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Wild Things

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When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems... From TMDB

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  • Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2025

    QRP with an art peice you are proud of! So I was responsible for painting the digital parts of Carol for the film Where The Wild Things Are. I am most proud of the eyes, which I carefully reproduced from the hand painted glass eyes made by the Henson team.

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  • merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.comBluesky · Jul 22, 2025

    watched all of Wild Things for the first time last night. that movie goes more places than i expected it to. also i think they should do a remake with the Dillon/Bacon characters being gay. when Bacon stepped out of the shower fully nude i thought they were going to do that b4 i remembered it was 98

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  • michael lutz @ztul.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    it came out the same year as the first Avatar movie so it's really just a coinflip of history that we're not talking today about Where The Wild Things Are: Fire And Ash

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  • michael lutz @ztul.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    remembering that we got a Where The Wild Things Are live-action feature film adaptation that was marketed as this huge sentimental cultural event with Arcade Fire playing in the trailers

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · May 7, 2026

    Movie Of The Day... Wild Things (1998)

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  • ToughPigs @toughpigs.comBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    We are extremely saddened to learn of the sudden passing of comedy legend Catherine O'Hara. We're remembering her for her roles on Fraggle Rock and the Creature Shop film Where the Wild Things Are. www.toughpigs.com/catherine-oh...

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    I need more film recommendations to add to this list without saying Cruel Intentions, Jawbreaker or Wild Things. 🎥🎬

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2023

    A friend at the time called Wild Things “the worst movie I will ever own”

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  • Harmony Colangelo @harmonycolangelo.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    This is may be my favorite new movie I have seen all year. Not just for the show. Period. Wild Things is so clever and expertly knows when to be brilliant and when it needs to lean into being lurid and and kind of bad on purpose. Transcendent cinema for the body as much as the soul.

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  • SailorTabbyCat ♡s TV★( ˘ ³˘)📺 @sailortabbycat.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    I completely forgot Where the Wild Things are had a live action movie and double forgot it looked like this

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  • Candy-seeking Agoraphobe 🍬🐈‍⬛🎃 @janetarchaic.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2024

    #MusicChallenge #MemoryMusic Day 11: Children's Song Daniel Johnston cover from the 2009 film, "Where The Wild Things Are"... Worried Shoes - Karen O + The Kids www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2SG...

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  • Jessie Juwono @jessiejuwono.comBluesky · Jan 18, 2026

    Where The Wild Things Are (Amazing trailer, amazing puppets, boring & bummer movie) youtu.be/hcBPzqxBnRU?...

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  • Wikipedia @wikipedia.orgBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Calling all "Where the Wild Things Are" superfans, either the book or the movie 🗣️ 🪄 kylemakesshortfilms on TikTok

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  • Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are Muppets Wild Things Matt Dillon

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  • Angelica Jade Bastién @angelicabastien.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2025

    I am trying to decide which is the first film I’ll watch from the Criterion Channel Miami Neo-Noir collection. I’ve already seen several of them. Maybe I’ll rewatch “Wild Things”? This is very relevant to my interests as a Miami girl, born and raised.

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  • Pacificnorthwestkate @pnwkate.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2025

    With 10 years of film on file - you all know I love sharing my daily “minute of nature therapy” videos - calm & restorative with the Peace of Wild Things - but sometimes watching wildlife is very exciting (a bit hard to watch though) please watch, subscribe & share 🥰🙏❤️🇨🇦 youtu.be/K-p9Tg0WcEo?...

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  • chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.socialBluesky · May 1, 2025

    Mike Waltz is the brother-in-law of Creed singer Scott Stapp, who believe it or not played Frank Sinatra in the biopic Reagan starring Dennis Quaid, who was in the film Vantage Point with Matthew Fox, who was in that tv show Party of Five with Neve Campbell, who was in Wild Things with Kevin Bacon.

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  • Ryan Scott Wick @rswick.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2026

    Innerspace: My favorite Dante movie, by a mile. The new Arrow 4K is extraordinary! Maverick: Caught the IMAX rerelease; still rocks! Flintstones: Sam Raimi was in this monstrosity?! Wild Things: This has, quite possibly, the best end credits EVER. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #Filmsky

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  • Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2024

    I've been meaning to watch this because J. Halberstam writes about this film in "Wild Things" in the chapter on zombies and animal resistance. "You would have to go back to The Birds to find a more vivid representation of animal uprising than the one we witness in Kornél Mundruczó's White God."

