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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 1d

The Thirteenth Floor Anthology by Guy Adams, A. K. Benedict | Waterstones

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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 1d

Icon are releasing SEVERANCE, the horror comedy Bristol-born film-maker Christopher Smith made in between CREEP (2004) and TRIANGLE (2009), ...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 1d

Cheap new book on sale at Waterstones with me in it alert. I have a story in THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR, based on the old Maxwell Towers strip in the comic Scream! If you order from the link I'm posting by Friday you get 25% off!

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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 1d

"...you'll be chortling merrily one minute and then be genuinely horrified the next" Chris Smith's SEVERANCE is out on 4K UHD & Blu-ray from Icon next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/seve...

Severance (2006)

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 2d

A Review A Day Every Day for October (phew!) continues with the BFI's new 4K restoration of Georges Franju's EYES WITHOUT A FACE, out on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/eyes...

The very first film I wrote about for House of Mortal Cinema gets a sparkling 4K restoration release on UHD, Apple TV and Amazon Prime court...

In the Mouth of Madness 4K UHD (1995)

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 3d

"...threw down a gauntlet of 'follow that' in the mid-1990s that nobody had the slightest inclination of picking up." John Carpenter's classic IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS gets the Arrow 4K treatment, out a week today: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-m...

"I Think Therefore You Are - In 4K!" Arrow Films are releasing a special 4K edition of the third in John Carpenter's loosely themed 'Lov...

Three and Three...Extremes (2002 & 2004)

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 3d

Hey thanks! Your site looks packed with great info - I'll take my time going through it! Cheers!

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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 4d

Producer Peter Ho-Sun Chan's two Asian horror anthology pictures THREE... and THREE EXTREMES are getting a double disc Blu-ray release from Arrow a week tomorrow. Here's what I thought: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/thre...

Arrow are releasing a double disc Blu-ray set of producer Peter Ho-Sun Chan's two Asian horror anthology pictures, both of which contain wor...

The Diabolical Dr Z (1966)

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 5d

This morning, my thoughts on Eureka's new Blu-ray release of Jess Franco's DIABOLICAL DR Z. And no, I don't know why they didn't ask me to do the piece on mad doctor movies: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

It's time for a welcome release of some more Jess Franco on UK Blu-ray as one of the best films from his early black and white period gets a...

"The Belgian Gormenghast?" Radiance Films are releasing on Blu-ray, in a gorgeous limited edition complete with book and slipcase, a 4...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 6d

"...a rich gothic work that may well have influenced similarly strange and eccentric movies" My attempts to post a new review a day for the month of October continue with Harry Kumel's MALPERTUIS, out from Radiance Films on Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/malp...

Malpertuis (1971)

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (1948 - 1980)

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 7d

The BFI are releasing Volume Four of their Short Sharp Shocks collections next Monday. Here's what I thought of everything that's in there: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/shor...

It's time yet again for the BFI to dig deep into the vaults and provide us with a two disc Blu-ray collection of short subjects of...

"Worth Watching at Least Twice" Studio Canal are releasing, on UHD, Blu-ray and Digital, a new 4K restoration of writer Bruce Joel Rubin...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 8d

"...as the credits role you'll be asking all the right kinds of questions" Adrian Lyne's JACOB'S LADDER gets a very nice 4K upgrade from @studiocanal.co.uk, out on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/jaco...

Jacob's Ladder 4K (1991)

"Larry Cohen Strikes Again!" Independent cult director (and hugely prolific screenwriter) Larry Cohen's THE AMBULANCE is getting a limit...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 9d

"...as we get to the end he seems to be either quite tired or possibly under the influence of something." Eric Roberts and his luxurious mullet star in Larry Cohen's THE AMBULANCE, getting a Blu-ray release from Eureka next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Ambulance (1990)

The Return of the Living Dead 4K (1985)

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 10d

"This is a man who has done everything from SPLIT SECOND to CBeebies". Can you guess who I'm talking about, as one of my favourites gets a 4K release from Arrow next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

One of the best zombie movies of all time is getting a 4K release from Arrow Films in both UHD and Blu-ray editions, with two discs in eac...

"The Hill Have Eyes: Chuckle Brothers Edition" Eureka are releasing Northampton-born director Po-Chih Leong's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE-in...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 11d

1985 Hong Kong comedy horror THE ISLAND gets a release from Eureka a week tomorrow: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Island (1985)

"Like DUEL with a Snow Plough...a Bit" After its UK premiere at last year's Grimmfest, director (and co-writer) Joey Palmroos' Minnesota...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 12d

A low budget snow plough chase with some charming model work. DELIVERY RUN is out on digital on Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/deli...

Delivery Run (2024)

"If Frank Henenlotter and Peter Jackson had a French Baby" Studio Canal are releasing Alain Robak's funny, gory French horror picture in...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 13d

Alain Robak's French horror comedy BABY BLOOD gets a 4K release next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/baby...

Baby Blood (1990)

"Great Downbeat Western from the Director of DJANGO" Studio Canal are releasing a 4K restoration on Blu-ray, with extras and a set of ar...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 14d

A bunch of post-civil war confederate soldiers steal a stack of cash to help the South rise again in Sergio Corbucci's THE HELLBENDERS, out on Blu-ray in a 4K transfer from Studio Canal on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Hellbenders (1967)

The Curse of Frankenstein 4K (1957)

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 15d

It's October! And to help celebrate the start of the season, here's what I thought of Hammer's forthcoming massive six disc set of THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, out a week on Monday @dnapruk.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

"Ultimately Irresistible for Fans" The latest in Hammer Films' ongoing series of releases of definitive collector's editions of the ...

Arrow are releasing, in limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray sets, the 1997 movie adaptation of Todd McFarlane's comic book character Spawn, h...

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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 16d

"Who would have thought such incoherence would become the norm for many a big budget effects-heavy 'blockbuster' in subsequent decades?" My thoughts on SPAWN which is getting a 4K release from Arrow on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/spaw...

Spawn (1997)

"Beguilingly Weird British Folk Horror" Writer-Director Dean Puckett's THE SEVERED SUN, which is based on his own 2018 short THE SERMON ...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 17d

"...benefits immensely from gorgeous landscape photography, some beautiful compositions, and from not being shy of splashing the gore about where necessary" British folk horror THE SEVERED SUN is out on Digital next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

The Severed Sun (2025)

"Preposterously Entertaining" The sequel to 2023's highly successful M3GAN is getting a 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD release from Universal. ...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 20d

"...nods to Knight Rider, Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS and even the music of Les Baxter for those of us who like to spot such things." The utterly preposterous M3GAN 2.0 is out on disc from Universal on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/m3ga...

M3GAN 2.0 (2025)

"Manic SF Satire from the director of DETENTION" The new film from director Joseph Kahn, whose BODIED (2017) and DETENTION (2011) were s...

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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 21d

ICK, the new monster movie from Joseph Kahn (DETENTION) is out on digital from @signatureuk.bsky.social now. Here's what I thought: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/ick-...

Ick (2025)

The sequel to George A Romero's hugely successful 1982 CREEPSHOW (the series spinoff is still playing on Shudder) is getting a 4K UHD rele...

John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 22d

I still find it hard to believe that when CREEPSHOW 2 came out it played on the biggest of the five screens at the Nottingham Odeon. Must have been a slow week I suppose. Anyway it's coming out on 4K next week: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/cree...

Creepshow 2 4K (1987)