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EIC @dreadcentral // Director of Bystanders // cohost of @ScarredPodcast // 🍅-approved // @DorianAwards member // found footage defender // she/her

Washington, DC
Joined September 2012
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Mary Beth McAndrews
5 months
Here's the beginning of the Palestine digital archive I've been working on. I have a big list of journalists/creators/activists to follow (tell me who I need to add!). I'm just starting to catalog the hundreds of videos and screenshots I have saved.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
6 months
Always
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eBay jackets & hats
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Just saw a jacket that made me say "oh fuck!" a little too loud.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
The costume design and styling in GLASS ONION is impeccable.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
So I used to work for Discovery and, shockingly, David Zaslav screwed over so many people over and over again during my 2ish years with the company. He also screwed over the whole city of Silver Spring, MD (where I currently live) and eliminated countless jobs here. 🧵
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Mary Beth McAndrews
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I’m not sure how to put this into words But I Saw The TV Glow captures the very specific feeling of finding someone who appreciates your hyperfixation and in turn fixating on them. Beautiful, melancholy, weird, and heartbreaking. Jane Schoenbrun wins again!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
Meg from THE BLOB (1988) deserves more love as an iconic Final Girl.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 months
THE FIRST OMEN stunned me. An incredibly thoughtful and shattering look at sexual assault in the Catholic Church while also providing the tension of the original film. This is the religious horror I’ve been waiting for. Exquisitely repulsive. Also 10/10 Possession homage.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
I just love Mothra
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
Basically what I’m saying is Discovery and DZ have never cared about people, creatives, or logic. They’re gross corporate robots who want to keep taking in their hundreds of millions of dollars salary a year and chuckle at the peasants in their Patagonia vests.
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2 years
THE DESCENT is an absolute all-timer
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Mary Beth McAndrews
11 months
Horror Daddy appreciation post
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
Yes DZ had to have custom Patagonia vests. I think there was even a budget for it.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
So Discovery Communications had their HQ in Silver Spring. It revitalized this city over the decades it was here. More restaurants and local businesses opened up because more people were coming here to work.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
This summer’s hottest film is THE GREEN KNIGHT. It’s got everything: tender face touches between fellas, screaming foxes, confronting death, nut
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Mary Beth McAndrews
11 months
I'm going to be very brave and share my truth: PHENOMENA is my favorite Dario Argento movie.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
5 years
Just a reminder that Letterboxd is a site for LOGGING MOVIES. stop using it as a place to harass women that are funnier and smarter than you.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
MD doesn’t have a big entertainment/production reputation, so a place like Discovery in Silver Spring was a big deal. Plus it was a massive building that generated a ton of jobs.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
But whenever LA or NYC execs would visit office, they would openly scoff at us. We were regarded less than because of our location. DZ and his team hated DC/Silver Spring.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
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So DZ decided lol fuck Silver Spring, NYC and LA only. I was still there when these conversations were happening, but I left before they closed the building and forced people to relocate or find other work.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 months
Lisa Frankenstein is gothic lit meets 80s pop, a delightful mash-up of Sixteen Candles and Edward Scissorhands. It's a beautiful mess, uneven at times but always charming. It's a battle cry for the weirdos who just want to love their dead boyfriends in peace. I love it SO MUCH.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA is Very Horny.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 months
The Descent is a perfect film.
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3 years
Hey! Cool! Engaged!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
BEAU IS AFRAID is the best representation I've ever seen of intrusive thoughts and how they rule your life. Ari Aster's latest is a neurotic hero's journey told like a perverted Wes Anderson-style nightmare. Darkly hysterical with so many incredible details.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
The way people take Letterboxd so seriously is baffling.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
I would like to write about just this shot.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
Just a reminder that Brendan Fraser is a treasure and deserved better
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
So big news: I’m now @DreadCentral ’s Editor-In-Chief! This is quite literally a dream come true and I’m so excited for what the future holds! Thank you to everyone who has ever published my work, read my work, and just been a friend since I started my career. I love y’all.
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Dread Central is excited to announce that @mbmcandrews will be our new Editor-In-Chief and @joshkorngut will be our new managing editor!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
I was today years old when I learned that HEY ARNOLD isn’t set in New York City??! It’s set in Washington State??!? I feel betrayed somehow.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
THE BLACKCOAT’S DAYGHTER is getting the love it deserves today. Thank you, everyone.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
HISTORY OF THE OCCULT: First watch of 2023 bodes well for the new year. A tale of cosmic horror with retro stylings and whispers of GHOSTWATCH. A 2022 release that flew way too under the radar.
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1 year
SKINAMARINK in theaters had my stomach in knots. This watch had me thinking of this as unintentionally the best SILENT HILL PT adaptation. Absolutely hellish and had me covering my face and peeking through my fingers. 2023 horror is off to a strong, strong start.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Hey uh why don’t we talk about THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS more??
