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Here from the BFI here is the 6th in their CFF bumper boxset series, which collects together British children's films from between the 50’s and the 80’s. All the films here were produced by The Children's Film Foundation (CFF)- a non-profit organisation that, between the late 1940s & 1980s, made one hundred and seventy-plus films, each running just under the hour mark. This three-DVD set brings together nine films & five shorts, and once again it’s an entertaining & fun set
27 May 2026
King Futile is the new project from Scotland-based Lea Cummings( Kylie Minoise, Official Music Team, etc), and it’s a big departure from his normal noise or retro sample & electronica sound. It's lo-fi acoustic music, with an outsider feel, and often quite tongue-in-cheek/ sharply sarcastic tone to the lyrics. So far, the project has put out three albums- Casual Misery, How To Have Fun, and Zen As Fuck. I tracked down Lea for an email interview.
7 Apr 2026
From the early 2000’s, Fungicide is a huge dose of bad cinema- the acting shifts dead-eyed or OTT, there are 90’s PC grade special effects, overload sound effects, cheap in-camera effects, cheap puppets ‘n’ gore, etc. We are very much in the same territory as that classic of so-bad-it’s great of Birdemic: Shock and Terror(2008), but instead of birds, the terror here is, as its title suggests, mushrooms, which are either portrayed by either bad PC graphics, teethy puppets, or someone dressed up in a mushroom suit. Here from Visual Vengeance is a Blu-ray- featuring new & archive commentary tracks, a RIFFTRAX version of the film, and a few more things.
The Shroud is a 2022 Italian horror movie written and directed by Fabrizio Spurio (Vanity, Instinct and Innesti) and starring Francesco Lonigro (Instinct, Gazzelle: Polynesia and Put Grandma in the Freezer), Chiara Pavoni (Employee’s Mystery, Corona Days and Blue Sunset), Monica Rondino (Thanatos - Impulsi di Morte) and Andrea Pacilli (who also scored the movie).
Atonauer — Ocean In A
26 May 2026Matador — Matador( Blu Ray & UHD)
25 May 2026Ard Bit — Juxtaposed
25 May 2026Tinokuknoi Arevulopapo — Irata
24 May 2026King Futile — Zen As Fuck
24 May 2026Tungu & Tabata — Paranormal Awakening
21 May 2026The Protector — The Protector (UHD/ Blu Ray boxset)
21 May 2026Celer — Capri
20 May 2026
Cliff Twemlow On Severin
One of last year’s real big surprises in the world of Blu-ray box sets was Bloody Legend: The Complete Twemlow Collection, as it was a wholly entertaining, fascinating, and at times heart-warming set. The Severin released boxset brought together the work of one of the UK’s unlikeliest movie moguls- Cliff Twemlow, a Mancunian bouncer/ body builder, who went on to write/star in/produce a series of low-budget/ largely SOV films in the early 80s to early 90s- these moved between action, thriller, sci-fi, and horror. His most notable/notorious film was 1983’s G.B.H., which landed on the video nasty list, though he was connected to other ten feature films, many of which got their first real full/proper release on the boxset. Opening up the set was the excellent 2023 documentary Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow, which really pulls you into the set. I caught up with Severn’s David Gregory and Jake West, director of Mancunian Man, to discuss the boxset and all things cliff.
The Fall
MES( Mark E Smith- The Falls main creator) possessed the ability to cram phrases into impossible spaces - “I’m hunting and I’m trying to find” delivered as “hut’na tryna find”; the eight-syllable “mere pseud mag editor’s father” hastily squeezed into a manipulation of time and space, heralded by the prior line “twice each at least”, the latter naturally repeated thrice.
Crude ‘n’ Hope-corroding Walled Noise
Back in 2024, I got my first taste of Absurd Reality, and I was so impressed by how crude and nasty its take on walled noise was. Behind the project is South Carolina-based Krys Marshall, who also runs the Filthy Sounds Recording label. He’s since gone on to form No Fun HNW, which pushes the levels of nasty crudeness even more. Krys kindly agreed to an email interview.
Creepy Images Books
Of all the cult/exploitation genres, Giallo stands as one of the more visually & art-based- be it with the grand/ dramatic location, choreographed murder scenes, or great poster art. The focus of this interview is on the last of these three- looking at the two classy/ glossy full colour Giallo Posters books put out by Germany's Creepy Images. Below is an interview with Thorsten Benzel, one of the key minds behind the books. To date, there are two volumes, with a third coming next year.
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