Chekhov's stained glass window

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@ManWithPez Was there any other kind of 10 year old in 1985?

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god dammit jerry
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Excellent choice in knitwear, Sarandon

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So many clocks! That would drive me nuts, yikes.

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@CactuarJoe It has already shown it will spend money on monster effects. But yeah this is cutting any corners it can to save a dime. Just lucked out with some really great set designers.
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he knows how to make an entrance #Monsterdon #FrightNight1985

sweater OVER a turtleneck. So 80s.

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"...I wouldn't be caught ... undead ... in that sweater!"

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Jerry is even less intimidating as "Jer"

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I do like the apple thing, tho #Monsterdon

@yatsu his whole character is "huh huh huh vampire huh huh"

and I think all of #Monsterdon can identify with that

#monsterdon Lamest vampire hunters I ever seen. And I've seen my share

okay, Evil is growing on me, but i'm not sure why and i don't think i like it.

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ordering in tonight i see

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Why is he so pale? He's supposed to be a vampire killer, maybe having blood is a liability

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i am just going to be charming and fopp at them Charlie. This is bound to work out as a plan
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Calling it in advance. The "holy water" is a prop from his show and not real.

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Ok, this outfit of Amy’s is outstanding. The plaid jacket, the coordination light turquoise shirt underneath, the headband, so cute!

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They have hit on the thing all actors need... Money for food! #Monsterdon

BOBBLE-HEADED BOOBIE

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@SnoopJ ooh good point, I hadn't even thought about that

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They really dressed up nicely for this vampire killing
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It's the 80s but she's dressed like it's the '50s. WHYYYYYYYY

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@TerryHancock Oh I have never seen it.

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why would you choose such a dumpy thrall, aren't there any hunks out there lustful for a life among the damned #monsterdon

@flowerpot The nightclub scene coming up is just AWESOME! #Monsterdon #FrightNight1985

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Hello, clock shop.

@jsadow
Yeah. Though my money is still on Joss Whedon having seen "Devil Hunter Yohko".

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@flowerpot 😵‍💫

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we could be leaving town instead tho

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This is turning out to be an actual horror film. I recoil in horror seeing what Roddy McDowall has done with himself.

voice crack bonus question
How ABOut hOLy water?
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Peter Vincent has clearly had elo-kyoo-tion lessons.

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Goodbye?

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Oh hey surprise bingo!

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That bit with all the clocks going off at once and then panning over to the ringing telephone looks right out of Back to the Future. (Awwww, I haven't watched that movie in ages! I should do that. Maybe next month.)

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I wonder what unremarkable sitcom Peter Vincent's apartment set has been borrowed from

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He’s gonna suck his way though the entire town #monsterdon #frightnight

#monsterdon Back before studios realized they could auction props to collectors on the Internet for big bucks.

Amy and the Metalhead Nerd go to bother the Vampire Hunter actor in his retro apartment and beg him to help. Not help like kill the vampire, but help like convince him to not think his neighbor is a vampire.

He refuses at first because he's going to Hollywood but changes his mind when Amy offers him $500.

Their plan is to go next door and prove to Charlie that the vampire is not a vampire by showing his reflection in a prop mirror.

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Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day…

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So, Jerry… what time is it?

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That’s like Doc Brown’s garage #monsterdon

"THIS IS A PEAR, YOU FOOL!"

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Ah - where Pink Floyd recorded that one segment on Dark Side of the Moon

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Vampire test
1+🦇 = ?
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#monsterdon That's a lot of hot clocks.

Looks like they did that grey spray treatment on Roddy McDowall, his hair looks like a store window on December 24th. #monsterdon sterdon

"I'll take it"

Capitalism...

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THEY SAID THE NAME OF THE MOVIE!

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"How much?" heh Roddy is almost as charming as the vampire.
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We still have ~1 hour left of this movie.
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Stake through the heart!

Charlie's to blame!

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So we just established that a life is worth $500 to this dude...

Like we already established he doesn't believe the neighbor is a vampire... Essentially he just hired out as an assassin for $500.

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"I'll take it" Yep. Definitely an actor. #Monsterdon #FrightNight

@xerozohar I love the old English actors like him and David Warner and Malcolm McDowell and Tony Jay who were every single cartoon villain in the 90s.

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@Rozzychan All this waffling is going to get me Reluctant Ally on the bingo card though

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Evil Ed always looks like he just rubbed a balloon on his head.

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A decade later and Evil would have been a weeb.
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I don't think we're two serious! In fact we think you aren't serious enough!
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And that, friends, was Evil Ed's O-face.

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@littlemiao@babka.social Doubt there's a Jewish vampire here, but it would explain why the cross did nothing.

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Charlie should have tried offering Mr. Vincent eight bucks.

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You know, a lot of things are more important than your autograph Mr. Self-Centered
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"Saving a boy's life."

"That could be more important... but not necessarily."

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In the 80's no adult would help a teenager unless he's just lost his job and is facing eviction

(Doc from Back to the Future being the only exception)

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Um... "suck his way through the entire town?" #monsterdon

I would like a wool cardigan with the same weave density as Amy's… thing. I cannot in good conscience call that a sweater and I don't know if it has another name

Would be perfect for the Fall season and early winter

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Love that you can just find Mr. Vincent's apartment

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Oh, well, if it's important!

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Poor Peter Vincent, fired from his TV host job and about to be evicted. I really feel for him in these turbulent economic times. #FrightNight1985 #Monsterdon

"What could be more important than my autograph?" classic line

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i also rather like mr. vincent's apartment

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*positive uplifting music*

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eviction!? aw, poor mr price mcdowell. maybe he can have chris sarandon's house after we murder him.

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@Princejvstin Galaxy Quest this is not, though 😅

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no you don't Amy. you just don't love yourself, there is a difference
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@Louisa

Evil Ed himself did a bunch in the 90s

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That is the fanciest eviction notice I've ever seen
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He didn't ask if you loved him. 😐

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#monsterdon This Vampire killer's name is just bugging me PeterVincentBorisCushingPriceChristopherLeeKarloffandTorJohnsonToo #FrightNight1985

"I love you, Charlie"

For reasons which are apparently unimportant for the audience to know :/ #Monsterdon

remember the SIGNS OF A SCAM:

- feeling that an action must be completed immediately

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That wasn't a "yes"

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Evil Ed thinks Charlie is crazier than him, and that’s when things get weird.

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Amy hon, you need to work on your taste in men. #Monsterdon #FrightNight

@JoeWynne oh please tell me the Elvira restraining order is a joke 😂

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He must go in during the day
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Oh, he'll suck alright....

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"Then he'll be able to suck his way through the entire town!" Holy double entrendres, Batman!

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there is a subtheme of movies where false or pretending experts are mistaken for real ones #monsterdon #FrightNight1985

(consider Three Amigos , or Galaxy Quest)

@Taweret If anyone behaved rationally in horror movies the entire genre would vanish.

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Y'know he's not the first person to suck his way through this to

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@neia Hmm, which vampire is Jewish here? #Monsterdon

gotta protect myself from my sexy dom vampire neighbor who sensually threatened to blow my back out by making my bedroom look like the set of a Madonna video

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Title drop? Of calling the movie like the movie... I feel a branding issue here.
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oh! Roddy McDowell! that'll do it. #monsterdon

@Taweret I would have sublet a shed from someone and surrounded it with Keep Out signs. #Monsterdon

In fact this *is* just like Fright Night

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