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 months
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL absolutely rules, with David Dastmalchian shining in the lead role. This is how you do hybrid found footage. A Ghostwatch for the modern age (in vibes and execution). Also, a wild amount of worms.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
You know what's a horror movie? My life.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
Yes I am wearing a necklace of Toni Collette’s headless body drifting up to the treehouse.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
Uh get you a husband and friends that throw you a SKINAMARINK THEMED SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
This is a Jenna Ortega fan account
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A big round of applause for @jennaortega in the opening sequence 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 What a performance! #SCREAM
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Hello, I am looking for Black writers to provide their perspectives on CANDYMAN. Please pitch me at mbmcandrews[@]dreadcentral[.]com! Rate is $50.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
I just read an article suggesting found footage is dead and with the recent success of THE OUWATERS and SKINAMARINK, plus the release of LANDLOCKED, THE UNKNOWABLE, and even MISSING, that just couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
Married my best friend last night 🥰
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
Finally watching RRR and I could not be more excited.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
10 months
So uh surprise I co-directed a rape-revenge movie!! That’s why I’ve been in Kentucky. And it’s not an AMPTP or SAG film, so it doesn’t cross the picket line!!
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Dread Central
10 months
'Bystanders' is a twisted and brutal upcoming revenge thriller from Mary Beth McAndrews ( @mbmcandrews ) and Jamie Alvey ( @JamieAWrites ). See the first images here:
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Mary Beth McAndrews
5 months
Poor Things is delicious. While it's not necessarily saying anything new, it's saying it intelligently with incredible style. There's nothing like 2.5 hours of a woman discovering her own bodily autonomy while driving pathetic men insane. Delectable, silly, and surprisingly warm.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
If you don’t support trans rights go ahead and unfollow me. Better yet, block me. We can no longer ignore the atrocities our own government wants to inflict on trans people to uphold the ideals of white supremacy, aka n*zis.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
5 years
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
As Above So Below is so freaking good wow. WOW.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Well I get to check off a big ol' bucket list item!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
I’m thrilled to share that I’m joining @DreadCentral as their content manager. I’ll be creating our new content strategy to reflect the diversity of the horror community, uplift voices, and just celebrate what’s so amazing about the world of horror.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Happy PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN eve to all who observe.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Yes I have finally watched MAY and yes it may be my new favorite movie.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
11 months
To all people who just lost work, if you’re looking for a home for a horror/sci-fi/genre-related pitch, I’m always accepting pitches for Dread Central! We pay $100 a feature! Email is mbmcandrews[@] dreadcentral [.] com!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
Amy Seimetz’s SHE DIES TOMORROW is one of my favorite movies of all time and I really think everyone needs to watch it.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
I drank beer and yelled at someone about why MATRIX RESURRECTIONS is incredible
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Mary Beth McAndrews
7 months
I watched Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor with the lights off and noise-canceling headphones on and boy oh boy, I was hiding in my hoodie. Stephen Cognetti crafts some of the series’ best scares, and shows just how much he’s honed his already amazing craft.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
5 years
I’m watching Marble Hornets for research and WOW the 2009 cargo short energy is strong
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
King Kong has a dump truck ass.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
We have a baby goat at work. His name is Lorenzo. He is perfect.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
PREY rules. Amber Midthunder is stunning.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN didn't sit right with me at all, and I was able to explain why for @ebertvoices .
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3 years
Your must-read of the day is this incredible piece of writing by @mbmcandrews on the ultimate hollowness of Promising Young Woman.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
Today officially marks a whole year as editor-in-chief of @DreadCentral , something I honestly never thought would be possible. It’s a dream job that’s also the hardest thing I’ve ever done. But regardless, I am so immensely proud of what we’ve accomplished in just a year.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
We want horror to be safe and inclusive but we need to face the reality that that still isn't the case. The horror community is still full of people looking to take advantage of others and people willing to protect those creeps in the name of clout. It's terrifying.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
5 years
Y’all I hated JOKER. I tried to like it, and it is a technically beautiful movie. But its message is bad and frankly irresponsible!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
I was just reminded of when I dressed up as Slenderman to give a formal presentation during grad school about my research regarding Slenderman. This was a legitimate 20-page paper about digital legends, how they leak into our reality, and their cinematic adaptations.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
What if I wrote a book about found footage horror and Creepypasta as building blocks for 21st century legends...
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
Scream is Good. Jenna Ortega and Jasmin Savoy Brown in particular stand out. That’s all I’ll say for now! #ScreamMovie
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Hi it’s my @FANGORIA debut!!!!!
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3 years
Get in, we’re subverting the male gaze in Lucky McKee’s MAY, courtesy of @mbmcandrews .
