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
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
"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)
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.
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.)
MULHOLLAND DR. is on the title screen, innit?
September 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
MULHOLLAND DR. is on the title screen, innit?
"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
"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.
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.
I was raised on a diet of #LucioFulci films on VHS, and to see #TheBeyond get a release like @grindhousefilm.bsky.social's new 6-disc 4k/Blu-ray set is inarguably a long-held dream come true. From watching the Vampix VHS release in the 1980s to this seems like a long journey. #Horror #Eurohorror
July 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I was raised on a diet of #LucioFulci films on VHS, and to see #TheBeyond get a release like @grindhousefilm.bsky.social's new 6-disc 4k/Blu-ray set is inarguably a long-held dream come true. From watching the Vampix VHS release in the 1980s to this seems like a long journey. #Horror #Eurohorror
The film itself is flawed but is injected with some marvelous Friedkin magic, thanks also to some solid performances. Though structurally similar to his script for BASIC INSTINCT, Eszterhas' dialogue has some sparkle. The DC works much better than the TC. I'm a happy fan.
July 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The film itself is flawed but is injected with some marvelous Friedkin magic, thanks also to some solid performances. Though structurally similar to his script for BASIC INSTINCT, Eszterhas' dialogue has some sparkle. The DC works much better than the TC. I'm a happy fan.
Hugely pleased with @vinsyn.bsky.social's excellent 4k release of #WilliamFriedkin's JADE (1995). Saw this at the cinema on 1st release + imported the US VHS release of the DC. I can ditch that tape now as VinSyn's great release contains sparkling presentations of both the TC and DC.
July 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hugely pleased with @vinsyn.bsky.social's excellent 4k release of #WilliamFriedkin's JADE (1995). Saw this at the cinema on 1st release + imported the US VHS release of the DC. I can ditch that tape now as VinSyn's great release contains sparkling presentations of both the TC and DC.
Friday afternoon off work with @funcityeditions.bsky.social’s release of Lynne Ramsay’s MORVERN CALLAR (2002). Sad to say I missed this at the cinema on first release despite being a huge fan of RATCATCHER.
July 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Friday afternoon off work with @funcityeditions.bsky.social’s release of Lynne Ramsay’s MORVERN CALLAR (2002). Sad to say I missed this at the cinema on first release despite being a huge fan of RATCATCHER.
As someone who can vividly remember his appearances on Pebble Mill and The Little and Large Show, etc, discovering the current discourse about the late comedian Roy Jay - that he's an AI-generated phenomenon - made me laugh so hard yesterday that I "spooked" all the way to work.
June 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
As someone who can vividly remember his appearances on Pebble Mill and The Little and Large Show, etc, discovering the current discourse about the late comedian Roy Jay - that he's an AI-generated phenomenon - made me laugh so hard yesterday that I "spooked" all the way to work.
Really impressed with the new #Criterion 4K release of #StephenFrears’ superb #neonoir THE GRIFTERS (1990), the presentation of which mimics the bleach bypass aesthetic of the 35mm prints. Hugely different to the home video presentations I’ve seen previously. #JimThompson
June 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Really impressed with the new #Criterion 4K release of #StephenFrears’ superb #neonoir THE GRIFTERS (1990), the presentation of which mimics the bleach bypass aesthetic of the 35mm prints. Hugely different to the home video presentations I’ve seen previously. #JimThompson
Not the Dogs of War but the Doggos of Luxury and Relaxation.
June 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Not the Dogs of War but the Doggos of Luxury and Relaxation.
Thanks to @indicator.bsky.social's marvelous new 4k/Blu-ray release of the #JeanRollin film JEUNES FILLES IMPUDIQUES (1973), I am able to identify the book Martini-swilling hood Fred is reading whilst relaxing in the abandoned villa: John Godey's NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN KILL TODAY.
June 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Thanks to @indicator.bsky.social's marvelous new 4k/Blu-ray release of the #JeanRollin film JEUNES FILLES IMPUDIQUES (1973), I am able to identify the book Martini-swilling hood Fred is reading whilst relaxing in the abandoned villa: John Godey's NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN KILL TODAY.