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The London Korean Film Festival (2-16 Nov) is bookended by Kim Mi-jo's family revenger THE JOURNEY TO GYEONG-JU and Park Hoon-jung's astonishing noir actioner TRISTES TROPIQUES. My Cinema Now programme includes domesticity & the diaspora, misfits & metacinema. www.koreanfilm.co.uk/london-korea...

projectedfigures.comJigoku (aka The Sinners of Hell) (1960) - Projected FiguresNobuo Nakagawa's kaleidoscopic katabasis JIGOKU shows a metaphorical hell on earth, and a stylised one below, while glimpsing redemption.

JIGOKU (1960) re-screens 10pm tonight at @americancinematheque.com.web.brid.gy

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Crime and punishment: Nobuo Nakagawa's kaleidoscopic katabasis JIGOKU (1960) "shows a metaphorical hell on earth, and a stylised one below, while glimpsing redemption." New 4K restoration screens 10pm at @americancinematheque.com.web.brid.gy. Extraordinary film. projectedfigures.com/2015/02/13/j...

projectedfigures.comWar of the Worlds (2005) - Projected FiguresGround-level alien invasion film WAR OF THE WORLDS is Spielberg's second holocaust survival feature, slyly subverting post-9/11 politics

"This ground-level alien invasion film is Spielberg’s second holocaust survival feature, slyly subverting post-9/11 politics": WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) screens 7pm today at @imaginefff.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/02/23/w...

projectedfigures.comMum, I'm Alien Pregnant (2026) - Projected FiguresTHUNDERLIPS’ MUM, I'M ALIEN PREGNANT is a hilariously banalised New Zealand sci-fi comedy that figures unwanted pregnancy as alien invasion

"figures unwanted pregnancy as alien invasion": Sean Wallace & Jordan Mark Windsor (aka THUNDERLIPS)'s hilariously banalised NZ sci-fi comedy MUM, I'M ALIEN PREGNANT (2026) is on US digital and on demand from today via XYZ Films. projectedfigures.com/2026/01/24/m...

projectedfigures.comThe Weird Kidz (2022) - Projected FiguresZach Passero's affectionate Eighties-inflected animated monster movie THE WEIRD KIDZ lets teen rites of passage camp alongside adult ritual

"Zach Passero’s affectionate Eighties-inflected animated monster movie lets teen rites of passage camp alongside adult ritual": THE WEIRD KIDZ (2022) is on US VOD from today via @antennareleasing.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2022/10/15/t...

projectedfigures.comBruiser (2000) - Projected FiguresFace business, falling down: George A. Romero's dark, violent satire BRUISER asks what happens when we don the blank mask of our own id

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Face business, falling down: George A. Romero’s dark, violent satire BRUISER (2000) "asks what happens when we don the blank mask of our own id". Available on 4K UHD and Blu-ray from today via @kinolorber.com Studio Classics. projectedfigures.com/2025/11/26/b...

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projectedfigures.comImagine Fantastic Film Festival 2026 - Projected FiguresThis year, the Netherlands’ largest genre festival will be taking place from 29th October till 8th November. Proudly guided by the principle “weird is wonderful”, the Imagine Fantastic Film Festival i...

The Netherlands' biggest and best genre festival, @imaginefff.bsky.social, runs in Amsterdam from 29 October till 8th November. Here is a taster of what to expect. projectedfigures.com/2026/10/26/i...

scifinow.co.ukGhost in the Cell review: Fast-moving and funny | FrightFest 2026Joko Anwar’s prison/genre punch-up sets inmates against each other and themselves in a horror-comedy microcosm of systemic corruption in Indonesian society.

