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Matilda’s Retreat by Catherine Cavendish — Runalong The Shelves I would like to thank Crossroad Press for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Crossroads Press Published – Out Now Price - £7.31 hardback £3.6...

A spooky house is a fine setting for this horror novella Matilda’s Retreat by Catherine Cavendish www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...

Runalong the Short Shelves - Pseudopod December and January — Runalong The Shelves Source Pseudopod available at all good podcasting places Ah my audio catch up gets me up to date with Pseudopod and 2026 marks twenty years of this podcast devoted to horror and while often things...

On the blog this week I caught up on Pseudopod in the Short Shelves www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...

Just a quick announcement, you might get an "not secure" warning if you visit my website -www.hypnogoria.com - today, but there's nothing wrong, it's perfectly safe - the SLL certificate is getting renewed that's all, and should be sorted at some point soon!

COMMENTARY CLUB - Valentines Special 2026 - Groundhog Day

Welcome to our annual Valentine's Day Special, and this year it's not a wildly inappropriate movie, but a bona fide classic - Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell,

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#podcast #comedy #valentines

Cover for The Photonic Effect by Mike Che has a starship entering space from a mysterious red area

A starship captain and her crew face conspiracies and betrayals as they find themselves at odds with various factions of a galactic civil war in a thrilling space adventure by New York Times bestselling author Mike Chen. The starship Horizon's crew spent ten years trapped across the expanse of space, Now they're finally home—only it's not the home they knew. The Cluster, once peaceful coalition of planets, has fractured in the wake of civil war. Captain Demora Kim wants nothing more than to protect her surviving crew. It's what she owes them after years of instability and terror. But in times of war, no one is allowed neutrality. After an attack on a mining station leaves thousands dead, Demi's efforts become almost impossible. Every ship is needed on the frontline. Thrust deeper into a conflict she barely understands, Demi considers a bold choice—one that might keep her promises but tip the galaxy further into chaos. Saga

Next up to space and adventures with The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen coming 21/4 thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

Wombling Along — Runalong The Shelves Hellloooo! Hope you’re all ok? Welcome to the blog’s weekend supplement where I gather up reviews and articles that caught my eye this week. Not much to update on this week. I have a new team member...

It’s Saturday and you deserve a treat so sit back with a cuppa and catch up on this week’s Wombling Along gathering reviews and more I saw online this week www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...

One thing he knows about and that’s puzzles, this guy.

NOW WITH ADDED BLUESKY!

YEAH! Second series of HG Toys’ Trek puzzles. Some of the first gen are available in my shop. All made and framed - JUST FOR YOU!

Got to get the ‘Battle on the Planet Romulon’ up in the shop soon too!

Hello Evening Crowd - a claustrophobic tale of darkness with a little ray of hope in it

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OSS117 - Double Agent The Assassination Game OSS117 - Double Agent aka Niente rose per OSS 117 aka OSS117 Murder For Sale France/Italy 1968 Directed by Renzo Cerr...

THE ASSASSINATION GAME. I review OSS117 - DOUBLE AGENT (aka OSS117 - MURDER FOR SALE) right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/oss1...

And also: “… Paluzzi may just have been cast for her former association with the Bond film because, bizarrely, she disappears from the narrative about a third of the way in and is never mentioned again…”

And: “… injected with a poison which will kill him once every 24 hours unless he has the next stage of the antidote…”

From my latest review: “I think it’s more that these bandwagon competitors to the Bond franchise are just, mainly, as dull as ditchwater. And I can’t blame the actors either.”

Shelter S’Hell Ter Pay Shelter Directed by Ric Roman Waugh USA/UK 2026 Black Bear UK Cinema Release Print Just a quick shout out on the latest Jason...

S'HELL TER PAY. I review the new Jason Statham thriller SHELTER right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/shel...

And also: “… the chaotic and almost clunky brutality of the sequence works really well when juxtaposed with the sensibilities of the two characters reacting to the situation.”

And: “… because Jason Statham and Bodhi Rae Breathnach have good chemistry together, it’s easy to ignore the cliché and let yourself be entertained by two good actors.”

From my latest review: “Here starts the almost but not quite TRUE GRIT style relationship between the two characters.”

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward; Pagans by James Alistair Henry; Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo; Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman; A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang

Lots of new temptations here www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

I’ve still not seen this one.

Black Narcissus Black Narcissus Writers & Directors ~ Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger 1947, UK Cast ~   Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson...

Apparently, the author Rumer Godden disliked the film’s “phoney” look and the lean into melodrama, but these are at the core of what makes the film a giddy exuberance.

Many Happy Returns.

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Ten Things I’ve Learned from Movie Blogging ...Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Blog Six years of Cinematic Catharsis has taught me some important lessons...

I wrote this almost 10 years ago, and I still stand by it (just replace "Twitter" with Bluesky, and you get the idea): cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2016/11/ten-...

#filmsky #moviesky

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The Sentinel (1977) Directed by Michael Winner; Written by Michael Winner and Jeffrey Konvitz; Based on the novel by Jeffrey Konvitz; Starring: Christi...

While my next post is simmering, here's another recycled review: cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-...

Cover art for my reading of the Hound by HP Lovecraft which shows an pen and ink drawing on sepia paper of a skeleton in an ancient coffin

FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 164 - The Hound by HP Lovecraft

A reading of an early classic from HP Lovecraft, a gothic tale of graverobbing and ghoulish decadence that features the very first appearance of the dread Necronomicon!
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#podcast #horror #HPLovecraft #gothic

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The Mummy - Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor Life’s A Dragon,  Then You Die The Mummy -  Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor United States/Germany/China/Canada  2008 Directed by Rob Cohen Univer...

nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... Blog Redux 3/3