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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com

Also it feels like Under the Skin was partly inspired by Ted Bundy. First because of the picking someone up in a van but also the ending. I can’t say more.

aug 26, 2025, 5:08 pm • 7 0

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Christopher James @jameschristopher.bsky.social

Bundy didn’t use a van, just a bug with the seat removed. He was directly referenced in Silence of the Lambs, where Gumb’s plaster cast/feigned injury allows him to get the victim in the back of his (similarly) light/grey colored van. So there’s connective tissue there perhaps.

aug 26, 2025, 6:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Rich @ralenthall.bsky.social

Saw that film on a second date and with a raging hangover. The popping scene almost killed me off.

aug 26, 2025, 5:33 pm • 1 0 • view