"sets inmates against each other and themselves in a horror-comedy microcosm of systemic corruption in Indonesian society": Joko Anwar’s prison/genre punch-up GHOST IN THE CELL (2026) on UK digital from today via Blue Finch. Review for @scifinow.bsky.social www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/ghos...

projectedfigures.comBackrooms (2026) - Projected FiguresKane Parsons' debut feature BACKROOMS captures its arrested characters in an uncanny alternative office space where the shadow self runs free

"captures its arrested characters in an uncanny alternative office space where the shadow self runs free": Kane Parsons' effectively creepy feature debut BACKROOMS (2026) is now on @hbomax.bsky.social UK. Recommended. projectedfigures.com/2026/05/29/b...

Sade's grand work of power, corruption and depravity translates uneasily into Pier Paolo Pasolini's parable of fascist Italy SALÒ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM (1975), on 4K UHD from today via BFI - and also into our current dispensation of affluence and Epstein... projectedfigures.com/2017/11/26/f...

scifinow.co.ukFaces of Death review: Intelligent cat-and-mouse psychothriller | FrightFest 2026Daniel Goldhaber’s meta remake pits a traumatised content moderator against a serial killer restaging scenes from a film for online clout.

"pits a traumatised content moderator against a serial killer restaging scenes from a film": Daniel Goldhaber's meta remake FACES OF DEATH (2006) is on 4K UHD, Blu, DVD & digital HD (Amazon Prime Video) via @signatureuk.bsky.social. Review for @scifinow.bsky.social www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/face...

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It was not the first! This was yesterday several hours before edition.cnn.com/2026/10/25/e...

edition.cnn.comSerbia’s leader concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift | CNNThe long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that ...

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Lula, you ripper! well done, Brazil! May this be the first of several electoral outcomes this month that kick against the drift into fascist kleptocracy!

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I bloody loved this. Imagine THE LIGHTHOUSE crossed with BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO. But funny. Really funny

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"sends an ambitious sound recordist into a crabby old sea yarn": Jake Kuhn & Noah Stratton-Twine’s hilariously camp moviemaking throwback THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT (2026) screens 10.35am today at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social. Imagine Guy Maddin helming PotC... projectedfigures.com/2026/03/14/t...

projectedfigures.comThe Peril at Pincer Point (2026) - Projected FiguresJake Kuhn & Noah Stratton-Twine’s hilariously camp moviemaking throwback THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT sends a sound recordist into an old sea yarn

projectedfigures.comThe Evil Dead (1981) - Projected FiguresFOR THE LOVE OF CHEAP THRILLS: GONZO AUTEURISM AND THE EVIL DEAD tracks Sam Raimi's low-budget innovations in his horror feature debut

Once upon a time in a cabin in the woods: Sam Raimi's gory, funny, crazy THE EVIL DEAD (1981) screens 9.15pm tonight at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2019/03/10/t...

projectedfigures.comFlush (2025) at Fantasia 2025 - Projected FiguresIn Grégory Morin’s claustrophobic single-location FLUSH, a would-be family man at a moral crossroads sees everything go down the drain.

Life’s shit: in Gregory Morin's comic, claustrophobic single-location feature debut FLUSH (2025), "a would-be family man at a moral crossroads sees everything go down the drain." Screens 7.45pm today at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social. projectedfigures.com/2025/07/30/f...

scifinow.co.ukTrauma or, Monsters All (2026): Flesh-and-blood practical effects and big ideas | FrightFest 2026Creatures assemble: Larry Fessenden’s crossover sequel shows an America in microcosm facing (or not) its unresolved historical legacy and its many demons.

Larry Fessenden’s crossover sequel TRAUMA OR, MONSTERS ALL "shows an America in microcosm facing (or not) its unresolved historical legacy and its many demons." Screens 7.30pm today at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social, + intro + Q&A. Review for @scifinow.bsky.social www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/trau...

projectedfigures.comSlugs (1988) - Projected FiguresJuan Piquer Simón's SLUGS is a creature feature in which the human species proves just as carnal and odd as the mutant gastropods.

