Craig Ian Mann

Don't worry about it, I will be there next year if we don't bump into each other before then. The last film was a belter.

The curtain in Screen 1 at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham, lit in blue and with the Mayhem Film Festival logo projected on it in white.

Poster for Bone Lake, featuring a close-up of a woman licking blood from a knife. The tagline reads: "This movie gives great word of mouth."

Poster for Dead by Dawn, featuring the greyscale, illustrated side profile of a man in a leather coat, wearing a mask covered in human eyes. The title is in red.

Posted for Redux Redux, featuring a woman standing over a burning man tied to a chair. The tagline reads: "Revenge is a vicious cycle."

Had an amazing time at @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social last weekend as ever. Highlights: Bone Lake (a twisty erotic thriller with great gore effects), Dead by Dawn (an inventive and very Polish neo-giallo) and Redux Redux (lo-fi sci-fi with a Terminator vibe), plus Bulk, Portal to Hell and Mag Mag.

You’re very welcome, enjoy it!

You’re welcome and I hope you enjoy it.

Cover for IFC/OCN’s 4K UHD release of Larry Fessenden’s Depraved with art by Chris Barnes.

Larry Fessenden’s Depraved is coming to 4K UHD later this month via IFC and OCN. I wrote an essay to accompany the set, which hopefully just about captures how much I love this movie. Thanks very much to @jlalibs.com for the opportunity. Pre-order a copy here: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

Eureka / Masters of Cinema releases of THE OLD DARK HOUSE and THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.

Prizes up for grabs before the Masters of Cinema screening of The Cat and the Canary at Showroom Cinema tomorrow: The Man Who Laughs on Blu-ray and The Old Dark House on 4K UHD. Come and see a great film and maybe win some other great films. Tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...

Eureka / Masters of Cinema box set WRACK AND RUIN: THE RUBBLE FILM AT DEFA featuring cover art by Carly A-F.

Very proud of Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA. It collects some of the earliest and most important East German films, all made in the immediate aftermath of WWII. Producing this box involved many, many hours of digging through the DEFA / PROGRESS Film archives – all of them worth it.

Image advertising THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) at the Showroom Cinema. Text reads: MASTERS OF CINEMA PRESENTS THE CAT AND THE CANARY 4K RESTORATION 27–28 SEPTEMBER (PG) / DIR. PAUL LENI

Next weekend, Masters of Cinema brings Paul Leni's The Cat and the Canary to the Showroom in Sheffield. This is, hands down, my favourite silent film – spooky and hilarious in equal measure. The Saturday screening comes with an intro and free Blu-rays! Tickets: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/masters...

An interview with yours truly in The Jewish Telegraph, discussing "Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA". This beautifully produced blu-ray box set includes: The Murderers Are Among Us, Somewhere in Berlin, Police Raid, Marriage in the Shadows and The Blum Affair.

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The 100 Years of Community Cinema Exhibition is now open 🎉 Come down to Bloc Projects in Sheffield and take a journey through the last century of volunteer-led film!

Strangely I watched this last night at the Burg Kino in Vienna. I’ll download it to listen to on the plane home.

Thanks Reece! And thanks for giving up your time to be a part of it.

Thanks Kat, I appreciate that a lot. This is my first rodeo and here's another fresh producer lesson learned (of thousands): get the film on Letterboxd and IMDB before you show it to anybody...!

It will be released alongside a new 4K UHD release of Threads from @severinfilms.bsky.social in the not too distant future.

Congratulations, Craig and Rob. 👍

Yeah, it has to be said that I was only talking about a couple of people here and the headline was spun out of context. It's also quite ironic in that I think the joy on set really comes across in the documentary. You'll be happy to hear it went down very well at the weekend.

A stage in front of a cinema screen. On the stage is Robert Nevitt (left), Craig Ian Mann (centre) and Diane Rodgers (right), sitting on chairs. Projected behind them is an image of a brick wall in Sheffield, upon which is stencil art of the traffic warden from Threads (1984), the Severin Films logo, Sheffield Film Festival laurels and the title of the new documentary SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS.

Overwhelmed by the reaction to Survivors, the documentary Rob Nevitt and I have been working on for @severinfilms.bsky.social on the making and legacy of Threads. Thanks to @dianearodgers.bsky.social for a fun Q&A after the premiere. To steal a joke from @reecedinsdale.bsky.social: we had a blast.

Ah thanks mate. Your TV had a starring role… do you want it back?! It’s being kept for safe keeping!

Well, that was a fun evening. No, really! #Threads #survivors

Delighted to be part of last night's premiere of Rob Nevitt and Craig Mann's SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS. Beautiful, amazing interviews, archive footage and hauntological soundtrack. Never been so proud to live at the centre of a fictional nuclear disaster #wyrdtv #hauntology

An absolutely amazing night at the world premiere of Survivors: The Spectre Of Threads, here in #Sheffield where the film was shot 41 years ago. I can't stress enough how much I want @craigimann.bsky.social and Robert Nevitt's brilliant documentary to be seen as widely as possible.

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Just got my hands on Heart of Stone (1950), the first East German film shot in colour. It's a grand fairy tale from Paul Verhoeven (not that one, the German one) given the deluxe treatment on Blu-ray by Eureka / Masters of Cinema under the watchful eye of producer @craigimann.bsky.social.

I love @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social and the people behind it. These announcements are amazing (will always get excited about new Ben Wheatley movies and films about demonic laundromats). Passes still a very reasonable £85 until Sunday.

Mick Jackson in Survivors: The Spectre of Threads.

Reece Dinsdale in Survivors: The Spectre of Threads.

Rita May in Survivors: The Spectre of Threads.

Bob Fischer in Survivors: The Spectre of Threads.

For the last year, I've been making a documentary on Threads for @severinfilms.bsky.social. It's called Survivors: The Spectre of Threads and has its world premiere at the Showroom in Sheffield on Saturday. Some of the lovely people in it below, tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/sff-clo...

Cover of the Eureka! / Masters of Cinema release of HEART OF STONE (1950) by Carly A-F.

Heart of Stone, the first East German folktale film, has hit the low stock page on the Eureka site. This is by far my favourite single title I have produced, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s macabre and beautiful and plays like a socialist Powell and Pressburger: eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/heart-...

YouTube video by RazorwireReviews 2025 Eureka! Blu-ray Update #2 - Hong Kong Classics! Chang Cheh, Ringo Lam, Lo Wei & More!

Another little blu-ray update of some recent titles from Eureka Entertainment, specifically seven new limited edition sets featuring my favourite: Hong Kong cinema! From Ringo Lam to Chang Cheh, Lo Wei to Andy Lau and beyond...

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“The Descent is a modern horror film,” I thought to myself, before having an existential crisis over the fact that The Descent is as old now as Fright Night was in 2005.

How I love this movie. My essay in it might have my favourite closing sentence to any essay I've ever written for a home video release.

Biggest one for me would be I Was A Teenage Werewolf, as I think it’s one of the most influential examples (no Ginger Snaps without it, I reckon).

Some corkers on that list.