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Cryptology # 11 October 2026 (magazine review).
Cryptology #11 from TwoMorrows dives into The Creature from the Black Lagoon, horror hosts, Richard Powers covers, the Golem and Hammer's The Nanny.
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October 2026
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Beating The Devil: The Making Of Night Of The Demon by Tony Earnshaw (book review).
Set yourself a task. Find out about a book that you didn’t know existed and see how quickly you can find a copy…
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Spider Baby or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967) (film review).
GF Willmetts tracks down an Italian DVD of Spider Baby, Jack Hill's 1967 cult horror with Lon Chaney Jr. as chauffeur to a…
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Van Helsing And His Kin by Daniel O’Brien (book review)
Author Daniel O’Brien makes a strong point in his introduction to ‘Van Helsing And His Kin’ that, next to the legendary Count…you know…
September 2026
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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom brings you Frankenstein’s flock (Mark Kermode film review).
Aardman go full Universal monster movie, Shaun turns mad scientist, and the scariest thing in the woods is a mob of villagers with…
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Resident Evil (2026) (Mark Kermode’s film review).
Twenty-four years and eight films in, somebody has finally worked out what a ‘Resident Evil’ movie should be: a terrified man with no…
June 2026
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DeepStar Six (1989) (blu-ray film review).
DeepStar Six originally came out in 1989, and this is the first time I’ve seen it. The film title comes from the undersea…
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Scary Movie returns (Mark Kermode’s horror film review).
There is something grimly fascinating about a horror spoof lumbering back from the grave after thirteen years, still wearing the same novelty mask,…
May 2026
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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy unwraps grief, gore and enough bandages to bankrupt Boots (Mark Kermode film review).
There are certain things cinema simply cannot leave buried. Dracula rises every decade or so for another nibble, Frankenstein gets rebooted whenever Hollywood…
January 2026
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Cryptology #5 October 2025 (magazine review).
The fifth edition of ‘Cryptology’ is noted on the cover as the ‘Skull & Bones Issue’. Nothing to do with the Jolly Roger…
July 2025
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The Stuff (1985) Limited Edition 4K UHD (blu-ray/UHD review).
Forget about eating ice cream; you want to try The Stuff. It’s got a sweetness that will make you want to eat it…
February 2025
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Cronos (1992) (film review).
This is a 4K Ultra HD restoration of the film ‘Cronos.’. This is a Spanish film running with English dialogue. Well, except when…