u/ElementalBucky

Hey all! I used to love Jeepers Creepers a lot, but can't stomach rewatching it because of Victor Salva's criminal history.

I want something to fill the void, but despite having watched a lot of horror, Jeepers filled a very particular niche that nothing else seems to, so I need suggestions!

What I like about the movie in broader strokes,

• It's not a teen slasher.
• Doesn't have a romantic pairing as the lead, although I don't mind romance if it's more than just the F13 teen raunchy stuff.
• Has a slow burn to begin with, with mystery and the curtain slowly drawing back.
• Is a creature feature, I enjoy the presence of one lone monster outside of the slasher setting.
• Doesn't have a happy ending, but isn't grim and miserable. The Descent is an example of a monster movie with a bad ending, but just felt depressing, like I'd been punched in the gut by the ending. Jeepers has a melancholy to it, but it doesn't take itself too seriously and as a result I didn't feel like I'd been pulled through the emotional wringer.

Stuff I really don't want,

• By the numbers slasher. I've seen a hundred of these. Teens exist, guy kills teens, teen kills guy. They're fun, but I don't need another to add to the collection.
• Lots of monsters, whether they're zombies or animals or whatever, gotta keep it small scale! There's a place for this stuff, but it won't fill the Jeepers void.
• "Torture Porn", I like a bit of gore, but I can't stomach stuff like Hostel.
• I really do like monsters, so something supernatural, alien or "science gone wrong" is a must! I wouldn't want something that's just one normal guy or psycho without a supernatural twist.

Out of what I've seen and can think of, Pumpkinhead gets pretty close. It strays close to slasher territory, but toes the line. It has a lone monster, the leads are split between Ed Harley and the Teens enough that it doesn't feel like a teen slasher. It's got a slow burn, with an ending that doesn't go well for everyone but isn't grim and miserable, there's a little light there.

The Last Voyage of the Dementer was also very close. I enjoyed that a lot, and naturally it felt like the modern evolution of the classic Universal movies. Probably the closest I've felt in terms of vibes. Howl (2015) hit some vibes of the 2nd movie, had a slasher bodycount without the slasher tropes.

Naturally, Alien is the cream of the crop for slow burn but exciting creature features, but it's Alien. I've seen it a trillion times, and will forever love it!

I've seen a lot of horror that's well known, so I may be asking for some deeper cuts here, but I won't turn my nose up at anything even if you think I might've seen it! I'm no snob either, so don't feel like you have to suggest only the stuff the critics dig.

Thank you in advance <3

Sadly it's a dying fart

We get it, you're upset about The Boys. Can we keep the whining to the actual sub so those of us that don't care don't have to see the complaining?

If you have something about a spin-off, fire away, but this isn't a sub for venting about a TV show you don't like. Keep it to the main sub, or to the comments of plot leaks.

I thought I had RSI or something, not that I'm ruling out damage from PsA, but I've been getting this intense burning in the palms of my hands and the soles of my feet lately.

It's driving me mad. I've not lost coordination or strength, I can still use them, they're just hyper-sensitive to touch and burn like I've stepped in acid. Compression gloves cut it by like 50% and let me get on with my day, but damn if it isn't frustrating. I've dealt with minor bouts of RSI before, I almost miss being able to rest and not be in pain, rather than this where it hurts no matter what.

Like I said, I thought I'd hurt my hands from overuse (Which, could still be the case, my physio said that damage from PsA could make them vulnerable to injury) but the fact that this is happening to my feet too is a reminder that no matter the cause, I do actually have a systemic disease lol

Hoping this dies down with DMARDS in a few months. Due to start them next week, so I'm glad to be on track to properly managing this, even if the first line of treatment doesn't help.

Also, if anyone else is dealing with this, hand warmers! Ice hasn't helped, but hand warmers are like grabbing hold of pure joy.

Hi all! I posted a few days ago about my GP surgery asking for a GRC to change my title from Mx to Miss and sex marker to F.

After escalating to the practice manager and bit of a tense conversation, she apologised, changed my title to Miss and said she would start the process to get me a new NHS number!

What is still bugging me is that I was told that since my sex marker was M, they could only use Mr or Mx. My sex marker is still M until I get my new NHS number, but they were able to change my title, so that was clearly bollocks, but at least it's done.

Thanks for all the advice on the other thread, thankfully I didn't need to go as far as using the GDRP's guidelines or anything, but the info provided definitely helped me stand my ground and have something solid to refer to for guidance!

Got my first script today with my new name and title, and my pharmacist (Who knew me by name before transitition) even congratulated me and said some really supportive words!

Thanks everyone for the help, it's nice to have a win :>

Hi. I've been updating my details, and last week went into my GP to change everything and was told everything went through.

Turns out they just changed my name, but left my title as Mx and gender as Male. I rang them up today and was told they need a GRC to change the sex maker, and without a sex marker changed I can't change my title to Miss.

I've read through the Gender Reassignment page on PCSE and I'm pretty certain they're in the wrong here, but they're adamant I need that first. We had a back and forth about this, and it was like trying to convince the talking clock to recite the Bee Movie script.

Anyone have any advice? From what I've googled, plenty of people have done it as recently as this month without a GRC so with that and the PCSE guidelines I'm assuming they're misinformed and stubborn.

Mx isn't my title, and frankly I don't want to go into the surgery for an appointment and have the wrong title flash on screen.

