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Andy, don’t waste your breath on me. I know ya. You’re trouble. Always will be.
Jack is off to take Kathy and Alice to see Nick (off screen) but before they leave Andrew shows up with something for them. Andy isn’t looking forward to court the next day (with Robert makes truthful gibes at him) and is determined things will be different. Edna and Viv are a pair of busybodies when it comes to the phone mast, their opinions on Kathy and Alice and those involved in the hit and run. Supposedly, most of the village is behind Edna’s petition. Victoria causes trouble mentioning Alice. Gifs will be posted separately.
umm, sorry this is my first time requesting something but could I get drv3 girls (separately pls) watching a horror movie with a s/o who loves horror? thanksss :)
But of course, Anon! I’d be pleased to write this for you especially given that I’m a fan of horror as well which makes this especially fun for me! Rambles aside though I do hope that you have a wonderful day or night wherever you are and thank you for the request!
Kaede
While Kaede was no coward, she couldn’t say she was much of a horror movie fan herself.
As soon as you put the movie on she felt a sense of dread and yet equally felt excited for what was to come given that she rarely watched these sorts of things herself.
She likes to be rather close to you so she enjoys snuggling up under the blankets with you but be prepared for when something catches her off guard.
It’s not often she does get caught up in the movie where it can easily scare her but when it does it hits hard.
She may jolt or yelp which only embarasses her when you’re doing absolutely fine in comparison.
But it is rather cute when she snuggles onto you when she needs to recover from the shock, often opting for clinging onto whatever part of you she can as she waits with bated breath for the next scare.
Kirumi
Kirumi has little experience with horror movies aside from when certain clients of hers would wish for her to watch them together.
However, that’s not to say that she isn’t familiar with the genre at all.
She has a good grasp of the most known movies and may make a few suggestions if she knows what you like based on her past experiences if she didn’t do some research before your planned movie night.
Once you two start the movie however, Kirumi seems more insistent on focusing on making sure your needs are always met. Making sure to provide snacks, pillows, blankets, and whatever else you’d need until you forced her to sit still.
And once you do get her still she barely reacts to anything at all. The whole movie she is entirely stone faced even during the most disturbing parts of the movie.
In fact her minimal reactions may just be the scariest part of that whole experience as opposed to the movie.
Angie
Angie despite not looking like it probably knows a lot of horror movies given how many strange artsy ones exist.
She especially enjoys the surreal psychological horror movies as well as certain types of body horror.
It’s all fun to her if it has a deeper meaning or at least attracts her attention for the moment though there was one issue with that.
For Angie to stay entertained was a challenge and even though she promised to watch a movie with you she’d be moving non stop during the whole thing. Playing footsie, snuggling more onto you, braiding your hair, you name and she does it.
However, strangely enough she wouldn’t miss a single detail even despite this given her true nature.
Angie is rather perceptive so she’d be sure to keep herself focused even if the movie didn’t do it for her everytime you both sat down for movie night.
But even when she is into the movie don’t expect her to react much at any of the scares because like Kirumi, Angie could sit through the whole movie just fine.
Tenko
Tenko may have impressive strength and will power but when it came to horror movies she was a total baby.
Something about ghosts and other incorporeal beings particularly got her bad since she couldn’t hit them in retaliation and even more she was easily scared by most jump scares.
At first, when you start the film she offers for you to hold onto her in case you get scared but by the time you get a decent ways into it she’d be clinging onto you for dear life.
Every jump scare she jumps ten feet in the air dramatically, flourishing each time with a promise to protect you and that she’s just “that ready to jump to the task” but you know what’s really going on.
After so many scares she may just squeeze the air out of you so if you don’t want to get your lungs crushed you may want to take breaks here and there so she can calm down.
Miu
Similar to Tenko, Miu does not do well with horror.
She’d go into a movie with you laughing at how they’re trying “too hard to be scary”.
In fact, Miu would start by calling the movie you picked out “baby shit”, insisting that you need her there so you can watch it since you’re probably too scared to on your own.
This is short lived however as soon as you encounter the first big scare in the movie.
Losing her ego entirely she with teary eyes and voice quivering she’d react terribly to every little thing.
