Alan Gibson directs Lee and Cushing as they prepare for the opening scene of Hammer’s first modern-day outing for the Count, Dracula A.D. 1972. The maligned but much loved picture began production on this day in 1971. 🖤

FYI: THE CREEP TAPES Season 2 returns to Shudder this fall, with new guest stars David Dastmalchian, Robert Longstreet, and more.

An entry from the #HooklandEncyclopædia, this time on Dracula Buses and the censorship of #horror films. Also, context for later tonight.

Everyone should watch The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1976) and Capricorn One (1977). Very different films (naturally!), but both the epitome of kickass 70s thrillers. Epic atmosphere, epic actors, epic storytelling. Yes, yes, yes! #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

My garden frog friend was kind enough this afternoon to let me get super close and take an ickle piccie 🐸

Another super successful viewing week. I went into Caddo Lake (2024) expecting a standard detective drama I could doomscroll to, but no, it was actually an incredible sci-fi mystery that made me tear up?! Watched the whole thing without looking at my phone! #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

A little late night chill with #LaurencePayne #AdrienneCorri #DermotWalsh in... 🖤 THE TELL-TALE HEART (1960) 11:10pm horror #TPTVsubtitles

Sunday afternoon viewing of Peeping Tom (1960) and accidentally paused on this wonderful shot of Anna Massey. Kind of apt, I think.

I don’t know wtf I was dreaming about last night, but I woke up this morning lying in a full on Peter Pan pose?

Another Hammer down and another Stephen King adaption I really should have seen by now. Very impressed by both. The surprise was 1956’s revenge thriller The Killer Is Loose. It was far more absorbing than expected. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

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Spotted Mission To Mars (2000) on tv for a trashy, fun rewatch and got excited. Turns out I was a dolt. It was, in fact, very bad tv movie Escape From Mars (1999). Even worse, I sat through the whole thing…?!

Very guilty of being on my phone while watching a film this week. I need to revisit The Discovery (2017) as I was more listening than watching. I'm 100% sure I missed nuances, and rating it 3.5 based on mostly what I heard means it deserved more of my attention. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

Guys, we made it to Friday. Congratulations all round 🥳

Finally!! I’ve waited so long to have it in my paws 🥲 @arrowvideo.bsky.social youtu.be/fHbMODPzNQg?...

"Don't worry, Mr. Flagg, she whispered. "He'll never make it to Nebraska." It’s been a long, long time since a book has sent such a shiver down my spine… Courtesy of the short story The Tripps by Wrath James White.

Gosh, I just had the best nap while re-watching Longlegs (2024). That was an unexpectedly relaxing film apparently?

Join their battle against Victorian crime! Tonight at 8pm on #TPTV SERGEANT CORK (1963-68) Starring #JohnBarrie as Cork & #WilliamGaunt as Marriott. With EXCLUSIVE introductions by William Gaunt! #TPTVsubtitles

Tonight at 9pm... It's in the trees... it's coming! NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) #TPTVsubtitles

Because I am an adult with adult money, another plushie has come home with me. This time a giant Fuggler. The whole family walked back from town each hugging a different one, much to the amusement of passer-by’s.

My evening horror rewatch is Needful Things (1993). Except it turns out I’ve never seen it? No idea how I’ve managed to convince myself this is a film I’ve seen many times. The book must’ve really left an impression.

Modern watches dominated this week. I didn’t really believe that Heart Eyes (2025) was a rom-com, but it 100% is and it really tickled me throughout. Would love to see a sequel. Also loved the little flourish from Letterboxd when you review it. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

This extremely introverted person is doing a brave thing. I’m going to the Leicester Square screening of The Curse Of Frankenstein! Excited!!!

A thread: all the episodes we’ve released so far… Episode 1. Marking The Grave (an introduction) www.spreaker.com/episode/mark...

Talk about unlocking a core childhood memory 🧪

Hi folks - yet another piece of British film history is about to be erased, please consider signing! www.change.org/p/keep-the-h...

Tonight is a big bag of Skips with shitty horror movies kind of night. 🔪 🧛‍♂️ 💀 👻🍿

Classic horror week with two from Amicus, one from Hammer, and one from Bel-Air. Unintentionally three Peter Cushing’s, but also Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Lon Cheney Jnr, Basil Rathbone, Anton Diffring, Nigel Green, and more! I feel enriched! #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

Petition to bring back credits at the start of movies.