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  • 💥Alex.W💪🏾💥 @jokeb0i.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    does anyone else remember the 2009 Where The Wild Things Are movie? can we get more weird & esoteric adaptations like that, actually…

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  • F This Movie! @fthismovie.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2025

    1998 Month Rewind: @riskeadam.bsky.social revisited WILD THINGS 20 years after its release and found it to be a very different movie: www.fthismovie.net/2025/02/1998...

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  • 🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2023

    I forgot how much trashy noir fun WILD THINGS is. Such a great movie.

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  • The Voice Artist’s Spotlight @voiceactors.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    Judith #CatherineOHara Movie: Where The Wild Things Are Year: 2009 Catherine O'Hara was part of the voice cast for Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book. Also in the voice cast were James Gandolfini, Chris Cooper, Forest Whitaker, and more. #WhereTheWildThingsAre

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  • Jade! @rigbygender.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    Watched Where The Wild Things Are for the first time since 2010 and cried my eyes out. Incredible film.

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  • Ribbontini 🎀 @ribbon.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    why does Where the Wild Things Are feel like an A24 movie why is it so scary

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  • Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.socialBluesky · May 30, 2025

    I always wanted to work at Creature Workshop. I finally did work on turning their models into Where The Wild Things Are digital stuff for the film.

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  • Cai @annenotation.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2026

    Top 3 cinema experiences ever: 3. "Where The Wild Things Are" opening weekend with a bunch of parents with little kids 2. "Beau is Afraid" in IMAX (several times!) 1. "Tickled" at a movie theater that served food

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  • TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2024

    Went to see the film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, which wasn't great, but made even worse when an infant kept crying and a man in the back screamed "put him in a BALLOOOOOON" (This was the week of the "balloon boy" incident) No one laughed so he kept kept repeating it 😐

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  • an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2024

    Just thought about the fact that Where the Wild Things Are was adapted into a feature film that we've all agreed to forget about

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  • 🇳🇬ArtsyFoxo - 🎂 in 2 🇬🇭 @artsyfoxo.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 30, 2025

    Watching the "Where The Wild Things Are" movie again for the feels. I love the fact that Tony Soprano was the main Monster guy. Also the movie is just... pretty. Plus the Monsters are Jim Henson Creature shop builds iirc. And the CG for the faces hold up better than I expected.

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  • Foryth @foryth.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Batman Begins, still solid. Daddy's Home, stupid but funny. Wild Things, my friend's sister saw a guy jacking off to this movie in theaters lol, hot movie with lots of twists and turns. Quantum of Solace, was on TV at my parents, good action.

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  • SloaneTVBand @sabrinatvband.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2026

    I've had a great week of film viewing, because since writing this I've seen another four movies that are safely on the short list: -Watermelon Man -Rounders -Sin City -Jawbreaker Plus some movies I saw over a week ago: -Wild Things -Death Proof

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2025

    Maurice Sendak (with scenes from the Spike Jonze film adaptation of the Sendak book "Where the Wild Things Are") - BOTD

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  • Mutual I'm Sure @mutualimsure.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2025

    Tonight's first movie is Wild Things (1998) 🍿

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  • Jennifer Harris @mypbjam.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    When picture books are adapted for film it either leans into the emotion or message of the book (Where the Wild Things Are; Grinch) or the emotion the book evokes (Peter Rabbit). Narrative books that work best. I don’t see me ever writing a narrative book that would works #kidlitchat

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  • the bulging gnome @bulginggnome.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2024

    super niche, but i haven my windows open and the wind just changed and it smells like the Where The Wild Things Are movie to me for some reason and i wanna cryyyyy. not bad cry, good cry. lol 🤷

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2024

    Maurice Sendak (with scenes from the Spike Jonze film adaptation of the Sendak book "Where the Wild Things Are") - BOTD

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  • Lisa Marie @lisamarietea.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 11, 2026

    Tonight's movie from the local video store is Wild Things. It's a very different seminal 90s movie. Contain *multitudes*. The most unbelievable part of this movie is a cop facing consequences for his actions.

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  • Forgotten Great Film Performances @performances.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2026

    Denise Richards - 📽️ Wild Things (John McNaughton, 1998) Everyone is good in this cult erotic thriller with a dozen-plus twists, a much cleverer movie than it may seem. But Richards as Kelly may be her best and defining role, a great poker face amid mind games with Matt Dillon and Neve Campbell.