Clinging to you and burying her head into you when it gets to be too much, barely watching the rest of the movie when it all gets to be too much for her.
Yet once the movies over you can bet that she’d brag about how she “wasn’t scared at all” and how you had to be the one to cling onto her since you were, “so scared.”
Tsumugi
Tsumugi may not know a lot of horror movies but she is rather well acquainted with Junji Ito’s works for sure.
That’s why when you ask her to watch a movie with you she’s happy to oblige even if she’s unsure what you’ll surprise her with.
Whatever may come though, she’s rather intrigued by the movie you picked, intently focusing on the movie while she’s snuggled up to you.
However, this comes with the price of her screentalking. Not in an obnoxious way but moreso where she occasionally asks you what you think is going to happen or if someone will really die.
She does get little jumpy even while she’s snuggled up to you. Sometimes letting out a little squeak or the occasional eep when something gets to her but otherwise she’s not too reactionary.
At least she isn’t until the movies over because once it is you can bet that she wants to discuss it in depth with you. Any theories, controversial opinions, ideas for a sequel, etc.
Regardless of if you’d agree or disagree she’d want to hear everything you had to say.
Himiko
When it comes to horror movies, Himiko would try to be brave for you even if she’s a total baby with this stuff.
She knows you love these types of things and since you allow her to share her “magic” with you then there was no way she woudln’t indulge you by watching a movie with you this once.
However, as soon as you hit play she immediately latches onto you shaking like a leaf before a single scary thing could even happen.
Yet even despite being as transparent as ever Himiko would insist that she’s “fine” no matter what you say so you had no choice but to let it go.
At first she would watch what she could with her hands over her eyes, peeking through her fingers to catch a glimpse of whatever flick you put on.
But as you may expect it wouldn’t go well for long. Himiko would react to evey scare poorly, either squealing, cowering, or even hiding herself in you any chance she could get.
She nearly copies Miu, using the good ol’ “cower and hide” tactic during the whole movie, refusing to remove herself until it’s done.
Maki
Maki hasn’t had much time to indulge in things like horror movies with her rough past but she isn’t entirely clueless about them.
Of course when it comes to movies and all she isn’t very phased by gore so any slasher or horror films if you happened to like both would be just fine with her.
Hell, if that sort of stuff made you happy then she’d be glad to sit through a movie here and there with you since she knew she was more than capable of doing so.
By the time you get to put one on for the first time however, Maki does little more than watching the movie with little reactions at all.
That is until it comes to any deaths that may happen. That’s when Maki of all people can’t shut her mouth.
Any and all comments that could ruin the scariness of a death is ruined when her assassins training shows itself.
With comments like “That’s not how decapitation works” or, “a sword couldn’t cut through bone like that” Maki teaches you a lot about herself in a weird roudndabout way.
However, with that comes her accidentally making a lot of movies that even you thought were pretty scary seem a little less realistic once you hear what she has to say.
Yet when you ask her about the film you’ll come to find that even if it seemed like she was nitpicking she genuinely enjoyed herself with you.
La libertad estaba cerca tras tantos años encerrada. La puerta se abrió y de la caja cristalina salió un humo oscuro que se expandió por el exterior, a través de un pequeño ventanal. Angie fue la responsable recibiendo un escalofrío por su piel, mezclado con un pensamiento atrayente al clavar su fría mirada en la muñeca que parecía sonreír.
“Hola, soy Annabelle, ¿quieres ser mi amiga? Te prometo que nunca te dejaré sola.”
La americana quedó en un silencio que después fue interrumpido por la suave y tierna voz de su madre para que subiera a cenar. Entre los brazos llevaba a la muñeca y fue una gran sorpresa para sus progenitores mostrando enseguida una expresión de sorpresa y miedo.
— Mamá, ¿qué es esta muñeca y por qué estaba encerrada?
— ¡Suelta eso, hija, esa muñeca es maligna!
— Pero… Si sabe hablar. ¿Qué es lo que habéis hecho cuando he estado encerrada?
— Iss… Digo, Angie… Hay muchas cosas que no te hemos contado aún, pero, por favor… — El padre hizo una breve pausando acercándose a su hija con los brazos extendidos para coger a la muñeca. — Dámela…
— ¡No, estoy harta de que me ocultéis cosas!