Snuck in a watch of Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974). There were certainly some characterisation ‘choices’ made with secondary characters, but helped bring the setting to life. Fun to see a Hammer without a sudden ending, and even more so with an implied (and ironic) “to be continued”

Something mad has happened The British Library Sound Archive has asked to preserve General Witchfinders as part of the nation’s audio & cultural heritage! We’re humbled / baffled that our injokes and “moronic prattle” will now outlive us all www.generalwitchfinders.com @britishlibrary.bsky.social

Back from our self induced coma, our latest episode about “The Mind of Mr. Soames” with special guest @krycekfacility.bsky.social is finally available here: 👉 bit.ly/Soames 👈 #AmicusFilms #Podcast

All I ask for in life is enough money to buy a manor house like Candleshoe and fill it with ancient curios. This includes enough books to have a library that requires one of those ladders on wheels.

Like something from a Japanese horror film, the legendary and genuinely creepy Fifth Housemate lurked in the background of every episode of series one of THE YOUNG ONES (1982). I've watched the series countless times since I was 12 and only became aware of this about 7 or 8 years ago!

Watching alien earth

Best intentions this week. Didn’t quite work out, but not for the last three’s lack of trying. May have been that I wasn’t being patient enough when watching 🤷‍♀️ Halfway through 2004’s King Solomon’s Mine and loving Patrick Swayze’s Quartermain though. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

One episode into Alien: Earth and am cautiously optimistic. First 15mins were particularly excellent, refreshing to see scenes that actually felt like the Alien universe and not just a series of Easter eggs *side-eyes Romulus* Can’t say I care about any of the characters yet though 🙃

I recently lost my boi, a moggy who had been at my teen’s side for her entire life and my kitty-child when I thought I couldn’t have kids, so I understand how a cat can mean everything 🐈‍⬛ Little rallying call for Boudica!

100 Hammer productions recorded. Most I’d never seen and some of them are absolute gems I could watch over and over. 💎 The Snorkel (1958) 💎 Four Sided Triangle (1953) 💎 The Nanny (1963) 💎 Celia (1949) 💎 Captain Clegg (1962) Much credit/love to @househammerpod.bsky.social boxd.it/y5HeM

I bought myself a mega treat to feed my Doomwatch obsession and can’t wait to read both, particularly the scripts of missing episodes. Big thank you to @generalwitch.bsky.social and @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social for introducing me to this wonderful, wonderful gem of a series. ♥️

I suddenly felt an amazing burst of creativity so indulged in one of my favourite hobbies. I present for your Saturday enjoyment Colin Caterpillar face stuffed gooey brownies, dark choc chip cinnamon cookies, and brown sugar cinnamon cookies. ChatGPT provided the kindest alt text 🥹

If it’s possible for a film to induce a hangover then Lux Æterna (2019) will be the one. A foolish watch for the owner of a seizure brain like me, but it was certainly an experience…? I’m fine by the way. I clubbed my way through the early noughties, so Gaspar Noé isn’t going to take me out. 🟥🟩🟦

This doesn’t show how much I uncannily enjoyed Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) last weekend, but it does showcase three random classic watches that I recommend. Top of the pack was Strip Tease Murder (1961). Far more to it than its booby title card implies. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

What I dearly love about Doomwatch, beyond the smart and sassy dialogue, and the gratuitous use of cravats, is how much beautiful British countryside is packed into every episode.

Really interesting factoid for all my fellow Peter Cushing fans. He would have blessed the MCU. www.reddit.com/r/hammerhorr...

Every now and again, I give myself a ‘wellness’ challenge. Today I’m finishing a multi-day juice cleanse. Delicious, yes. Cleansing, maybe? Filling, no. Sitting in a meeting where there is a selection of TimTams, pure will power torture ☹️ If you hear a tummy rumbling from afar, it’s mine!

This week has cemented two things: 1. Eric Bana is an incredibly underrated actor. 2. There are still very good found footage films out there that I haven’t seen yet. Ironically currently watching a not-good found footage… C’est la vie et bon vendredi à tous! #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

Doomwatch 1971: How can we judge a man’s character simply for having double-Y chromosomes? All men should be seen as moral characters and judged by their actions. Alien3 1992: DOUBLE-Y CHROMOSOMES BAD. DOUBLE-Y CHROMOSOMES MAKE ALL MEN MURDERERS!!! 🧐😏

Blimey, BBC Four, what have we done to deserve this? Next Wednesday 30 July, the late evening schedule is devoted to THREADS and THE WAR GAME, two of the most horrifying and bleakly depressing films ever made. There will be documentaries, too. Get the snacks in!