Mark H
@blackhole.bsky.social
Horror movies, 1970s paperbacks (especially New English Library), building original Lego models, synthesizer music, movie locations, Blade Runner, Lon Chaney, Peter Cushing, Amicus films, David Lynch…
Gay, and in the UK.
Gay, and in the UK.
Spoiler alert!
February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Spoiler alert!
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An incredible photograph of Dickensian London taken in 1865 - the year Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, Lewis Carroll's Alice made her first trip to Wonderland and a mere 22yrs after “A Christmas Carol” was published.
February 12, 2026 at 8:08 AM
An incredible photograph of Dickensian London taken in 1865 - the year Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, Lewis Carroll's Alice made her first trip to Wonderland and a mere 22yrs after “A Christmas Carol” was published.
Over on Threads, this account posted some beautiful images from the 4K restoration of…
Manos - Hands of Fate, one of the very worst films I’ve ever seen.
Trounced on MST3K, it now has a cult following.
(note: I go to threads for their unoriginal, weak takes and for spoilers of my favourite shows)
Manos - Hands of Fate, one of the very worst films I’ve ever seen.
Trounced on MST3K, it now has a cult following.
(note: I go to threads for their unoriginal, weak takes and for spoilers of my favourite shows)
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Over on Threads, this account posted some beautiful images from the 4K restoration of…
Manos - Hands of Fate, one of the very worst films I’ve ever seen.
Trounced on MST3K, it now has a cult following.
(note: I go to threads for their unoriginal, weak takes and for spoilers of my favourite shows)
Manos - Hands of Fate, one of the very worst films I’ve ever seen.
Trounced on MST3K, it now has a cult following.
(note: I go to threads for their unoriginal, weak takes and for spoilers of my favourite shows)
Delighted this is still playing somewhere on TV.
Amazing to see a young John Saxon in Brit Horror!
Would love this on blu-ray.
Amazing to see a young John Saxon in Brit Horror!
Would love this on blu-ray.
A John Gilling joint.
📽️ If, like me, you enjoy Soho sci-fi with your cornflakes, make sure to catch “The Night Caller” (1965) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tomorrow at 6:15am. Doncaster’s favourite son @cevni.bsky.social of @househammerpod.bsky.social talked about it way back in ep 21 sohobitespodcast.com/episode/21
February 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Delighted this is still playing somewhere on TV.
Amazing to see a young John Saxon in Brit Horror!
Would love this on blu-ray.
Amazing to see a young John Saxon in Brit Horror!
Would love this on blu-ray.
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Wuthering Heights poster looks familiar.
2026 vs 1970
2026 vs 1970
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Wuthering Heights poster looks familiar.
2026 vs 1970
2026 vs 1970
Wuthering Heights poster looks familiar.
2026 vs 1970
2026 vs 1970
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Wuthering Heights poster looks familiar.
2026 vs 1970
2026 vs 1970
Basket Case 2 (1990) has the wonderful character Granny Ruth caring for her misfit ‘children’.
Played to perfection by Annie Ross, I was delighted to see her pop up in this 1969 Marty Feldman documentary about the nature of comedy!
Now, how did she get from a Soho jazz club to US monster movies?
Played to perfection by Annie Ross, I was delighted to see her pop up in this 1969 Marty Feldman documentary about the nature of comedy!
Now, how did she get from a Soho jazz club to US monster movies?
February 11, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Basket Case 2 (1990) has the wonderful character Granny Ruth caring for her misfit ‘children’.
Played to perfection by Annie Ross, I was delighted to see her pop up in this 1969 Marty Feldman documentary about the nature of comedy!
Now, how did she get from a Soho jazz club to US monster movies?
Played to perfection by Annie Ross, I was delighted to see her pop up in this 1969 Marty Feldman documentary about the nature of comedy!
Now, how did she get from a Soho jazz club to US monster movies?
Farewell, Bud.
February 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Farewell, Bud.
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My new book is currently neighbors with "A Gentleman in Moscow" on the Amazon "Best Sellers in U.S. Historical Fiction" list, which mean Ludlow Sinclair is keeping very good company, if you ask me.
February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
My new book is currently neighbors with "A Gentleman in Moscow" on the Amazon "Best Sellers in U.S. Historical Fiction" list, which mean Ludlow Sinclair is keeping very good company, if you ask me.
The Naked Edge (1961). A thriller scripted by Joseph Stefano, the year after Psycho that I’d somehow never seen.
For added interest it was filmed in London, so Gary Cooper and Deborah Kerr are supported by a culty cast of Peter Cushing, Eric Portman, Diane Clare, Sandor Eles, Ray McAnally (!)…
For added interest it was filmed in London, so Gary Cooper and Deborah Kerr are supported by a culty cast of Peter Cushing, Eric Portman, Diane Clare, Sandor Eles, Ray McAnally (!)…
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The Naked Edge (1961). A thriller scripted by Joseph Stefano, the year after Psycho that I’d somehow never seen.
For added interest it was filmed in London, so Gary Cooper and Deborah Kerr are supported by a culty cast of Peter Cushing, Eric Portman, Diane Clare, Sandor Eles, Ray McAnally (!)…
For added interest it was filmed in London, so Gary Cooper and Deborah Kerr are supported by a culty cast of Peter Cushing, Eric Portman, Diane Clare, Sandor Eles, Ray McAnally (!)…
Still hurts. What a films we could have had…
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Still hurts. What a films we could have had…
Erm. Thought the music was by The Cocteau Twins???
