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This is a good, albeit niche, set from Second Run, with two Blu-ray discs and a booklet with lengthy, in-depth writings on Zimmerman and their works. It’s a lot to take in, but those of you interested in video art, and indeed art itself, will find much here to mull on. The set has a few long films and then smaller pieces, all produced between 2009 and 2023, bound together by the numerous common threads and themes to be found in them.
18 Apr 2026
King Futile is the new project from Scotland-based Lea Cummings( Kylie Minoise, Official Music Team, etc), and it’s a big departure from his normal noise or retro sample & electronica sound. It's lo-fi acoustic music, with an outsider feel, and often quite tongue-in-cheek/ sharply sarcastic tone to the lyrics. So far, the project has put out three albums- Casual Misery, How To Have Fun, and Zen As Fuck. I tracked down Lea for an email interview.
7 Apr 2026
Visiting Cloud (Two Translations) is a CD release featuring acoustic ensemble takes on two electro-acoustic works by Swedish-Finnish composer Marja Ahti. Each work runs around the twenty-minute mark and is performed by the Florence-based modern ensemble Blutwurst. There is a nice variation in tone/ atmosphere between the two tracks.
Here’s a CD compilation bringing together three scores from 1950’s sci-fi movies, each of which features dialogue/ sound effects from the films, as well as their trailers. So, the release works as a schlocky audio triple bill of glamorous moon women, demented robot monsters, and an invading alien dressed in tight leather.
From 2023, Watch Me Sleep is a mix of often shouty/emotional drama and slow-burning horror. The British film regards a middle-aged/ ex alcoholic taxi driver whose mother dies. And he insists a camera is put in her coffin- to make sure she is truly dead, as he was treated badly/ possible ritual abused by her. Here from Wild Eye Releasing is a recent DVD release of the film.
The Paranormal is a late 90’s SOV supernatural thriller, with light touches of action, humour & horror. It regards a paranormal team investigating an old movie house that has suddenly become haunted. As the SOV genre goes, it’s a well-produced / scoped affair, with a neat/ original plot, some clever effects, and a decent/likeable cast. Here, from Visual Vengeance, resurrectors of long-forgotten VHS fare, is a Blu-ray release of the film.
Yann Novak — Meadowsweet (Redux)
15 Apr 2026Leonie Strecker — Chroma
15 Apr 2026In Slaughter Of Natives — In Slaughter Of Natives
14 Apr 2026Nurse With Wound — Thunder Perfect Mind
14 Apr 2026No Orchids for Miss Blandish — No Orchids for Miss Blandish( Blu Ray)
14 Apr 2026Sana / Sana: Let Me Hear — Sana / Sana: Let Me Hear ( Blu Ray boxset)
13 Apr 2026The Residents — Animal Lover- Evolution Edition
13 Apr 2026Godstick — VOiD
13 Apr 2026
Cliff Twemlow On Severin
One of last year’s real big surprises in the world of Blu-ray box sets was Bloody Legend: The Complete Twemlow Collection, as it was a wholly entertaining, fascinating, and at times heart-warming set. The Severin released boxset brought together the work of one of the UK’s unlikeliest movie moguls- Cliff Twemlow, a Mancunian bouncer/ body builder, who went on to write/star in/produce a series of low-budget/ largely SOV films in the early 80s to early 90s- these moved between action, thriller, sci-fi, and horror. His most notable/notorious film was 1983’s G.B.H., which landed on the video nasty list, though he was connected to other ten feature films, many of which got their first real full/proper release on the boxset. Opening up the set was the excellent 2023 documentary Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow, which really pulls you into the set. I caught up with Severn’s David Gregory and Jake West, director of Mancunian Man, to discuss the boxset and all things cliff.
The Fall
MES( Mark E Smith- The Falls main creator) possessed the ability to cram phrases into impossible spaces - “I’m hunting and I’m trying to find” delivered as “hut’na tryna find”; the eight-syllable “mere pseud mag editor’s father” hastily squeezed into a manipulation of time and space, heralded by the prior line “twice each at least”, the latter naturally repeated thrice.
Crude ‘n’ Hope-corroding Walled Noise
Back in 2024, I got my first taste of Absurd Reality, and I was so impressed by how crude and nasty its take on walled noise was. Behind the project is South Carolina-based Krys Marshall, who also runs the Filthy Sounds Recording label. He’s since gone on to form No Fun HNW, which pushes the levels of nasty crudeness even more. Krys kindly agreed to an email interview.
Creepy Images Books
Of all the cult/exploitation genres, Giallo stands as one of the more visually & art-based- be it with the grand/ dramatic location, choreographed murder scenes, or great poster art. The focus of this interview is on the last of these three- looking at the two classy/ glossy full colour Giallo Posters books put out by Germany's Creepy Images. Below is an interview with Thorsten Benzel, one of the key minds behind the books. To date, there are two volumes, with a third coming next year.