Ric Rawlins
@ricrawlins.bsky.social
Maker of spooky films. My knees are in Gladiator (2001) and I can also rollerskate!
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Ric Rawlins
@ricrawlins.bsky.social
· Mar 12
Hello! I'm a horror filmmaker from Bath – my next film is called Wild Swimmers and it's about a river dwelling vampire that feeds off... well, you guessed it. I also wrote the biography of Welsh psychedelic heroes Super Furry Animals. Thanks for following!
Reposted by Ric Rawlins
TOMORROW! Join us for a special Film Stories 500th episode event in London with special guest Romesh Ranganathan. Details and tickets here:
filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...
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Film Stories 500 | Romesh Ranganathan joins us in London for a special live event
Join us for a special Film Stories 500th episode event in London with special guest Romesh Ranganathan. Details and tickets here:
filmstories.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
TOMORROW! Join us for a special Film Stories 500th episode event in London with special guest Romesh Ranganathan. Details and tickets here:
filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...
filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...
The only downside to listening to Radio 60s in the morning is every ad goes like this:
“Do you have a life crippling illness? Don’t worry! We can buy all your GOLD from you! You can go on that cruise ship after all!”
“Do you have a life crippling illness? Don’t worry! We can buy all your GOLD from you! You can go on that cruise ship after all!”
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The only downside to listening to Radio 60s in the morning is every ad goes like this:
“Do you have a life crippling illness? Don’t worry! We can buy all your GOLD from you! You can go on that cruise ship after all!”
“Do you have a life crippling illness? Don’t worry! We can buy all your GOLD from you! You can go on that cruise ship after all!”
Thanks to everyone who came to the premiere of Wild Swimmers at the Bath Film Festival. It felt like a wedding! (*albeit a wedding in a catacomb)
October 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to the premiere of Wild Swimmers at the Bath Film Festival. It felt like a wedding! (*albeit a wedding in a catacomb)
I've just realised that @thebangles.bsky.social 2003 comeback album is, in fact wonderful
open.spotify.com/track/6s0mvN...
open.spotify.com/track/6s0mvN...
Grateful
open.spotify.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I've just realised that @thebangles.bsky.social 2003 comeback album is, in fact wonderful
open.spotify.com/track/6s0mvN...
open.spotify.com/track/6s0mvN...
This will be swell.
New book announcement! LYNCHIAN: THE SPELL OF DAVID LYNCH, an exploration into why his work has such a profound impact on us. Out in November, pre-order link in bio, some details in my newsletter... It is happening again!
August 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This will be swell.
How did a mystical story about the Greek God Pan find its way into the middle of The Wind in the Willows?
In this mini doc, I'm investigating The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and what it really means.
Featuring @pjrobichaud.bsky.social & Peter Hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGQe...
In this mini doc, I'm investigating The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and what it really means.
Featuring @pjrobichaud.bsky.social & Peter Hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGQe...
Pan at the Gates of Dawn
YouTube video by Festival Day Films
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How did a mystical story about the Greek God Pan find its way into the middle of The Wind in the Willows?
In this mini doc, I'm investigating The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and what it really means.
Featuring @pjrobichaud.bsky.social & Peter Hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGQe...
In this mini doc, I'm investigating The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and what it really means.
Featuring @pjrobichaud.bsky.social & Peter Hunt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGQe...
Reposted by Ric Rawlins
Honoured to be included in this short documentary on 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn' by Ric Rawlins, whose film 'Wild Swimmers' explores a very different presence haunting the riverside!
Pan at the Gates of Dawn
YouTube video by Festival Day Films
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Honoured to be included in this short documentary on 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn' by Ric Rawlins, whose film 'Wild Swimmers' explores a very different presence haunting the riverside!
I like Dan Akroyd’s psychic vampire test:
June 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I like Dan Akroyd’s psychic vampire test:
There are a lot of wankers in the world; try and compensate for them. Even if it’s exhausting, the difference you make might just balance things out.
June 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There are a lot of wankers in the world; try and compensate for them. Even if it’s exhausting, the difference you make might just balance things out.
I did not expect Lenny Kravitz’s autobiography to start like this
April 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I did not expect Lenny Kravitz’s autobiography to start like this
I’m not sure what esoteric mischief Waterstones have done to send me this before it’s release date but hot damn am I grateful it arrived before I ferret away on holiday. Can’t wait to read it!
@johnhiggs.bsky.social #doctorwho
@johnhiggs.bsky.social #doctorwho
April 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I’m not sure what esoteric mischief Waterstones have done to send me this before it’s release date but hot damn am I grateful it arrived before I ferret away on holiday. Can’t wait to read it!
@johnhiggs.bsky.social #doctorwho
@johnhiggs.bsky.social #doctorwho
I’ve been thinking long and hard about this and can finally state definitively that:
Can I Get a Chee-Hoo > You’re Welcome
Can I Get a Chee-Hoo > You’re Welcome
March 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I’ve been thinking long and hard about this and can finally state definitively that:
Can I Get a Chee-Hoo > You’re Welcome
Can I Get a Chee-Hoo > You’re Welcome
This album always feels like inviting a bit of compassion into the world ❤️
March 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This album always feels like inviting a bit of compassion into the world ❤️
Getting towards the end of White Lotus S2 now and it’s an understatement to say I am fearing for Tanya’s life :S
March 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Getting towards the end of White Lotus S2 now and it’s an understatement to say I am fearing for Tanya’s life :S
Hello! I'm a horror filmmaker from Bath – my next film is called Wild Swimmers and it's about a river dwelling vampire that feeds off... well, you guessed it. I also wrote the biography of Welsh psychedelic heroes Super Furry Animals. Thanks for following!
March 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hello! I'm a horror filmmaker from Bath – my next film is called Wild Swimmers and it's about a river dwelling vampire that feeds off... well, you guessed it. I also wrote the biography of Welsh psychedelic heroes Super Furry Animals. Thanks for following!
Fantastic article on From Here to Eternity in the new Empire by @christinalefou.bsky.social - I can’t believe I haven’t seen this and will be fixing that promptly!
March 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Fantastic article on From Here to Eternity in the new Empire by @christinalefou.bsky.social - I can’t believe I haven’t seen this and will be fixing that promptly!
Absolutely loved The Shark is Broken!
March 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Absolutely loved The Shark is Broken!
Reposted by Ric Rawlins
I'm nervous about the future of European security...
I have no control over the future of European security...
I'm nervous about... (etc)
Well this is a constructive internal monologue
I have no control over the future of European security...
I'm nervous about... (etc)
Well this is a constructive internal monologue
February 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm nervous about the future of European security...
I have no control over the future of European security...
I'm nervous about... (etc)
Well this is a constructive internal monologue
I have no control over the future of European security...
I'm nervous about... (etc)
Well this is a constructive internal monologue
I think I wet myself about three times in five minutes there #eastenders
February 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I think I wet myself about three times in five minutes there #eastenders
That was the single best episode of eastenders EVER #eastenders
February 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
That was the single best episode of eastenders EVER #eastenders
My new film Wild Swimmers is nearly finished! (Just recording 2,034 sound effects first...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5r...
Wild Swimmers - OFFICIAL TRAILER || Coming 2025
YouTube video by Festival Day Films
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My new film Wild Swimmers is nearly finished! (Just recording 2,034 sound effects first...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5r...