Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 50mFinished the day off with this pre code melodrama about a bigamist, a blackmailer, a detective and a rich old sugar daddy. Not half bad. 020
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 4hAnother day, another Resident Evil movie… only this one is way better than all the others. Welcome to Raccoon City was good fun though, in its defence… 050
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 14hNothing like an early morning underwater creature feature to kickstart your day… 0152
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 23hAka Jason Takes Vancouver, since most of it was shot there…. 092
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 23hAka Carrie Vs Jason, which is nowhere near as much fun as that alternative title would suggest. 060
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Spent this birthday evening with Gothic horror favourite from my youth. The sets and costumes had me, the score, the hair, the rampant melodrama, the sneaky dark humour, all of it. Still plenty to like here… 3153
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happy birthday to me. Not sure what this evening’s film viewing will entail. Probably something messy. Or I might just have a read… 062
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#JohnMcNaughton's deeply disturbing docudrama Henry: Portrait of a serial killer was first screened #OTD Banned for 3 years until 1989, the #movie was critically reappraised by #RogerEbert Here's a deep dive & a look at the killer who inspired it 👇 vhsrevival.com/2022/05/06/s...vhsrevival.comShaving the Bone: Henry: Portrait of a Serial KillerIn 1986, rookie director John McNaughton was approached by a Chicago home video executive eager to cash in on the low-budget slasher craze, expecting a money-spinning slice of exploitation for his … 052
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Plugging a massive Wes Craven shaped hole in my film viewing history with a home viewing of this rural slasher gem for #hooptober Ernest Borgnine stealing the show from under everyone… 0162
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Meant to watch this however many years ago and finally watched it and having spent ten minutes picking my brain up off the floor I can honestly say, hand on heart ‘WTAF was that?’ Loved it though. #hooptober 0213
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If you are feeling tired of all the hard right wing anti this and that sentiment in the world today or if maybe you want to add a splash of colour to the weekend, why not indulge in a home screening of La Cage aux Folles… Tres bien indeed. 094
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hilarious, full of warmth and smarts and invention and creativity. Way better than the last film I watched. 0172
Reposted by Mark AylingSnips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Great article by Megan Traynor just went up on the Let's Make Films Journal... www.letsmakefilms.co.uk/post/let-s-m...letsmakefilms.co.ukLet’s make films real again.I was eight when Blockbuster was at its peak in 2004. I remember the smell of popcorn (not quite the kind you’d get at the cinema, but a cheap and cheerful bagged alternative) just as vividly as the b... 0102
Reposted by Mark AylingSnips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's Friday, so here are all the latest incomings at Snips Movies, on this weeks Inside The Video Store: youtu.be/eavshI8yRhAyoutu.beInside The Video Store: Episode 130 (Your weekly peek inside one of the last video stores in the UK)YouTube video by Snips Movies 0114
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? Not in the cheapjack world of #CharlesBand, but 1992's priceless direct-to-video B-#movie #Dollman is a real treat This is the 'man with no name' with one hell of a twist Read all about it 👇 #90s #90smovies vhsrevival.com/2020/05/02/d...vhsrevival.comDollman (1991)Is it a bird? It couldn’t be a plane; it’s way too small. Though it did travel from another galaxy. Perhaps it’s an alien, the kind of terrifying practical effects creation that w… 051
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Finally set up an Instagram account If you're a regular reader of @VHSRevival (or not), you can follow me here for more content 👇 It would be very much appreciated 😉 👍 #movies #moviereview #essays #80s #90s #horror #vhs www.instagram.com/vhsrevival_r... 031
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A spiralling, alcoholic, morally bankrupt, violent, bleak and depressing nightmare of a road movie… Warren Oates is great though… 2194
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Every #80s action fan loves #Commando, #Predator, #TheTerminator, but few still talk about #WalterHill's odd couple cop #thriller #RedHeat, starring #Arnie & #JimBelushi Is there a reason for that? @VHSRevival investigates 👇 #movies #80smovies #film vhsrevival.com/2023/06/21/c...vhsrevival.comCops Are Cops All Over the World: Walter Hill’s Red HeatBack in 1988, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t only the premier action star in Hollywood, he was one of the biggest superstars in the entire world. Success came naturally to the industry’s … 031
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A recent folk horror double bill… one of these films contains a strange imp like creature puking green milk and suckling on leg nipples. The other doesn’t… 050
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 18/09/2026For my third new article this week I revisit Shane Meadows' brilliant, devastating revenge thriller-come-#slasher #DeadMansShoes If ever there was a #movie that's criminally underseen, this is it 👇 #horror #movies vhsrevival.com/2026/09/18/t...vhsrevival.comThe Beast in Me: Dead Man’s Shoes is a Raw, Uncompromising ClassicShane Meadows is one of the most neglected filmmakers on the planet. That’s because his movies inhabit a very distinct, everyday underbelly of Great Britain, one that rarely makes it to the s… 162
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's been a while since I posted a new article, but here's one on the surprisingly progressive #VideoNasty Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker aka Night Warning, which features a knockout performance from the brilliant Susan Tyrrell 👇 #horror #slashers #80s vhsrevival.com/2026/09/15/b...vhsrevival.comButcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)Poor Billy Lynch. If Norma Bates had in fact been an oppressive, knife-wielding killer, rather than the oedipal victim of son Norman’s lurid, bloodthirsty fantasies, her name would have been … 041
