[vaguedisapproval]

mitch becoming instantly enamoured with italian roofus, and the rest of the coterie immediately buying every piece of merch tied to a dog's rebrand? that's an autistic man finding his new hyperfixation, and his friends immediately noticing and further enabling said hyperfixation.

[crimeronan]

So You Watched Obsession And Want To Mainline Curry Barker's Short Horror:

wonderful news!! curry barker is one of my favorite (if not my favorite, hands down) short horror directors. as someone who has watched hundreds and hundreds of short horror films on youtube.

here are five of his films with the runtime and a quick summary of each. (sorry if i miss any, these are what i remember off the top of my head!) i've avoided spoilers beyond the basic premise, but every single one of these deals with Absolutely Haunting Thematic Shit:

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THE CHAIR - 25 minutes

when horror connoisseurs hear "curry barker," they usually think of the chair first. barker was approached to make this into a full-length film & pitched obsession instead... GREAT choice, as i don't think the chair would Work with extra runtime.

a man finds an old chair on the side of the road and brings it home to his girlfriend. strange events begin to unfold -- his girlfriend's behavior becomes increasingly erratic, he's losing time, he's unraveling at the seams....

if you enjoyed the fucked-up relationship dynamics in obsession then you will probably have a good time.

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MILK & SERIAL - 62 minutes

barker's other best-known horror film. a twisty found footage thriller about youtube pranksters whose pranks Go Wrong (TM).

i can't say much more than that.... if you watched obsession and thought "pretty good, but pretty predictable. i wonder how curry barker would handle a psychological thriller with more plot twists??"

boy, does this film have an answer!!

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ENIGMA - 20 minutes

this is a psychological thriller about a man dealing with the impending end of the world. explores how other people are also dealing with the end of the world.

i fear i'll give a skewed impression if i say this one is sort of a feel-good film..... but OF the films on this list, it's Certainly the most optimistic. my partner rafi (who really hates depressing horror) watched it with me and concluded, "oh, that was kind of sweet, actually!!"

this one's great if you want a palate cleanser after The Unrelenting Gutwrenching Horror of obsession.

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WARNINGS - 20 minutes

my personal favorite!! criminally underrated!! upsetting in a way that stuck to my skin for days!!

a man starts receiving strange written warnings on halloween. things around him begin to unravel.

similar to the chair in its unsettling surreality, but with a bit more supernatural influence imo. you'll recognize a lot of parallel imagery to obsession, especially with Strange Movement and Nightmare Experiences.

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HEAVY EYES - 5 minutes

the shortest one on this list if you just want to dip your toes in real quick... a pretty easy time investment if you've never watched short horror and aren't sure if you'll like it!

a boy's mom comes home unexpectedly at night.

the only problem?? she's still texting him from the hospital where she works.

this one is both scary and ended up Way More Haunting than i thought a 5-minute short could. even thinking about it makes my stomach kind of hurt.

[chipszahoy]

Queen bee design in the AU

[cy-lindric]

Hi! Can you recommend good or cheap fabric stores in Paris? I wanted to visit Paris soon and wanted to ask since you sew your own costumes.

Hello !

The main place to shop for fabric in Paris is in the Barbès neighbourhood in the 18th arrondissement. (Marché Saint Pierre)

I always start my shopping at Sacrés Coupons on rue d'Orsel, they sell cuts of fabric at cheaper prices than by the metre (the cut are usually 2 or 3 metres).

On the same streets are the multiple Moline stores owned by the same family. Some also offer cuts, some fabric by the metre, and one has very gorgeous brocade and other luxury fabrics ; it's pricier but I sometimes find interesting stuff there for historical costumes.

At the top of the street at the crossing are the two big fabric stores of the Saint-Pierre district : Dreyfus and Reine. Both of those are multiple-storeys buildings with hundreds of types of fabric by the metre.

For other sewing notions, when I'm in the area I go to Mercerie Saint Pierre (rue Charles Nodier). You can also find some knitting supplies there, but for yarn my favourite store is Lil Weasel on Passage du Grand Cerf (different neighbourhood tho, this one is in the Saint Denis area)

A really cool place for ribbons, trim, buttons and other notion is Ultramod, it's quite famous and a little picturesque.

I'm making this a public post so Parisian seamsters and seamstresses can add their recommandations ! I do tend to buy fabric online from specialised stores since I mostly historically inspired sewing, so maybe there'll be niche recs in the comments !

[oncillaphoenix]

the spirit is willing but the flesh is experiencing technical difficulties

[slushie-slam]

a gift from pompom!

[crow-keys]

Short comic where Jax takes a nap :)

[irl-donut]

millions of terminally online girls are going through this right now

[anminpillow]

[frontmansdefender]

I grew up in Thailand and I remember growing up with THIS AD on our TV. also I can confirm a lot of Thai ads are this unhinged, we didn’t even know how funny they were because they were just so common there you could literally see something this unhinged on your TV all the time lmaooooo

(Source)

[tlaquetzqui]

Except their life insurance ads, which will make you cry like Deku.

[redstonedust]

guy who is stuck in a timeloop but is too socially anxious to bring it up to anybody or change their routine just in case it turns out they're mistaken. like yeah you're pretty sure that it's been november 3rd for two weeks now but idk maybe that's the depression talking. it's fine.

[korabebe]

¿Me detengo, cariño?

[joselyn565]

The Author and the Prince of Nightmares

(Please support this amazing movie entirely made in Mexico. Created by talented people who worked hard to create this masterpiece. The music, art, and storytelling is amazing!)

[korabebe]

"Angel Caído", Herneval es tan precioso como todas las obras que hablan de Lucifer.

[gruvu]

Please don't throw back that man. Rocky please. But anyway I do read tags and you guys are really fun. So as a treat some more bloodymary, just a little. I got to go back to warframe.

[smuttyblue]

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[lutraviolet]

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