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scholarspeak.bsky.social
A huge thank you to everyone who came to Switched On this weekend in Whitby. The first Scholars of the Peak Live performance -wow! Thank you to everyone who approached me afterwards and for all the kind words. I can finally tick that box, Scholars of the Peak go live! 📡⛰️ Thank you ❤️
#electronicmusic
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
twinsofdoom.bsky.social
Loved watching Wren's Nest by @hiddenbritain.bsky.social at Switched On in Whitby. Eerie television interruptions and broken soundscapes that morph into a surprisingly effective ghost story.
A projection screen showing a retro BBC1 logo with the words Wren's Nest Follows Shortly above a picture of a wren in a branch.
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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btlabel.bsky.social
FREE 12th BIRTHDAY SAMPLER
inc. tracks from The Shout soundtrack, Sky, They Came From Beyond Space, Tim Hill, the black Albumen, Revbjelde, Bernard Grancher, Retep Folo & Dorothy Moskowitz, Language Field, Bobby Freex, Matthew Shaw & Jed St. Christopher
buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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hiddenbritain.bsky.social
+ HIDDEN BRITAIN // LIVE DATES +

As well as my three shows with 'The Balloonist', I'll also be bringing my AV ghost story project 'Wren's Nest' to Whitby in a few weeks as part of the 'Switched On Festival'. Hope to see some of you at these forthcoming dates.

+ More TBA & ticket links in the bio +
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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johnnyrestall.bsky.social
40 years ago today, William Friedkin's TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. was released in the USA - a thrilling but withering takedown of sociopathic machismo on both sides of the law.

If you'd like to read more, here's a piece I wrote on it a while back:

wearecult.rocks/fake-it-till...
Poster for 'To Live and Die in L.A.' In the background to the left, the sun casts a dying orange blaze over the landscape. In the foreground on the right, a figure stands next to a concrete pillar, gun in one hand and a suitcase in the other. Although he is wearing sunglasses, most of his body is consumed by the shadows that bleach out the warm background colours. The shady, sinister side of the image seems almost at war with the more idyllic backdrop.
November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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paulduane.bsky.social
If I said the last of the great twentieth century British film directors died last night, and very few people even remembered him by the time of his death... would you know what I'm talking about?

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
Crying for Freedom: Peter Watkins at 90
Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remark...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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johnnyrestall.bsky.social
As Sherlock-Holmes-vs-Jack-The-Ripper film A STUDY IN TERROR (1965) was released 60 years ago this month, here's my piece for Rue Morgue comparing & contrasting it with Bob Clark's similarly-themed MURDER BY DECREE (1979):

rue-morgue.com/sherlock-hol...
Cartoon-style poster for 'A Study In Terror.' Sherlock Holmes is the central image in deerstalker and dark overcoat, standing with gun raised and a quizzical but determined look on his face. Around him, cartoon-strip sound-effect bubbles says things like 'Biff!' and 'Crunch!'. At the bottom left of the image is a screaming damsel in distress, hair flying and dress low cut. Illustrated poster for 'Murder by Decree.' Along the left-hand side of the poster are assorted profile sketches of the characters in the film, emerging from surrounding shadows and headed by Christopher Plummer's Sherlock Holmes. To the right, a sinister figure slashes downwards with an extremely long knife, looming over a drawing of a cobbled street showing dark figures fleeing from a pursuing handsome cab. The film's title is blood red, stamped in the style of an old-fashioned wax seal.
October 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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bobfischer.bsky.social
Full electronic weekender in Whitby next month! Should be great fun with some terrific performers, and I'm MC-ing all weekend. Don't let that put you off, though.
October 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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situcker.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: The union jack thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs
What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?
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October 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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johnnyrestall.bsky.social
This month on The Thriller Cabinet, writer/critic Mario Dhingsa and myself take a trip to Amity Island for a dip in the water to discuss Steven Spielberg's mighty JAWS (1975).

Join us at your peril!

Available on Spotify, Apple, and here:
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Classic illustrated poster for the film Jaws. The image is inset within a black background bearing cast details etc. The picture shows a young woman swimming front crawl-style on the surface of the ocean. She cannot see the absolutely enormous shark rising up from the depths heading directly for her, mouth agape in anticipation of its dinner...In the sky above her is the film's title, in blood red.
October 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
twinsofdoom.bsky.social
Had a fantastic evening watching Pye Corner Audio at The Yard in Manchester last night.
Thank you for the beautiful music! 🎶 🙌
Pye Corner Audio at The Yard in Manchester on 27.09.25. A man wearing a cap is standing behind a synthetic rack, in front of a projection screen displaying yellow shapes. There is blue lighting, with green laser beams.
September 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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gemseddon.bsky.social
Absolutely loved chatting it up with the lovely @johnnyrestall.bsky.social about all-things Misery.

Such a delight to be able to talk about Stephen King on my 4th podcast appearance! 😊

Listen now and subscribe to The Thriller Cabinet!! It’s dead good!
johnnyrestall.bsky.social Johnny Restall @johnnyrestall.bsky.social · Sep 9
Join @gemseddon.bsky.social and myself as we discuss Rob Reiner's MISERY (1990) on this month's episode of The Thriller Cabinet podcast.

Bates & Caan, Stephen King, hobblings - it's all here just waiting for its Number One Fans...

