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John Llewellyn Probert

@johnlprobert.bsky.social
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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.

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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 13h
Publication day! It's always a special thrill for me to be in the kind of paperback I would buy as a boy, and this one's Welsh as well! Out from @serenbooks.bsky.social today!
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"...a big budget, hugely polished riff on Italian 80s classics like Lamberto Bava’s DEMONS or Umberto Lenzi’s NIGHTMARE CITY." COLONY is the best zombie picture you'll see this year, and it's out from Studio Canal on disc & digital today: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/colo...
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Colony (2026)
“Rip-Roaring Zombie Picture from the director of TRAIN TO BUSAN” Yes that’s right. While it may not be quite as good as Yeon Sang-ho’s zom...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Superb upgrade of a classic" Jonathan Glazer's SEXY BEAST gets the posh @secondsightfilms.bsky.social treatment, out next Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/sexy...
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Sexy Beast 4K (2000)
Jonathan Glazer’s ‘One Last Job’ gangster picture is getting the posh box set treatment from Second Sight, with a limited edition co...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"...shot after shot resembles SF magazine covers of the period brought to life". Arrow are bringing out FORBIDDEN PLANET on 4K, out next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/forb...
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Forbidden Planet 4K (1956)
Arrow Video are releasing, in limited edition 4K two disc sets (either one UHD and one Blu-ray or two Blu-rays) one of the all-time ...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"...rather singular and frequently outrageously entertaining" BLUEBEARD is out from Studio Canal next week: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/blue...
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Bluebeard 4K (1972)
Studio Canal are releasing, on both 4K UHD and Blu-ray, this rather singular and frequently outrageously entertaining piece of Eur...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"...a low budget tale of incipient claustrophobic madness". LENORE is out on Digital on Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/leno...
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Lenore (2026)
After its UK premiere at Horror On Sea last January, this intriguing ultra low budget Australian attempt at giving us a variation on...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The “ancient book” of magic that is all of “two hundred years old” will raise a smile from many reading this". WHERE DARKNESS DWELLS is out on Digital on Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/wher...
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Where Darkness Dwells (2025)
Following its UK premiere at Grimmfest’s digital festival last December, director, co-writer and actor Michael May’s low budget pie...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Reminiscent of Joseph Kahn’s DETENTION in the way seemingly unrelated events all fit together neatly by the end" THE WAVE is getting a Digital release next Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"He sets off into a snowstorm with the only typewritten copy of what looks like his rather short novel" Arrow's excellent 4K upgrade of MISERY is out next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/mise...
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Misery 4K (1990)
“Benefits Immensely From its 4K Presentation” The late Rob Reiner’s masterful adaptation of Stephen King’s novel is getting a 4K release f...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"...belongs to a very long tradition of horror based around the simple premise of ‘Clueless individual does something without thinking it through properly and disaster ensues’ " Curry Barker's OBSESSION is out on disc from Universal now: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/obse...
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Obsession (2026)
“Great Horror from a Grand Tradition” After its phenomenally successful theatrical run, during which it became one of the top ten mone...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"...may well remind you of John Carpenter’s classic HALLOWEEN in places" William Wyler's THE DESPERATE HOURS gets a Blu-ray release from Arrow Video on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Desperate Hours (1955)
Arrow Films are releasing William Wyler’s tense and suspenseful THE DESPERATE HOURS on Blu-ray. It’s a film that, if you watch it ...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"...the dialogue crackles and there are some memorable speeches and one-liners..." Robert Towne's TEQUILA SUNRISE gets the 4K treatment from Arrow, out Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/tequ...
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Tequila Sunrise 4K (1988)
Writer-director Robert Towne’s late 80s neo-noir is getting a limited edition 4K release (on both UHD and Blu-ray) from Arrow Films in a set...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"...if you’re expecting a generic slasher piece then you’ll be very pleasantly surprised at how things pan out." MARSHMALLOW gets a UK Blu-ray release from Toy Robot Video next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/mars...
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Marshmallow (2026)
“Refreshingly Different Summer Camp Horror” Director Daniel Purgatorio’s MARSHMALLOW has been available on Shudder in the US for a while...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"...might remind you of the kind of thing Dan Curtis used to put in his anthology movies" THE SPIRIT LOCK is out on Digital today @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Spirit Lock (2026)
Seven Tales are releasing new British horror film THE SPIRIT LOCK on digital. It’s directed by Steven Fierberg who has a stack of ...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
More stuff with me in! I suspect no-one but me will be thinking 'Machen and Probert - together at last!' but I was delighted to be asked to be in this anthology of Welsh Gothic stories with a bunch of actually very good writers indeed. Out at the end of September from @serenbooks.bsky.social
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Barker would claim in interviews at the time that it was rewritten by a ‘tits and car chase man’. " And thus it was that the teenaged JLP thought he had found his calling. UNDERWORLD gets a 4K release from Arrow next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/09/unde...
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Underworld 4K (1985)
George Pavlou’s film of Clive Barker’s original story (Barker would claim in interviews at the time that it was rewritten by a ‘ti...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Hammer plus Nigel Kneale equals Excellence in Cinema" Hammer's THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN is out on 4K next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"...rarely dull and the presence of some familiar Hammer faces helps pass the time very comfortably." BREAK IN THE CIRCLE is out from Hammer in 4K on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/08/brea...
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Break in the Circle 4K (1955)
“Gorgeous Transfer of an Entertaining Espionage Thriller” Hammer are releasing director Val Guest’s BREAK IN THE CIRCLE in a special thr...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"...offers plenty for aficionados of the genre" Alberto De Martino's DJANGO SHOOTS FIRST is out on 4K from Studio Canal today: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/08/djan...
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Django Shoots First 4K (1966)
Studio Canal are releasing director Alberto De Martino’s DJANGO SHOOTS FIRST, one of many Italian westerns to bear the Django name...
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"...tries hard to be a sinister version of Hansel and Gretel" Curtis Harrington's WHOEVER SLEW AUNTIE ROO? is officially out on Blu-ray from Hammer next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/08/whoe...
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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Next up in the Hammer Presents line of British-made horror films not actually made by the company is this AIP thriller from director Curtis ...
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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 15/08/2026
Yesterday I was in London filming a documentary for Hammer! Also met up with my dear friend John L Probert and it was great to meet John Hamilton for the first time and cameraman Bill. Bill was the best.
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Haunted Bench Project @hauntedbench75.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jumped to 'Nightmare Abbey' #10. Fave stories to dater: Reggie Oliver's gorgeous 'Sad Gardens': #Magnus & @johnlprobert.bsky.social vs. the Will o' the Water: @helengrantsays.bsky.social's #SawneyBeaneClan update: & Tom Johnstone's 'Lucky Lucifer.' #tour_guides_hate_you #haf_found_lucan
Nightmare Abbey 10. Cover illustration by Allen Koszowski. A haunted wooden shack in the woods; a giant spiders web; a hand crawling out of the earth. A very busy composition. Back cover advertising 'Nightmare Abbey' & 'Infinity Plus' back issues.
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Haunted Bench Project @hauntedbench75.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Playing catch up with 'Nightmare Abbey' mag (ed Tom English) beginning with #6. Fave stories so far, a Magnus the supernatural dog story by @johnlprobert.bsky.social, Ian Rogers' 'Blackwoods,' and a nightmare drive on a not entirely, deserted stretch of motorway by @helengrantsays.bsky.social
Grinning fiend in batmask and mouldering cowled robe brandishing for skulls on a pole.  Illustration © Allen KoszowskiLord John Llewelleyn Probert and his whacking great staffy!
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"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 · 31/07/2026
"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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"...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-...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"...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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"...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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"...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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"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...
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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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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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.
Book: The Thirteenth Floor Anthology.
Based on the cult hit comic by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Jose Ortiz.
Featuring stories by AK Benedict, James Lovegrove, Une McCormack, James Goss, MK Hardy, Martyn Waites, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Thana Niveau, Mason Cross, Angela Slatter, Derek Farrell, John Llewellyn Probert and Aubrey Wood.
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"...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-...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"Top quality B movie entertainment" BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298 is out from @signatureuk.bsky.social today: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/blac...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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-...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"...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-...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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)
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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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-...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"...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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"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-...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
"...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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"...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...
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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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John Llewellyn Probert @johnlprobert.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
'“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...
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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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