Out now in paperback in this fantastic horror tale The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/8/...

HYPNOGORIA 303 - Your Turn Some one on social media asked "What's the creepiest thing you've experienced that you genuinely cannot explain?" and Mr Jim examines the strange tales and ghostly experiences that followed... hypnogoria.libsyn.co... #podcast #paranormal #ghosts

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ROCKY HORROR SHOW. I review the marvellously silly THE MONOLITH MONSTERS right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

And also: “… the music goes into a full blown, histrionic stinger of a cue that might be best reserved for some much more ostentatious looking form of life ending peril.”

And: : “… sans clouds because, nobody had thought about the Earth being covered in clouds until years later when man travelled into space…”

From my latest review: “… partially because of its silliness and also because it’s a well made piece of hokum which completely fits in with what Universal were conjuring up for the monster crowd back then in terms of the gravitas mixed in with…”

New Review - today it’s to the Short Fiction Shelves and I have a new magazine to look at in the form of Adventitious Issue 1 which i highly recomend www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/3/...

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The five films on the right arrived from Eureka today but, I guess I need to revisit Toho’s three movie adaptation on the left first, as it’s been years since I saw them.

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THE BIG GLUE. I review AURORA MODEL KITS right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/auro...

And finally: “… like their VIKING LONG SHIP being resurrected and promoted when the Kirk Douglas/Tony Curtis movie THE VIKINGS was released into cinemas.”

And also: “When the inadequate coat hangers left them with no more orders and a surplus of stock, one of the employees realised that you could make a toy bow and arrow out of the hangers, which sold by the bucket load.”

And: : “… I’m guessing my parents just didn’t want me to have them after all the furore and fall out of scaring all the other infant school kiddies with my drawings of dancing skeletons.”

From my latest review: “… the many pop culture references to the kits they were known for, especially their famous models based on various Universal Monsters.”

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PUNK, ROCKED! I review the original DIRTY HARRY right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/dirt...

And finally: “… visual shorthand in the movie, cleverly built to tell a piece of story with no dialogue or further clarification needed, such as when a shot of a cigarette falling into a pile outside a car door …”

And also: “… Lalo Shifrin’s landmark score already doing some heavy lifting in establishing an off-kilter theme to represent the twisted mind of the killer.”

And: : “… more concerned with cutting through the red tape and upholding justice, rather than doggedly following the law (which anyone who has done any time on jury service, would recognise are two entirely different things).”

From my latest review: “… With the background turmoil of a load of assassinations, the Miranda rights, the Vietnam war and a general feeling of overall descent in the USA…”

It's time for another edition of Quick Picks and Pans: cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2026/02/febr...

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GHOST OF BAGHDAD. Bagdad Burglar Week concludes with my review of the 1961 Steve Reeves version of THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

And also: “… both he and the magical steed both turned into a cartoon version of themselves for the long shot, in exactly the same way that Kirk Alyn would start flying in the two 1940s SUPERMAN serials…”

And: “Many of the special effects don’t seem nearly as good as either the silent version or the 1940s version, it seems to me…”

From my latest review: “… I had at least expected a trashy, action packed peplum which would entertain me no end. Especially since it stars former HERCULES and action muscle man Steve Reeves in the titular role…”

As it’s the weekend it’s time for Wombling Along where I gather reviews, articles and more things online that caught my eye www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...

And that’s how you do amazing camerawork. Three points of view from one shot.

What the heck?!? Just put the BFI blu ray edition of THRONE OF BLOOD on and there are no subtitles on the opening male chorus, which presumably sets the scene. Not very helpful.

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JAFFAR TAKES. Bagdad Burglar Week continues on the blog with my review of the 1940 Korda version of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

And finally: “… in the scenes shot on set in America, the women all have their blouses tightly buttoned up to the top where, in continuity defying fashion, the UK scenes are a lot looser with the way the costumes are worn on the ladies in question.”

And also: “… which will probably call to mind many of that composers other scores, including one with a similar soundscape, being his score for the later movie THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD.”

And: : “… a giant spider battled on its web, a blue all-seeing eye as a crystal and a purloined flying carpet. But there’s also a mechanical, Pegasus-style flying horse…”

From my latest review: “… some of the effects, with it being the first colour film to employ blue screen techniques, look a little dated and wobbly to me. I say this after loving the effects work on the Douglas Fairbanks version…”

On the blog this week I have a new favourite witch for you to meet in the excellent A Forest, Darkly by AG Slatter www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...

I enjoyed criminal investigations in Hamburg with Sharks by Simone Buchholz translated by Rachel Ward www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...

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ARABIAN HEIGHTS. Bagdad Burglar Week gets underway on the blog with my review of the 1924 silent version of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

And finally: “… timing his jumps over volcanic pits which pretty much pre-dates modern video game design…”

And also: “She also indulges in the essential style of silent movie acting where everything needs to be relayed with gestures and expressions but, she’s much more subtle and understated here than…”

And: : “… which splits open in four different directions, revealing giant teeth holding it together when locked, is absolutely marvellous and just one of many inventive moments…”

From my latest review: “… he’s still pretty entertaining to watch. However, another actor in the film does contrast with him in terms of style to his detriment... but more on her in a minute.”