Fruitopia - early nineties putative geo-harmonic blend of fruit and utopia with a side order of non-binding suggestion of one pill makes you larger thrills promoted via blissed out consciousness-expanding Kate Bush stings and bankrolled by, erm, Coca-Cola.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Erm. Thought the music was by The Cocteau Twins???
Build Your Own UFO detector!
“Take my money!”
(From 1967)
“Take my money!”
(From 1967)
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Build Your Own UFO detector!
“Take my money!”
(From 1967)
“Take my money!”
(From 1967)
Auntie Rotter!
I’ve dug out some boxes from the shed that we haven’t looked at in years. Fer shame. Some of the vinyl is ours, some belonged to family & friends now gone. The first album to emerge into the light is 1958’s The Best Of Peter Sellers. I didn’t even know we’d been given it. Fer shame. What a treasure!
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Auntie Rotter!
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So distressing when you find an injured one. I expect it flew into a patio door or something.
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 AM
So distressing when you find an injured one. I expect it flew into a patio door or something.
Dorset has already had all of February’s expected rainfall, but it’s still raining. Local river is swelling up and our town has already flooded in several places.
But, not to worry, the flooding is on the other side of town to us…
But, not to worry, the flooding is on the other side of town to us…
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Dorset has already had all of February’s expected rainfall, but it’s still raining. Local river is swelling up and our town has already flooded in several places.
But, not to worry, the flooding is on the other side of town to us…
But, not to worry, the flooding is on the other side of town to us…
It would only be shocking if a new Star Trek series DIDN’T have a gay couple in it.
February 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
It would only be shocking if a new Star Trek series DIDN’T have a gay couple in it.
Last week found books that have been on my wishlist for ages.
Fond of Peter Haining anthologies, as he was my first (blush). But now find that Michel Parry was more adventurous with his choices (and didn’t keep padding them out with Stoker, Poe et al).
Not collecting ALL of Parry’s though.
Fond of Peter Haining anthologies, as he was my first (blush). But now find that Michel Parry was more adventurous with his choices (and didn’t keep padding them out with Stoker, Poe et al).
Not collecting ALL of Parry’s though.
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Last week found books that have been on my wishlist for ages.
Fond of Peter Haining anthologies, as he was my first (blush). But now find that Michel Parry was more adventurous with his choices (and didn’t keep padding them out with Stoker, Poe et al).
Not collecting ALL of Parry’s though.
Fond of Peter Haining anthologies, as he was my first (blush). But now find that Michel Parry was more adventurous with his choices (and didn’t keep padding them out with Stoker, Poe et al).
Not collecting ALL of Parry’s though.
Local pub uses antlers in all of their decorating.
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Local pub uses antlers in all of their decorating.
Martha and the Muffins - ‘Echo Beach’ (1980)
Only just seen the single sleeve (um, I recorded it off the radio).
It shows that Echo Beach is only a few miles away!
Must go down to Echo Beach someday.
Only just seen the single sleeve (um, I recorded it off the radio).
It shows that Echo Beach is only a few miles away!
Must go down to Echo Beach someday.
February 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Martha and the Muffins - ‘Echo Beach’ (1980)
Only just seen the single sleeve (um, I recorded it off the radio).
It shows that Echo Beach is only a few miles away!
Must go down to Echo Beach someday.
Only just seen the single sleeve (um, I recorded it off the radio).
It shows that Echo Beach is only a few miles away!
Must go down to Echo Beach someday.
1972 movie tie-in edition.
Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett and Britt Ekland.
Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett and Britt Ekland.
February 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
1972 movie tie-in edition.
Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett and Britt Ekland.
Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett and Britt Ekland.
Still patiently waiting for Studio Canal to release The Hand of Night (1968). William Sylvester, Diane Clare, Aliza Gur and Terence de Marney star in this unusual Moroccan vampire tale of light and darkness.
Memorable soundtrack by Joan and John Shakespeare.
Memorable soundtrack by Joan and John Shakespeare.
February 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Still patiently waiting for Studio Canal to release The Hand of Night (1968). William Sylvester, Diane Clare, Aliza Gur and Terence de Marney star in this unusual Moroccan vampire tale of light and darkness.
Memorable soundtrack by Joan and John Shakespeare.
Memorable soundtrack by Joan and John Shakespeare.
Updated my dirty copy of Curt Siodmak’s Donovan’s Brain with this, my favourite cover. A Corgi from 1952 that looks like it should be a movie tie-in, but isn’t (there was a US film adaption in 1953).
Still waiting for the Freddie Francis version (Vengeance / The Brain) on home video.
Still waiting for the Freddie Francis version (Vengeance / The Brain) on home video.
February 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Updated my dirty copy of Curt Siodmak’s Donovan’s Brain with this, my favourite cover. A Corgi from 1952 that looks like it should be a movie tie-in, but isn’t (there was a US film adaption in 1953).
Still waiting for the Freddie Francis version (Vengeance / The Brain) on home video.
Still waiting for the Freddie Francis version (Vengeance / The Brain) on home video.
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Good morning! It’s Sunday February 8th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1978, the very first issue of Marvel UK’s Star Wars Weekly, with its cover by Chaykin & Palmer and its free gift of a cut-out “X-fighter”.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1978, the very first issue of Marvel UK’s Star Wars Weekly, with its cover by Chaykin & Palmer and its free gift of a cut-out “X-fighter”.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
February 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Good morning! It’s Sunday February 8th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1978, the very first issue of Marvel UK’s Star Wars Weekly, with its cover by Chaykin & Palmer and its free gift of a cut-out “X-fighter”.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1978, the very first issue of Marvel UK’s Star Wars Weekly, with its cover by Chaykin & Palmer and its free gift of a cut-out “X-fighter”.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.