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From 2024, Night of the Howling is a crossbreed between a werewolf film, a stalking serial killer thriller, and a cop lost his faith drama, with some great, moody mist/ fog bound atmospherics and lo-fi bloody splatter. Here’s a DVD release of the film from Wild Eye releasing with a director's commentary.
12 Nov 2026
The Hauntological Film
“Cinema plus psychoanalysis equals the science of ghosts.”—Jacques DerridaAlthough the field of hauntology emerged from philosophy, the social sciences, and literary criticism, its progenitor, critical theorist Jacque Derrida, seemed most comfortable using cinema to explain and broaden the ontological and epistemological boundaries of his concept. For Derrida, movie-making was not only an aesthetic experience but also a shared exorcism, a synergetic séance, “the art of allowing ghosts to come back.”
10 Nov 2026
Cyclops ( Kikuropusu) is a late-80s Japanese film which blends mad-doctor sci-fi, skewed dark comedy, and body horror. It’s most certainly influenced by early David Cronenberg films, but adds into the mix are moments of dark humour and extreme splatter. Here from Visual Vengeance is a Blu-ray release of the film. It features a 2k scan, a new commentary track, an interview & two visual essays. This first limited release includes two inlay booklets- The Creation of Cyclops, A (Short) Horror Trip, a mini poster, stickers, and a slipcase.
Nearly forty years ago, when Cold Spring was just a wee pup of a label, their third tape was the compilation Shoot And Crucify. Limited to fifty copies, this release came out of the mail-art network and features young industrial and experimental artists who have since become legendary (genre-wise, at least) and influenced many over decades in the scene. This time capsule is an excellent look at a burgeoning scene and fledgling label, and also a testament to longevity and influence, as many of these acts are not only still releasing material today, but some are still working with Cold Spring Records.
Severin
2026 is the twentieth anniversary of Severin- one of the best-known and respected labels in cult/ b-movie circles. At M[m], we’ve been reviewing the label's output for around ten years now- racking up around one hundred and fifty of their releases covered on the site. So, we’ve decided to look back and select our top twenty releases to date!... These include releases from the sub-labels InterVision & Severin Kids, with indepth reviews for each!
Olion Interview
Active since the early 2020’s, Olion is one of the key projects within the euro wall-noise scene. To date, it’s put out around seventy releases- taking in both physical and digital form- with stand-alone releases, splits, and collaborations. Sound-wise, their output moves between pummelling, thick-yet oddly soothing. To more texturally layered, and forays into ANW. Behind the project is Olek Browiński from Olsztyn in northern Poland, and he kindly agreed to give us an email interview
Parajekt — Espérance II
10 Nov 2026David Wallraf — Crisis and Critique
9 Nov 2026Danza Macabra Vol. Five: The Spanish Gothic Collection — Danza Macabra Vol. Five( Blu Ray Boxset)
7 Nov 2026The Monster Squad — The Monster Squad( UHD/ Blu Ray)
5 Nov 2026Contrite Heart — Idolatry
5 Nov 2026No Fun HNW — Painial
5 Nov 2026Raté — La Terreur HNW
5 Nov 2026It Ends — It Ends(VOD/ Blu Ray)
5 Nov 2026A Julian Cope Primmer
Erupting into the mainstream on February 19th 1981, The Teardrop Explodes’ debut ‘Top of the Pops’ television performance featuring their brassy, bouncy hit ‘Reward’ is to this day probably the moment from which most people recall Julian Cope. If your image of Julian remains that of an earnest young budding pop star sporting a fleece-collared flying jacket and a shaggy bowlcut of shoulder-length tresses, if you failed to maintain pace with his entry into the cosmos, if you dismissively describe him (as I’ve seen thereabouts) as “a Smash Hits pin-up”, you have one hell of a lot of catching up to do. Musique Machine have tasked me with leading their readers through the psychedelic jungle and beyond, here, and I have to say that Julian probably merits the ‘beginners’ guide to’ / ‘recommended records’ treatment more than just about any other artist in the music sphere, at least in terms of how public perception and the ‘reality’ (if such a word is appropriate in this extreme case) have a near-unbridgeable gulf.
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