Y en ese momento, una poderosa fuerza se adueñó de ella. Los ojos se volvieron oscuros, sin señales de vida, como si esa muñeca se hubiera alimentado de aquello y con ello, realizar una posesión con la hija de los Czwójdak. Los pies de la americana dejaron de tocar el suelo, de sus brazos cayó la muñeca y la voz cambió de tono a uno más fuerte, de ultratumba.
— Vamos a jugar a un juego… Se trata del escondite, yo cuento hasta cinco y vosotros os escondéis… Si os encuentro, morís, sino… Escapáis. ¿Preparados?
Entre palabras se podía notar el tono burlesco y malévolo acompañado de una risa desquiciada. Bajó los párpados según comenzaba la cuenta atrás. “Uno, dos, tres... ¡Os voy a encontrar!” Otra risa.
— ¿Dónde estáis? Solo quiero jugar… Venga, salid… Vais a morir igual. Tengo un juguetito entre las manos, quiero saber si está bien afilado.
La madre había ocupado el interior del armario, el padre estaba preparado con un bate de béisbol tras la puerta. No quería hacer daño a su hija, pero tenía que dejar su cuerpo inconsciente y realizar el exorcismo antes de que pase más el tiempo. Solo se escuchaba la voz maligna enloqueciendo por cada minuto que pasaba. Tic-tac, tic-tac… Estaba acercándose. Solo podía quedar uno de los tres. Un sollozo. Era la pista para saber en dónde se escondían, pero tras pasar por el umbral, recibió el impacto del bate en las costillas.
— ¿Crees que me ibas a matar? ¡Incrédulo!
— ¡Cariño, cariño!
— Tu maridito ya está muerto. Ahora, quedas tú…
El cuchillo atravesó la tráquea del hombre provocando el brote de una cantidad de sangre considerada –después se preocuparía en comérselo- Quedaba ella. Asustada, daba pasos hacia atrás. Todo estaba acabado. Era ella o su hija, pero cuando quería atacar, el cuchillo atravesó su vientre para provocarle una muerte lenta y dolorosa. “Te quiero, Isselt…” Murmuró. El espíritu empezó a salir de ella tras esas palabras sinceras. Provocó que Angie recuperase su propio cuerpo y lágrimas salieron de sus ojos cuando vio que sus padres fueron asesinados por el cuchillo que tenía en la mano.
face claims for random characters in. the book Ghost Story by Peter Straub from 1979 because i can !!!!!
Donald Wanderly- Michael Shannon
the beginning of the book reminded me a lot of the movie Midnight Special, which immediately cemented the character of Don (travelling with a mysterious child) as looking kind of like Michael shannon (a guy who travels with a mysterious child in the aforementioned movie).
Angie M. - Anne-Marie mostly
the aforementioned mysterious child! i thought of TWO black haired children but mostly I'm envisioning Anne-Marie from All Dogs Go to Heaven (her name has the same initials Come ON (subconsciously this is probably why i thought of her)). but i also thought of Cheryl from Silent Hill cuz of her pink clothes
Sears James- one of these guys
Edward Gorey or Peter Freuchen... Sears is described as "massive" with a bald head and an impressive beard. he also wears a black coat (i'm really caught on the coat here). neither of these r quite how i imagine him, but i did very specifically think of these photos (it;s the coat + beard combo).
Lewis Benedikt- Lon Chaney Jr.
not sure why i thought of this drawing of Larry in The Wolf Man by wormthing for this guy! Lewis is described as looking very good for his age, with a Cary Grant vibe that makes people think he should be an actor.
Stella Hawthorne- a person i know in real life so i'm not naming her or sharing her photo lol. u might run into my stella hawthorne faceclaim and never know
i wish i had a face in mind for her husband Ricky, but i can just rest easy knowing he is played by Fred Astaire in the movie adaptation
Anna Mostyn/Ann-Veronica Moore- Michelle from Strawberry Fields
i was 99% sure these were the same character & it turns out they kind of are but kind of aren't. Anna is in her 30s i think, & all i can remember about Ann-Veronica is that she has green eyes & is around the age of 18. but they're both this cartoon character from scrapped beatles movie strawberry fields
Gregory Bate- Conrad Veidt??
