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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Published in @horrorhomeroom.bsky.social's special issue Dolls and Their Houses, edited by Dawn Keetley and Elizabeth Erwin: www.horrorhomeroom.com/special-issu... #HorrorFilm #MarioBava #FilmStudies 2/2

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My new article, "The Devil’s Playthings: Dolls, Mannequins and Diabolic Determinism in Mario Bava’s Lisa and the Devil,” explores #MarioBava’s 1973 film and its haunting vision of a world without free will: www.horrorhomeroom.com/wp-content/u... #HorrorFilm #FilmStudies #Eurocult

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#LarryCohen's IT'S ALIVE (1974) is a film I slept on when I first saw it as a teenager. Means so much more to me as a middle-aged parent. John P Ryan's performance as the mutant baby's father is *layered.* Such an awesome film w/a great Bernard Hermann score too.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Revisiting Bruce Malmuth's NIGHTHAWKS (1981) for the first time in c.25 years, + I'm struck by (a) how good it is, + (b) that Jamie Gillis is in it. Music substitutions and cuts have kept me away from various DVD/BD releases so far, but I recently bought the Shout Select disc. 'Tis good.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

SAVAGE (Avi Nesher, 1996) is less accomplished (IMO) but still a fun ride. Another evil corpo plot (Titan, which makes VR games) has some echoes of ROBOCOP, though Gruner's interplay w/Jennifer Grant recalls Van Damme & Yancy Butler in HARD TARGET 4/

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

MARS (Jon Hess, 1997) is clearly aiming for a pastiche of #Verhoeven's TOTAL RECALL (w/some of OUTLAND thrown in) but feels very much in the spirit of #RobertHeinlein rather than #PKD. Evil corporations colonising MARS? Revenge plot? I'm in! 2/

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Really enjoyed the two #OlivierGruner films that have popped up on @arrowplayer.bsky.social recently, Jon Hess' MARS (1997) and Avi Nesher's SAVAGE (1996). Two blasts from the past that I had almost forgotten about. 1/

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Here, I’ve put the vintage #Fendograph pen next to a very similar modern art deco-style pen, the #Kaweco Brass Sport. This is a very good, sturdy pen that is a solid (pun intended) alternative for anyone looking for a similar aesthetic in a modern pen. End/

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’m not sure if the pen in Inferno is a button filler or a safety pen, though it seems to have a similar "blind cap" at the end of the barrel to my pen, which may suggest it's a button filler. 3/

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’ve finally tracked down a near-identical pen. It’s a #Fendograph with an Italian overlay (in 18 karat gold), most likely from Milan. My pen has a Greek key pattern and is a button filler rather than a safety pen (with a retractable nib), which I believe dates it to the 1930s 2/

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Film and Fountain Pen Nerd Alert. INFERNO is one of my fave #DarioArgento films, and when I first watched the film in the 1980s I remember being struck by the vintage #FountainPen Rose (Irene Miracle) uses in the opening sequence. 1/

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Go on, then. Never seen this one, surprisingly, so happy to give it a watch this evening. #NightGame #RoyScheider

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Apple TV's plot summary for Michael Winner's DEATH WISH (1974) is wild.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Finished two articles recently. Relaxing Friday watching @Criterion's stupendous new 4k release of one of my fave #JohnWaters films, DESPERATE LIVING. Plus a glass of vodka on ice. Nice.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Rewatching #DavidCronenberg's CRASH (1996), I'm struck by the memory that when I saw this at the cinema, 30 years ago, I was good friends at university with a young woman who had bad facial scarring from a car accident that also killed her father. Strange what lingers in memory.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My God, I loved that first series of GAME ON.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Though I would have loved to see something from Bogosian (or even Liev Schreiber, who has spoken eloquently about the play before) about the play, but hey-ho.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Really pleased with the new the new Kino Lorber Blu-ray release of Oliver Stone's TALK RADIO (1988). This has long been a favourite of mine, since encountering it on VHS c.1990. Massive upgrade over my old DVD. Extras are fine... 1/2

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Starting a rewatch of #CRACKER. Stellar writing by #JimmyMcGovern and a superb performance from #RobbieColtrane. This one hits much differently when you revisit it as a 40-something with a family. Shame the home video releases are all compromised in one way or another.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Really need to dig out my collection of Philip K Dick's short stories, as I want to reread "Second Variety" and "Jon's World," and then rewatch Christian Duguay's adaptation, SCREAMERS (1995).