Community’s id in the sewer: Juan Piquer Simón’s immense nature's revenger SLUGS (1988) screens 5.45pm today at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2017/11/23/s...

projectedfigures.comHope (2026) - Projected FiguresNa Hong-jin’s barrelling blockbuster HOPE has smalltown cops and hunters chasing, and chased by, aggressive intruders along the Korean border

"smalltown cops and hunters chasing, and chased by, aggressive intruders along the Korean border": Na Hong-jin’s barrelling blockbuster HOPE (2026) screens 4.15pm today at BFI IMAX. projectedfigures.com/2026/09/26/h...

projectedfigures.comHeraldry Paranormal (2026) - Projected FiguresAshley Nashville's debut feature HERALDRY PARANORMAL pits amateur Yorkshire ghostbusters against spirits both fake and real.

"pits amateur Yorkshire ghostbusters against spirits both fake and real": Ashley Nashville’s debut feature HERALDRY PARANORMAL (2026). Screens 2.50pm today at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/08/30/h...

projectedfigures.comNever After Dark (2026) - Projected FiguresIn Dave Boyle's ghostbusting murder mystery NEVER AFTER DARK, cinema is the medium that transgresses the boundary between life and death

A tale of two sisters: in Dave Boyle’s ghostbusting murder mystery NEVER AFTER DARK (2026), ultimately "cinema is the medium that transgresses the boundary between life and death." Screens 1.30pm today at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/03/14/n...

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the irony is that both they and I are in a similar position *right now*

projectedfigures.comFresh Meat (2025) - Projected FiguresDaniel Turres’ straight-but-funny slasher FRESH MEAT lets influencers and urban explorers release an old-school Eighties killing machine

Jail break!: Daniel Turres’ straight-but-funny slasher FRESH MEAT (2025) lets "influencers and urban explorers release an old-school Eighties killing machine". Screens 9.20pm today at Dead And SudBuried. projectedfigures.com/2026/08/29/f...

projectedfigures.comFifteen (Quince) (2026) - Projected FiguresJack and Yossy Zagha's class-conscious high-school comedy horror FIFTEEN (QUINCE) figures adolescence as a demon gestating within

Mean girls and monsters: Jack and Yossy Zagha’s class-conscious high-school comedy horror FIFTEEN (QUINCE, 2026) "figures adolescence as a demon gestating within." UK première 7.15pm today at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/03/16/f...

projectedfigures.comSociety (1989) - Projected FiguresBrian Yuzna's satire Society puts a fist up America's hidden dynastic structures & pulls them inside out to reveal the terrible things hidden underneath.

"Putting a fist up America’s hidden dynastic structures and pulling them inside out so that the terrible things underneath are revealed for all to see," Brian Yuzna's class satire cum body horror SOCIETY (1989) screens 7.15pm at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2015/06/08/s...

projectedfigures.comGunfighter Paradise (2025) - Projected FiguresJethro Waters' narrative feature debut GUNFIGHTER PARADISE sets a grieving man's homecoming amid a singularly American mix of guns and God

GUNFIGHTER PARADISE (2025) re-screens 7pm today at the @aperturecinema.bsky.social in downtown Winston Salem, NC, with Q&A from writer/director @jethrowaters.bsky.social

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Out of left field: @jethrowaters.bsky.social’s GUNFIGHTER PARADISE (2025) "sets a grieving man’s homecoming amid a singularly American mix of guns and God." Screens 7pm today (with Q&A) at @uncavl.bsky.social. A true original, highly recommended. projectedfigures.com/2026/03/06/g...

projectedfigures.comStagefright (Deliria) (1987) - Projected FiguresMichele Soavi's feature debut STAGE FRIGHT restages a killing spree - and slasher tropes - as reflexive metatheatre

"restages a killing spree – and slasher tropes – as reflexive metatheatre": Michele Soavi’s feature debut STAGE FRIGHT (1987) screens 7pm today at @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2022/12/25/s...

projectedfigures.comCrawlers (2026) - Projected FiguresÁngel Gómez Hernández’s arachnophobic siege horror CRAWLERS locks Santa Monica tenants in a building infested with deadly spiders

CRAWLERS also screening 5.25pm today at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social

