Paul A J Lewis
@krycekfacility.bsky.social
"Don't Call Me Doctor"
Writer/Lecturer (Film Studies/Photography)
Writing Portfolio: http://paul-a-j-lewis.com/published-work-and-bylines/
Writing commissions/queries: DM or email (pajlewis[at]btinternet.com)
Kill It With Fire #CultMovies #Podcast
Writer/Lecturer (Film Studies/Photography)
Writing Portfolio: http://paul-a-j-lewis.com/published-work-and-bylines/
Writing commissions/queries: DM or email (pajlewis[at]btinternet.com)
Kill It With Fire #CultMovies #Podcast
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My essay '“We Invent Memories for Each Other”: #JeanRollin and the French #Zombie Film' is included in The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie: link.springer.com/referencewor...
(A small piece of shameless self-promotion for a Tuesday afternoon :D.)
(A small piece of shameless self-promotion for a Tuesday afternoon :D.)
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the way the monster comes to life in 1910's Frankenstein is exactly the same as they have resurrected Frank in HELLRAISER :) youtu.be/w-fM9meqfQ4?...
FRANKENSTEIN (1910) HD
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November 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
the way the monster comes to life in 1910's Frankenstein is exactly the same as they have resurrected Frank in HELLRAISER :) youtu.be/w-fM9meqfQ4?...
Really pleased to see my article about #JoseRamonLarraz's DEVIATION (1971) in the new (third) issue of the General Witchfinders @generalwitch.bsky.social 'zine, alongside excellent articles, stories, and artworks from other fine folk.
Buy your copy here: ko-fi.com/s/c3f2c05f87
Buy your copy here: ko-fi.com/s/c3f2c05f87
October 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Really pleased to see my article about #JoseRamonLarraz's DEVIATION (1971) in the new (third) issue of the General Witchfinders @generalwitch.bsky.social 'zine, alongside excellent articles, stories, and artworks from other fine folk.
Buy your copy here: ko-fi.com/s/c3f2c05f87
Buy your copy here: ko-fi.com/s/c3f2c05f87
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Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to our latest Samhain issue of the General Witchfinders zine. We honestly couldn’t have done it without you. A terrifyingly talented bunch, one and all. Go follow them, check out their work, and tell them we sent you
#GeneralWitchfinders #Zine #BritishHorror
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#GeneralWitchfinders #Zine #BritishHorror
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Our Samhain horror 'zine is out now:
76 pages of fresh nightmares, haunted nostalgia, and British strangeness. A fine fireside read for the turning of the year.
#GeneralWitchfinders #Zine #HorrorZine #BritishHorror
Buy it here
tinyurl.com/gwZINE
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76 pages of fresh nightmares, haunted nostalgia, and British strangeness. A fine fireside read for the turning of the year.
#GeneralWitchfinders #Zine #HorrorZine #BritishHorror
Buy it here
tinyurl.com/gwZINE
Please repost
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to our latest Samhain issue of the General Witchfinders zine. We honestly couldn’t have done it without you. A terrifyingly talented bunch, one and all. Go follow them, check out their work, and tell them we sent you
#GeneralWitchfinders #Zine #BritishHorror
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#GeneralWitchfinders #Zine #BritishHorror
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"I didn't sell out: I bought in."
#NowWatching James Merendino's SLC PUNK (1998)
#NowWatching James Merendino's SLC PUNK (1998)
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"I didn't sell out: I bought in."
#NowWatching James Merendino's SLC PUNK (1998)
#NowWatching James Merendino's SLC PUNK (1998)
Clumsy day today. Enjoying my morning coffee so much I spilt it down my shirt, and experiencing typos galore whilst trying to type on the world's smallest wireless keyboard 😆
October 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Clumsy day today. Enjoying my morning coffee so much I spilt it down my shirt, and experiencing typos galore whilst trying to type on the world's smallest wireless keyboard 😆
Happy to see the book chapter I cowrote about 1980s/1990s Hong Kong films about goeng-si available online.
