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Mark Ayling
@markayling.bsky.social
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Science fiction scribbling, horror loving, fantasy and crime consuming NHS herbivore bloke. Wrote a bit of film and book review guff over the years.
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · Nov 21
I am not even sure if you can buy it anymore, but here’s my first ever short story collection from some time ago. Figured I needed to post it here for completeness before I finish the next one… which is all but done… #sciencefiction #crime #shortstories www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Fut...
Northern Futures
Buy Northern Futures by Ayling, Mark Anthony from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
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vhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 20h
A calculated business move by director #MartinScorsese to get the studios back onside after a run of brilliant but unsuccessful #movies, pool shark drama #TheColorofMoney, released #OTD, still hits all the right notes

Here's a look at an #80s classic 👇

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For the Love of the Con: Fast Eddie & The Color of Money
The Color of Money doesn’t really feel like a Scorsese movie; his thumbprint is visible, but it doesn’t seem to carry his DNA. Here we have characters that you invest in, that you remem…
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vhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 1d
#Horror through appliances thriller #MurderbyPhone was released #OTD

As ludicrous as it sounds but well worth your time, some of the #movie's murders are pricelessly OTT

Here's a look back 👇

#80s #Halloween #Halloween2025

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Murder by Phone (1982)
The horror-through appliances sub-genre was all the rage back in the early 1980s. Once again Steven Spielberg was at the heart of it with Poltergeist, a wildly successful supernatural horror direct…
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Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.social · 12h
I like this but Cult is better imo. I love the setting of Cult.
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 12h
Probably the best of the rest after the first three…
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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 3d
It's FIVE FILMS!

Season Two. Episode One. Nathan Smith.

It's like the Criterion Closet, but with regular people!

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Five Films from Snips Movies - with Nathan Smith
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 1d
Easily the worst film I’ve seen this year so far… And yet, despite it’s unapologetic terribleness, I didn’t actually dislike it. I suspect there will be a mainstream film release that gets my back up more than this at some point…
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 2d
Have to say I do have a bit of a soft spot for Lou Diamond Phillips. Crap aliens, buckets of blood, flip phones and dialogue to make your ears bleed… A fine Monday night in…
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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 2d
New on The Schlock Pit today is Matty's in-depth look at Wes Craven's SUMMER OF FEAR (1978).

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Summer of Fear (1978): Any Witch Way Wes Can
Matty hexes lyrical about a mid yet quietly important film in horror master Wes Craven’s canon.
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 4d
Off to watch The Beta Band tonight for the first time in decades, and a little bit excited…
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 23d
Gonna post these here cause they’re horror themed and I had a hand in designing them. available over at thecraftynorth.com
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vhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 7d
@VHSRevival's #shocktober begins here for fans of the #80s, as we choose the best #horror #movie from each year of the decade

Honourable mentions and far-out fright sections may be beneficial to any potential #Halloween schedule

Happy planning 👇
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The Greatest Horror Movies from Each Year of the 1980s
It was the decade of the slasher, of the franchise killer, of a numbered sequel formula that gave us eight Friday the 13th movies in nine years. It was also the era of the horror reboot, of censor …
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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 5d
Made it to EIGHTY episodes and people are STILL watching! Masochists!

In the latest episode of Inside The Video Store, there's a look at the latest VS announcements, some cool donations, a holy grail VHS, and all the usual shenanigans...

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Inside The Video Store: Episode Eighty (Cool Donations! The VHS Holy Grail! Megan 2.0!)
YouTube video by Snips Movies
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 5d
I did love this film… not seen it in such a long time.
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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 5d
My latest is now up at The Schlock Pit, and it's a look at a wholesome Royal Oaks kiddies flick...

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A Bark From Beyond: My Magic Dog (1997)
Dave raids the Royal Oaks kennels for a lil’ haunting by hound.
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 6d
The boy ran off to rewatch Hellboy, so I think it’s book time for me…
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 7d
Classic revisit tonight
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 8d
My favourite film of the year so far, adapted loosely from one of my favourite books…
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 9d
Tonight’s birthday viewing… Cause it would be a born day without a spot of sword and sorcery…
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 9d
When you get home and an u expected birthday present has arrived in the mail…
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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 12d
It's Friday, so here's the latest episode of Inside The Video Store.

It's a loooooooong one too! 80 minutes! A stack of goodies have dropped this week, including discs from Vinegar Syndrome, Saturn's Core, TerrorVision, Warner Archive, Film Masters and MORE! Let me show you...

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Inside The Video Store: Episode Seventy-Nine (Vinegar Syndrome! TerrorVision! Warner Archive + More)
YouTube video by Snips Movies
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 11d
Just an absolute must see romantic comedy with a lot of the screwball about it. Wonderful.
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vhsrevival.bsky.social @vhsrevival.bsky.social · 13d
Damiano Damiani's grim #horror sequel #Amityville 2: The Possession was released #OTD

Indecorously tackling incest, domestic abuse and demonic possession, this one scared the living shit out of me as a kid

Any memories of this one?

#80s #80smovies

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A Bug in the Brain: Amityville II: The Possession
1979’s The Amityville Horror never really spoke to me. I mean, I get it. It has that ‘based on true events’ aura, an iconic house that glows with a vague sentience, a rather fine …
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 12d
Tonights viewing is another Kaiju classic…
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 13d
Correction… John Maclean… apologies, in case he notices…
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Mark Ayling @markayling.bsky.social · 13d
Here this evening to recommend this rather excellent Scottish Samurai movie from Slow West director John MacClean… Excellent stuff…
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