Tuesday 31 December 2013

Help get "Death Walks" into the major festivals - Kickstarter Campaign

"Death Walks" is the new zombie film by director Spencer Hawken and producer Lucinda Rhodes. Whilst the film was created for nothing, relying entirely on the good will of the film crew, actors and extras to give up their free time, unfortunately to submit it to the major film festivals, Frightfest, Cannes, Montreal etc, costs money and they need to raise £2500 to enable them to do this.
 
To raise funds, they've created a kickstarter campaign, can you Help? Your pledge regardless of how small could make all the difference to this movies future. Doing so will allow the spread of the movie to be more of an impact.

Pledges are from just £1, with thanks credits on IMDB, and executive and associate producer titles available at the higher spectrum.
 
For more info checkout the Kickstarter Campaign.

Saturday 28 December 2013

Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones - Friday the 13th stunt

One unfortunate couple got more than they bargained for during a "special" preview screening of "Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones" on Friday the 13th of December, check it out below...
 
 


"Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones" is released to UK cinemas Jan 1st 2014.

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Interview with "Rabies" & "Big Bad Wolves" co-director Navot Papushado

This month Horror Channel is showing the UK TV premiere of RABIES, the first slasher to come out of Israel, One of its directors, Navot Papushado (left), took time out to chat about this movie and its equally horrifying shocker Big Bad Wolves due to be released in the UK in January 2014.
 
RABIES is broadcast on The Horror Channel (UK) on Saturday Dec 28 at 10.50pm (links below).
 
Q: Have you always been a big horror fan?
 
NP: Oh yes! We grew up in the 80s and watched everything that came out of the US. We grew up on Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and Wes Craven and John Carpenter, everything that came out of the US. Later on we discovered European and Korean cinema and obviously the Coen Brothers and Tarantino.
 
Q: Did your classification system ever censor these films?
 
NP: No, actually the opposite. The Israeli censorship board don’t take any notice of horror films, for example Piranha 3D came out in Israel at the same time that Rabies did and we got rated 18 and above, whilst Piranha 3D for 14 and above. Kick Ass got 12 and above! I think it has to do with Israeli audiences not being that keen on horror films, even the big US horror films like Saw, Hostel and Paranormal Activity don’t do very well.
 
Q: Where did the idea for Rabies come from?
 
NP: We decided we wanted to get rid of the serial killer character and decided that we wanted to have all of the other characters kill each other, so there had to be more than the motive of running away from a serial killer so we had to write more complex characters therefore everyone would need a background story. Everyone would have a motivation to kill. The first story we wrote was the one about the Cop who always leaves messages for his wife who never answers and then he leaves this horrible one and then she answers (laughs) so we realised we had to write all the others to match that dramatic element and character development and that’s how Rabies was born.
 
Q: Did the script change much from the first draft to the shooting script?
 
NP: No, we pitched it to a couple of producers, we showed them the draft and they were like, “OK, let’s wait for Government funds” but we didn’t want to do that. Then we met a guy who said, “How much do you want?” and we said an amount and he said, “OK I’ll give you half!” Then he asked, “How many days do you need?” and so we told him at least 20 and he said, “I’ll give you 15!” We got the green light from that script and just went out and shot it.
 
Q: Was it a tough shoot?
 
NP: Yes and no. We didn’t realise it at the time that it was tough as it was our first feature even though we had done a few shorts before. But it was a shoestring budget and everyone on set was less experienced than us so we had to hide this from the actors!
 
Q: Did you have any actors in mind when writing the script?
 
NP: Yeah, a couple of them. Actually when we pitched we told the producer that we wanted all these actors and they pointed out that we didn’t have that kind of money and we told him not to worry and that we’d take care of that!
 
Q: Rabies has a very strong story, do you think that helped reach out to audiences?
 
NP: Thank you very much. One thing is we cast all A-list actors from Israel so it was like seeing Kate Blanchet or Tom Cruise in a horror movie so Rabies was kind of an event. It was more than a horror movie, everyone wanted to see their favourite actor get murdered, or something like that (laughs)
 
 Q: Do you think one of its greatest assets is that most of the effects are practical and old school?
 
NP: Yeah, even on Big Bad Wolves there is only one shot that lasts only three or four seconds that we had to use visual effects. We believe in getting everyone done on the set.
 
Q: What did the critics think of Rabies when it was released in Israel?
 
NP: I think they were split. The older critics didn’t quite get it. They also don’t like violent films so they don’t like Tarantino films or Korean films for example. The younger critics, and when I say younger I mean under 45, they all loved it and gave it 5 stars, they loved it. It was a critical success and a box office success. There was an older critic whom we admire, considered to be the most acclaimed critic in Israel who writes for a newspaper whose logo is, “A Newspaper for Thinking People”, and he loved it! It gained a cult status through VOD and DVD sales.
 
Q: If you had made Rabies before Big Bad Wolves would you have approached it differently.
 
NP: That’s a really tough question. Rabies is Rabies because of the time it was shot, because of the budget when it was shot and the ideas that we had at the time and our approach. Rabies was shot hand held in the woods because that is the genre. You have to shoot films and edit films to fit the genre so I’m really pleased with everything we did with Rabies.
 
Q: Would you make Rabies 2?
 
NP: Oh, maybe when I’m old and Rabies has gained such a cult status and they give me $10 million dollars and a budget for $100 million dollars (laughs).
 
Q: Are you pleased Rabies is being shown on the Horror Channel?
 
NP: Yeah, defiantly. We are huge fans of the UK. The UK has been so kind to us over he last couple of years starting from FrightFest from two years ago when they showed Rabies. You really can’t compete with the British audience. They are fanatics, they love horror films. The screening of Big Bad Wolves earlier this year in front of 1,300 people was incredible. We are extremely happy with what’s going on in the UK with our films. You guys seem to get us!
 
Q: So what are you working on at the moment?
 
NP: We are promoting Big Bad Wolves which is coming out in the UK in January and working on a couple of projects here in Israel that we are starting to push and also receiving a few scripts from the US. We are writing a spaghetti western that’s set in the early 40s and a few science fiction scripts.
 
Q: Navot Papushado, thank you very much.
 
TV: Sky 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138

Saturday 21 December 2013

Robocop - New Stills released

Checkout these stills from the new "Robocop" film which comes to UK cinemas, February 2014 from Studio Canal...
 



 

 
The film stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Jackie Earl Haley and Samuel L. Jackson and is directed by José Padilha.

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Friday 20 December 2013

"Death Walks" - second trailer hits the web (see if you can spot me).

The second trailer for the upcoming zombie film "Death Walks" has jut hit the web. Check it out below (see if you can glimpse me).



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Wednesday 18 December 2013

Horror Channel (UK) Ozploitation Season

Horror Channel presents an OZploitation season on Fridays @ 22:55 from Jan 4 2014, featuring a dark collection of the best of Australian contemporary horror, Grisly with a capital ‘G’.
 
Fri 3 Jan @ 22:55 – STORM WARNING (2007)
On a weekend boating trip a couple become lost in a heavy storm and end up in a desolate swamp. They come across a decrepit house and discover a large crop of marijuana, suggesting the owners might not welcome their accidental arrival.

Fri 10 Jan @ 22:55 – SAVAGES CROSSING (2011)
When a flood rages around them, a group of strangers are forced to take shelter in an outback roadhouse. But the danger lurking within is far greater than the threat from outside. As the water level rises, so does the tension, as the line between the hunter and the hunted starts to blur
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Fri 17 Jan @ 22:55 – ROAD TRAIN (2010)
Four young people are on a camping trip in the outback. Nina and Craig are enjoying a close relationship, but there's tension between Marcus, and Liz Out of the blue, the quartet find themselves menaced by a road train that runs them off the road.
 
Fri 24 Jan @ 22:55 – CRAWL (2011)
Claustrophobic heat and brooding tension seep from the screen in this chiller set in an unknown rural town. Seedy bar owner Slim Walding hires a mysterious Croatian hit man to murder a local garage owner. but the plan backfire when an innocent waitress becomes involved.
 
Fri 31 Jan @ 22:55 – WOLF CREEK (2005)
The Ozploitation season finishes with director Greg McLean’s much acclaimed debut feature – a pulsating, stomach-churning tale based on the true story of the ‘Back Packer Killer’ who held the outback in a grip of early 90s terror. Stars John Jarratt, Cassandra Macgraph and Kestie Morassi. Watch out for the sequel in 2014
 
TV: Sky 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138



How to Perform an Exorcism...

Checkout Father Mario's web series of "Exorcism Tutorials". Episode 1 is below....



To view more episodes and to subscribe to Father Mario's YouTube channel, click the link below...
 
 

Tuesday 17 December 2013

Brit Sci-Fi thriller "The Machine" coming to UK cinemas

 
Coming to UK cinemas this March. It's the near future and with Britain embroiled in a cold war with China, the Ministry of Defence has been working on a mechanised soldier, a thinking robot that would not only have the ability to fight, but to negotiate and keep peace too.
 
Two scientists, Vincent and Ava, think they have found a way of unlocking the key to a conscious machine, but their boss, Thomson, is only interested in a killing machine that will follow orders and plots to modify her program and dehumanise her. