{"id":9928,"date":"2026-10-02T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=9928"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:03:11","slug":"skull-and-gator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=9928","title":{"rendered":"Skull and Gator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gator-and-skull.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gator-and-skull-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A plastic skull, with some surgery done at the back, and a cast alligator.\" class=\"wp-image-9927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gator-and-skull-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gator-and-skull-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gator-and-skull.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What could these possibly be for?  If you&#8217;re guessing, you&#8217;ll probably get close on the skull.  I will tell you this: they&#8217;re both for the cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-arborist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-arborist.jpg\" alt=\"A worried woman is shown in black and white, a forest seeming to grow out of her back sideways.\" class=\"wp-image-9929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-arborist.jpg 428w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-arborist-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How bad is my memory?  Well, I&#8217;m glad I put movies in Letterboxd, or I would never have remembered yesterday&#8217;s.  That&#8217;s not because it was a bad movie.  The Arborist was nice and spooky, with a good backstory, and just a touch of folk-horror.  Someday I&#8217;d love to see some trick-or-treaters show up in a folksy animal costume.  Scarier than any ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-lost-daughter-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-lost-daughter-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"We see the back of a girl with a hat and backpack, staring at an island as the sun comes up over the trees.\" class=\"wp-image-9930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-lost-daughter-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-lost-daughter-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-lost-daughter-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-lost-daughter-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-lost-daughter-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/the-lost-daughter-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the rest of the world, this is called The Island Between Tides.  In the US, they decided to make it extra confusing and give it the same name as a 2021 film, The Lost Daughter.  I prefer the original title.  I was thinking there were Peter Pan-ish elements, and in the credits I saw it was based on a short story by J.M. Barrie.  This movie is not for people who need clearcut answers.  It is dreamy, and fairytale-like.  Also, there are scary ghosts.  I got it.  I liked it.  I thought it was lovely.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ll watch a movie every day of October, but if I do, you&#8217;re bound to hear about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What could these possibly be for? If you&#8217;re guessing, you&#8217;ll probably get close on the skull. I will tell you this: they&#8217;re both for the cemetery. How bad is my memory? Well, I&#8217;m glad I put movies in Letterboxd, or I would never have remembered yesterday&#8217;s. That&#8217;s not because it was a bad movie. 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