Gregory is described as being muscular, very beautiful, calm & charismatic with an underlying animalistic, seething malice. plus he has golden eyes. when i tried to envision his eyes, i thought of this shot in Eerie Tales where the light hits Conrad Veidt's eyes really strongly, so now it's kind of stuck even if this guy isn't the body type i would ascribe to an actor of greg. Greg is also very theatrical, which is fitting. side note he also wears a pea coat in some scenes which i'm pretty sure is what conrad is wearing up there SWAG
i wish i had a face claim for his younger brother Fenny but i have nothing :•( sorry boy. i guess it would b kinda funny if he was played by Jaeden Martell (who was also in Midnight Special) but i can't say that's how i envision him
Walt Hardesty- the sheriff guy from The Incredible Melting Man
what can i say they're both sheriffs......... the actor here is Michael Alldredge.
Elmer Scales- Horace Nebbercracker from Monster House
aww look at that first screenshot, he's so smitten :•) Elmer is described as having ears that stick out i think? I don't think he's very old so here's a pic of this guy when he's young. but at some point he starts looking worse & worse because he isn't sleeping or eating much.
Greenland Greenling Greenpigeon Greensboro Greer Greg Gregory Grenada Grenadier Gresham Gretchen Greyhornbill Greywoodpecker Griffin Griffith Grimes Gross Groundcuckoo Grounddove Groundshark Grouper Grozny Grunion Grunt Grunter Gruntsculpin Grus Grégory Guadalajara Guadalupe Guam Guan Guangan Guanghan Guangshui Guangyuan Guangzhou Guarulhos Guatemala Guayaquil Gudgeon Gudula Guernsey Guerra Guerrero Guigang Guilin Guillaume Guinea Guineafowl Guiping Guisui Guitarfish Guixi Guiyang Gujiao Gujranwala Gull Gulper Gunnel Guppy Gurnard Gustaaf Gustavia Guthrie Gutierrez Guy Guyuan Guzman Gwangju Gwen Gwendolyn Gérard Haddock Hagfish Hahn Haicheng Haidong Haikou Hailin Hailun Haimen Haining Hairtail Haiti Haiyang Hake Hale Haley Halfbeak Halfmoon Halibut Hall Halosaur Hama Hamburg Hami Hamilton Hamlet Hammerhead Hammerjaw Hammond Hampton Hancheng Hanchuan Hancock Handan Handfish Haney Hangzhou Hannah Hanoi Hans Hansen Hanson Hanzhong Harare Harbin Hardhead Hardin Harding Hardy Harelip Hargeisa Harlequin Harm Harmon Harold Harper Harrell Harrier Harrierhawk Harriet Harrington Harris Harrison Harry Hart Hartman Harvey Hatchetfish Hatfield Hattie Havana Hawaii Hawkeagle Hawkfish Hawkins Hawkowl Hayden Hayes Haynes Hays Hazel Head Heath Heather Hebert Hebi Hechi Hechuan Hector Hefei Hegang Heidi Heihe Hejian Hejin Helen Helena Helong Helsinki Henderson Hendrick Hendricks
Hendrix Hengshui Hengyang Henri Henrietta Henriette Henry Hensley Henson Herbert Hercules Herman Hernandez Heron Herrera Herring Herringgull Hervé Heshan Hess Hester Hewitt Heyuan Heze Hezhou Hezuo Hibiscus Hickman Hicks Higgins Hilda Hill Hillsboro Hillstar Hines Hinton Hiroshima Hobbs Hobby Hodge Hodges Hoffman Hogan Hogsucker Hohhot Hoki Holcomb Holden Holder Holingol Holland Holloway Holly Hollyhock Hollywood Holman Holmes Holt Homs Honeybird Honeybuzzard Honeysuckle Honghu Hongjiang Hongkong Honiara Honolulu Hood Hooper Hoopoe Hoover Hope Hopkins Hopper Horn Hornbill Horne Hornshark Horologium Horsefish Horsemackerel Horton Hosta Hotan Houma Houndshark House Houston Howard Howe Howell Huadian Huaian Huaibei Huaihua Huainan Huaiyin Huanggang Huanghua Huangshan Huangshi Huayin Huaying Huazhou Hubbard Huber Huberta Huchen Hudson Hueteris Huetiris Huff Huffman Hugh Hughes Hugo Huguette Huhehaote Huixian Huizhou Hulin Hull Huludao Hulunbuir Hummingbird Humphrey Hunchun Hungary Hunjiang Hunt Hunter Huntingtonbeach Huntsville Huozhou Hurley Hurst Hussar Hutchinson Huzhou Hyacinth