Johnny Restall

Fantastic support set in Nottingham (Mogwai were wonderful too)!

Agreed, it's so depressing the way soulless AI corporate slop seems to be invading absolutely everything at the moment. (Their podcast names are terrible, too - if this is 'the future' why is it so obviously shit at it?)

When my wife told me about this, I thought "That'll be right up Steve's street!" They should definitely get you on to introduce some of them, they're really missing a trick there.

A close-up shot of a small boy and a burly man, crouching behind an armoured pram and staring intently into the distance with looks of furious concentration on their faces.

A beautiful dark-haired woman lies across a sofa or bed (not sure which), an enigmatic expression on her face. Her hands appear to have sharp claws and fur, which is tearing the fabric she lies on.

An illustration of a striking face staring directly at the viewer. Although the features are roughly humanoid, the skin is blue, the large eyes are red, the ear are like crinkled fins, and they are quite bald.

A woman stands to the left of the black and white picture, an expression of calculating triumph on her face as she towers over a television screen showing a middle-aged male politician. In the background behind her are television cameras and reporters.

I've done a bit of spring cleaning on my LinkTree.

There's a whole archive of articles & episodes on Thrillers, Horrors and Cult Films for your enjoyment, if you fancy a look:

linktr.ee/JohnnyRestall

A few teasers in the pictures below, with much much more available...

Absolutely - I adored Johnny Corncob and the shorts too, it's a fantastic package.

Apologies for crashing the conversation but just wanted to say I recently watched Son of the White Mare and loved it! Excellent news on the Danger Diabolik release too, superb work!

Outstanding film!

A genuinely peculiar and unique film that doesn't get talked about enough - highly recommended if fancy a wild mashup of Eating Raoul, David Lynch and Matinee. (Why wouldn't you?)

Some classics already covered, so I'll throw in G vs. Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla. All-action paranoid 70s fun, and Mechagodzilla is a great villain!

Does anyone have suggestions for a good platform to self-publish articles (without building your own website from scratch)? I'm aware of Substack, Blogger etc., just wondered if there were any others you might recommend...

Happy to report that my wife read and loved Toadhead. Looking forward to getting round to reading it myself soon...

ALICE (1988): Czech genius Jan Švankmajer's stop-motion adaptation takes Lewis Carroll's already nightmarish book and transforms it into a surreal masterpiece. Don't have nightmares!

Thanks Alex.

Thanks Joe - I'd heard Substack was pretty dubious (to put it mildly)...

Does anyone have suggestions for a good platform to self-publish articles (without building your own website from scratch)? I'm aware of Substack, Blogger etc., just wondered if there were any others you might recommend...

Top 10 Bowie (today, in no order):
Station to Station
Can You Hear Me
Life on Mars
Tis a Pity She's a Whore
Ashes to Ashes
The Bewlay Brothers
Cracked Actor
Sound and Vision
I'm Deranged
Always Crashing in the Same Car

It's such a treat - hope you enjoy it!

Season 3 incoming...

Excellent stuff! Especially excited about Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which is just perfection in my opinion.

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Another film covered on the pod, Carol Reed's THE THIRD MAN is also on iPlayer right now. Dive deep into the dark heart of post-war Europe then check out our spoilerific episode with @johnnyrestall.bsky.social

I hope the robotic house servant features heavily in the discussion...

Illustrated poster for 'Possession' (1981), cut off just above the chest so that BlueSky doesn't restrict it. Against a chalky blue background, a pale stylised female figure writhes, head back, somewhere between wrenching agony and deranged bliss. Her hair appears to be made of thick silvery tentacles.

With Andrzej Zulawski's astonishing POSSESSION (1981) getting a 4K re-release in the UK, now seems a good time to reshare my article from a few years ago, celebrating the film's 40th anniversary and trying to unravel its strange, scalding mysteries:
wearecult.rocks/finding-mean...

All films are improved by Dick Miller. It's an inarguable fact.

Santa Claus is coming to town! 🪓💀

Art by Johnny Craig

Victorian Christmas card with a procession of birds carrying torches and the legend May all jollity "LiGHTEN" your CHRISTMAS hours

Victorian Christmas card showing a child startled by the disembodied head of an enormous white goat saying I have come to greet you

Krampus is overrated, my favourite Christmas characters are the mob of bird cultists and the Christmas Baphomet.

That's a great night at the cinema!

Illustrated poster for 'Possession' (1981), cut off just above the chest so that BlueSky doesn't restrict it. Against a chalky blue background, a pale stylised female figure writhes, head back, somewhere between wrenching agony and deranged bliss. Her hair appears to be made of thick silvery tentacles.

With Andrzej Zulawski's astonishing POSSESSION (1981) getting a 4K re-release in the UK, now seems a good time to reshare my article from a few years ago, celebrating the film's 40th anniversary and trying to unravel its strange, scalding mysteries:
wearecult.rocks/finding-mean...

More Yoshiko Sai is very, very welcome. You're releasing so much fantastic stuff (loving the Brigitte Fontaine and Hitomi Tohyama) - outstanding work!

This was excellent. Very much looking forward to reading my new copy of your book!

Harsh, but quite possibly fair.