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As a consequence of a call to action in this episode, I've made a design that can be added to tees, stickers, even cushions!
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1759...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1759...
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As a consequence of a call to action in this episode, I've made a design that can be added to tees, stickers, even cushions!
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1759...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1759...
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Doctor Who Literature returns with a tribute to Christopher H. Bidmead. Featuring a new interview with @andr3wsmith.bsky.social, excerpts from our archives for each of Chris Bidmead's three Doctor Who episodes, and new readings from @monstermaker.bsky.social.
open.spotify.com/episode/3F31...
open.spotify.com/episode/3F31...
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November 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Doctor Who Literature returns with a tribute to Christopher H. Bidmead. Featuring a new interview with @andr3wsmith.bsky.social, excerpts from our archives for each of Chris Bidmead's three Doctor Who episodes, and new readings from @monstermaker.bsky.social.
open.spotify.com/episode/3F31...
open.spotify.com/episode/3F31...
Getting a film in before Traitors, so I've gone for Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), Richard Attenborough in a Bryan Forbes film that I've never seen.
#WOEvember
#WOEvember
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Getting a film in before Traitors, so I've gone for Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), Richard Attenborough in a Bryan Forbes film that I've never seen.
#WOEvember
#WOEvember
By the time I finish Vengeance of the Zombies (1973) tonight, my street should be filled with smoke from all the fireworks. Spooky Guy Fawkes night movie
#WOEvember
#WOEvember
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
By the time I finish Vengeance of the Zombies (1973) tonight, my street should be filled with smoke from all the fireworks. Spooky Guy Fawkes night movie
#WOEvember
#WOEvember
Now I've observed my SHOCKtober ritual, I can catch up on some actual telly. Still got the latest series of Only Murders, there's Down Cemetery Road at last! Plus all the older shows I was working through, like Maigret and SNL.
But can I be arsed to finish Alien Earth? I'm not sure I can.
But can I be arsed to finish Alien Earth? I'm not sure I can.
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Now I've observed my SHOCKtober ritual, I can catch up on some actual telly. Still got the latest series of Only Murders, there's Down Cemetery Road at last! Plus all the older shows I was working through, like Maigret and SNL.
But can I be arsed to finish Alien Earth? I'm not sure I can.
But can I be arsed to finish Alien Earth? I'm not sure I can.
A kind of late #SHOCKtober - or should it be #WOEvember - the stage production of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein comes to the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester.
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A kind of late #SHOCKtober - or should it be #WOEvember - the stage production of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein comes to the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester.
Everything I watched for SHOCKtober 2025 (1):
Martin (1978)
Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Lust of the Vampire (1958)
Conjuring 2 (2016)
Abby (1974)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Plumber (1979)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman (1971)
Martin (1978)
Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Lust of the Vampire (1958)
Conjuring 2 (2016)
Abby (1974)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Plumber (1979)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman (1971)
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Everything I watched for SHOCKtober 2025 (1):
Martin (1978)
Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Lust of the Vampire (1958)
Conjuring 2 (2016)
Abby (1974)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Plumber (1979)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman (1971)
Martin (1978)
Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Lust of the Vampire (1958)
Conjuring 2 (2016)
Abby (1974)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Plumber (1979)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman (1971)
A final #SHOCKtober - animated mash-up Mad Monster Party? (1967) stars Boris Karloff as Dr F, with special guest star Phyllis Fuller.
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A final #SHOCKtober - animated mash-up Mad Monster Party? (1967) stars Boris Karloff as Dr F, with special guest star Phyllis Fuller.
#SHOCKtober Stepping back into giallo with an Italian thriller with a crazy title - The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970).
October 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#SHOCKtober Stepping back into giallo with an Italian thriller with a crazy title - The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970).
#SHOCKtober Another Paul Naschy, and a very mid-70s theme Exorcismo (1975). Apparently Naschy had the idea for the film before the glut of exorcism movies, but I'm assuming that's why it got made?
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#SHOCKtober Another Paul Naschy, and a very mid-70s theme Exorcismo (1975). Apparently Naschy had the idea for the film before the glut of exorcism movies, but I'm assuming that's why it got made?
Lunchtime #SHOCKtober and Columbia try to pull a Universal by doing The Return of the Vampire (1943) with Bela Lugosi and a wolfman.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Lunchtime #SHOCKtober and Columbia try to pull a Universal by doing The Return of the Vampire (1943) with Bela Lugosi and a wolfman.
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I want to bring The Comics Code Podcast to your attention, created by my pal @graemeburk.bsky.social This is a superb piece of work, telling the story of how Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lost the rights to their creation: Superman. Ep01 is out now. comicscodepodcast.com
The Comics Code Podcast – Unlocking the origins of today's favourite comics
comicscodepodcast.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I want to bring The Comics Code Podcast to your attention, created by my pal @graemeburk.bsky.social This is a superb piece of work, telling the story of how Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lost the rights to their creation: Superman. Ep01 is out now. comicscodepodcast.com
#SHOCKtober The title card says Curse of the Devil but it's El Retorno de Walpurgis (1973), the next of Paul Naschy's Daninsky werewolf films.
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#SHOCKtober The title card says Curse of the Devil but it's El Retorno de Walpurgis (1973), the next of Paul Naschy's Daninsky werewolf films.
#SHOCKtover Rondo Hatton stars as The Brute (1946). There's something sad about this because, unlike the other Universal "Monsters", that's Hatton's actual face
October 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#SHOCKtover Rondo Hatton stars as The Brute (1946). There's something sad about this because, unlike the other Universal "Monsters", that's Hatton's actual face
#SHOCKtober - David Cronenberg is a bit of a blind spot for me, so I'm giving this a go: Scanners (1981)
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#SHOCKtober - David Cronenberg is a bit of a blind spot for me, so I'm giving this a go: Scanners (1981)
#SHOCKtober I know nothing about Manos: the Hand of Fate (1966) but @ohsinnerman.bsky.social suggested it. So far, the dialogue seems to have been written after the film was shot, like The Flashing Blade.
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#SHOCKtober I know nothing about Manos: the Hand of Fate (1966) but @ohsinnerman.bsky.social suggested it. So far, the dialogue seems to have been written after the film was shot, like The Flashing Blade.
Mini #SHOCKtober - a short film on YouTube called Sweet Revenge (2025).
Another one I've been saving for tonight.
youtu.be/O_dEbWGRXsg?...
Another one I've been saving for tonight.
youtu.be/O_dEbWGRXsg?...
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Mini #SHOCKtober - a short film on YouTube called Sweet Revenge (2025).
Another one I've been saving for tonight.
youtu.be/O_dEbWGRXsg?...
Another one I've been saving for tonight.
youtu.be/O_dEbWGRXsg?...
#SHOCKtober I've been saving this one for the last Saturday night of the month... Sinners (2025)
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#SHOCKtober I've been saving this one for the last Saturday night of the month... Sinners (2025)
#SHOCKtober - and I might regret this but Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966) is calling.
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#SHOCKtober - and I might regret this but Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966) is calling.
#SHOCKtober An odd one, as the copy I have is the US reissue with the title The Horrible House on the Hill, but this is actually Devil Times Five (1974).
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#SHOCKtober An odd one, as the copy I have is the US reissue with the title The Horrible House on the Hill, but this is actually Devil Times Five (1974).
#SHOCKtober what a credits list - Carl Laemmle presents Karloff (surname only!) and Bela Lugosi in an Edgar Allan Poe story, The Black Cat (1934). Perfect hissy late-night hokum.
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
#SHOCKtober what a credits list - Carl Laemmle presents Karloff (surname only!) and Bela Lugosi in an Edgar Allan Poe story, The Black Cat (1934). Perfect hissy late-night hokum.
Film #32 for my #SHOCKtober is The Vampires Night Orgy (1973). No apostrophe - burn it!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Film #32 for my #SHOCKtober is The Vampires Night Orgy (1973). No apostrophe - burn it!!!!
AI is a con perpetrated by the untalented so they can aspire to be mediocre by dragging the average downwards. Seeing my favourite season contaminated like this is so upsetting.
If you're a #DoctorWho fan who cares about sensitive video restoration that preserves the integrity of the original images, and is concerned about the introduction of unintended artefacts from the use of AI, please watch this short video, share widely and discuss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...
A.I. - is it worth it?
YouTube video by Pip Madeley
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October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
AI is a con perpetrated by the untalented so they can aspire to be mediocre by dragging the average downwards. Seeing my favourite season contaminated like this is so upsetting.
Mini #SHOCKtober before bed, the first Dramarama Spooky, War Games with Caroline.
October 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Mini #SHOCKtober before bed, the first Dramarama Spooky, War Games with Caroline.
Tonight's #SHOCKtober is another Paul Naschy, not the Wolfman - it's Count Dracula's Great Love (1973).
October 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Tonight's #SHOCKtober is another Paul Naschy, not the Wolfman - it's Count Dracula's Great Love (1973).