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  • Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    Wild Things talk so I'm just going to drop my review from my last viewing. My ★★★★½ review of Wild Things on Letterboxd boxd.it/5m5ABl 📽️ #Filmsky

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  • K. Cook & Cats, Co. @iamkaymichelle.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    The Critters movie poster has strong Where The Wild Things Are energy, I feel 🤔 #FilmSky 📽️ #BookSky 📖

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  • Black Eagle Polycule @poly007.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2025

    Wild Things (1998). This movie had like four sex scenes, including a lesbian scene and a threesome scene. God, I miss when everything wasn’t so fucking puritan.

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  • Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2025

    Wild Things is such a fantastic film.

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  • Jayce @jayceb.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    I want my Where The Wild Things Are on Monster Island Godzilla movie and I want it bad.

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  • Michael Rabone @michaelrabone.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2026

    Where the Wild Things Are Great book, movie, and prompt Where the Wild Things Are --ar 1:1 --raw --sref 2494603969 --sw 100 --stylize 300 --hd --v 8.1 #Midjourney

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  • The Emperor's New Podcast @podcasttenp.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    I feel like "This children's book is too short to stretch into a feature film" is an argument that doesn't hold water when films like Jumanji and Where The Wild Things Are (2009) exist. that and short films are remade into feature films all the time.

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  • Jay Gunn/Wilson @gunnwriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    Those Godzillas models are tiny by the way! Also… ALIEN (just the 1979 film) Classic 1960s Star Trek, Where the Wild Things Are and a few random Japanese TV show figures. My favourite item is a very rare Donald Sutherland Invasion of the Body Snatchers figure bought for me by a friend.

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  • DJ Boozy Brunch @griph.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2024

    Someone counted 12 plot twists in Wild Things (1998) which doesn’t seem like a lot but if you’ve seen the film you know that they are exponentially spaced & by the end every scene ends with a plot twist and then the credits are a bunch of plot twists tying up the loose ends the other twists created

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  • Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    Saw the Spike Jonze Where the Wild Things Are for the first time since 2009. God, I wish that movie had been more successful. Its integration of practical effects and CGI is flawless. I believed in every single thing on screen. Had it been more influential movies would look worlds better.

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  • modamo @modamo.xyzBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    Where The Wild Things Are is a wild ass movie. I don’t remember seeing it when it came out but it’s beautifully shot, a little terrifying, and really funny. Reeeally hard to imagine an adult taking a kid to see it. There’s nothing inappropriate, it’s just a fucking trippy ass movie

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  • Lisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    Trivia P 3 Outside of her band, she has built a highly successful career as a composer & collaborator. She worked with director Spike Jonze for the soundtrack of Where the Wild Things Are. She recently recorded a cover of We'll Meet Again for the soundtrack of the film Jackass: Best And Last.

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  • Paul Bae @paulbae.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2025

    Thinking of my teaching days when I gave 2 senior girls detention for tardiness. I noticed them whispering while staring at me. Them: You seen Wild Things? Me: No. Them: You should watch Wild Things. It’s a good movie. That weekend I watched Wild Things I never gave them a detention again.

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  • Fuzzypaws! @fuzzypaws.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2025

    Watching the Where The Wild Things Are movie with my D&D group after the game, and now I am more sure than ever that Labubu’s are based on the Wild Things XD

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  • Dannio @dannio24.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    Morning, some trivia! I’ve only ever been to the movie theater 5 times. 2009: Where the Wild Things Are 2015: Monkey Kingdom 2016: The Angry Birds Movie 2020: Sonic the Hedgehog 2023: The Super Mario Bros. Movie You know I HAD to be there for the Mario Movie as the Mario nut that I am lol.

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  • Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.comBluesky · Oct 10, 2023

    "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE is perhaps the most personal film Spike Jonze has made to date, even if he’s coy about saying so directly; it’s also one of the most accurate portrayals of childhood ever put on screen." [email protected]

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  • rudetuesday @rudetuesday.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    Wendell Berry | "The Peace of Wild Things" A Poetry Film by Charlotte Ager & Katy Wang youtu.be/-ewB0WL3bNw

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  • John 🍂 @jrgdrawing.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2026

    I’m on my soap box. I think Where the Wild Things are is a fantastic movie

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  • The Orchid Show @theorchidshow.myatproto.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    Someone should make a bumper sticker that reads "Keep on honking - I'm jacking off to the 1998 movie Wild Things."

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  • Smilner, Renowned Actor @smilner.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2025

    I loved the Gandolfini Where the Wild Things Are because I can't really think of a movie that was so honest about children's emotions

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  • ✨ MELLY ✨ @mellyfratelli.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2024

    It's a big moment: my first film watch to documented on the Bluesky. It's the Neve Campbell and Denise Richards classic WILD THINGS! The score is almost Lynchian and it's absolutely sending me. Ditto the acting.

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