Hyde Hyderabad Hydra Hydrangea Hydrus Hyssop Hànoi Hélène Ian Ibadan Icefish Iceland Ida Idaho Ide Ieneke Ienje Ilisha Illinois Impatien Imperialpigeon Inanga Incheon Inconnu Independence India Indiana Indianapolis Indigo Indonesia Indore Indus Ineke Ines Inez Inglewood Ingram Intarabus Inès Iovantucarus Iowa Iran Iraq Ireland Irene Iris Irma Irvine Irving Irwin Irène Isaac Isabel Isabelle Islamabad Israel Istanbul Italy Ivan Ivory Ivy Izmir Jaap Jabalpur Jacamar Jacana Jack Jackfish Jackie Jackson Jacksonville Jacob Jacoba Jacobs Jacobson Jacobus Jacqueline Jacquelyn Jacques Jade Jaime Jaipur Jakarta Jakob Jamaica James Jamestown Jamie Jamshedpur Jan Jana Jane Janet Janice Janie Janine Janis Jannetje Jannie Japan Jared Jarvis Jasmijn Jasmine Jason Javelin Javier Jawfish Jay Jean Jeanclaude Jeanette
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I forgot to say when I was sick I watched Mr bates vs the post office and like holy fuck the shit our goverment and the post office did to these poor people is fucking AWFUL.
Like I abolutely recommend watching it if its possible because I'm telling y'all when this first happened a rumour also started happening that post masters and post workers were stealing packages because I remember that and people being angry about that and I really believe at this point that lie was spread so ppl were kept clueless about the horizon bullshit and wanted people to be angy at these ppl doing nothing wrong to be like "hey look THERE the bad guys"
The fact people committed suicide over these claims and the goverment stuck there thumbs in there ass fucking says a lot.
The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the Film Festival will now be called the Film & TV Festival, to reflect the event’s long standing and deep programming of episodics in the screening program, Film & TV tracks, and Keynote and Featured Speaker sessions in the Conference. SXSW was the first festival to program episodics a decade ago with HBO’s Girls in 2012, launched an Episodic section in 2014, and subsequently showcased the world premieres of some of television’s most iconic series including Silicon Valley, Mr. Robot, Barry, What We Do In The Shadows, and Search Party, among 68 other Episodic Premieres and 57 Episodic Pilots.
“We are so proud of our rich history of showcasing both film and television, and wanted the festival name to reflect what we have been doing for a decade,” said Janet Pierson, VP, Director of Film & TV. “Whether in the screening program, the Conference or associated activations on our footprint, SXSW has long been at the epicenter of the best new TV, and in 2023 we will once again thrill our audiences with exciting new work from some of the most talented creators.”
The SXSW Film & TV badge is available at the lowest rate August 2 through September 15, 2022. Registration opens August 2 to get the best hotel rates and options. SXSW Film, TV, XR submissions open on August 23 through October 18, 2022.
Selma Director Ava DuVernay at SXSW 2015. Photo by Naomi Richard.
History of SXSW Episodic Programming in the Festival
2012: World Premiere of HBO’s Girls by Lena Dunham is the first episodic featured in the festival program.
2013: World Premiere of A&E’s Bates Motel and Conference session Bates Motel: Story to Screen with Carlton Cuse.
2014: Official launch of dedicated Episodic screening section, with six projects in the program: COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey, and the world premieres of Deadbeat, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Halt and Catch Fire, Penny Dreadful, and Silicon Valley.
2015: Five Episodic world premieres: Angie Tribeca, The Comedians, iZOMBIE, Mr. Robot, and UnREAL.
