"Brother Cadfael goes EuroGothic". The excellent THE NAME OF THE ROSE gets a deserved 4K release from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social next Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...
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John Llewellyn Probert
@johnlprobert.bsky.social
Curator of the House of Mortal Cinema. Author of The Frightfest Guide to Mad Doctor Movies plus lots more film writing, as well as 19 books of horror fiction (so far). Blu-ray contributor and aspiring Jason King of horror. Magnus the Staffy keeps me fit.
"Slade really grabs his material with both hands and runs with it". 30 DAYS OF NIGHT got a 4K release from Icon this week: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/30-d...
30 Days of Night 4K (2007)
Director David Slade’s adaptation of the graphic (and graphically violent) vampire novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith is get...
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"...by the hour mark you’ll be wishing the eruptions were a little more frequent and a lot more violent" Icelandic volcano disaster movie THE FIRES is out on digital from @signatureuk.bsky.social from today: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
The Fires (2026)
The new Icelandic disaster movie that features footage of actual volcanic eruptions is getting a digital release from Signature Entertainmen...
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"...offers little to no hope for a human race that has caused its own undoing." Arrow are bringing out SOYLENT GREEN on 4K on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/soyl...
Soylent Green 4K (1973)
Arrow Films are bringing out Richard Fleischer’s adaptation of Harry Harrison’s novel Make Room! Make Room! on 4K in UHD and Blu-r...
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“We make shitty movies for people with bad taste. And alcoholics.” The excellent MOCKBUSTER, about making a movie for low rent outfit The Asylum, is out on Digital next Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/mock...
Mockbuster (2026)
“Hugely Entertaining Look at Making Movies for The Asylum” It’s highly likely that everyone visiting this site will have seen at least one...
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"...if you’ve not seen this and love British SF you deserve to treat yourself" Hammer's X THE UNKNOWN gets the posh 4K treatment, out next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/x-un...
X the Unknown 4K (1956)
Hammer’s follow up (of sorts) to their 1955 hit THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT is the latest film to receive the company’s whistles and bells del...
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"As the months pass it becomes obvious that there is no hope for humankind. At all" Stanley Kramer's ON THE BEACH gets a Blu-ray release from the BFI next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/on-b...
On the Beach (1959)
The BFI are releasing producer-director Stanley Kramer’s film of Nevil Shute’s novel which, written in 1957, attempted to predict how people...
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"Aeroplane Disaster Plus Shark Movie Equals Smashing Film". Renny Harlin's extremely entertaining DEEP WATER is out from @signatureuk.bsky.social on digital today and disc next week: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/deep...
Deep Water (2026)
“Aeroplane Disaster Plus Shark Movie Equals Smashing Film” Yes that’s right. Director Renny Harlin (PRISON, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4, DIE...
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"...features quite a few cowboys, lots of cattle and some charming Mexican village dancing" Eureka's Beasts Unleashed box set is out on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/beas...
Beasts Unleashed (1955, 1956)
Eureka are releasing two 1950s monster movies, both examples of low budget (and in one case extremely low budget) monster mayhem, on a singl...
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"Features much trousers down in public and other shenanigans". Eureka Entertainment are releasing a set of Laurel & Hardy silents and I'm delighted to report it was only five minutes before I started laughing: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/laur...
Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years (1929)
Eureka are releasing a limited edition (of 2000) two disc set of the silent short films beloved comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy ma...
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"Set in France and filmed in Spain by an American company operating out of its UK office" AIP's MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE is out from Hammer on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/murd...
Murders in the Rue Morgue 4K (1971)
The latest in the ‘Hammer Presents’ range sees the label following up its release of CRY OF THE BANSHEE with another AIP-produced Christophe...
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Just read THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR - a great anthology about Max the AI who punishes wrongdoers by sending them to the 13th Floor. Excellent short stories from @johnlprobert.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social, Thana Niveau, Mason Cross, @angelaslatter.bsky.social & more! Published by Rebellion.
"...does its damnedest to keep you interested with over the top gore, some eye-catching special effects and, most important of all, a climax that could stand alongside some of the crazier Italian giallos". THE CURSE is out on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
The Curse (2026)
“Splatter-Filled J-Horror” After its UK premiere at Glasgow Frightfest (and its world premiere at Fantastic Fest), Blue Finch are releasin...
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"Top quality B movie entertainment" BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298 is out from @signatureuk.bsky.social today: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/blac...
Black Box: Flight 298 (2026)
“Seriously Decent Aeroplane-Set Horror” Signature Entertainment are giving a Digital, Blu-ray and DVD release to the new film from directo...
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Out this week, and seemingly sold out already from most outlets, Neil Marshall's THE DESCENT gets a three disc 4K steelbook release (presumably a standard one is forthcoming): johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
The Descent 4K Steelbook (2005)
"Spectacular 4K Restoration of a British Horror Classic" Studio Canal have released a gorgeous three disc steelbook edition of writer-direct...
