Now watching... My favourite Jean Rollin film "Requiem for a Vampire"

Now watching... High-definition Hammer classic "The Reptile"!

Oh you ARE sick! Now watching... Eraserhead.

Now watching... Andy Milligan's "Nightbirds"

Now watching... Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi and the Panther Woman!

Now watching... The Black Panther

Now watching... Shame

Now watching... The Awakening.

A bit of Almodovar for a Sunday afternoon...

Now watching... One of my favourite films.

Now watching...

Now watching... Klaus Kinski and Ian McShane in "The Pleasure Girls"!

Now watching... The BFI's new 2 disc edition of The Devils!

Now watching... Hammer's restored 'Dracula Prince of Darkness' in beautiful HD!

Now watching... A bit of Almodovar.

Now watching... Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Now watching... Norman J Warren's first feature film "Her Private Hell"!

Now watching... A reconstruction of "London After Midnight" with Lon Chaney

Now watching... Lon Chaney in "The Unknown"

Now watching... The (25 minute longer) American cut of The Shining!

Now watching... Lon Chaney in 'Laugh, Clown, Laugh'.

Today's very special delivery… Plinth's "Collected Machine Music" CD!

I've been waiting for this one!

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Now watching... Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.

Now watching... Hammer horror from the year I was born!

Looking forward to seeing the new digitally remastered print of The Shining this afternoon!

Now reading…

Now watching... Tod Browning directing Lon Chaney and Harry Earles!

Now watching... Tod Browning directing Lon Chaney and Harry Earles!

Now watching... The finest Phantom of them all!

Taking a break from M R James to watch Basil Rathbone play Scrooge...