North East weirdies, tickets are still available for our Folk Horror show on Wednesday 10 September, at @arcstockton, with @Bob_Fischer and me! Everything from film & TV to comics, music, and suburban sex orgies will be covered. Tickets:

He's slowly turning into The Master

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RT @KittyCointreau: Our ident for @FrightFest 2025, inspired by public information films of the #1970s is now on YouTube. You might be into….

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Give 'em their due, Thomas Salter also produced these absolute bangers

THOMAS SALTER SCIENCE KITS: A staple for many a science-obsessed kid in the Scarred For Life era. Chock full of toxic powders, chemicals, glass test tubes, a methylated spirit burner, and lots more. "Harmful if misused," you say?

"You know the 80s miss you, right?"

This is devastating. I went to art college with Dave Taylor in 1989-90. Even then, he was leagues ahead of the rest of the class. He was a regular at Forbidden Planet, my old workplace, for years. One of the loveliest people ever, and a ridiculously talented artist. RIP, mate.

Experience Cosmic Zoom here. Edibles and microdots not included:.

COSMIC ZOOM (1968): Mind-blowing animation directed by Eva Szasz for the National Film Board of Canada. A zoom out to the edge of the universe, and a zoom in to an atomic level: it'll make you feel insignificant and uniquely special all at the same time.

The Unborn is a brilliant hour of peak BBC2 weirdness. And it has a rubber demon that makes the snake from Dr Who's Kinda look like Jurassic Park. What are you waiting for?.

BBC2 PLAYHOUSE - THE UNBORN (1980): Rosemary's Baby meets The Omen III, with a huge dollop of British weirdness, in Philip (Gangsters, Doctor Who) Martin's play about a physicist who has vivid dreams about his unborn son: a Hitler-like fascist who starts World War III.

RING OF BRIGHT WATER (1969): Charming family film about one man's friendship with his cute little otter, Mij. Featuring the stars of Born Free, it's innocuous enough, until this scene, which comes like a bolt from the blue.

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GREEN CROSS CODE: SPLINK (1976) The great Jon Pertwee guides kids (including a young Todd Carty) across the road using the famously complex mnemonic, which only served to confuse kids and was unceremoniously scrapped. The Enigma Code was easier to crack.

If you haven’t caught up with @RhysThomasOBE brilliant appearance on the Scarred for Life podcast, here’s a clip to whet your appetite. Listen to the whole episode here:.

I don't know what was in the water in 1977, but body horror for kids was the order of the day! @2000AD's The Visible Man, Cyborg's arch enemy Muton, and Pulsar the Ultimate Man of Adventure all wandered around with their internal organs on show. Long live the new flesh!

RT @Bob_Fischer: Never been to Goole before, but I'm putting that right on Wed 1st Oct with an evening of Haunted Generation @hauntedgen re….

I beg to differ

Get a nice 10% off our books with the case-sensitive code SCHOOLDAY10 until midnight on Friday August 22! A combined 2,000 pages about the dark pop culture of the 70s and 80s. Also available as colour eBooks!. Noseybonk mask not included. Store link: