John Llewellyn Probert

Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) Following its UK cinema Christmas release last year, Mike P Nelson’s grindhouse slasher movie remake par excellence is now getting a Blu-ray...

"Likely to become an annual seasonal watch for slasher fans" one of my favourites from last year is out on Blu-ray on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/sile...

JLP: Hooray!
Magnus: Woof!

Wednesday morning Magnus!

Else (2025 “French Arthouse Melding of Lovecraft and TETSUO Creates Something Beautiful” You won’t have seen anything quite like ELSE, the debut feat...

"...as our protagonists mutate and meld with their surroundings, so the film changes too..." Unique French SF Horror ELSE is out on digital from Blue Finch next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/else...

God of Frogs (2026) When the history of 2020s cinematic horror is written, there's going to need to be a fairly big section labelled 'ambitious and interestin...

"When the history of 2020s cinematic horror is written, there's going to need to be a fairly big section labelled 'ambitious and interesting ideas that lacked the budget and skill to really make them work'." Today I give you, GOD OF FROGS @aimpublicity.bsky.social :

Thanks so much - I hope you enjoy it greatly. Magnus got many things for Xmas including this blanket. Here he is in the chair he has stolen from me and made his own, so the Bride can utter much 'Awwww' - ness

Thanks Steve! Hope you have a great time with it!

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JLP Book Time! Copies of the paperback edition of my short story collection MADE FOR THE DARK are now in the house! Thrill to 'Blood and Dust'! Shudder at 'The Strange Hotel Medical Party'! Be actually moved by 'The Man Who Loved Grief'! ! Ordering details below!

Strongroom (1962) & The Man in the Back Seat (1961) The cover of this new BFI release (out soon on Blu-ray, Apple TV, Amazon Prime and - in a bit - on BFI Player) may only mention STRONGROOM...

"Superb British B-movie stuff". A Vernon Sewell double bill gets the BFI Blu-ray treatment, out on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/stro...

Anaconda (2025) After its release in UK cinemas at the end of last year. Sony’s novel, metatextual reboot of its 1997 Luis Llosa-directed Jennifer Lopez and...

Sony's ANACONDA remake has just hit streaming and they've done another one of those weird food tie-ins to promote it. Here's my review of the film but not the sandwich, but there is a picture of it: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/anac...

Excalibur 4K (1981) “Impressive, Definitive, Essential” John Boorman’s unique, stunning retelling of the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round T...

"Impressive, Definitive, Essential" Arrow's three disc set of John Boorman's EXCALIBUR in 4K is out on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/exca...

Westworld 4K (1973) Arrow Films are releasing Michael Crichton's WESTWORLD  in a new 4K restoration (that looks excellent) on both UHD and Blu-ray. Delos is...

"...a different, more low-key kind of disaster movie". WESTWORLD gets a 4K release from Arrow, out next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/west...

The Ugly Stepsister 4K (2025) After a successful run on the streaming service Shudder and appearing on quite a few Best of 2025 lists, Norwegian writer-director Emilie Bl...

"...a different point of view to that envisioned by Giambattista Basile (and afterwards by the Brothers Grimm)" THE UGLY STEPSISTER gets the posh @secondsightfilms.bsky.social treatment, out next Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

And here's the link to the paperback! amzn.eu/d/07mhYyES

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I have a new novella out! ‘For I Have Seen the Darkness Moving’ features all manner of giant monster shenanigans which would cost Hollywood at least $150 million to put on screen and you can find it in Cthulhu Cymraeg: The Night Country. Ordering details below!

Stolen Face 4K (1952) The first posh Hammer 4K release on UHD and Blu-ray for 2026 is Terence Fisher's STOLEN FACE, a film that will be fondly remembered by those...

"...sympathetic to a man whose modus operandi would become the stuff of so many horror films of the next few decades" Hammer's STOLEN FACE is out on 4K on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/stol...

Save the Green Planet! 4K (2003) The 2003 Korean original that was recently remade by director Yorgos Lanthimos as BUGONIA is getting a two-disc 4K restoration release fro...

"A wildly original work that combines comedy, science-fiction, horror and more". SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! is out on 4K from Arrow on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/save...

The Visitor 4K (1979) Arrow Films are bringing out the quite remarkable experience that is director Giulio Paradisi's THE VISITOR on 4K UHD. I tried to convey the...

"...based on the gesticulations of a madman who couldn't communicate in any known language." THE VISITOR is out on 4K from Arrow next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Jimmy and Stiggs (2025) “Homemade Insanity” It’s worth saying right at the start of this review that if you’re a fan of the films of exploitation auteur Joe Beg...

"...a no-holds-barred neon lit showdown with a bunch of rubbery blue melon-headed monsters" Joe Begos' JIMMY AND STIGGS is out on digital platforms a week today : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/jimm...

Cry of the Banshee 4K (1970) For the first in their ‘Hammer Presents’ line, in which Hammer Films are releasing classic British horror from other studios, we’re getting ...

Out next Monday, "...definitely not the film to show someone to demonstrate why you love British horror films". CRY OF THE BANSHEE is out on 4K: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/cry-...

Cheers! I hope the stories in mine raise a smile or two!

Dark Winds Seasons 1 - 3 (2022 - 2025) Acorn International Media are releasing seasons 1 - 3 of the acclaimed Navajo Nation crime series on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. Seasons 1 & 2...

Season 3 of the excellent crime show Dark Winds is released on Monday, along with a box set of the entire show @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/01/dark...

We Bury the Dead (2025) Signature Entertainment are releasing writer-director Zak Hilditch's latest post-apocalyptic drama (he made the emotional endurance test tha...

"...comes across like one of zombie genre progenitor George A Romero's equally concerned movies like THE CRAZIES" The new film from the director of THESE FINAL HOURS is out from @signatureuk.bsky.social a week today: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-b...

Magnus & John's Most Haunted reboot has not been picked up by Netflix.

Snakes on a Plane 4K (2006) A glorious example of the type of film Roger Corman used to make and that the Italians used to rip off with equal gusto, Arrow Films are...

"Ludicrous, over the top nonsense" SNAKES ON A PLANE gets a 4K release from Arrow on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/01/snak...

Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025) "Tremendous, Gory, Action-Packed Entertainment" Following its UK cinema release late last year, Finnish writer-director Jalmari Helander's...

"...could be considered a feature length live action Road Runner movie par excellence" SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE is now out on digital from Sony. Here's what I thought, plus details of SISU's tie-in hamburger. Yes, hamburger: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/01/sisu...

Awww thanks my friend! Too kind!