"Spooky Encounters with Stiff Corpses: Hong Kong's Cinema of the Undead" will published in print in THE PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF THE ZOMBIE.
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
"Spooky Encounters with Stiff Corpses: Hong Kong's Cinema of the Undead" will published in print in THE PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF THE ZOMBIE.
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Happy to see the book chapter I cowrote about 1980s/1990s Hong Kong films about goeng-si available online.
"Spooky Encounters with Stiff Corpses: Hong Kong's Cinema of the Undead" will published in print in THE PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF THE ZOMBIE.
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
"Spooky Encounters with Stiff Corpses: Hong Kong's Cinema of the Undead" will published in print in THE PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF THE ZOMBIE.
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
GOOD BOY (Ben Leonberg 2025). CInema visit on Saturday night. Really liked this. Remined me of GREYFRIARS BOBBY w/a supernatural twist. As a dog owner, its exploration of grief through lens of the human/dog relationship struck chords. Effects work is shonky but the film has heart.
October 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
GOOD BOY (Ben Leonberg 2025). CInema visit on Saturday night. Really liked this. Remined me of GREYFRIARS BOBBY w/a supernatural twist. As a dog owner, its exploration of grief through lens of the human/dog relationship struck chords. Effects work is shonky but the film has heart.
SCREAM (Wes Craven 1996). Saw this at the cinema in '96. As a Craven fan, I always felt lukewarm to it, for a variety of reasons. However revisiting it on the big screen on Friday I was struck by how brutal it is + how well some of the humour lands when viewed w/a cinema audience.
October 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
SCREAM (Wes Craven 1996). Saw this at the cinema in '96. As a Craven fan, I always felt lukewarm to it, for a variety of reasons. However revisiting it on the big screen on Friday I was struck by how brutal it is + how well some of the humour lands when viewed w/a cinema audience.
Currently watching the Big Fry Man converse with Mr Morton.
October 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Currently watching the Big Fry Man converse with Mr Morton.
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🚨 Win a Criterion Blu-ray bundle of TWIN PEAKS : FIRE WALK WITH ME, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE & ALTERED STATES!
To enter email: competition@princecharlescinema.com & tell us: What is your favourite David Cronenberg film?
Winner must collect prize from cinema within 6 weeks
To enter email: competition@princecharlescinema.com & tell us: What is your favourite David Cronenberg film?
Winner must collect prize from cinema within 6 weeks
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🚨 Win a Criterion Blu-ray bundle of TWIN PEAKS : FIRE WALK WITH ME, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE & ALTERED STATES!
To enter email: competition@princecharlescinema.com & tell us: What is your favourite David Cronenberg film?
Winner must collect prize from cinema within 6 weeks
To enter email: competition@princecharlescinema.com & tell us: What is your favourite David Cronenberg film?
Winner must collect prize from cinema within 6 weeks
Sadly, this German Blu-ray release of FACE seems to be an upscale. The original source seems to be a print with a fair amount of damage. That said, it still looks better than the DVD I have (and the streaming versions, which are presented in 4:3).
Interesting new German Blu-ray release of Antonia Bird‘s excellent 1997 film FACE. Will post more when I’ve watched the whole thing.
September 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Sadly, this German Blu-ray release of FACE seems to be an upscale. The original source seems to be a print with a fair amount of damage. That said, it still looks better than the DVD I have (and the streaming versions, which are presented in 4:3).
Interesting new German Blu-ray release of Antonia Bird‘s excellent 1997 film FACE. Will post more when I’ve watched the whole thing.
September 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Interesting new German Blu-ray release of Antonia Bird‘s excellent 1997 film FACE. Will post more when I’ve watched the whole thing.
"It ain't like it used to be, but it'll do." #SamPeckinpah #TheWildBunch
September 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"It ain't like it used to be, but it'll do." #SamPeckinpah #TheWildBunch
Just signed a contract for a short story of mine to be published. Always a good feeling. More details to come but at the moment, it's all off the record, on the QT and very, very hush-hush.
