After nearly thirty years of internet shopping for physical media, I still love it when coming back from holiday to find goodies awaiting…

I like to think of myself as something of a horror sophisticat. no-one else does. but I do. And yet I still find myself drawn to the narratively bankrupt but oh-so-effective literally physical reaction of found footage. Today I managed to peak through my fingers long enough

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut is lovingly scraped together from decades of infamy, studio betrayal and artistic snoot, possibly now to legitimately claim to present something closer to Tinto Brass' and Gore Vidal’s original vision. And whilst its certainly different (every shot is

So. all this 'My Top Ten list/ranking of whatever' that everyone is passing of as discourse in our social media feeds. is it actually of any genuine use to anyone? Or is it just a lightning rod/hot take prompt solely to drive snooty engagement with people who disagree (which

Peter Weir’s slow-burn anti-war elegy lures you in with sun-drenched charm before plunging into gut-punch fatalism. At first, it plays like Chariots of Fire Down Under, as Mark Lee and a young, magnetic Mel Gibson sprint through the Aussie outback, bonding over directionless

Top 10 Blu-Rays (UK) for August 2025 via @AVForums . My blu-ray round-up for August has just been published over at AVForums. Some superb releases including @FilmsRadiance's lush restoration of Visconti's Senso, @ArrowFilmsVideo's gorgeous presentation.

Yeah, I'm lucky enough that I haven't run out of room yet so am keeping hold of all my discs. but it will happen. In the meantime, my Monday morning ritual is checking the Cheap Charts app for all those lovely iTunes price drops and hoovering up as many shitty looking shark.

I was asked earlier this week if 2025 was a good year to start collecting physical media. and the obvious answer is of course it is: supreme technical presentations, handsome packages, superb extras. current blu-ray and 4K releases are the best we have ever had. and likely

Holy shit. The Cat from 1992. The deranged mind behind Story of Ricky returns with a film that makes Ricky Oh look like Terms of Endearment. Ostensibly a tale of intergalactic civil war spilling onto Earth, The Cat introduces us to a space princess, her Shaolin-esque alien

Watched a couple of fascinating blus this week - Finnis Terrae from @Eurekavideo and Through and Through from @FilmsRadiance. Both have an intriguingly modern take on the cinematic language, foregoing formal narrative for something way more abstract. not for everyone, but

Thanks for the shout out @88_Films - a great package. If only all Fulci was treated this well on physical media….

Man, Fulci's Murder-Rock is everything you could have hoped for when the maestro of eye-gouging horror trades entrails for eyeliner, guts for glitter, and mood for a very sweaty, lycra-drowned dance floor. With a killer who learned anatomy from Barney Stinson, a dance studio

July sees another bumper crop of 1080p blu-rays released in the UK. Which ones are worthy of pick up and which ones, er, aren't? Head over to @AVForums to check out my monthly round up. SPOILERS: @ArrowFilmsVideo have a blinding month. shhhh.

My ★★★½ review of DeepStar Six (1989) on @letterboxd: .So, 1989. which was your favourite slice of soggy schlock. I mean aquatic science fiction adventure?.