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My buddy @Username_Here_ASAP is watching a different horror/monster movie every night this week, and I think I'm going to join him.
But I think I'm going to take a slightly different angle and see if I can do something interesting with it.
Let's see!
Oh cool, @ajroach42! I read the book but I didn't know it got the film treatment.
@ddr There are two different fan adaptations (both linked in the thread) and both of them are worth seeing.
And then: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/2jjikUCPP1WFn4upNSdgf4 (there are three more after that one, all on #NETV and should be linked from @syndication )
This second set is not from the same crew, and they were made a few years prior.
Half of the first episode is the same story from the first film, interleaved with another story. These, together, make up the first two Antimemetics short stories.
Collectively, all of these films are remixes of QNTM's Antimemetics series from SCP. The original stories are available as an ebook novella from the internet archive: https://dn710000.ca.archive.org/0/items/there-is-no-antimemetics-division/There-Is-No-Antimemetics-Division.pdf
They are all licensed CC-BY-SA so they can each be adapted, remixed, and shared freely (as long as you provide appropriate attribution and links.)
The original stories were published in the SCP wiki, and were later adapted into a non-SCP, non-creative-commons licensed novel by the original author, which is a fixup of the above linked book (and, frankly, is an improvement in most major respects.)
So yeah! They are weird, open licensed, independent horror films. They're moody and atmospheric, and at least one of them stars someone you've probably seen on TV or heard in one of those super popular podcasts.
There you go, round one of free/open horror for October.
@ajroach42 THIS SAXOPHONIST IS SO LUBED
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So Yesterday, not intending to participate in this event, I watched There Is No Antimemtics Division (We Need To Talk About 55) (2025), and the earlier series of Antimemetics short films.
You can watch along, if you'd like: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/8HwJRYPX256jrbRjN9chXD
That first one stars Jasiika Nicole (of Fringe and Alice Isn't Dead.)
There Is No Antimemetics Division (2026) - Starring Jasika Nicole