John Llewellyn Probert

The Ambulance (1990) "Larry Cohen Strikes Again!" Independent cult director (and hugely prolific screenwriter) Larry Cohen's THE AMBULANCE is getting a limit...

"...as we get to the end he seems to be either quite tired or possibly under the influence of something." Eric Roberts and his luxurious mullet star in Larry Cohen's THE AMBULANCE, getting a Blu-ray release from Eureka next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Return of the Living Dead 4K (1985) One of the best zombie movies of all time is getting a 4K release from Arrow Films in both UHD and Blu-ray editions, with two discs in eac...

"This is a man who has done everything from SPLIT SECOND to CBeebies". Can you guess who I'm talking about, as one of my favourites gets a 4K release from Arrow next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Island (1985) "The Hill Have Eyes: Chuckle Brothers Edition" Eureka are releasing Northampton-born director Po-Chih Leong's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE-in...

1985 Hong Kong comedy horror THE ISLAND gets a release from Eureka a week tomorrow: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Delivery Run (2024) "Like DUEL with a Snow Plough...a Bit" After its UK premiere at last year's Grimmfest, director (and co-writer) Joey Palmroos' Minnesota...

A low budget snow plough chase with some charming model work. DELIVERY RUN is out on digital on Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/deli...

Baby Blood (1990) "If Frank Henenlotter and Peter Jackson had a French Baby" Studio Canal are releasing Alain Robak's funny, gory French horror picture in...

Alain Robak's French horror comedy BABY BLOOD gets a 4K release next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/baby...

The Hellbenders (1967) "Great Downbeat Western from the Director of DJANGO" Studio Canal are releasing a 4K restoration on Blu-ray, with extras and a set of ar...

A bunch of post-civil war confederate soldiers steal a stack of cash to help the South rise again in Sergio Corbucci's THE HELLBENDERS, out on Blu-ray in a 4K transfer from Studio Canal on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Curse of Frankenstein 4K (1957) "Ultimately Irresistible for Fans"   The latest in Hammer Films' ongoing series of releases of definitive collector's editions of the ...

It's October! And to help celebrate the start of the season, here's what I thought of Hammer's forthcoming massive six disc set of THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, out a week on Monday @dnapruk.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Spawn (1997) Arrow are releasing, in limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray sets, the 1997 movie adaptation of Todd McFarlane's comic book character Spawn, h...

"Who would have thought such incoherence would become the norm for many a big budget effects-heavy 'blockbuster' in subsequent decades?" My thoughts on SPAWN which is getting a 4K release from Arrow on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/spaw...

The Severed Sun (2025) "Beguilingly Weird British Folk Horror" Writer-Director Dean Puckett's THE SEVERED SUN, which is based on his own 2018 short THE SERMON ...

"...benefits immensely from gorgeous landscape photography, some beautiful compositions, and from not being shy of splashing the gore about where necessary" British folk horror THE SEVERED SUN is out on Digital next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

M3GAN 2.0 (2025) "Preposterously Entertaining" The sequel to 2023's highly successful M3GAN is getting a 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD release from Universal. ...

"...nods to Knight Rider, Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS and even the music of Les Baxter for those of us who like to spot such things." The utterly preposterous M3GAN 2.0 is out on disc from Universal on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/m3ga...

Ick (2025) "Manic SF Satire from the director of DETENTION" The new film from director Joseph Kahn, whose BODIED (2017) and DETENTION (2011) were s...

ICK, the new monster movie from Joseph Kahn (DETENTION) is out on digital from @signatureuk.bsky.social now. Here's what I thought: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/ick-...

Creepshow 2 4K (1987) The sequel to George A Romero's hugely successful 1982 CREEPSHOW (the series spinoff is still playing on Shudder) is getting a 4K UHD rele...

I still find it hard to believe that when CREEPSHOW 2 came out it played on the biggest of the five screens at the Nottingham Odeon. Must have been a slow week I suppose. Anyway it's coming out on 4K next week: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/cree...

Object Z (1965) Fans of classic British SF television rejoice! The BFI are releasing, in a dual format (Blu-ray and DVD) set, OBJECT Z, an obscure Rediffu...

Obscure British SF TV series OBJECT Z gets a Blu-ray and DVD release from the BFI next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/obje...

Corpse Bride 4K (2005) "Stop Motion With Devilishly Excellent 4K Detail" Warner Bros. are releasing Tim Burton's animated movie CORPSE BRIDE on 4K UHD in stand...

Tim Burton's CORPSE BRIDE gets a 4K release from Warners tomorrow. Here's what I though: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/corp...

Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA (1946 - 1948) Let's start with a couple of definitions. The 'Rubble' or 'Debris' film (from the German Trümmerfilm) is used to describe those films made b...

"...terrifyingly prescient of events today as the proponents of Nazism face off against the more rational and tolerant" My thoughts on WRACK AND RUIN: THE RUBBLE FILM AT DEFA, out from Eureka next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/wrac...

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The Man in Black (1950) "All Rather Good Fun" Hammer's latest posh 4K UHD and Blu-ray combo release is THE MAN IN BLACK, a crime thriller that will be of intere...

It's exactly 40 years since I first watched THE MAN IN BLACK on a midweek afternoon ITV screening. And now here it is getting a 4K release in a week's time. Did I have as good a time with now as I did then? Read on! johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Deadstream (2022) "Excellent Found Footage Horror Comedy" It might be the best, actually, although admittedly there aren't many of them out there. After ...

".. .frequently very scary and very funny, often at the same time." Frightfest and Shudder hit DEADSTREAM gets a Blu-ray release from Arrow on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/dead...

Lost in Space 4K (1998) Arrow Films are releasing New Line Cinema's big budget movie version of the classic Irwin Allen TV show in a 4K restoration supervised by ...

"...if you want to see William Hurt and Mimi Rogers talking at length while they make a bed on their flying saucer you've come to the right place" The unfeasibly drab 1998 version of LOST IN SPACE gets a 4K release next Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/lost...

Above the Knee (2025) Amir (co-writer Freddy Singh) is obsessed with his left leg. Or rather, he's obsessed with having it removed, as he's convinced it's rotti...

My thoughts on Viljar Bøe's ABOVE THE KNEE which screened at Frightfest this afternoon & is getting a digital release from in a bit: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/abov...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Arrow have released Sergio Leone's epic, intense conclusion to his 'Dollars' trilogy in a four disc set in both UHD and Blu-ray editions wit...

Sergio Leone's THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY is out in an exhaustive four disc set from Arrow. Here's what I thought: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Blockhead (2025) Six years ago Will Mercer (Danny Horn) had a huge award-winning hit with his first novel. Since then, however, things have been tough and he...

My thoughts on BLOCKHEAD which received its world premiere at Frightfest earlier this evening: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/bloc...

The Home (2025) "Entertainingly Gory Horror from the Director of THE PURGE" James DeMonaco's new film received its UK premiere as the opening movie of F...

My thoughts on James DeMonaco's THE HOME which premiered at Frightfest last night and is getting a release from @signatureuk.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Meanwhile On Earth aka Pendant Ce Temps Sur Terre (2025) It's time for a bit of quiet French science fiction as writer director Jérémy Clapin's first live action feature film gets a releas...

A bit of quiet French SF for a Wednesday morning. MEANWHILE ON EARTH is out next week: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/mean...

The Innkeepers (2012) Writer-director (and editor) Ti West's follow up to his 2009 HOUSE OF THE DEVIL is now getting a posh Second Sight release in a limited edit...

"THE INNKEEPERS had its UK premiere on one of the biggest screens in the country, but it's actually a lot better suited to being watched on TV at home." and now it's getting a posh @secondsightfilms.bsky.social release next Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Magnus and me loving the warm weather!

Red Sonja (2025) If you're nuts about sword and sorcery movies chances are you'll enjoy the new RED SONJA, which we were treated to a Bristol MegaScreen big ...

"Of course it doesn't help that we are expected to accept her as a great warrior when she has seemingly spent most of her life faffing about in a forest with her horse." My thoughts on the new RED SONJA, out on digital from @signatureuk.bsky.social tomorrow: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/red-...

Aguirre, The Wrath of God 4K (1972) Werner’s Herzog’s classic up-the-creek-without-a-paddle tale of 16th century Spaniards and their doomed search along the Amazon for the my...

"...a fascinating and almost hypnotic experience that rewards repeat viewings" Werner Herzog's AGUIRRE THE WRATH OF GOD is out on 4K from the BFI a week on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/agui...

The Odd Job (1978) Director Peter Medak's late 1970s British comedy starring Graham Chapman and David Jason is getting a Blu-ray release in both the UK and t...

"We're essentially in comedy giallo territory here". My thoughts on 1978's THE ODD JOB, getting a UK disc release from @severinfilms.bsky.social a week Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

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