterdon time.

It’s a month of Vincent Price this year, with the first 2 films from the years before he began doubling down on horror. Price, an accomplished character actor, had not managed to land a lot of leading roles despite looking right fit and having a debonair accent. Around 1959 he was adjacent to murder, mystery, and adventure.

The niche he carved in monster movies is long, deep, and presumably kept the bills paid.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@csilverman/117396799977387187

Real monsters lurk in the Boardroom now, not the forest.

#Monsterdon

🩸🧟 MARS MADNESS POLL 🧟🩸
QUARTERFINAL 2
Which movie has the BEST weapons?

#MarsMadness #poll #Monsterdon #NightoftheComet1984 #TheDunwichHorror1970

[14] Ace In The Hole: Unleash Thy Sexy Voice

https://blurt.media/w/t7p6VzRHBVYiuqCGiVyMmF

#podcast #retrogaming #indiedev #linux #fashion #photography #politics #blog #art #fediverse #monsterdon #ukraine #uk #usa #food #football #democracy #cat #tuneTuesday #music

RE: https://mastodon.social/@trendytoots/117391001722258505

The number 1 and 2 spots this week.

Well done, class.

#Monsterdon

Rewriting the fucking book again. I want both the stewardesses in the bathroom and the passengers they’re “serving” to swallow it with the same dirty high.

Not for snobs who jerk off to fancy syntax and complex constructions. I need an agent who gets it from the first paragraph: “Shit, I can sell this like the treasure map.”

Dynamic, fast, no dumbassery - but with balls and real depth.

#writing #writingcommunity #books #HerOwnDream #blog #art #Monsterdon #nobelprize

Today's top ten tag trends:

10: #29n
9: #MondayMotivation
8: #mastobada
7: #nobelprize
6: #lanterns
5: #MonochromeMonday
4: #espol
3: #IntoxicatingFoods
2: #houseonhauntedhill1959
1: #Monsterdon

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😈📊 DEVIL IN THE DETAILS 📊😈

An occasional thread with Monsterdon data rankings.
How's House hold up?
💀 House on Haunted Hill (1959)
💀 Our 50th film from the 1950s.
💀 Our 2nd film directed by William Castle.
💀 Our 6th film featuring actor Vincent Price.
💀 Our 2nd film featuring actor Carol Ohmart.
💀 PARTICIPATION TROPHY: 41.7 ppu or Participations Per User. Calculated (Toots + Favs + Boosts) / Users.

#Monsterdon

🧵 1/5

#DevilInTheDetails

🧛🎥 MARS MADNESS POLL 🎥🧛
QUARTERFINAL 1
Which movie has the MOST famous actors?

#MarsMadness #poll #Monsterdon #HouseonHauntedHill1959 #StarOdyssey1979

THIS SUNDAY at 9pm Eastern (that's 1am Monday UTC) it's #MONSTERDON the weekly monster movie watch party! Come watch a goofy monster movie with a bunch of nerds!

This week, our monthlong Vincent Price-fest continues with THE BAT (1959), a murder mystery involving money, madmen in costumes, and you guessed it, BATS. Also stars Agnes Moorehead, so it should be pretty good :D

The flick's available free with ads over on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/351000/the-bat

Or you can download from Archive.org over here: https://archive.org/details/The_Bat.mpeg

Since it's public domain, even Wikipedia has a copy you can watch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bat_(1959_film)

See you this Sunday!

#Movies #Cinema #Cinemastodon #Horror #Scifi #VincentPrice #Halloween

Sorry #Monsterdon, I was out touching grass last weekend.

#Werewolf #Fursuit #WPAFW2026

Mars Needs Women (1968) is on Tubi

#monsterdon

https://tubitv.com/movies/100016360/mars-needs-women

I'm still thinking about last night's #monsterdon.

By 1959, I think gas lamps would be a real novelty for the younger characters, but they acted like it was perfectly mundane.

#monsterdon 🙏❤️ Please support my beautiful family. 🥹🌷 My family deserves your support and kindness. 🇵🇸💖 Every little help means so much to us. 🤲✨

Hey all y'all movie people! Letterboxd is up for sale and there's a serious effort for its users to buy it.

"Letterboxd is a community of people who spent years writing reviews, building lists, recommending films, discovering new directors, championing overlooked movies, and keeping cinema alive through conversation.

"Now it’s being sold to the highest bidder.

"This is bigger than saving a website. It's about who owns creative labor, and breaking the cycle that turns a good platform into a bad one once shareholders start demanding more.

"Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative, a public benefit company, is leading a community campaign to buy the majority stake using our collaborative ownership model. Filmmakers and fans, together, owning the platform whose value they built."

https://www.letterboxd4all.com/

#letterboxd #monsterdon #movies

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So, thinking back to the early parts of House on Haunted Hill...

So the caretakers were in on it? Did Annabelle pay them off? Did she, like, train the old lady to stay stock still while looking as witchy as possible?

"Now hold still, dear" her husband could be heard saying, "I'm gonna pull the rope tied to the hand cart so you float up out of the darkness at the young lady."
"And then the closet?"
"Right, I have to leave you in the closet until she finds you so you can spook her again."
"And HOW much are we getting for this?"
"Oh oodles, honey."
"Better fuckin' be."

#Monsterdon

Watching last night's #Monsterdon for date night.

It's 1959's House on Haunted Hill.

RE: https://retro.pizza/@CactuarJoe/117385892671497831

How'd you feel about HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) last night? You should vote in the poll about it :D

#monsterdon #Scifi #horror #movies #cinema #cinemastodon

@cmdln #monsterdonalert is a good hashtag to subscribe to- even if you're not following the #monsterdon tag full-time (it's a LOT less busy and has reminders of the movie)