Craig Ian Mann
@craigimann.bsky.social
Home video producer for Eureka / Masters of Cinema | writer on genre movies | author of Phases of the Moon: A Cultural History of the Werewolf Film | producer of Survivors: The Spectre of Threads | 📼 📀
Of all the new-to-me films I watched last year, the one I think about most often is Piotr Szulkin's War of the Worlds: Next Century. A radical approach to the familiar alien invasion narrative about the evils of media manipulation (and martians obviously). Available on disc from Radiance.
February 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Of all the new-to-me films I watched last year, the one I think about most often is Piotr Szulkin's War of the Worlds: Next Century. A radical approach to the familiar alien invasion narrative about the evils of media manipulation (and martians obviously). Available on disc from Radiance.
I had a blast talking about the mighty Rear Window (a personal all-timer) with @fatscoleman.bsky.social for @top100pod.bsky.social. I really love this film and hope it comes across in our discussion.
💥NEW EPISODE!💥This month Tim is joined by @craigimann.bsky.social from Eureka Entertainment to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW (1954). Available wherever you get your podcasts.
January 19, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I had a blast talking about the mighty Rear Window (a personal all-timer) with @fatscoleman.bsky.social for @top100pod.bsky.social. I really love this film and hope it comes across in our discussion.
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💥NEW EPISODE!💥This month Tim is joined by @craigimann.bsky.social from Eureka Entertainment to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW (1954). Available wherever you get your podcasts.
January 16, 2026 at 7:36 AM
💥NEW EPISODE!💥This month Tim is joined by @craigimann.bsky.social from Eureka Entertainment to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW (1954). Available wherever you get your podcasts.
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Merry Christmas!
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Ho ho ho and Merry Christmas! With so many classic films screening on UK television over the Christmas period, I thought I'd start a thread of what to look out for over the coming days...
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December 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ho ho ho and Merry Christmas! With so many classic films screening on UK television over the Christmas period, I thought I'd start a thread of what to look out for over the coming days...
Just done the ritualistic flick through the seasonal Radio Times and pleased to see that 1) the BBC has remembered films made before 1980 and 2) New Year’s Eve on BBC Four is wall-to-wall Jaws programming. What better way to welcome 2026 than watching Jaws 2.
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just done the ritualistic flick through the seasonal Radio Times and pleased to see that 1) the BBC has remembered films made before 1980 and 2) New Year’s Eve on BBC Four is wall-to-wall Jaws programming. What better way to welcome 2026 than watching Jaws 2.
Great to see a Eureka release make it onto the Sight and Sound Discs of the Year (in the current issue of the print magazine) for the second year running. A very fun one to work on, co-produced by myself and Jacob Milligan.
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Great to see a Eureka release make it onto the Sight and Sound Discs of the Year (in the current issue of the print magazine) for the second year running. A very fun one to work on, co-produced by myself and Jacob Milligan.
As part of the BFI's Too Much season celebrating melodrama, The Phantom of the Opera is screening at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield on Sunday 30 November with an intro by me and a live score by HarmonieBand. Grab a ticket, it'll be a one-off experience!: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/too-muc...
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
As part of the BFI's Too Much season celebrating melodrama, The Phantom of the Opera is screening at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield on Sunday 30 November with an intro by me and a live score by HarmonieBand. Grab a ticket, it'll be a one-off experience!: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/too-muc...
I wrote a piece for the BFI on the mighty Phantom of the Opera, which turns 100 years old in 2025. Phantom is currently screening around the country as part of the BFI's Too Much season celebrating melodrama.
The phantom that birthed Hollywood monster movies: The Phantom of the Opera at 100
Released 100 years ago, Lon Chaney’s grotesque yet sympathetic turn as The Phantom of the Opera marked a primordial moment in Hollywood history when melodrama morphed into horror and Universal noticed...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I wrote a piece for the BFI on the mighty Phantom of the Opera, which turns 100 years old in 2025. Phantom is currently screening around the country as part of the BFI's Too Much season celebrating melodrama.
Prizes up for grabs before tomorrow's Masters of Cinema screening of Message from Space at the Showroom, Sheffield: Shogun's Samurai (not even released until Monday!) and our collection of the first three films in the excellent Abashiri Prison series. Tickets: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Prizes up for grabs before tomorrow's Masters of Cinema screening of Message from Space at the Showroom, Sheffield: Shogun's Samurai (not even released until Monday!) and our collection of the first three films in the excellent Abashiri Prison series. Tickets: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
Next weekend, Masters of Cinema presents Kinji Fukasaku's Message from Space (often unofficially called Japanese Star Wars) at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield. This is such a fun film, recommended to any fan of science fiction or special effects cinema. Tickets: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Next weekend, Masters of Cinema presents Kinji Fukasaku's Message from Space (often unofficially called Japanese Star Wars) at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield. This is such a fun film, recommended to any fan of science fiction or special effects cinema. Tickets: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
Went to see Relay yesterday, which is both one of the best films I've seen at the cinema all year and one of the most surprising. A proper old-fashioned paranoid suspense thriller with shades of The Conversation and Enemy of the State. They don't (very often) make them like this anymore.
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Went to see Relay yesterday, which is both one of the best films I've seen at the cinema all year and one of the most surprising. A proper old-fashioned paranoid suspense thriller with shades of The Conversation and Enemy of the State. They don't (very often) make them like this anymore.
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And then we had a howling good time on the podcast with our guest @craigimann.bsky.social to talk about the history of Werewolves on Film: open.spotify.com/episode/5TOy...
102 - Werewolves on Film (with guest Craig Ian Mann)
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October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
And then we had a howling good time on the podcast with our guest @craigimann.bsky.social to talk about the history of Werewolves on Film: open.spotify.com/episode/5TOy...
A great weekend at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social (15 years on from my first, which is wild). Highlights: Descendent (alien abductions and familial dramas), Head Like a Hole (a modern Outer Limits episode about bullshit jobs) and doc Silver Screamers (in which senior citizens make a horror movie).
October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A great weekend at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social (15 years on from my first, which is wild). Highlights: Descendent (alien abductions and familial dramas), Head Like a Hole (a modern Outer Limits episode about bullshit jobs) and doc Silver Screamers (in which senior citizens make a horror movie).
Had an amazing time at @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social last weekend as ever. Highlights: Bone Lake (a twisty erotic thriller with great gore effects), Dead by Dawn (an inventive and very Polish neo-giallo) and Redux Redux (lo-fi sci-fi with a Terminator vibe), plus Bulk, Portal to Hell and Mag Mag.
October 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Had an amazing time at @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social last weekend as ever. Highlights: Bone Lake (a twisty erotic thriller with great gore effects), Dead by Dawn (an inventive and very Polish neo-giallo) and Redux Redux (lo-fi sci-fi with a Terminator vibe), plus Bulk, Portal to Hell and Mag Mag.
Larry Fessenden’s Depraved is coming to 4K UHD later this month via IFC and OCN. I wrote an essay to accompany the set, which hopefully just about captures how much I love this movie. Thanks very much to @jlalibs.com for the opportunity. Pre-order a copy here: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
October 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Larry Fessenden’s Depraved is coming to 4K UHD later this month via IFC and OCN. I wrote an essay to accompany the set, which hopefully just about captures how much I love this movie. Thanks very much to @jlalibs.com for the opportunity. Pre-order a copy here: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
Prizes up for grabs before the Masters of Cinema screening of The Cat and the Canary at Showroom Cinema tomorrow: The Man Who Laughs on Blu-ray and The Old Dark House on 4K UHD. Come and see a great film and maybe win some other great films. Tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
September 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Prizes up for grabs before the Masters of Cinema screening of The Cat and the Canary at Showroom Cinema tomorrow: The Man Who Laughs on Blu-ray and The Old Dark House on 4K UHD. Come and see a great film and maybe win some other great films. Tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
Very proud of Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA. It collects some of the earliest and most important East German films, all made in the immediate aftermath of WWII. Producing this box involved many, many hours of digging through the DEFA / PROGRESS Film archives – all of them worth it.
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Very proud of Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA. It collects some of the earliest and most important East German films, all made in the immediate aftermath of WWII. Producing this box involved many, many hours of digging through the DEFA / PROGRESS Film archives – all of them worth it.
Next weekend, Masters of Cinema brings Paul Leni's The Cat and the Canary to the Showroom in Sheffield. This is, hands down, my favourite silent film – spooky and hilarious in equal measure. The Saturday screening comes with an intro and free Blu-rays! Tickets: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Next weekend, Masters of Cinema brings Paul Leni's The Cat and the Canary to the Showroom in Sheffield. This is, hands down, my favourite silent film – spooky and hilarious in equal measure. The Saturday screening comes with an intro and free Blu-rays! Tickets: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
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An interview with yours truly in The Jewish Telegraph, discussing "Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA". This beautifully produced blu-ray box set includes: The Murderers Are Among Us, Somewhere in Berlin, Police Raid, Marriage in the Shadows and The Blum Affair.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
An interview with yours truly in The Jewish Telegraph, discussing "Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA". This beautifully produced blu-ray box set includes: The Murderers Are Among Us, Somewhere in Berlin, Police Raid, Marriage in the Shadows and The Blum Affair.
tinyurl.com/2tjkyay6
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The 100 Years of Community Cinema Exhibition is now open 🎉 Come down to Bloc Projects in Sheffield and take a journey through the last century of volunteer-led film!
September 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The 100 Years of Community Cinema Exhibition is now open 🎉 Come down to Bloc Projects in Sheffield and take a journey through the last century of volunteer-led film!
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Congratulations, Craig and Rob. 👍
Overwhelmed by the reaction to Survivors, the documentary Rob Nevitt and I have been working on for @severinfilms.bsky.social on the making and legacy of Threads. Thanks to @dianearodgers.bsky.social for a fun Q&A after the premiere. To steal a joke from @reecedinsdale.bsky.social: we had a blast.
September 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Congratulations, Craig and Rob. 👍
Overwhelmed by the reaction to Survivors, the documentary Rob Nevitt and I have been working on for @severinfilms.bsky.social on the making and legacy of Threads. Thanks to @dianearodgers.bsky.social for a fun Q&A after the premiere. To steal a joke from @reecedinsdale.bsky.social: we had a blast.
September 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Overwhelmed by the reaction to Survivors, the documentary Rob Nevitt and I have been working on for @severinfilms.bsky.social on the making and legacy of Threads. Thanks to @dianearodgers.bsky.social for a fun Q&A after the premiere. To steal a joke from @reecedinsdale.bsky.social: we had a blast.
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Well, that was a fun evening. No, really! #Threads #survivors
August 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Well, that was a fun evening. No, really! #Threads #survivors
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Delighted to be part of last night's premiere of Rob Nevitt and Craig Mann's SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS. Beautiful, amazing interviews, archive footage and hauntological soundtrack. Never been so proud to live at the centre of a fictional nuclear disaster #wyrdtv #hauntology
August 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Delighted to be part of last night's premiere of Rob Nevitt and Craig Mann's SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS. Beautiful, amazing interviews, archive footage and hauntological soundtrack. Never been so proud to live at the centre of a fictional nuclear disaster #wyrdtv #hauntology