Side by Side: ‘Inferno’ (1980, Dario Argento) / ‘The Great Muppet Caper’ (1981, Jim Henson)

#30DaysofWalpurgis Day 2 LISA & THE DEVIL (1973) Mario Bava An intensely personal art horror opus at turns ambitious gothic opera of imagistic splendor & sordid nocturnal emission of bleary late-night schlock whose only real audience at its inception was Bava’s own subconscious.

Side by Side: ‘Inferno’ (1980, Dario Argento) / ‘The Great Muppet Caper’ (1981, Jim Henson)

First time seeing ‘Crawlspace’ (1986) tonight. Another dollop of surreal, atmospheric genre pudding from the unsung David Schmoeller. (This Thai one-sheet *almost* slaps as hard as that banging Donaggio score…)

Love these old Variety ads!

My longest piece of writing so far on Ken Russell's The Devils can now be read below. ⬇️ RePosts appreciated 🔁 letterboxd.com/hunkykubrick... Below are Dudley Sutton & Ken's opinion on Warner Bros. 😆 #Writing #TheDevils #KenRussell #FilmSky #FreeTheDevils #FuckWarnerBros

Frame of the Day

Turkish film poster for VISITING HOURS (1982 - Dir. Jean Claude Lord) Cast: Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, William Shatner

Streep’s on record as pretty much despising her performance in ‘Night’ but there’s this magical five-minute portion towards the end of the pic where things come to a complete standstill, the camera honing in on her face as she extrudes the most vulnerable, electrifying monologue of her whole career.

I often watch film performances and think about what the text looked like on the page and how the actor saw those words and came up with their choices… … and the one I think about a lot is how Robert Duvall decided to put across “it’s a big, fat, big-titted hit” in NETWORK. Singular perfection.

Cassavetes' camera style is to move in for the kill, like those TV newsmen who ask people in distress the questions that push them to break down while the camera moves in on the suffering eyes and choking mouth. (1971)

It’s sassy, it’s silly, it’s scary—and that’s just Gale’s fringe! My personal favourite ‘Scream’, pt.3 stands out from the splat by virtue of its weird ambience, boisterous set pieces, left-field cameos, and droll, ‘Scooby-Doo’-ish skewering of the Hollywood studio system. Released #OTD Feb 4, 2000.

Conflict (1945) Hoping to get with her sister, Humphrey Bogart kills his wife. Sister doesn't feel the same. Then on top of that, someone's I-know-what-you-did-last-summering him. Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart #noir

I’ve never seen anything quite like Lindsey C. Vickers’ The Appointment (1982) before? The laced arsenic of implication that almost, ALMOST, codes this as a folk horror Fire Walk With Me is so subtle in the nearly unbearable slow burn. Whole thing is a pretty gruesome trance.

Psycho III (1986) Director Anthony Perkins

It's not April Fools Day, but here are a few reviews that celebrated (or otherwise) Paramount's tricksy 1986 quasi slasher!

Sie tötete in Ekstase (She Killed in Ecstasy), Jess Franco (1971)

LORNA (1964, Russ Meyer) Russ Meyer movies had the best openers @matthewsouthworth.bsky.social

With viscid tongue lodged firmly in reptilian cheek, ‘The Relic’ takes a bite at the mid-budget monster flick blueprint, its droll comportment, shadow-swathed setting, and game perfs the backbone of a charmingly boisterous, scientifically preposterous beast. Released on this day, January 10, 1997.

Magic, madness, metempsychosis: David Lynch’s self-produced, self-distributed epic of oneiric uncanniness INLAND EMPIRE (2006) "mesmerises the viewer with its overlapping tales of toxic Tinseltown". Screens 2pm today at NFT4, BFI Southbank. projectedfigures.com/2023/04/26/i...