September 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just signed a contract for a short story of mine to be published. Always a good feeling. More details to come but at the moment, it's all off the record, on the QT and very, very hush-hush.
Monday night. Why the heck not? Love this film. Plus, I've been hankering after a release of #TexasChainsawMassacre2 with the #BreakfastClub artwork since picking up a bootleg of the Dutch VHS release (w/Dutch subs) w/that artwork at my local comic book store in the early 90s @arrowvideo.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Monday night. Why the heck not? Love this film. Plus, I've been hankering after a release of #TexasChainsawMassacre2 with the #BreakfastClub artwork since picking up a bootleg of the Dutch VHS release (w/Dutch subs) w/that artwork at my local comic book store in the early 90s @arrowvideo.bsky.social
Workspace set up for winter. (Pardon the tatty walls. Need to repaint those.)
September 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Workspace set up for winter. (Pardon the tatty walls. Need to repaint those.)
"It feels like times have changed."
"Times, maybe... Not me."
"Times, maybe... Not me."
September 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"It feels like times have changed."
"Times, maybe... Not me."
"Times, maybe... Not me."
Afternoon off work vibes #SamPeckinpah #TheKillerElite
September 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Afternoon off work vibes #SamPeckinpah #TheKillerElite
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One week left to get your submissions in for the next ‘zine
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September 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
One week left to get your submissions in for the next ‘zine
general-witchfinders.teemill.com/blog/call-fo...
general-witchfinders.teemill.com/blog/call-fo...
"I'm talking about friendship, I'm talking about character, [...] I'm talking about ethics."
September 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"I'm talking about friendship, I'm talking about character, [...] I'm talking about ethics."
Revisiting VILLAIN (Michael Tuchner 1971). Long been a fan of this one. Clement & La Frenais' ear for dialogue is astounding. My son and I quote lines from the film often. I used to own the tie-in publication of James Barlow's source novel. Not sure if I still have it somewhere.
August 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Revisiting VILLAIN (Michael Tuchner 1971). Long been a fan of this one. Clement & La Frenais' ear for dialogue is astounding. My son and I quote lines from the film often. I used to own the tie-in publication of James Barlow's source novel. Not sure if I still have it somewhere.
Oh, crikey. Can't listen to this because I hate the sound of my own voice :D But it was great fun to chat to @amicushere.bsky.social about this wonderful film (Amicus' THE MIND OF MR SOAMES w/Terence Stamp).
Back from our self induced coma, our latest episode about “The Mind of Mr. Soames” with special guest @krycekfacility.bsky.social is finally available here:
👉 bit.ly/Soames 👈
#AmicusFilms #Podcast
👉 bit.ly/Soames 👈
#AmicusFilms #Podcast
August 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Oh, crikey. Can't listen to this because I hate the sound of my own voice :D But it was great fun to chat to @amicushere.bsky.social about this wonderful film (Amicus' THE MIND OF MR SOAMES w/Terence Stamp).
Never thought I’d see the day when I could watch #BrunoMattei films in 4k on a large OLED telly 😆 Currently enjoying @88films.bsky.social’s new release of RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR, which is an old fave of mine from the days of VHS.
August 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Never thought I’d see the day when I could watch #BrunoMattei films in 4k on a large OLED telly 😆 Currently enjoying @88films.bsky.social’s new release of RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR, which is an old fave of mine from the days of VHS.
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best punisher by far.
#Watched The Punisher (1989) - Dolph as a feral Punisher with painted-on stubble driving a hog through sewers and awkwardly reciting phonetic English. Evil lesbian yakuza vs. mafia stereotypes.
The most grindhouse Marvel movie? They couldn’t even be fucked to put a skull on his chest. Fun trash.
The most grindhouse Marvel movie? They couldn’t even be fucked to put a skull on his chest. Fun trash.
August 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
best punisher by far.