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Craig Ian Mann
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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 | 📼 📀
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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...
Masters of Cinema releases of Shogun's Samurai (cover art by John Dunn) and Prison Walls: Abashiri Prison I–III (cover art by Tony Stella).
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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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...
A picture of a space ship from Kinji Fukasaku's Message from Space, accompanied by the text: MASTERS OF CINEMA PRESENTS MESSAGE FROM SPACE 15–16 NOVEMBER (PG) / DIR. KINJI FUKASAKU
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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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.
Illustrated poster for Relay (2024), featuring the images of stars Lily James nd Riz Ahmed above the New York City skyline and a telecommunications machine for the deaf. The tagline reads: NO CALLERS ARE IDENTIFIED NO CONVERSATIONS ARE RECORDED NO PHONE RECORDS ARE KEPT. NOW SPEAK CLEARLY AND WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED SAY: "GO AHEAD."
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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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
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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).
The screen in Screen 4 at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield. A slide is displayed in red with white text that reads: CELLULOID SCREAMS SHEFFIELD HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 23–26 OCTOBER 2025 SHOWROOM CINEMA PRESENTED BY ARROW VIDEO Poster for Descendent, featuring a man facing away from the viewer, silhouetted as they look into a bright light in the sky; this image is reflected in the eye of a non-human creature resembling a deer. Poster for Head Like a Hole, featuring a man in a white shirt and black tie on a red background. His face is replaced by a hole, in which we can see another man wearing a white shirt and black tie, sitting on a chair. The tagline reads: "Work yourself to death." Poster for Silver Screamers. Several older men and women are facing the viewer, a man at the front holding a camera. The tagline reads: "Lights! Camera! Arthritis."
October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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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.
The curtain in Screen 1 at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham, lit in blue and with the Mayhem Film Festival logo projected on it in white. Poster for Bone Lake, featuring a close-up of a woman licking blood from a knife. The tagline reads: "This movie gives great word of mouth." Poster for Dead by Dawn, featuring the greyscale, illustrated side profile of a man in a leather coat, wearing a mask covered in human eyes. The title is in red. Posted for Redux Redux, featuring a woman standing over a burning man tied to a chair. The tagline reads: "Revenge is a vicious cycle."
October 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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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/...
Cover for IFC/OCN’s 4K UHD release of Larry Fessenden’s Depraved with art by Chris Barnes.
October 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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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...
Eureka / Masters of Cinema releases of THE OLD DARK HOUSE and THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.
September 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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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.
Eureka / Masters of Cinema box set WRACK AND RUIN: THE RUBBLE FILM AT DEFA featuring cover art by Carly A-F.
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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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...
Image advertising THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) at the Showroom Cinema. Text reads: MASTERS OF CINEMA PRESENTS THE CAT AND THE CANARY 4K RESTORATION 27–28 SEPTEMBER (PG) / DIR. PAUL LENI
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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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
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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
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Congratulations, Craig and Rob. 👍
craigimann.bsky.social Craig Ian Mann @craigimann.bsky.social · Sep 1
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.
A stage in front of a cinema screen. On the stage is Robert Nevitt (left), Craig Ian Mann (centre) and Diane Rodgers (right), sitting on chairs. Projected behind them is an image of a brick wall in Sheffield, upon which is stencil art of the traffic warden from Threads (1984), the Severin Films logo, Sheffield Film Festival laurels and the title of the new documentary SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS.
September 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
craigimann.bsky.social
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.
A stage in front of a cinema screen. On the stage is Robert Nevitt (left), Craig Ian Mann (centre) and Diane Rodgers (right), sitting on chairs. Projected behind them is an image of a brick wall in Sheffield, upon which is stencil art of the traffic warden from Threads (1984), the Severin Films logo, Sheffield Film Festival laurels and the title of the new documentary SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS.
September 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Well, that was a fun evening. No, really! #Threads #survivors
August 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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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
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An absolutely amazing night at the world premiere of Survivors: The Spectre Of Threads, here in #Sheffield where the film was shot 41 years ago. I can't stress enough how much I want @craigimann.bsky.social and Robert Nevitt's brilliant documentary to be seen as widely as possible.

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August 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Just got my hands on Heart of Stone (1950), the first East German film shot in colour. It's a grand fairy tale from Paul Verhoeven (not that one, the German one) given the deluxe treatment on Blu-ray by Eureka / Masters of Cinema under the watchful eye of producer @craigimann.bsky.social.
August 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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I love @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social and the people behind it. These announcements are amazing (will always get excited about new Ben Wheatley movies and films about demonic laundromats). Passes still a very reasonable £85 until Sunday.
mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social · Aug 27
📣📣 We're excited to bring you a second wave of announcements ahead of our 21st edition! You also only have a handful of days left to take advantage of our Early Bird Pass price which will expire on Sunday so don't miss out!
The logo for Mayhem Film Festival - it has a retro 80s computer game look, in bright yellow, green and blue, with the letters of the name forming a kind of neon skyline.
August 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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For the last year, I've been making a documentary on Threads for @severinfilms.bsky.social. It's called Survivors: The Spectre of Threads and has its world premiere at the Showroom in Sheffield on Saturday. Some of the lovely people in it below, tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/sff-clo...
Mick Jackson in Survivors: The Spectre of Threads. Reece Dinsdale in Survivors: The Spectre of Threads. Rita May in Survivors: The Spectre of Threads. Bob Fischer in Survivors: The Spectre of Threads.
August 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Heart of Stone, the first East German folktale film, has hit the low stock page on the Eureka site. This is by far my favourite single title I have produced, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s macabre and beautiful and plays like a socialist Powell and Pressburger: eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/heart-...
Cover of the Eureka! / Masters of Cinema release of HEART OF STONE (1950) by Carly A-F.
August 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Another little blu-ray update of some recent titles from Eureka Entertainment, specifically seven new limited edition sets featuring my favourite: Hong Kong cinema! From Ringo Lam to Chang Cheh, Lo Wei to Andy Lau and beyond...

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2025 Eureka! Blu-ray Update #2 - Hong Kong Classics! Chang Cheh, Ringo Lam, Lo Wei & More!
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August 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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“The Descent is a modern horror film,” I thought to myself, before having an existential crisis over the fact that The Descent is as old now as Fright Night was in 2005.
August 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Next weekend, the Masters of Cinema series is bringing Trouble Every Day – an amazing slice of arthouse horror by Claire Denis – to the Showroom in Sheffield from a new 4K restoration. Saturday comes with an intro (and a chance to win free Blu-rays). Tickets: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
Slide advertising Trouble Every Day at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield. Text reads: MASTERS OF CINEMA PRESENTS TROUBLE EVERY DAY 4K RESTORATION PREVIEW 26-27 JULY (18) / DIR. CLAIRE DENIS Left side of the poster is black with promotional text as above. Right side is red and features Coré (Beatrice Dalle) covered in blood.
July 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Our @severinfilms.bsky.social documentary Survivors: The Spectre of Threads will be closing the Sheffield Film Festival on 30 August! Grab a ticket, feel a bit of paralysing nuclear dread, maybe win a special edition Traffic Warden action figure. Tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/sff-clo...
July 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM