Had a blast watching Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair. In the years since last watching the Kill Bill films, I had entirely forgotten how silly and camp the whole thing was.

Perfect stocking fillers for the horror reader in your life

Being on a train with wave sounds on my headphones is my new favourite place to write. That short trip from Berwick upon Tweed to Edinburgh usually for a cinema trip on my 'day off' is where a lot of magic happens. The deadline of the journey ending: DON'T STOP WRITING!

Got my paperback of this insanitome by @grumpyandrew.bsky.social . It even feels weird to the touch. Treat yourselves to a copy of this staggeringly unsettling horror novella.

Toadhead is the upcoming novella by @grumpyandrew.bsky.social where he asks "what if Pixar's Ratatouille but murder?" and it is as gloriously demented as that sounds, threaded through with a rich seem of beautiful melancholy. It's a perfect summer evening read. Releases later this month.

Clive Baker's Lord of Illusion is the campest film I have seen in a long while. The score has all the subtlety of a table leg being kicked up your arse by a 'roid raging Vinnie Jones.

Right... Let's get this show on the road. (Big pot of tea and pack of gingersnaps to hand and a free house.) @grumpyandrew.bsky.social new book out very soon... Excited to get an advanced sneaky peak

youtu.be/Qn_bDLwnatE?... Here's a trailer for my newest play that is opening at Duns Play Fest for its UK premiere on Tuesday 7th May 7:30. So proud to be a part of this wonderful festival of new writing.

Today tried to kick my ass. Today didn't realise I'm a tenacious bastard with a lot of reasons to stick around. I'm doing this the hard way. I'm getting better. No compromise. If you're worried about someone tonight, pick up that phone and call them. Don't NOT call. Do it now.

Bite Radius costume designs are fricking ace. It has top tier knitwear.

Our son Johan pictured here in his fab new Monsters Inc Sully onesie. Cuteness overload. Also, gun to my head to name the greatest film of all time: Monsters Inc.

First rehearsal for my newest play Bite Radius in the bag. It's so exciting to finally be underway with this amazing cast. Gary Robson (moustache and cream zip jumper) who I have known personally for nearly 30 years,looks unrecognisable to me in this picture.

Production on Bite Radius commences in earnest next Tuesday. Anxious to start. And just anxious because it will start. Why does my brain hate me.

The Girl With The Needle is beautifully performed, photographed, directed and the design work is on top form. It conjures Bergman, La Strada and Dreyer. I absolutely hated it. It made me want to throw up. The film got me right in the nopes.

David Lynch - rest in peace, you mad genius you. Thank you for the beautiful nightmares. youtu.be/awVNCIjQq1A?...

My son is playing with his Spiderman action figures, however he seems to be acting out some Mike Leigh suburban drama. I'm hooked, but he has to get dressed for school. Also he's 4. We've managed to raise 'that child'.

How to turn the tale of Thesius and The Minotaur into an unnerving queer drama about parental grief and toxic relationships... Watch this space. (Any therapists on here? Or anyone wanting to apply a cool flannel to my forehead...)

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social regarding remakes of silent films, Ozu remade his own silent film A Story Of Floating Weeds as a 'talkie'

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge Day 1

Can we salute the brave soul outside The Cameo in Edinburgh yesterday afternoon who was lecturing his girlfriend about all the ways the film they had just watched "WASN'T PREDICTABLE" as she had dared to claim.

Until abortion is legal in every state, lets require men to get a mandatory vasectomy until they are proven emotionally mature, financially responsible and ready to be a father. Wait, what do you mean regulations on men's bodies make you uncomfortable?

A timely reminder that all proceeds from my short story 'The Meat Just Falls From the Bone' go to Medical Aid for Palestinians (www.map.org.uk) US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX3GG51R UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CX3GG51R Shares greatly appreciated! #HorrorWritersChat #HorrorWriting #Horror #Gaza

Full cast read through for Bite Radius last night. I can't wait to bring this show to the stage in May 2025.

Is there anything more entertaining than an amateur actor 'having a go' at an accent and creating a whole new mutant strain of hitherto unheard vowel sounds? Last night was a treat...

New albums from Godspeed You Black Emperor AND Fairground Attraction dropping in one day. This is going to be a Barbenheimer level volte face of mood.

@kermodemovie.bsky.social On your trip to Copenhagen, make sure you check out the beautiful Palads Cinema. A beautiful building that looks as though it has been sculpted out of ice-cream.

This cast is getting more exciting by the week!

Can't wait to work with the incredible Bee Kerr on Bite Radius. Pre-production on the filmed elements of the play will commence soon and it's going to be an intense show to create. It helps a lot when your lead actor is so creative and fun to be around.

Trying to find a nice substitute for Twitter and had this recommended on a podcast I adore. My musings on writing and the arts will now be plonked here for anyone's delectation.