Unfortunately for them, I'm stubborn too, so I plan to badger them daily about this, and if needs be contact the local ICB.

Hi, after several months of trying to piece stuff together, I feel no closer to understanding what I'm doing wrong so I kinda want to learn rather than copy.

I need a step by step, assume I'm a complete dumbass, nothing skipped, nothing assumed, basic bitch guide to this stuff. Preferably like, one big video, or a massive write up with pictures or something. I'm kind of exhausted of watching 30 second tiktoks and trying to make any sense of what's going on lmao

Every other guide I try to watch either assumes I know the basics, or has a "Step 1: Primer, Step 2: ????, Step 3: Godess" vibe. I am a beginner, I am a dumbass (affectionately), and unfortunately all my friends are trans masc and spent their closeted years the same way I did haha, otherwise I'd be pestering people I know to teach me!

tl;dr I'm "Le Grille? What the hell is that?"-ing my makeup and I need a guide that assumes I'm a complete idiot that doesn't know how to spell maekupbruhs let alone know how to use one.

The only thing I am good at is eyeliner. Drawing cool shapes on my eyelids is great, love that bit, it's easy to know when you messed it up and how to fix it haha

I'm 12 sessions of laser down, hair dramatically reduced, but my upper lip shadow is still very prominent, it's all just thin, vaguely dark hairs at this point instead of tonnes of thick, terminal dark hairs.

I have spent so much money on make-up, hours infront of a mirror, I've watched tutorials from drag queens, make-up artists, tiktok influencers, and I cannot for the life of me cover up my upper lip.

I've tried reds, oranges, peaches. A dozen different shades. I've tried heavier layers, lighter layers, different orders. The only thing I've done is hurt my back from leaning over my mirror.

I've wondered if maybe I did but it's just the lighting - nope. Neutral light, still shadow.

I just don't get it. What do I need to do this? I'm shaving every tiny little hair as close as I can. I'm using clean brushes. I just cannot for the life of me cover this stuff.

This is ultra important to me. I have to stop laser soon because I'm going on a photosensitive medication, and I can't get electrolysis because of preexisting contraindications so I need a way to coceal, but I'm coming up empty.

What am I missing? It just looks like whenever I try to correct, that blue-ish grey always comes through, ALWAYS. Primer, contour, correct, conceal, highlight, finish. Through all that, no matter what colours I try there's always this damn blue grey tint on my upper lip that just makes me look like Charlie Chaplin in drag. I'm half tempted to go buy a childs face paint kit at this point.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I might be going wrong? I can make the rest of my face look great, I just can't hide that damn moustache shadow.

Edit: The best I've gotten so far is using Peach Elf Camo and Nyx colour correct palette. I have the elf Brick Red corrector as well, but I can't notice a difference, it all comes up the same.

On the same day, on the same device, I will be able to alternately play videos in HD and won't be able to.

I don't get it. Nothing is changing. Nothing. I'm not booting new software, not changing browers or hardware, but seeming of it's own accord it's deciding to flag a HDCP issue and won't stream in HD. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't/

Saw a couple of movies on Studio Canal I fancied to watch, seemed a steal to pay for that sub. Nope, no can do. Forced SD for no discernable reason. Watched Titanic, a few episodes of Hannibal, and Independance Day earlier. No issue, but apparently Escape from New York is some kind of code-phrase for the sleeper DRM to wake up and stop me watching in HD.

It's ironic that the thing put in place to enforce DRM has driven me elsewhere to watch those same movies.

I feel like I need the word "SUCKER" stamped on my forehead for giving them the extra money for an add-on.

Hi all. I have Psoriatic Arthritis, my joints suck, I get a lot of referred and nerve pain and I can't exercise much at all.

I'm losing weight steadily for a few reasons, some being outside of my control, but I'm scared about the muscle loss, too. I'm sitting at 93kg down from 120kg, and have already lost a fair bit of muscle mass and I can feel the weakness, losing much more is frightening.

When I was much less disabled, I'd have no qualms exercising and building muscle to off-set this loss, but now I'm more sedentary I'm worried. I do what I can, I get 20-30 minutes of walking in a day, maybe a few minutes on my exercise bike if it's a good pain day for my hips, but any form of strength training is utterly off the table. I've tried, under physio supervision, but all that happens is it aggravates my joints and I have to stop. I've been through this loop so often that "Just start slow and work your way up" has become the most frustrating mantra to hear.

I'm getting around 1000 - 1200 kcals a day, I'm trying to get as much protein as possible, but I'm also on very low income and without my meals become stale, repetitive and frankly depressing I'm finding it hard to keep it up.

I'm really after and all advice to make this weight loss a bit easier on my body. Meal variations I could work in, any exercises that aren't as straining that I might've missed, are protein supplements worthwhile without the exercise to go with? Anything is helpful until I get my meds right and can start exercising without injury!

All I've gotten from my GP is "Exercise more" like he forgets I can't right now. I'm not saying I won't be able to in the future when I find the right combo of medications for my PsA, but currently I'm extremely limited. I'm dropping lbs, and I'm worried that I'm gonna lose more muscle mass to the point that I become more disabled.

(I do wanna say, swimming is a no-go no matter what. I don't really want to go into it, but there's no chance whatsoever I could go swimming so please don't suggest that, that's my one caveat!)

Thank you.