We're talking Castro, cocaine and ultraviolence on the latest couple of editions of CITIZEN FRAME, with looks at the De Palma/Pacino gangster flicks SCARFACE (1983) and CARLITO'S WAY (1993)! Available from the link below and the usual podcast outlets. thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com

"Hallowe'en Month and a Half" on CITIZEN FRAME begins in style with our take on Lucio Fulci's bonkers classic, THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981) -- check it out from the link below and all of the regular podcast outlets. thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/bat-blood-bo… #Halloween #Horror #LucioFulci

"Hallowe'en Month and a Half" on CITIZEN FRAME continues with our look at Mario Bava's Gothic classic -- the Barbara Steele-starring BLACK SUNDAY (1960)! Available from the link below and all of the regular podcast outlets. thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/black-sunday… #MarioBava #BarbaraSteele

The Grabber's back -- no, not Ciaran, the Ethan Hawke one! "Hallowe'en Month and a Half" continues on CITIZEN FRAME with our look at the newly-released BLACK PHONE 2! Available from the link below and the usual podcast outlets. podbean.com/ew/pb-fvgwx-19… #BlackPhone2 #JoeHill

Here's another "Hallowe'en Month and a Half" CITIZEN FRAME episode for you beautiful people -- this one chosen by regular listener Sir Frank of Duffyshire! Join us as we insult each other while discussing the Frank Grillo-starring WEREWOLVES (2024)! thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/werewolves-u…

Experience surreal vistas, lovable characters, and a sweeping yet intimate tale. Give Codex Sohrakia a chance; you just might like it. allauthor.com/amazon/87183/

I have a new swords and sorcery story in the current issue of Schlock! Webzine. Here is a link to read this tale for free on their own website. davidandrewriley.blogspot.com/2025/11/my-swo… #darkfantasy #fantasy #swordsandsorcery #heroicfantasy

It's the first part of a Zach Cregger double bill on CITIZEN FRAME's "Hallowe'en Month and a Half", as we check out the writer/director's 2022 BARBARIAN! Available from the link below and all of the regular podcast outlets thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/locked-in-th… #Barbarian #BillSkarsgard

Join us on the latest ep of CITIZEN FRAME as we discuss this year's runaway hit horror film from Zach Cregger, WEAPONS! Available from the link below and all the usual podcast outlets. thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/seventeen-go… #Weapons #ZachCregger #JuliaGarner #JoshBrolin #AmyMadigan #Horror

Codex Sohrakia feels like a classically written story with a new and unexpected perspective. Start reading today or listen to the Audiobook narrated brilliantly by Joshua Saxon. allauthor.com/amazon/87183/

Today, the occult magician & expressionist painter, Felix Hessen, was summoned back from the swirling vortex. And the "Old Friends" of The Temple of the Last Days, also returned to this world. Scampering and squealing at their heels, The Unholy Swine. All clad in new skin.

It's time to take a dander with the CITIZEN FRAME lads as we investigate the recently-released THE LONG WALK, based on the novel by #StephenKing (writing as Richard Bachman)! Available from the link below and the usual podcast outlets. thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/the-long-wal… #TheLongWalk

This year's CITIZEN FRAME "Halloween Month and a Half" wraps up in style with a look at Dario Argento's influential and unique slasher/Giallo/Gothic classic, SUSPIRIA (1977)! Available to listen to from the link below (and the usual podcast outlets). thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com

Great to see two of my earliest stories from 1971 and 1972 reprinted in an omnibus edition of New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural published by PS Publishing. facebook.com/groups/7997924…

On the latest edition of CITIZEN FRAME, we take a detailed look at 2 adaptations of #MaryShelley's #FRANKENSTEIN -- the recently-released #GuillermoDelToro version and 1990's FRANKENHOOKER! Check it out from the link below and the usual podcast outlets: thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/del-toro-s-f…

Join us on the latest edition of CITIZEN FRAME as we head to the planet Mongo to hang out with Emperor Ming, Princess Aura and Prince Barin, with a look at the cult classic FLASH GORDON! Available from the link below and the usual podcast outlets. thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/flash-gordon…

What do you get when you cross STAR WARS, SEVEN SAMURAI and THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN with Roger Corman, John-Boy Walton, sexy Viking ladies and spaceships that resemble parts of the human anatomy? BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980), up next on CITIZEN FRAME! thisfilmhasnotyetbeenrated.podbean.com/e/battle-beyon…

A totally self-indulgent blogpost, in which I round up my publishing year. It's possibly been my most prolific ever, but it's also been tinged with sadness. Don't worry, no one has to check this one out if they don't want to. paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com

Huge thanks Trevor Kennedy for this! Containing my ramblings about the first time I encountered those famous Who adversaries on TV! Get yours below… phantasmagoriamag.co.uk/pm-specials