Paul Chapinal

Gothique Film Society. tonight. 1950s Japanese double bill introduced by Kim Newman at the Cinema Museum, London. The Lady Vampire (1959), but first Mansion of the Ghost Cat (1958). I can't be there but watching along. #GothiqueFilmSociety
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Ready or Not 2 : Here I Come. In UK cinemas 10 April 2026. #ReadyOrNot2
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Starting today Christmas reading and watching. A Christmas Carol is always first. #AChristmasCarol #MRJames #EFBenson #ghoststories

Thanks for clarifying.

In some sense it's already being applied as I'm charged VAT and customs when I buy items from the UK then delivered to Spain, that's regardless of the item price. Usually cds and bluray but magazines too. Is there something else I'm missing?

Dracula Luc Besson’s take on Bram Stoker’s classic is careful to keep it familiar but also more than content to adapt it for his own unique interpretation of the story.

My review of Dracula. On digital platforms from 1 December 2025 & bluray & DVD on 22 December. #Review @signatureuk.bsky.social #Dracula
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Next up is Scandel Sheet (1952). First time watch. And that's it for Film Noir for a bit. Gothique Film Society next week, followed by BBC ghost stories for Christmas. #Noirvember #NowWatching #filmnoir @filmnoiruk.bsky.social @filmnoir.bsky.social

I can't remember if I've seen this. I've made a point of watching Ida Lupino's directorial work and this one may have slipt through. The Hitch-Hiker (1953). #Noirvember #NowWatching #filmnoir #idalupino
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I think I'm a day late to watch in tandem with The Chiswick Cinema and @filmfan1971.bsky.social for #noirvember #NowWatching. First time watch. @filmnoiruk.bsky.social @noirfoundation.bsky.social

Still Pushing Pineapples Phenomenally successful in the 80’s a particular lineup of Black Lace and the song Agadoo went supernova in the charts and a fixture of weddings and parties. As terrible as it is, the song had the hoo...

My review of Still Pushing Pineapples. In UK cinemas on 28 November 2025. #Review
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Going to get this film in because, it's short and stars Frank Sinatra. Suddenly (1954). First time watch. #noirvember #NowWatching #filmnoir @filmnoiruk.bsky.social @filmnoir.bsky.social

Noirvember Film Noir tonight is The Garment Jungle (1957). Described as hard hitting on YouTube. @filmnoiruk.bsky.social @filmnoir.bsky.social #NowWatching #noirvember #filmnoir

Good Boy A word of caution. This Good Boy should not be confused with Norwegian weirdo film of the same title that was presented at London FrightFest 2023. This a far more conventional ghost/horror story albei...

My review of Good Boy. Available on Shudder. #Review @shudder.com #GoodBoy
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A Desert A Desert pitches itself in the twilight world of Lynch’s California with overtones of mysterious dangerous/strangers/drifters road movies such The Hitcher and Kalifornia.

My review of A Desert. On UK and Irish digital platforms from 24 November 2025. #Review
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A sideways step from Noir tonight into crime and mystery. A Krimi, The Phantom of Soho (1964). #NOWWATCHING #KRIMI

Noirvember continues with Bewitched (1945). First time watch. #NowWatching #noirvember #filmnoir my thanks to @filmfan1971.bsky.social for this one.

Tonight's Noirvember is Out of the Past (1947). Starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer. If there was ever a face and countenance that was perfectly suited for Film Noir, it's Mitchum's. #noirvember #filmnoir #NowWatching

Adulthood Billed as a dark comedy and thriller. Adulthood doesn’t quite convince either way however there's still plenty to enjoy here.

My review of Adulthood. On digital platforms from 17 November. It has a special presentation at the Prince Charles Cinema, London on 25 November. #Review @princecharlescinema.com @signatureuk.bsky.social
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Game There’s little in the way of dialogue at the start of Game with the opening act built around a car accident in a rural area that has left David (Marc Bessant) hanging upside down unable to free his se...

My review of Game. In UK cinemas on 21 November 2025. The cast and crew will also be holding Q&As around the country. #Review
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A Mother’s Embrace (Abraço de Mãe) This is slightly amended version of the Glasgow FrightFest 2025 review.

My review of A Mother's Embrace. On digital platforms from 10 November 2025. #Review
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Abraham's Boys Based on a short story by Joe Hill, Abraham’s Boys builds on the aftermath of Abraham Van Helsing’s confrontation with Dracula. Set in 1915 ten years after the death of the Count, he is now in rural C...

My review of Abraham's Boys. Available on Shudder. #Review @shudder.com
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Deathgasm II: Goremageddon Ten years after Deathgasm’s over the top gross, gore and grind, writer and director Jason Lei Howden has returned with a follow up.

My review of Deathgasm II: Goremageddon. Screened at FrightFest Halloween 2025. #Review @frightfest.bsky.social #FrightFest www.film-news.co.uk/review/UK/63...

Primate The makers don’t mess about with Primate. The opening ten minutes tells the viewer in no uncertain terms what is in store for them.

My review of Primate. Screened at FrightFest Halloween 2025. #Review #Primate #FrightFest @paramountpictures.bsky.social @frightfest.bsky.social
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Posthouse Clearing out the posthouse that he inherited from his father Cyril (Sid Lucero) come across a silent film that his father was working on. Dated from 1922 it’s a horror titled Ang Manananggal. His da...

My review of Posthouse. Screened at FrightFest Halloween 2025. #Review @frightfest.bsky.social
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Mag Mag While there are a good many of the J-horror tropes in Mag Mag, it also crosses into the more western associated urban legend sub-genre. There’s the black-haired vengeful phantom with the added story o...

My review of Mag Mag. Screened at FrightFest Halloween 2025. #Review @frightfest.bsky.social @thirdwindowfilms.com #FrightFest
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The Turkish Coffee Table (Cam Shepa) 2022’s The Coffee Table (La Mesita del Comedor) was a ‘festival sensation’ with audiences and critics alike. Writer and director Caye Casa could have expected an English language remake for the usual ...

My review of The Turkish Coffee Table. Presented at FrightFest Halloween 2025. #Review @frightfest.bsky.social
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Affection Waking up from a nightmare in which she is horrifically injured then mercilessly run over, Ellie (Jessica Rothe) in convinced she is not Ellie.

My review of Affection. Screened at FrightFest Halloween 2025. #Review @frightfest.bsky.social
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Every Heavy Thing Women are disappearing in Hightown City and nobody has much of an idea what to do. At the same time the city that has been earmarked for a tech makeover with the behemoths of the industry set to pump...

My review of Every Heavy Thing. Screened at FrightFest Halloween 2025. #Review @frightfest.bsky.social
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Dolly How you reacted to the X-Files episode Home, but more so The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, may go some way to how you take to Dolly.

My review of Dolly. Screened at FrightFest Halloween 2025. #Review @frightfest.bsky.social

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Film 2 today at FrightFest Halloween 2025. Affection.