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I have a tough time picking a favourite from Samuel Fuller’s body of work. However, White Dog (1982) is damn near the top of the list. #SamFuller #WhiteDog

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Tonight's shenanigans. Superb film. Alan Sharp's script is as on-point as his scripts for NIGHT MOVES and ULZANA'S RAID (imo). Desperately needs a good BD or 4k (yes, please!) release. #TheLastRun #GeorgeCScott #RichardFleischer #AlanSharp

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Really pleased to get my hands on a hard copy of Saddlebag Dispatches' superb anthology UNDER THE COLD PRAIRIE MOON, which contains my short story "A Crack in the Ice Skin." 1/ #Western #Writing

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#ThisNightIllWatchYour VHS rip of Nigel Dick's PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS (1987). Never seen this one before. Curiousity piqued by the soundtrack LP I keep seeing in my local record store. Co-scripted by #JohnDahl. Half an hour in and enjoying the heck out of it.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The #BFI 4K release of #AkiraKurosawa’s #Yojimbo is something very special indeed. Not seen the film in maybe 20 years but it lives in my memory, beat by extraordinary beat. Beautiful presentation.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Graffiti that, for a time, was emblazoned on the sea wall at the North Beach in Cleethorpes, on the Lincolnshire coastline.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I'm kind of thinking that #AbelFerrara's superb #neonoir FEAR CITY (1984) is quite, um, poorly represented by the only two quotes from the film that the IMDb list for it... This from a film that has some superb lines (not these two) in its script.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I often think about that Arthur Miller quote that opens John Flynn's OUT FOR JUSTICE (1991) and hope that some of the excised footage featuring more of William Forsythe's performance turns up someday. "Anybody seen Richie," indeed.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Presently, I feel a little bit like digging out my quad poster for Werner Herzog's COBRA VERDE and hanging it on my bedroom wall.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Well, that's more than acceptable, I guess. Not surprised at all that #GregoryDark and #HarryDeanStanton were my "most watcheds" in 2025. #LetterboxdWrapped #GregoryHippolyte

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) Eddie G is pitiful and Dan Duryea is superbly sleazy in this wonderful noir from Lang. The desperation in Chris Cross’ bond with crook Kitty is palpable. The way this acts as the catalyst for his already miserable life to fall completely apart is wrenching.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

La marge / The Streetwalker (Walerian Borowczyk, 1976) Sex is, and in fact all relationships are, transactional in this richly textured film from Borowczyk. La marge has all the attention to mise-en-scène that defines Borowczyk’s cinema, and a strong indictment of the way in which ...

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

House by the River (Fritz Lang, 1950) Haunting gothic noir in which a failed writer, with a sense of entitlement a mile wide, murders the housemaid after whom he has lusted, before dragging his innocent brother into the deadly mix. Beautifully directed, with a marvelous sense of place.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"Did you come to that conclusion out of patriotism or just greed?" - Lew Harper (Paul Newman), THE DROWNING POOL (Stuart Rosenberg, 1975)

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

And one of my fave thrillers of the era, L'AMICO D'INFANZIA / THE CHILDHOOD FRIEND (1994). I pitched an article about that one to a magazine (which shall remain nameless) recently. It was turned down but I may revise the pitch and send it to another publication.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Drinking old-fashioneds and watching Phil Karlson's super #filmnoir 99 RIVER STREET (1953). That's exactly how a Friday evening should be spent, am I right?

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Really pleased to see my article about #JoseRamonLarraz's DEVIATION (1971) in the new (third) issue of the General Witchfinders @generalwitch.bsky.social 'zine, alongside excellent articles, stories, and artworks from other fine folk. Buy your copy here: ko-fi.com/s/c3f2c05f87

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

"I didn't sell out: I bought in." #NowWatching James Merendino's SLC PUNK (1998)

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Happy to see the book chapter I cowrote about 1980s/1990s Hong Kong films about goeng-si available online. "Spooky Encounters with Stiff Corpses: Hong Kong's Cinema of the Undead" will published in print in THE PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF THE ZOMBIE. link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

GOOD BOY (Ben Leonberg 2025). CInema visit on Saturday night. Really liked this. Remined me of GREYFRIARS BOBBY w/a supernatural twist. As a dog owner, its exploration of grief through lens of the human/dog relationship struck chords. Effects work is shonky but the film has heart.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

SCREAM (Wes Craven 1996). Saw this at the cinema in '96. As a Craven fan, I always felt lukewarm to it, for a variety of reasons. However revisiting it on the big screen on Friday I was struck by how brutal it is + how well some of the humour lands when viewed w/a cinema audience.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Currently watching the Big Fry Man converse with Mr Morton.

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Paul A J Lewis @krycekfacility.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Interesting new German Blu-ray release of Antonia Bird‘s excellent 1997 film FACE. Will post more when I’ve watched the whole thing.

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