2016: Five Episodic world premieres: Outcast, Preacher, Search Party, Vice Principals, and You Me Her .
2017: Six Episodic world premieres: American Gods, Dear White People, I Love Bekka & Lucy, I’m Dying Up Here, Nobodies, and The Son.
2018: Seven Episodic world premieres: This Is Us Season 2 Finale Episode (special event), Barry, Condor, Krypton, The Last O.G., Vida, and Warriors of Liberty City. This year we launched the Independent Episodics section with 13 titles. The section would be renamed the independent Pilot Competition in 2019: Beast, Cleansed, Everything is Okay: Robot, First World Problems, Hold To Your Best Self, My Dead Ex, Night Owl, One Eye Small, Otis, Polar, Rapture, She’s the Ticket, and Unspeakable.
2019: Seven Episodic world premieres: Broad City Series Finale Screening, Love, Death & Robots, David Makes Man, NOS4A2, Ramy, Shrill, What We Do in the Shadows, and Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate SXSW Event, which included Conference session and several unique activations. 12 Episodic Pilot Competition titles: Baby Love, A Cure For Fear, East of La Brea, Hammerhead, M, Maggie, Moderately Put Together, Queering, Rainbow Ruthie, Revenge Tour, Sterling, and Who You Are.
2020: 12 Episodic world premieres were programmed: Central Park, Chad, Cursed FIlms, Hightown, Home, Motherland: Fort Salem, Outcry, Snowpiercer, Solar Opposites, Tales from the Loop, Upload, and We’re Here. 14 Episodic Pilot Competition titles were programmed: Alisa, Beached, Bored, Embrace, Everyone Together, Heart To Heart, This Isn’t Me, Bananas, Chemo Brain, Cooper’s Bar, The Dream, Homecoming: The Journey of Cardboard, Lusty Crest, and Racist Trees.
(While the 2020 Festival was canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, some titles were screened among the 39 projects in Prime Video presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection, and all projects remained official SXSW Selections.)
2021: Six Episodic world premieres: Confronting a Serial Killer, Cruel Summer, The Girlfriend Experience, Made for Love, Sasquatch, and Them. Six Episodic Pilot Competition titles: 4 Feet High, Dale’s House, For the Record, Parked in America, The Position, and Pretend Partners.
2022: 12 World Premiere Episodics: Atlanta Season 3 premiere, 61st Street, The Big Conn, Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart, DMZ, The Girl From Plainville, Halo, The Last Movie Stars, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Shining Girls, Swimming with Sharks, They Call Me Magic, and WeCrashed. Six Episodic Pilot Competition titles: Awayy, Brownsville Bred, Hidden Kingdom, My Year of Dicks, Something Undone, and We’re Doing Good.
Film & TV Conference Highlights: Robust TV programming in the Conference preceded 2012’s first Episodic screening in the Festival. Highlights of Conference Keynotes and Featured Speakers, many covering both film and TV topics, include: Bob Odenkirk in Conversation with Fred Armisen, Elizabeth Moss in Conversation with Brandi Carlile, Silicon Valley Cast and Creators Panel. Other Highlights include: Lizzo Keynote, Ava DuVernay Keynote, Lee Daniels Keynote, Jill Soloway Keynote, and Spike Lee with a Masterclass, and many more.
Iconic Film & TV Activations: Each year features dozens of inventive, immersive, award-winning installations promoting work in the Festival and Conference, as well as other projects that appeal to the unique SXSW audiences. These include HBO’s groundbreaking recreation of Westworld, and subsequent Bleed for the Throne; Amazon’s Good Omens Garden of Earthly Delights, A&E’s Bates Motel; USA Networks’ recreation of Coney Island for Mr. Robot; AMC’s Preacher and Starz’ American Gods Installations, plus many others. 2022 featured Amazon's Superheroes & Superstars Experience featuring The Boys and Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, FX's Atlanta Season 3 Amsterdam style cafe pop up fittingly called The Trip, Disney+'s Outdoor Screening complete with larger-than-life characters and all-day outdoor screenings, the WarnerMedia House, the Peacock Playground and many others.