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"...the Norwegian slasher franchise that launched the international career of director Roar Uthaug" @secondsightfilms.bsky.social are releasing THE COLD PREY TRILOGY next Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
The Cold Prey Trilogy (2006, 2008, 2010)
Second Sight are giving their lavish boxset treatment to the Norwegian slasher franchise that launched the international career of direc...
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Off to London this morning to be filmed talking (probably at length and with much gesticulation) for Hammer Films! (And no, Magnus isn’t coming with me, despite what he thinks)
"May you dream of the devil, and..." Ted Kotcheff's brilliant WAKE IN FRIGHT gets the 4K treatment from Arrow Films, out next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/wake...
Wake in Fright 4K (1971)
“May You Dream of the Devil, and…” Arrow are giving us a welcome 4K restoration on separate UHD and Blu-ray releases, of Ted Kotcheff’s ma...
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"I had no idea what was going on much of the time and I still had a blast with it" My thoughts on the two 1990s MORTAL COMBAT movies, out next week from Arrow: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/mort...
Mortal Kombat 4K (1995) and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation 4K (1997)
“Mortal Kombat!” With the latest in the franchise only just out of cinemas, Arrow Films are releasing the first two films to bear the na...
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It's Monday! It's hot! Just be glad you're not watching "a film filled with non-sequiturs, name actors uttering nonsensical dialogue, and a complete lack of understanding of how radios and telephones work" THE MORRIGAN is out next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
The Morrigan (2026)
“Reminiscent of Late 1980s Italian Horror” That is not a recommendation by the way, unless you are a fan of a very particular type of expl...
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"One for fans of really weird and obscure 1970s British cinema" Toomorrorow gets a Blu-ray release from the BFI. Hoooray!: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/toom...
Toomorrow (1970)
Hurrah for the BFI who, together with US boutique Blu-ray outfit Deaf Crocodile, are giving us a 4K restoration of writer-director Val Guest...
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"...if you’re a fan of the era then it’s a must-see" Early 1970s British horror MADHOUSE gets a Blu-ray release from Eureka Entertainment next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/madh...
Madhouse (1974)
One of the films from the tail end of the golden age of British horror (arguably the Golden Age of Horror full stop) is finally gett...
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"This time it’s Joan Collins fighting giant ants, so that's two major 1970s cult movie boxes ticked." My thoughts on EMPIRE OF THE ANTS, out on Blu-ray from Eureka next week: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/empi...
Empire of the Ants (1977)
Eureka are bringing one of writer-producer-director Bert I Gordon’s later (he’d been making them since the 1950s) giant creature features to...
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"British horror obsessives are going to love it." My thoughts on The House of Hammer Volume One Blu-ray set, which has an official release date of next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
The House of Hammer: Volume One (2026)
As well as bringing out their own output in 4K editions in lavish box sets, and providing some much-needed releases for some of th...
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"...sits in the same subgenre of speculative SF as Denis Villeneuve’s ARRIVAL" The pretty good SIGNAL ONE is out from @signatureuk.bsky.social on Digital & DVD next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/sign...
Signal One (2026)
“Thoughtful, Well-Made Science Fiction” SIGNAL ONE, a new and engrossing piece of ‘quiet SF’ is getting a digital HD and DVD release fro...
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"...a perfunctory by the numbers tale of a smuggling scheme" Hammer's 36 HOURS is out on 4K in another posh box set from the company next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/36-h...
36 Hours 4K (1953)
It’s time to dive back into the vaults as Hammer brings us another of their B-movie crime thrillers that most people have never heard of. ...
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'“The water is as much the monster” says director Cunningham, (and it was probably quite a bit cheaper)' My thoughts on DEEPSTAR SIX which is getting a 4K release from Studio Canal next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/deep...
DeepStar Six 4K (1989)
Studio Canal are releasing director Sean S Cunningham’s underwater monster movie in 4K on UHD, Blu-ray and Digital. It’s a film made...
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"...an extremely satisfying example of its type" Paul Bogart's 1969 MARLOWE gets a Blu-ray release from Arrow next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/marl...
Marlowe (1969)
Arrow Films are releasing director Paul Bogart, writer Stirling Silliphant and actor James Garner’s interpretation of Raymond Chandler’s cla...
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"...transcends this setting to become something quite original" AFFECTION is out on digital a week today. My thoughts here: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/06/affe...
Affection (2026)
Blue Finch are releasing writer-director B T Meza’s AFFECTION on Digital platforms. It’s a film you can’t say too much about in reviews fo...
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Just read MADE FOR THE DARK by John Llewellyn Probert. This is a fabulous collection of short stories by one of the horror masters. Creepy, macabre & often funny too. Brilliant stuff, as always! @johnlprobert.bsky.social @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
