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Neil Snowdon
@neilsnowdon.bsky.social
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Daydreamer. Writer. Producer. Editor. Magpie. ADHD & Autistic. Producer of discs at Arrow Video. Friend to some, oddball to others.
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Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
New 4K UHD edition of Excalibur from Arrow Video. The pic shows the contents and packaging: Rigid slipcase, amaray and sleeve, double-sided poster, six art cards, 120page book and three discs. all artwork is by Bob Peak from the original release poster options. vibrant, and filled with reflections and refractions like the light that glints and glows in the film.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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horrornonna.com
Give thanks for the legendary @mikemuncer.bsky.social who's just gone live with a new episode of the great Evolution of Horror poddy, where I was kindly invited to join him on a deep dive into two of my favourites - The Stepford Wives (1975) and Demon Seed (1977) 💜
MAN-MADE MONSTERS #15: The Stepford Wives (1975) & Demon Seed (1977)
YouTube video by Evolution Of Horror
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November 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
neilsnowdon.bsky.social
Fantastic interview with my colleague James White, Arrow's Head of Restoration and also producer of our WILD STYLE disc.
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
neilsnowdon.bsky.social
Last weekend I foolishly *didn't* buy the copies of William Golding's THE INHERITORS and THE SPIRE when I saw them in the Amnesty Bookshop. Now anxiously awaiting a response to the email I sent them late last night asking if they're still there and can be held until I'm back in town this Sunday.
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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pashion.bsky.social
timeline cleaning
A beautiful photo of a turtle wearing a knitted pink hat with seemingly a smile on the face animals nature beauty
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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priscillapage.bsky.social
I posted this between Christmas and New Year's Eve but frankly Phantom Thread is a great Thanksgiving movie, too
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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"The incredible Arrow edition is one of their best of the year"
So great to see @ebertvoices.bsky.social spotlighting
@thehorrormaster.bsky.social IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS 4K @arrowvideo.bsky.social release with my double covers, booklet, disc and poster art. www.rogerebert.com/dvd-blu-ray/...
Photo showing the 4K bluray set with the slipcase, sleeve, poster, booklet and disc for the movie, all featuring my artwork inspired by the movie (like the Black Church and lovecraftian tentacles)
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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martynpedler.com
A little riff on Chekhov's Gun that I wrote for my Under Siege project.
Without doubt, this was the single funniest joke he'd ever made: "When Anton Chekhov walks into a room and sees a gun hanging on the wall, he must think 'uh oh'!" He'd ruined the telling by smirking through it and the girl he'd told didn't exactly laugh. She was impressed, though. He could tell. He forgot all about how he loved theatre arguments over cheap red wine, plans to stage Godot in a laundromat - the moment he held his first gun. He'd forgotten about the joke, too, forgotten about the joke, too, but now he's dying he can feel it inside him. It's curdled and black. He watches its punchline spurt rhythmically out of his chest and pool on the floor. Son of a bitch, he thinks. Chekhov was right.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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secondrun.bsky.social
The wait is over! Our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Sets have arrived!!
Wonderful to see them in the real world. Website discount price of £37.99 until release date - 8 Dec!
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
Also at Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bzhjmvcx
and usual outlets
István Szabó Box set showing the three discs Mephisto, Colonel Redl and Hanussen. István Szabó set showing the reverse of the box and the three discs Mephisto, Colonel Redl and Hanussen.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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cinephiliabeyond.org
Celebrating 78 years of noir perfection: Out of the Past.

Revisit the classic: cinephiliabeyond.org/past-quintes...
‘Out of the Past’ at 78: The Quintessential Film Noir that Launched Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas’ Careers • Cinephilia & Beyond
By Sven Mikulec Seventy years since its release, Out of the Past has long enjoyed an established place in film historians’ lectures on the best examples of film noir. Produced by RKO, a company that m...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
neilsnowdon.bsky.social
Point blank is on Prime (in the UK at least) for anyone who hasn't seen it. It's essential viewing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Reach for the stars... New @backlisted.bsky.social, LAST AND FIRST MEN by Olaf Stapledon, with @mdeabaitua.bsky.social!
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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#FilmSky John Boorman's LEO THE LAST is on Prime in the UK. It's not a great print, and it's pan and scan, but given that it's not an easy film to see otherwise it's a big deal. Even like this it's an extraordinary looking film. Arguably Boorman's most outre and experimental movie.
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
"Kindness is a language animals never forget."
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
neilsnowdon.bsky.social
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Anyway, in the wake of the job loss news, I just wanted to share my site because I’d love to get up to 365 subscribers for the year (free & paid) & if you dig what I do, maybe you’ll want to upgrade your subscription someday: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io

Shares appreciated- thx!
From the Desk of The Horror Chick
Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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joannechocolat.bsky.social
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 13:
Publishing is too often risk-averse and anxious. But the very best writing takes *all* the risks, and carries the readers along with it...
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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thekentacorn.bsky.social
Hoar Frost

Forms when the air is still and cold, usually on clear winter nights. Water vapour in the air condenses on solid surfaces, and as the surface temperature drops below 0°C, ice crystals form.

Origin is old English for old grey hair
Oak leaves with hoar frost
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Brian Simpson.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.

IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
neilsnowdon.bsky.social
People posting about Spielberg's "Untitled UFO movie" and I keep thinking he's making something about that Chubby Brown film ... Which would be quite the career move.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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mattybudrewicz.bsky.social
Keep going like this, Leo, and I’ll end up converting.
markharris.bsky.social Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 13d
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.

Yes, THAT Pope.
The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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martynpedler.com
When you realise that means testing a benefit often costs more than giving the benefit to everyone, you realise we'll happily pay extra to force poor people to prove they're "worthy".
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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horrornonna.com
Christmas miracles have come early, ghoulfriends! You can grab some of my books on cult, horror, exploitation cinema + women's filmmaking from @mcfarland.bsky.social until 1 December at a staggering 35% off with the powerfully effective checkout code HOLIDAY25 ❤️

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Photo of four of my books from McFarland publishing: - Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality (2014) - The Giallo Canvas: Art, Excess and Horror Cinema (2021) - The Cinema Coven: Witches, Witchcraft and Women's Filmmaking (2024) - Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study (2021 Second Edition, which is substantially revised from the original 2011 version and features an entirely new chapter on women-directed rape-revenge films)
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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martynpedler.com
Was that so difficult?
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM