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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.
So what's tonight's horror film going to be? It might end up being another Open License thing, or it might end up being a Public Domain piece, or it might be an international adaptation of an American horror film.
I didn't pre-plan this, I started down this road entirely by accident, so I'm not sure!
But I'm scrolling through jellyfin now and I'll write something tonight or tomorrow.
I decided to go in a weird direction and pulled out my VHS of Mahakaal, AKA Indian Nightmare on Elm Street.
It's on youtube, and torrents are broadly available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocQvVxfMVy8
It's fantastic. When I'm done watching it, I might upload a copy with english subtitles somewhere.
Technically this is not an open content film, but it is absolutely a remix.
Indian copyright law in the 1990s was pretty loose about adaptations of international properties, so local producers frequently treated American films as if they were freely available to adapt and remix.
And the upshot is a series of some of the wildest movies ever created.
It's never received an Official US release, and likely can't ever, because it's an unlicensed adaptation, an illegal derivative work, but as a byproduct of that it's also pretty common to find it being shared freely within the US.
I'm watching Spooky Movies for October, and focusing on remixes adaptations and open licensed stuff.
Above, in this thread, I talk about the Antimemetics films and the Indian remake of Nightmare on Elm Street.
Tonight, we're going to talk about one of the most infamous horror films of all time, one that has spawned several sequels, and a full puppet-cast remake.
That's right, it's Manos The Hands of Fate.
(Shockingly, it does not appear that I have Manos: The Hands of Fate currently streaming on any of my video sharing platforms, so I'll fix that now and be back to talk about the movie shortly.)
Alright, it'll take a few minutes to transcode (so if you're reading this right after I posted it, it might not be done transcoding yet) but you can now watch Manos Hands of Fate on New Ellijay Television:
Manos The Hands of Fate is widely regarded as the worst movie of all time, but I think that's unfair. I've seen worse films, and you probably have too.
I often quote this review From 366 Weird Movies ( https://366weirdmovies.com/223-manos-the-hands-of-fate-1966/ )
Manos: the Hands of Fate demonstrates an important lesson: if applied consistently, incompetence can be a style. This narrative feature film was shot with a hand-wound 16 mm camera that could only capture thirty seconds of footage at a time. The camera was probably intended to be used by families making silent vacation films, and the results look exactly like a home movie from 1966, complete with barely adequate, dull coloration and hazy definition. Since the protagonists are lost vacationers, it’s an oddly appropriate, if accidental, visual scheme, almost as if the movie is found documentary footage of a missing family, a la Blair Witch.
Before I go on, please understand that I love this film deeply.
I have a small doll of The Master in my home.
I have the soundtrack on vinyl.
And I was a supporter of several remixes and sequels and related projects over the years.
So, I guess, let's get into that.
@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