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 | 📼 📀
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.
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...
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.
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...
August 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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...
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-...
August 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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-...
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...
July 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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...
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
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...
The Masters of Cinema series is bringing Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure to the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield this weekend. Two screenings across Saturday and Sunday (Saturday comes with an intro and a chance to win free Blu-rays as a bonus). You can grab tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
May 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Masters of Cinema series is bringing Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure to the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield this weekend. Two screenings across Saturday and Sunday (Saturday comes with an intro and a chance to win free Blu-rays as a bonus). You can grab tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...
Also loved Marshmallow, a summer camp slasher with a fun twist. Thanks to everyone who came out for our Masters of Cinema Presents screening of DEFA's In the Dust of the Stars!
April 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Also loved Marshmallow, a summer camp slasher with a fun twist. Thanks to everyone who came out for our Masters of Cinema Presents screening of DEFA's In the Dust of the Stars!
Had a great weekend at the inaugural Culture Shock Festival of Fantastic Film at the Showroom Cinema this weekend (courtesy of the @celluloidscreams.bsky.social team). My pick of the new films is the bizarre Estonian sci-fi anthology The Black Hole. Retrospective has to be Terror of Mechagodzilla.
April 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Had a great weekend at the inaugural Culture Shock Festival of Fantastic Film at the Showroom Cinema this weekend (courtesy of the @celluloidscreams.bsky.social team). My pick of the new films is the bizarre Estonian sci-fi anthology The Black Hole. Retrospective has to be Terror of Mechagodzilla.
A selection of films from the Masters of Cinema Series are coming to the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield, beginning with Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure. More films to be announced (including a preview of a future release). You can grab a ticket for Cure here: www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/mastersofcin...
April 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A selection of films from the Masters of Cinema Series are coming to the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield, beginning with Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure. More films to be announced (including a preview of a future release). You can grab a ticket for Cure here: www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/mastersofcin...
July is a good month for Western fans at Eureka. High Noon is coming to 4K UHD and East Germany’s first Western, The Sons of Great Bear, is making its home video debut in the UK. Also a good month for me – High Noon is an all-timer and I’ve loved producing all of our DEFA releases so far.
April 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
July is a good month for Western fans at Eureka. High Noon is coming to 4K UHD and East Germany’s first Western, The Sons of Great Bear, is making its home video debut in the UK. Also a good month for me – High Noon is an all-timer and I’ve loved producing all of our DEFA releases so far.
The closest I’ll get to holiday appropriate viewing this weekend…
April 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The closest I’ll get to holiday appropriate viewing this weekend…
Eureka’s March releases. Very happy with how Mabuse Lives! turned out, and really pleased to be getting more German genre movies on disc in the UK. There’s more to come.
April 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Eureka’s March releases. Very happy with how Mabuse Lives! turned out, and really pleased to be getting more German genre movies on disc in the UK. There’s more to come.
I spent all of last week having a very cultured time in France, but have to be honest and admit I planned the entire trip around seeing the original Greta puppet from Gremlins 2 in Lyon’s Musée Cinéma et Miniature.
March 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I spent all of last week having a very cultured time in France, but have to be honest and admit I planned the entire trip around seeing the original Greta puppet from Gremlins 2 in Lyon’s Musée Cinéma et Miniature.
Recently announced by Eureka, DEFA's Heart of Stone! This is East Germany's first folktale adaptation and its first film in colour, a really macabre story of greed filled with weird and beautiful imagery. A blast to produce, with amazing art by @carlydraws.bsky.social and great expert contributions.
March 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Recently announced by Eureka, DEFA's Heart of Stone! This is East Germany's first folktale adaptation and its first film in colour, a really macabre story of greed filled with weird and beautiful imagery. A blast to produce, with amazing art by @carlydraws.bsky.social and great expert contributions.
A masterpiece (and “mild peril” is a bit of an understatement on the BBFC’s part).
March 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A masterpiece (and “mild peril” is a bit of an understatement on the BBFC’s part).
Any excuse to post the Killers from Space aliens.
March 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Any excuse to post the Killers from Space aliens.