Dead List (2018) is a low budget multi-director portmanteau horror film that certainly has its moments. A group of actors are vying for a role in a film. One of them uses a mysterious book to grant himself a diabolical advantage. There are some pretty creepy short stories here

The Banana Splits Movie (Danishka Esterhazy, 2019) has the childhood favourites reimagined as killer robots, which is bad news for the folks who attend an after show meet and greet. It's certainly a novel film. The cancelled sequel could probably have cemented a decent franchise

Here's a photograph of a tree that I took last week for #thicktrunktuesday. #tree #trees #Woodland #TwitterNatureCommunity #naturephotography #photooftheday #ThePhotoHour #PhotographyLovers #photography #Treetime #TreeClub #TreePeople

'Winterskin' (Charlie Steeds, 2019) is an original horror-wilderness tale set in America's snow country. An old woman takes in a wounded hunter but her fear of a strange skinless creature - that tries to invade her homestead every night - results in her prolonging his recovery

A photograph of a late sunflower getting ready to bloom that I took yesterday

A photograph of a late sunflower coming into bloom that I took today

A photograph of a late sunflower coming further into bloom that I took today

Claudio Castravelli's Evil Judgment (1984) is an original & involving Canadian thriller that plays like a giallo. Here a couple of amateur investigators discover that the film's body count is connected to a high level conspiracy. Features some fine music by Mountain's Corky Laing

A photograph of a late sunflower coming further into bloom that I took yesterday

A photograph of a late sunflower pretty much in bloom that I took yesterday

Here's a photograph of a group of trees that I took yesterday for #thicktrunktuesday. #tree #trees #Woodland #TwitterNatureCommunity #naturephotography #photooftheday #ThePhotoHour #PhotographyLovers #photography #Treetime #TreeClub #TreePeople

Jonathan Holbrook's Tall Men (2016) is a low budget but ambitious film that projects the kind of cinematic idiosyncrasies that are usually associated with David Lynch. Dan Crisafulli offers a superb performance as a disturbed young debtor who signs up for a mysterious credit card

Revisited Emmanuel Kervyn's eccentric Euro-horror film Rabid Grannies (1988). A grand birthday party for two rich elderly sisters goes awry when a disgruntled family member sends them a diabolical gift. That spells bad news for the rest of their assembled money-grubbing relatives

A photograph of a late sunflower illuminating a dark night that I took yesterday

Here's a photograph of a beautiful urban tree that I took today. A late entry for #thicktrunktuesday. #tree #trees #Woodland #TwitterNatureCommunity #naturephotography #photooftheday #ThePhotoHour #PhotographyLovers #photography #Treetime #TreeClub #TreePeople

I had a great time at Neil Washbourne's symposium on popular public service broadcasting at Leeds Beckett University today. I co-presented a paper with Neil entitled 'Radio 2 listeners, popular music culture and the station as a form of popular public service broadcasting'

Sad to hear that Kenneth Cope has passed away. 'Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)' (1969-71) was one of my favourite TV shows as a kid and it's a show that I still revisit to this day. Here's some writing that I did about it a good while back now: tinyurl.com/2e3x9yw2

Here's a photograph that I took yesterday of the side/end of a building that is covered in some strikingly coloured and arranged ivy

I can remember really enjoying Mannix as a kid. Sadly I've never had an opportunity to rewatch any episodes in later life

Here's a photograph of a tree lined pathway that I took a few weeks ago. A late entry for #thicktrunktuesday. #tree #trees #Woodland #TwitterNatureCommunity #naturephotography #photooftheday #ThePhotoHour #PhotographyLovers #photography #Treetime #TreeClub #TreePeople