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
If we ever go back to HALLOWEEN again (and you know we will), PLEASE give it to a director who is not a dude. I beg.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
Happy #Scream day everyone!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
Look who’s hereeeee
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Mary Beth McAndrews
5 years
Another piece I wrote about mental illness, this time I dove into Midsommar and its portrayal of bipolar disorder. Please please read!
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Midsommar grapples with just how to portray mental illness.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Lol I got that -check mark-
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
God, the new HELLRAISER fucking rules.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
I got a call from the President... @zachsilberberg
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
I still think this is one of the coolest and most harrowing shots in horror
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‘30 Days Of Night’ is now streaming on @PrimeVideo , so you can see how the massacre scene in the film is a harrowing and bleak example of creating fear through distance from violence. Here's @mbmcandrews on its bird's eye view of fear:
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
Finally got back to crocheting and finished a Twin Peaks blanket I’ve been working on for literal years.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
5 years
I’m unbelievably excited to make my Bloody Disgusting debut. It’s been my dream since high school to write for this site and I’m so glad it’s with a piece I’m so happy with. I write about @StarfishMixtape and The Endless as markers of a new kind of cosmic horror.
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Bloody Disgusting
5 years
We Welcome @mbmcandrews As She Writes About the Emotional Rise of Cosmic Horror
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
HELLRAISER is disturbingly delicious, both terrifying and alluring. Jamie Clayton as Pinhead is perfection. Chefs kiss 10/10 (full review coming next week)
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Steven Soderbergh rn:
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Hello I have left my previous day job for a dream opportunity! I can’t say more quite yet, but watch this space 👀
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Some cool Sunday evening news: I'm writing a book! I can't share any details right now but suffice to say I am SO EXCITED.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
With Pride Month coming up, I'm looking for pitches about queer horror for @DreadCentral ! We pay $50 per piece. I'm specifically looking for queer writers, any experience level, to share their perspectives on the genre. You can pitch me at mbmcandrews[@]dreadcentral[.]com
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
Bioncles are Skinamarink-coded. I will not explain.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
The Bean Dad saga is Rorschach’s origin story
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
Can I get a Hell Yeah?
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
THE MEDIUM is incredible. A tense, horrifying slow burn that uses the pseudo documentary format to perfection. Sawanee Utoomma is particularly good as Nim, who subverts expectations of the typical possession horror narrative. Please check this one out on @Shudder !
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
BONES AND ALL has changed me and had me crying in the train home. A gorgeous and tender (pun intended) looking at found family, yearning for acceptance, and grappling with who we truly are. Kudos to Guadagnino for creating a cannibal movie that had me in tears.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
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ATTENTION: the best found footage movie you’ve never seen is now on Tubi. PUTREFIXION: UN VIDEO DE NINA TEMICH is now streaming and it’s a witchy, weird experience filmed exclusively with a 360 camera. It involves possession by an Aztec god!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
Andrea Riseborough. That’s the tweet.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
Hmmmmm
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Lol what I’m covering my first Sundance
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Mary Beth McAndrews
1 year
Jesus, 2022 has been an incredible year for horror. These are some of my favorites, in no particular order, as I panic and try to figure out how to pick a top 10.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
Lady Dimitrescu 🖤
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
I am so excited to share that I have an essay in the booklet accompanying this AMAZING release of LAKE MUNGO, one of my all-time favorite movies.
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**LAKE MUNGO: LIMITED EDITION Blu-ray** Released May 31 and available to pre-order! We are now deducting VAT for all international orders outside of the UK
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Mary Beth McAndrews
6 years
This is why we don’t need more male film critics.
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Amanda Wong
6 years
Holy crap, WHAT is with The New Yorker's review of The Incredibles 2? Gross.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
3 years
I wrote about SHIN GODZILLA and how it perfectly captures the nihilism of the original and builds on more critique of the dangers of bureaucracy. Basically, this movie slaps.
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Paste Magazine
3 years
As Godzilla squares off with Kong, let's remember when modern Godzilla went back to the terror and hopelessness of the original with 2016's Shin Godzilla. @mbmcandrews breaks it down:
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
I wrote a lot of words about why Constantine still absolutely slaps 15 years later!!
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Mary Beth McAndrews
4 years
Guess what came today?? Absolutely honored to have contributed an essay to @SecondSightFilm release of @coraliefargeat Revenge. Yes I did cry when I opened it.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
So I interviewed Roger Corman??
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Horror icon Roger Corman chats with Dread Central about his career, why he turned to producing, the scariest movie he's ever seen, and more.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
2 years
I've reached the point of my depressive episode where my only comfort is a book about biblically accurate angels and mutants eating evangelical fascists.
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Mary Beth McAndrews
10 months
#NewProfilePic director edition
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