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Aug 2023
1h 46m

169 - Perfect Blue (1998) w/Janina Matth...

Night Vale Presents
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Who are you? Special Guest: Janina Matthewson  Approachability: 3/10 ( Smart, complex film that's very very intense ) Content Warnings: Stalking; Rape; Disassociation; Blood/Gore; Gaslighting Next Week’s Film  RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Editing: Grant Stewar ... Show More
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295 - Ghoulies (1985)
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294 - The Amityville Horror (1979)
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