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Retired academic. Author of Mario Bava: The Artisan as Italian Horror Auteur, British Low Culture, Kung Fu Cult Masters, BFI book on The League of Gentlemen.

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Paul Sheldon's rather slim manuscript for his new novel in Misery.

Paul Sheldon's rather slim manuscript for his new novel in Misery.

How many pages are there in his new novel? 20?

07.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman wearing a knitted hat is smiling in front of a sign that says por 10 Alt: Annie Wilkes in Misery holding up a copy of Misery's Child by Paul Sheldon

Re-watching Misery for the first time since its original release.

07.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wipes his forehead with a towel while holding a bird cage Alt: Chow Yun Fat as Tequila at the teahouse in Hard Boiled

Booked to see Hard Boiled on 35mm at the Prince Charles next week.

07.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Paranoiac! (Freddie Francis 1963)

Paranoiac! (Freddie Francis 1963)

This week's Hammer Time podcast has prompted me to dig this out.

07.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Film review – The Bride! My notes on The Bride!

Film review – The Bride!
johnnyalucard.com/2026/03/07/f...

07.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a man 's face with the words " blood for dracula " above him Alt: Udo Kier in Blood for Dracula

Rewind TV are showing Blood for Dracula tomorrow night and Flesh for Frankenstein on Sunday. Udo Kier is fabulous in both.

06.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a man 's face with the words " blood for dracula " above him Alt: Udo Kier in Blood for Dracula

Rewind TV are showing Blood for Dracula tomorrow night and Flesh for Frankenstein on Sunday. Udo Kier is fabulous in both.

06.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That was great fun, I love when a movie wears its references on its sleeve. And the choice of final music confirms it had its tongue squarely in cheek (as if the Young Frankenstein joke didn't already). Jessie Buckley is incapable of a bad performance. She's just an atom bomb of an actress.

06.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with black paint on her face is sitting in a car Alt: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale yelling from a car in The Bride!

Off to see The Bride! with @chicalolita.bsky.social tonight.

06.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

@michaelspicer.bsky.social has a brilliant take on this type of programme:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjnm...

06.03.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was β€œyour piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

06.03.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 4399 πŸ” 828 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 55

The impression I'm picking up from the rather polarised reviews of The Bride is "a fascinating mess" and I often feel well disposed towards films like that.

06.03.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday to Betty Boo. Here's a reminder of the time she rapped with Public Enemy in the McDonalds at Shepherd's Bush back in 1987 (look out for the unimpressed manager!)

06.03.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 613 πŸ” 180 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 34
β€˜please do not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time. there are currently no United States evacuation points.’
β€” the recorded message you hear when you call the Office of Overseas Citizens Services hotline.

β€˜please do not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time. there are currently no United States evacuation points.’ β€” the recorded message you hear when you call the Office of Overseas Citizens Services hotline.

I'm not making this up. if you're an American stranded in the Middle East and you call the State Department help line, you get a recorded message pretty much telling you to go fuck yourself. thank you for your attention to my extremely angry post about it. link is here: bit.ly/409JSAA

04.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1449 πŸ” 508 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 27

Keep it up, neck rash - you can do it!

04.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This bit in the From Russia With Love game made me laugh out loud. You've got a fairly grounded, low key fight based on the one in the movie, then the most video game looking fucker of all time slides into frame.

02.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 9619 πŸ” 2667 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 138
My Ada print is featured in this month’s HomeStyle magazine.

My Ada print is featured in this month’s HomeStyle magazine.

Press day!
My Ada print is featured in this month’s HomeStyle magazine.
Designed in my little studio in Manchester, now on national newsstands. Not bad, eh?
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...

04.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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a man in a suit stands next to a woman in orange pants in front of a wall of clocks Alt: Ron & Russell Mael.

My local cinema has the best playlist in the bar/foyer area - every so often 'When I'm With You' by Sparks pops up.

04.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bessent is like the sanctimonious pastor in a horror movie who it turns out is experimenting on children in his basement.

04.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Official Trailer - In Theaters Worldwide February 27
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Official Trailer - In Theaters Worldwide February 27 YouTube video by NEON

Off to see some Big Screen Elvis a bit later.
youtu.be/2s_dCvUgOBI?...

04.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Several people asked for a new picture of Molly, aka the Thing of Evil. Here she is.

03.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 6508 πŸ” 390 πŸ’¬ 301 πŸ“Œ 29
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Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, with her slave. That would be me. 🀣

04.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 5725 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 145 πŸ“Œ 21
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Spanish PM SΓ‘nchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

04.03.2026 11:24 πŸ‘ 8324 πŸ” 2876 πŸ’¬ 201 πŸ“Œ 451
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A minor league hockey team had a wiener dog race. Zero thoughts, just vibes and absolute chaos. A thing of beauty

03.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 3888 πŸ” 1231 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 160
SWORDS OF BLOOD (CARTOUCHE) | 4K Restoration | Official Trailer | Dir. by Philippe de Broca
SWORDS OF BLOOD (CARTOUCHE) | 4K Restoration | Official Trailer | Dir. by Philippe de Broca YouTube video by Studiocanal Cinema Club

Off to see Cartouche in Ciné Lumière's Claudia Cardinale season later.
youtu.be/1AjoTViR4-U?...

03.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hadn't written anything new in over a year but shaking off the rust to write a short piece for an upcoming release.

03.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

03.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 6597 πŸ” 1564 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 45
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Few people read my 2nd novel A Touch of Love, perhaps put off by the Mills & Boony title. Written 40 years ago, the backdrop is a British PM (Thatcher) allowing a US president (Reagan) to use UK bases for airstrikes launched to effect regime change in a Middle East country (Libya). We're on a loop.

03.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness - Sam Neill arrives at a cinema showing Sutter Cane's In the Mouth of Madness.

John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness - Sam Neill arrives at a cinema showing Sutter Cane's In the Mouth of Madness.

#NowWatching

02.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Samuel L. Jackson’s priceless reaction when he saw β€œSINNERS” written on the envelope for Best Ensemble.

#SamuelLJackson #Sinners #ActorAwards2026

02.03.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2