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm on a bit of a roll so after a long absence I decided to write two new articles in two days. Here is my final entry in the #Fridaythe13th series, the anemic, thoroughly misleading #JasonTakesManhattan 👇 #horror #slasher #80s #movies #horrormovies vhsrevival.com/2026/09/16/n...vhsrevival.comNew York, We Hardly Knew Ye: Jason Takes ManhattanBy 1989, horror fans, and even Friday the 13th fanatics, were becoming a little weary with Paramount’s most dependable, low-risk franchise. After hijacking the zeitgeist with 1980’s com… 153
Reposted by Mark AylingSnips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Friday! youtu.be/fJYQEtNee84youtu.beInside The Video Store: Episode 129 (Your weekly peek inside one of the last video stores in the UK)YouTube video by Snips Movies 1135
Reposted by Mark AylingMatty Budrewicz @mattybudrewicz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New Schlock Pit review! 🚨 And it’s me, swinging the bat for a much maligned horror anthology that I’ve always really liked: AMUSEMENT (2008) 🔗 theschlockpit.com/2026/09/16/a...theschlockpit.comAmusement (2008): Muhahaha!Matty gives a lil’ sugar to an unfairly maligned horror anthology from the golden age of the DVD premiere. 053
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Having mentioned Psycho on 4k just want to say…Psycho on 4k. Masterful. 0102
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Friday’s folksy frightener, after watching Psycho on 4k earlier was this relatively short effort. Features a creepy witch with bluish skin riding a coffin through the air like an undead sky surfer and the maddest final five or ten minutes I’ve seen in quite some time. 070
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yes, it’s a slasher game changing classic. That said… I still can’t figure out how Nancy was able to rig up all those booby traps in under twenty minutes and have a chat to her mum before going to sleep and capturing Krueger. Takes me half an hour just to find my tools! 1142
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Right then… here we go. Sort of #hooptober ing if I can manage it… not got my full list together but this and last night’s viewing will feature. Maybe. 1132
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Makes The Witchfinder General look like an episode of The Tweenies… a must see. 060
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Having filled my boots up with hauntological maritime folksy wyrdness this evening I am now off to crack open a jar of Ovaltine… highly recommended. Both the film, and the Ovaltine… 0122
Reposted by Mark AylingMore Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 13/09/2026static.klipy.comJim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas: I Like It A LotAlt: Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas: I Like It A Lot 131
Reposted by Mark AylingThe Legacy Of M @thelegacyofm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=xznf... Can't go wrong with some Alice Cooper.youtube.comAlice Cooper - He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask) (Movie Mix) (1986)YouTube video by AORMelodic Rock and More 031
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Abandoning anything remotely like seriousness, this here Jason frolic was a bit of a tonic this evening… 2132
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#PaulThomasAnderson’s dazzling depiction of the #porn industry’s golden age #BoogieNights screened at TIFF #OTD, riding an inspired line between balls-out comedy & downright despair @VHSRevival dives into one of the greatest #movies of the #90s 👇 #film vhsrevival.com/2021/12/26/t...vhsrevival.comThe Seventies Unzipped: Dirk Diggler Shoots for the Stars in Boogie NightsThey say everyone has a special talent. Some are artistic. Others are practical or good with their hands. Many are born athletes, possessed by the kind of unwavering ambition that’s shared by… 052
Reposted by Mark Aylingvhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Meta #Scream blueprint #WesCraven's #NewNightmare screened at #TIFF #OTD After years of second-rate sequels, Craven returned as director & quietly freshened the fold in a way that mainstream fans weren't quite ready for @VHSRevival investigates vhsrevival.com/2019/03/07/h...vhsrevival.comHe’s Coming For You: New Nightmare’s Meta ExperimentWes Craven’s New Nightmare is one of those movies that was simply lost on people. This was especially true for those who had caught Freddy fever during the character’s late 80s pomp, ma… 231
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Needed a bit of a re-set, and so no slashy-slashy teenaged terrors tonight thank you very much. Tonight, we watch Ernst Lubitsch’s subtly subversive put down of unbridled capitalism dressed as Xmas romantic comedy… The Shop Around the Corner. 0102
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Pretty bland this one, but the scene with the redneck racing round on a bike shrieking wildly did briefly feel kind of relevant… 0103
Reposted by Mark AylingMore Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 07/09/2026Well said! Love Mars Attacks! 🎬static.klipy.comTom Jones Sings as Mars Attacks Aliens DanceAlt: Tom Jones Sings as Mars Attacks Aliens Dance 011
Reposted by Mark AylingBrian 🇨🇦 Your Friendly Neighborhood Canadian @heslimedme.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Agree.static.klipy.comMars Attacks! Aliens SceneALT: Mars Attacks! Aliens Scene 011
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As killer bot movies go, this one is pretty way out there… 4466
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Mars Attacks. In 4k. All I have to say about that really is Ack Ack Ack. Also, the why can’t we all just get along speech. As relevant now as it ever was and as poignant in its own unique way as any grandstanding cinematic oratory. Enjoy. 2163
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The mythical story of a man, a horse, a dog, a bunch of swine, and the worst commute home in employee history… Loved it. #theodyssey 0143
Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Had my doubts about this as I have a lot of comic book stuff lately but have to say, enjoying no it immensely. 071
Reposted by Mark AylingSnips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 05/09/2026There's an absence of new movies on Inside The Video Store this week, so to pad out the already excessive running time, I took a little walk around the store... youtu.be/_HenqitCfCEyoutu.beInside The Video Store: Episode 127 (A Leisurely Walk Around the Video Store)YouTube video by Snips Movies 062