Available on Spotify, Apple and here: thethrillercabinet.libsyn.com
A beautiful poster for the film MISERY (1990). At the top of the image, we can see snow-capped mountains in the evening light. Working down the page, the picture descends into deep, dark blues with the title 'Misery' in red type-writer style font. At the very bottom, enclosed in the darkness, is a house. It's wooden frame and snowy roof should look homely, but instead it's laden with menace. One downstairs window is lit, shining like a cry from the depths...
September 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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johnnyrestall.bsky.social
Join @gemseddon.bsky.social and myself as we discuss Rob Reiner's MISERY (1990) on this month's episode of The Thriller Cabinet podcast.

Bates & Caan, Stephen King, hobblings - it's all here just waiting for its Number One Fans...

Available on Spotify, Apple and here: thethrillercabinet.libsyn.com
A beautiful poster for the film MISERY (1990). At the top of the image, we can see snow-capped mountains in the evening light. Working down the page, the picture descends into deep, dark blues with the title 'Misery' in red type-writer style font. At the very bottom, enclosed in the darkness, is a house. It's wooden frame and snowy roof should look homely, but instead it's laden with menace. One downstairs window is lit, shining like a cry from the depths...
September 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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johnnyrestall.bsky.social
I had the absolute privilege of joining @top100pod.bsky.social to discuss Carol Reed's glorious noir THE THIRD MAN (1949) this month.

It's hard to do full justice to such an immortal classic, but I gave it my best shot...

Available wherever you get your podcasts!
A graveyard in Vienna. A young woman stands in the foreground on the left in long coat and hat, her dark-gloved hands clasped, her expression one of reserved, deeply private grief. Behind her looms an awkward-looking man in a long dark coat; he seems both saddened and uncomfortable, as if he's little idea how to respond to the situation. A small tabby cat crouches next to a dark shoe, its wide and lustrous eyes full of watchful tenderness. An anxious-looking man stands before a large ferris wheel. Shot from below, the angle seems to increase his nervousness - his coat draped unevenly over his shoulders, his hat slightly askew, his hands fretting, and a look that borders on distress fighting its way across his face. A narrow brickwork tunnel, ankle-deep in water. A figure stands with his back to us, arms out as if preparing to turn and run. A bright light is coming towards him from the front, illuminating his plight in the surrounding darkness.
September 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
twinsofdoom.bsky.social
Exciting news 🙌 🎶
warringtonruncorn.com Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · Aug 29
NEW ALBUM NEWS
Public Works and Utilities, the sixth Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan album will be released on Friday 10 October via @castlesinspace.bsky.social.
A mockup of how the new Warrington-Runcorn record might look. It has a red a black cover with the words Public Works and Utilities. The record is also red and black. The front cover of Public Works and Utilities depicts a 1970s library in stylised red and black.
August 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
twinsofdoom.bsky.social
Had an absolutely brilliant weekend at @krankenhausfest.bsky.social

Met lots of lovely people, drank lots of delicious beer, and listened to incredible music. Plus trains and owls! What's not to love?! 🚂🦉
Sea Power on stage at Krankenhaus Festival, Ravenglass 2025.
August 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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mrstevehunt.bsky.social
Out now! @mwkronenberg.bsky.social joins me on the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast to discuss a #boxing #filmnoir classic! Available on all the major podcast platforms.
#filmsky #moviesky
August 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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johnnyrestall.bsky.social
So, did he get out of the cockadoodie car or not?

Find out next month on the next episode of The Thriller Cabinet podcast.

Coming Soon...
In the foreground is a clean-shaven middle-aged man, lying on a bed in a generically-dressed guestroom, his head propped on a blue pillow. Next to him sits a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length brown hair, reading a hardback book with a lavish romantic-fiction style cover. Her attention is wrapped up in the story, while he looks into the distance, clearly wishing he was anywhere else...
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
twinsofdoom.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone at @greenmanfest.bsky.social for making it such a wonderful weekend. We had a blast!

Highlights for us were TV On The Radio, W. H. Lung, Alan Sparhawk, the Film Quiz, and of course the lovely Welsh beer from the Courtyard! 🍻🎶💚 Diolch!
TV on the Radio on stage at Green Man Festival, Bannau Brycheiniog, 2025.
August 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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heirloomsanimation.bsky.social
🕷️Trailer for up coming stop motion 'Heirlooms'🕸️
#stopmotion #animation #horror #folkhorror #creepystopmotion #pram #creepykids #folkart #supportindiefilm #supportstopmotion #gothic #handmade #film #art #womensart #ghoststory #horrorfilm #indiehorror #indie #haunted #gatewayhorror #cutoutanimation
August 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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top100pod.bsky.social
Next episode Tim is joined by @johnnyrestall.bsky.social to discuss THE THIRD MAN.
August 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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sparksofficial.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to Ron!! 🎊
August 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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fatscoleman.bsky.social
Very lucky to be asked to discuss this masterpiece on Johnny’s excellent podcast. Check it out!
johnnyrestall.bsky.social Johnny Restall @johnnyrestall.bsky.social · Aug 8
Join me and @fatscoleman.bsky.social on this month's episode of The Thriller Cabinet as we examine Michael Mann's MANHUNTER (1986) - the first screen adaptation of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels, but far more than just that...

Find it on Spotify, Apple or here:
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Illustrated poster for the film Manhunter. The image is dominated by a threatening, greyish and partially masked male figure. He wears a stocking on the top half of his face, his head at a quizzical but menacing angle. His bare chest appears to bear a large red tattoo, based on William Blake's 'Great Red Dragon' pictures. He is emerging from surrounding darkness, as if approaching the viewer. In the bottom half is the film title in red along with the credits in white.
August 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM