Andrew Screen
@andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social
Author of The Book of Beasts: Folklore, Popular Culture & Nigel Kneale's ATV Horror Series (Headpress 2023). SEN work by day. Words for Fortean Times, We Are Cult among others.
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
We all knew the end was coming, but this makes it no less upsetting. RIP photographer Martin Parr whose satirical eye dissected the British class system and rampant consumerism. What an inspiration he was. Vale.
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We all knew the end was coming, but this makes it no less upsetting. RIP photographer Martin Parr whose satirical eye dissected the British class system and rampant consumerism. What an inspiration he was. Vale.
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
Watching The Haunted Season: The Occupant in the Room (2025) by @kierlajanisse.bsky.social on Shudder. Based on Algernon Blackwood's short story it is superior festive chills material which easily outclasses recent BBC Ghost Stories. Highly recommended.
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Watching The Haunted Season: The Occupant in the Room (2025) by @kierlajanisse.bsky.social on Shudder. Based on Algernon Blackwood's short story it is superior festive chills material which easily outclasses recent BBC Ghost Stories. Highly recommended.
They are worth tracking down. Random still from one of the episodes below...
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
They are worth tracking down. Random still from one of the episodes below...
Off into town to start my Christmas shopping.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Off into town to start my Christmas shopping.
Tonight's film, to mark Noirvember, is The Blue Dahlia (1946). Chandler script. Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd star. First time watching...
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Tonight's film, to mark Noirvember, is The Blue Dahlia (1946). Chandler script. Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd star. First time watching...
Tonight's film is another time travel movie. River (2023) is from the makers of the similar themed Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes so prospects are it will be a lot better than last night's time travel film...
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Tonight's film is another time travel movie. River (2023) is from the makers of the similar themed Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes so prospects are it will be a lot better than last night's time travel film...
Tonight's film is Time Travel is Dangerous (2024) an absurd UK sci-fi with a whose who of British comedy character actors. First time watching...
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Tonight's film is Time Travel is Dangerous (2024) an absurd UK sci-fi with a whose who of British comedy character actors. First time watching...
Over 100 years ago the first cinema iteration of Frankenstein was released. Now settling down with a cup of tea to stream the latest version.
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Over 100 years ago the first cinema iteration of Frankenstein was released. Now settling down with a cup of tea to stream the latest version.
At least not all the news is doom and gloom today...
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At least not all the news is doom and gloom today...
Sad to hear that Lindsey Vickers, director of the now rediscovered Brit horror classic The Appointment (1981), has gone at the age of 85.
Obituary by Vic Pratt here: www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
Obituary by Vic Pratt here: www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sad to hear that Lindsey Vickers, director of the now rediscovered Brit horror classic The Appointment (1981), has gone at the age of 85.
Obituary by Vic Pratt here: www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
Obituary by Vic Pratt here: www.bfi.org.uk/features/lin...
Tonight's film stars Russell Crown who is Unhinged (2020). First time watching...
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tonight's film stars Russell Crown who is Unhinged (2020). First time watching...
Tonight's film is the obscure French horror The Demon is on the Island (1983) which has a fantastic sounding Garth Marenghi plot. Domestic appliances bought from the same shop turn murderous! First (and probably last) time watch.
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Tonight's film is the obscure French horror The Demon is on the Island (1983) which has a fantastic sounding Garth Marenghi plot. Domestic appliances bought from the same shop turn murderous! First (and probably last) time watch.
Tonight's film is Blazing Magnum (1976) an Italian cop thriller starring Stuart Whitman (and his amazing eyebrows) as a Dirty Harry clone. Has an amazing extended car chase. The film is also known as the more poetic Strange Shadows in an Empty Room. First time watching.
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Tonight's film is Blazing Magnum (1976) an Italian cop thriller starring Stuart Whitman (and his amazing eyebrows) as a Dirty Harry clone. Has an amazing extended car chase. The film is also known as the more poetic Strange Shadows in an Empty Room. First time watching.
Appearing just in time for Halloween is my new blog looking at the 1980s weekly magazine The Unexplained issue by issue.
Find out what links the magazine with the band The Smiths. What made the magazine playground contraband? Dare you listen to Breakthrough?
theunexplainedmagazine.blogspot.com
Find out what links the magazine with the band The Smiths. What made the magazine playground contraband? Dare you listen to Breakthrough?
theunexplainedmagazine.blogspot.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Appearing just in time for Halloween is my new blog looking at the 1980s weekly magazine The Unexplained issue by issue.
Find out what links the magazine with the band The Smiths. What made the magazine playground contraband? Dare you listen to Breakthrough?
theunexplainedmagazine.blogspot.com
Find out what links the magazine with the band The Smiths. What made the magazine playground contraband? Dare you listen to Breakthrough?
theunexplainedmagazine.blogspot.com
Halloween. A good time to launch my new blog...
Coming later today, just in time for the spooky season.
Coming later today, just in time for the spooky season.
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Halloween. A good time to launch my new blog...
Coming later today, just in time for the spooky season.
Coming later today, just in time for the spooky season.
Work in progress... Cat pumpkin.
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Work in progress... Cat pumpkin.
Tonight's film is The Long Walk (2025)...
October 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Tonight's film is The Long Walk (2025)...
Five minutes in. A psycho Charlie Chaplin has just turned up and stabbed someone to death. Cue titles with a swelling string led romantic score.
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Five minutes in. A psycho Charlie Chaplin has just turned up and stabbed someone to death. Cue titles with a swelling string led romantic score.
Tonight's film is The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973). A Spanish psychological horror starring Jean Seberg and Marisol. First time watching...
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tonight's film is The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973). A Spanish psychological horror starring Jean Seberg and Marisol. First time watching...
Farewell to the actor John Woodbine who died today. He was ubiquitous in the film and TV of my childhood appearing in everything from Z Cars, Dr Who and the films The Devils and An American Werewolf in London.
October 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Farewell to the actor John Woodbine who died today. He was ubiquitous in the film and TV of my childhood appearing in everything from Z Cars, Dr Who and the films The Devils and An American Werewolf in London.
Richard Rankin... It could be?
October 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Richard Rankin... It could be?
Tonight's film is Hannibal Brooks (1969) directed by Michael Winner and starring Oliver Reed and Michael J Pollard. A childhood favourite I've not seen for decades...
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tonight's film is Hannibal Brooks (1969) directed by Michael Winner and starring Oliver Reed and Michael J Pollard. A childhood favourite I've not seen for decades...