Good short story, better film
I'm pretty sure Joe Hill's father beat him/raped him.
I'm pretty sure Joe Hill's father beat him/raped him.
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- Mr. Tomlinson's feud started after members of the now-defunct Reddit site r/opieandanthony got his Twitter account suspended, causing him to threaten some bored trolls who never heard of him with a libel lawsuit. The trolls responded predictably.
- Mr. Tomlinson has been instructed many times by friends, family, police, and attorneys to stop engaging with his trolls, and that continuing to provoke them will cause him to be trolled even more. Mr. Tomlinson wilfully ignores this advice
- He would eventually file a defamation suit against 60 anonymous people which was dismissed with Mr. Tomlinson being ordered to pay $34,762.25 for opposing parties' attorney fees.
- He ended up paying $83,736.99 due to his unsuccessful attempts to dodge the court-ordered judgement, for which he faced jail time and contempt charges.
- He also filed 2 frivolous restraining orders against people who had engaged in First Amendment-protected behavior (one for texting him and another for attending his contempt of court hearing), both of which were dismissed.
- Early on in the lawsuit, Mr. Tomlinson vandalized his own motorcycle and submitted a false police report blaming the people he was suing.
- He accidentally sent surveillance video of the alleged vandal (himself) to a troll.
- Mr. Tomlinson has never shown this video footage during any of his media tours, and desperately tries to scrub it from the internet.
- Mr. Tomlinson claims that the surveillance video was initiated by his "motion-activated" camera, which only collects "30 seconds at a time", despite the video being 32 seconds long and beginning several seconds before the "vandal" enters into the frame.
- On 13 April 2023, the individual responsible for calling the fake emergencies (SWATs) to Mr. Tomlinson's house, a SWAT-for-hire dealer named "Torswats", revealed that Mr. Tomlinson ordered the SWATs to his own house because he wanted to get in the news and sue the MPD for money.
- Torswats would repeat these allegations in private chats which were not intended for public view.
- Mr. Tomlinson has gone on multiple news tours since the SWATtings started in order to promote his victimhood brand, utilizing the services of Lenora Claire.
- He also recently sued the MPD for money.
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The Black Phone
- Thread starter ThePepsiColaRapist
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is it any good? I've been seeing ads for this shit on the train
explain for the folks at home what the black phone is
It's pretty okay.
I enjoyed it.
I like Joe Hill and think that NOS4A2 and Heart Shaped Box are some of the best horror novels this side of Pet Semetary and The Girl Next Door.
I just watched it (procured a stream through non-legal means) and I thought it was pretty good. Starts off very slow but it's good once it gets going.
The guy in the mask is a serial killer who kidnaps and kills kids. Throughout the film the killers past victims all call the current victim on the black phone to help him escape.
And don't forget the folks just tuning in
Every time a movie looks good to me, I immediately go to the Wikipedia and read the entire plot synopsis. Usually after that, I don't feel the need to watch the movie. I still sort of want to watch this one to see that they really nailed a creepy tone and it doesn't just come off as fantastical and gay as it does in writing. Ethan Hawke wears Halloween masks. Spooky. Also, if he kills all these kids, why does he keep them alive so long and free to fuck around and try to escape? If you try to escape you get whipped with a fucking belt. And how the fuck does his brother not realize there's a captive child in his basement? Spoiler alert: the kid snaps the killer's neck with a phone cord like Jason Bourne. Super plausible.
I didn't really care for it. Would have worked better as a 70 minute film or if we had some insight into the Grabber.
You liked it more than the short story? I was wondering how they’d stretch it to feature length. I’ll have to check it out.
I thought the story was okay.
The film kept me intrigued even though I knew what was coming.
Even so, I'm not convinced that Joe Hill's novels/short stories should be adapted to film/television.
I think he's working out the trauma that came with being Stephen King's son, as is evident in his themes.
Nos4a2 was a strange and terrifying novel, but the TV show stunk
Shit that happens to you in childhood is often too abstract for a tight narrative.
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