Daniel Stillings

@mondoheather If I ever have a house with a pool, I will keep an inflatable doll floating in it as tribute to this album.

Discovering this band & especially this album as a young teen was life changing. Grunge & “alternative” never resonated with me. This did.

I used to think that The One Safe Place was @ramseycampbell1’s scariest book, but after reading this one I’m now not so sure. Saying you checked all the doors in the house after reading something is a bit of a cliche. I obviously didn’t do that, and you can’t prove otherwise…

@mondoheather That is a fantastic tribute to a genuine screen icon. It was a real shock when I heard that Udo Kier had passed. For some reason I thought he’d be around forever. Your piece is the sensuous send off the great man deserved.

LIVE over at Mondo Heather, I pay tribute to one of the most captivating actors to ever grace the screen…Udo Kier. From arthouse to grindhouse to multiplexes, Udo Kier’s bridged it all and was steadfastly charismatic from the beginning to the end. mondoheather.com/post/pervy-but…

@mondoheather @VinegarSyndrome Love Tromeo & Juliette. It always astonishes me in a bizarre & heartwarming way that Troma were thanked in the credits of Louis Malle’s My Dinner With Andre. Lloyd Kaufman was the production manager on the film and the company provided support. A Toxie / Andre double bill?

Happiest 2026! I’m starting the New Year with a brand new YouTube video! Come with as I show righteous love for one of Troma’s finest films, as well as physical media. It’s hard work but glorious work, so revel and enjoy. ✨⭐️🩷 youtu.be/Mp1UNo3Ki7c?si…

@pagetpaget That is my absolute nightmare, and my legs now feel like jell-O. I never felt this queasy watching Criminal Minds.

Guys, I made the most rookie mistake and shaved into my finger using a mandolin. Be careful. Learn from my mistakes. It won’t stop bleeding. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

@mondoheather I think I have this issue if you want photos of anything in it.

I straight up need this issue asap. 🖤

@mondoheather I love Time After Time and David Warner generally. Have you seen Providence which he was in a few years prior? It’s one of the most underrated films of the 70s, a story about the idea of storytelling which has interesting parallels with David Lynch’s Lost Highway & Mulholland Dr.

Day 5 of the Kings & Queens of Halloween brings us a royal deity of acting with David Warner! Charm, cunning, wit, and handsomeness are just the tip of the iceberg of this spectacularly talented man. youtu.be/7S4dAsfK2QE?si…

@mondoheather I must have had a sheltered childhood because I’d never heard of Stephen Gammell. Some of his illustrations are genuinely haunting…he’s a remarkable artist. This might be the highlight of your Halloween recommendations so far.

Day #10 of the Kings & Queens of Halloween brings us an artist whose vision, talent, & wild imagination made kindertrauma fun! Stephen Gammell, the man whose illustrations made the OG Scary Stories to tell in the Dark so unforgettable, is today's king! youtu.be/tHCYq70zYPk?si…

@mondoheather Disgracefully, I had to look up who Don Post was.

@ZChannelLives Same. Especially when it is that classic Don Post Tor Johnson mask.

Day #19 of the Kings & Queens of Halloween is a music video! Paul Broucek's Hollywood Halloween, while unfairly obscure, is a hauntingly fun song with a slice-of-life of early 1980s Samhain reverie to match! youtu.be/ppI_7F6On40?si…

@mondoheather @YouTube Love this movie. Not only is genuine lunacy, it has the best fuhrer reveal since Flesh Feast.

Happy October! Today’s King of Halloween is the 1985 film, HARD ROCK ZOMBIES! Directed by Krishna Shah, HARD ROCK ZOMBIES is goofy, goony, gory, and great fun!! Kings & Queens of Halloween: #25 Hard Rock Zombies youtu.be/4THa0aC9qzc?si… via @YouTube

@mondoheather Looking forward to it. Discovering new stuff is always cool.

@ZChannelLives Thank you so much, Daniel! I want to this month extra special & highlight some cool artists too. Hope you dig all of them! 🎃🖤

Day 30 of this special countdown brings today’s Queen of Halloween…the one and only Jill Tracy! This enchanting & positively exquisite creative creates music that is as unforgettable as it is intoxicating. youtube.com/shorts/ackhYnw…

@_HeatherBuckley I wasn’t aware that the passage of time has been so brutally speedy, but I’ve been prepared to celebrate this anniversary for many years.

Yay

@mondoheather @26mfhpod Until five minutes ago, I’d never heard Jimmie Jones, but having now listened to it you’re right…it is weirdly upbeat. I may have some cool points, but I still defer to your superior musical knowledge.

@ZChannelLives @26mfhpod Daniel, you were cool then too! The Vapors are underrated and did the jauntiest sounding song about Jim Jones ever. 😄

How did no one ever cast Slade in any of the iterations of Doctor Who?!? Noddy Holder alone has such timelord energy.

@26mfhpod @mondoheather I only wish I was that cool back then, but I was into The Vapors by age 8. I still have the single of Turning Japanese…a bit crackly now.

@ZChannelLives @mondoheather a two year old Slade fan sounds pretty cool though

@mondoheather @26mfhpod Not only is Flame fantastic, the opening scenes were filmed just 100 metres from where I lived in Sheffield back then. I was way too young to appreciate that fact at the time…I was 2 years old.

@26mfhpod Have you seen their film, Flame? It’s really good and incredibly downbeat.

@_HeatherBuckley Such a great show, and I love Robin Weigert’s hard drinking, foul mouthed version of Calamity Jane. She wouldn’t have put up with half the shit Doris Day had to.

DEADWOOD

@SJASheridan Thanks.

@ZChannelLives The Screenbound label.

Another treat coming ... unseen for decades, Anwar Kawadri's seminal Sex with the Stars (1980) + Waiting Room (1981) are heading to blu-ray this August. Like #TakeAnEasyRide, it's been a wonderful project to work on. I've made two new 'making of' documentaries for this release.