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Maternal predators: Ángel Gómez Hernández’s arachnophobic siege horror CRAWLERS (2026) "locks Santa Monica tenants in a building infested with deadly spiders." Screens 4.30pm today at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/10/10/c...

projectedfigures.comCrawlers (2026) - Projected FiguresÁngel Gómez Hernández’s arachnophobic siege horror CRAWLERS locks Santa Monica tenants in a building infested with deadly spiders

projectedfigures.comWho Can Kill A Child? (1976) - Projected FiguresNarciso Ibáñez Serrador's confronting 'creepy kid' horror WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? imagines a violent viral uprising of the very young against their adult 'betters'

"imagines a violent viral uprising of the very young against their adult ‘betters’": the new 4K restoration of Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s confronting ‘creepy kid’ horror WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? (1976) screens 4.30pm today at @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social. Superb! projectedfigures.com/2018/01/15/c...

projectedfigures.comDrag Me To Hell (2009) - Projected FiguresThere's goo, gore and guffaws galore in Sam Raimi's DRAG ME TO HELL, as a cursed banker gets her just deserts.

"Sam Raimi returns to his roots in this hyperbolic horror comedy where a banker for once gets just deserts": DRAG ME TO HELL (2009) screens 2.30pm today at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2020/08/15/d...

projectedfigures.comHoarder (2026) - Projected FiguresJames Owen’s surreal domestic thriller HOARDER traps a trainee doctor down the rabbit hole of an old couple’s farmhouse

"traps a trainee doctor down the rabbit hole of an old couple’s farmhouse": James Owen’s surreal domestic thriller HOARDER (2026) screens 12.35pm today at @deadandsudburied.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/08/29/h...

projectedfigures.comBlackout (2023) at Fantasia - Projected FiguresLarry Fessenden's werewolf allegory BLACKOUT uses a small town to stage the polarisations dividing America from its own humanity

"uses a small town to stage the polarisations dividing America from its own humanity": Larry Fessenden introduces live his own werewolf allegory BLACKOUT (2023), 11.30am today at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2023/07/20/b...

projectedfigures.comMountain King (2025) - Projected FiguresGabrielle Christensen’s debut feature MOUNTAIN KING merges romantic comedy and horror into a monstrous Swedish seasonal saga

"merges romantic comedy and horror into a monstrous Swedish seasonal saga": Gabrielle Christensen’s hybrid debut feature MOUNTAIN KING (2025) had its East Coast première at @brooklynhorror.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/10/24/m...

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This morning I wrote. This afternoon I watched. This evening I write. My life is nothing if not predictable.

Imagine if things had been different, and we woke up every morning at considerable risk of hearing Kamal Harris' supposedly weird ( = not cruel) laugh on the news, amid the rule of law, and the maintenance of common decency and ethics.

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To be a 'bro', do you need to have friends? Asking for a... oh never mind.

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It's your daily 'I'm doing a ton of performances over Halloween, so PLEASE buy some tickets' klaxon. #halloweencountdown

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Reflecting, as ever, on Roald Dahl's contributions to cinematic horror. #halloweencountdown

projectedfigures.comÒpi (2026) - Projected FiguresIn Marta Giec’s onieiric modern folktale ÒPI, sibling rivalry, mother-daughter conflict, myth & madness find expression in dark art(s)

"sibling rivalry, mother-daughter conflict, myth and madness all find expression in dark art(s)": Marta Giec’s oneiric modern Polish folktale ÒPI (2026) had its international première at @brooklynhorror.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2026/10/23/o...

projectedfigures.comNoxturne (2026) - Projected FiguresKristina Klebe’s debut feature NOXTURNE offers a psychological portrait of an artist forced into stasis and unhappy in her reflection

Heady healing: @kristinaklebe.bsky.social's NOXTURNE (2026) "offers a psychological portrait of an ageing artist forced by an accident into stasis, and unhappy in her reflection". Screens 8pm tonight at LA Femme Film Festival. projectedfigures.com/2026/05/15/n...