De Palma Does Hollywood: Fleshing Out the Split-Screened Study of Voyeurism & Illusion in BODY DOUBLE - @aheartofgould.bsky.social

"blends suburban hyperreality with mythic journey to show that the more you change, the more you stay the same": Todd Solondz’s dark American dream PALINDROMES (2004). projectedfigures.com/2026/01/10/p...

SUPERNATURAL 1933◾️Director Victor Halperin◽️ Cinematographer Arthur Martinelli◾️

1st edition paperback book for In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes

Hope everyone is staying safe and warm and kicking off the new year with a refreshing glass of beef fizz.

Well that’s me sorted for the next few hours

Inland Empire (2006), David Lynch. A hypnotic maze that embodies Lynch at his most immersive and complex. Relax, drift, and let the dream unfold. Don’t look for answers, they’ll find you-or not. Laura Dern is astonishing, anchoring the film with an emotional core that cuts through time and space📽️🎞️

Spanish film poster for SISTERS (1972 - Dir. Brian De Palma) Cast: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning

Entertainment Weekly (December 13, 1991)

Clue gained a cult following since its release 40 years ago on December 13, 1985. Costume designer Michael Kaplan avoided dressing each character to match their colorful alias. The menswear reflects not just trending fashions of 1954 but also each man’s respective profession and personality.

Happy ‘Clue’ Day to all who celebrate… In a film stuffed with sparkling turns, Brennan’s Mrs. Peacock twinkles just that little bit brighter.

Happy ‘Clue’ Day to all who celebrate… In a film stuffed with sparkling turns, Brennan’s Mrs. Peacock twinkles just that little bit brighter.

It's Christmas and darker nights, so *of course* time for ghosts and chilly horror. Well, for some of us... I've decobwebbed, dusted down and resurrected my piece on the 1979 adaptation of M.R. James' Casting the Runes, which I like a lot. arowofopengraves.co.uk/2025/12/10/a...

Trailer for Don’t Open Til Christmas (1984, Edmund Purdom)

Orca (1977) Dir. Michael Anderson — What do you get when you cross Jawsploitation with a stone-cold killer whale, great actors, and a score that punches above its weight? you get a film that is Equal parts pulp mayhem and genuine heartbreak somehow both bonkers and moving. More than meets the eye🎞️📽️

#NW. Found a listing on eBay for this old Blockbuster screener. Would love to know what the “Put the Pieces Together” Contest entailed! Fun fact: Pic’s costar, Joanne Whalley, went to my high school, & my mum knew her grandmother. Had quite the Hollywood run in the 80s/90s. Jo, that is. Not grandma.

The remarkable end-papers for 1966’s Rupert Annual, by Alfred Bestall.

An icy excursion through eclectic genre terrain, ‘Dead of Winter’ (1987) marries the elaborate mien of a spoofish Agatha Christie with the forlorn spirit of a psychological chamber piece, its diligent weirdness enriched by the ruminative piano score and a furiously fun, snowballs-to-the-wall finale.

An icy excursion through eclectic genre terrain, ‘Dead of Winter’ (1987) marries the elaborate mien of a spoofish Agatha Christie with the forlorn spirit of a psychological chamber piece, its diligent weirdness enriched by the ruminative piano score and a furiously fun, snowballs-to-the-wall finale.

Getting into the spirit.

In a genre that typically hasn’t allowed its ladies to be droll, flawed, complex human beings built of ambition, courage, sorrow, eccentricity, and brainpower, the richly feminist ‘Black Christmas’ (1974) stands tall. That it was weaved by a bunch of blokes makes it all the more rare and impressive.

In a genre that typically hasn’t allowed its ladies to be droll, flawed, complex human beings built of ambition, courage, sorrow, eccentricity, and brainpower, the richly feminist ‘Black Christmas’ (1974) stands tall. That it was weaved by a bunch of blokes makes it all the more rare and impressive.

Four Christmas movies to know me by…

Four Christmas movies to know me by…

Christmas giallo!

Thanksgiving mood board: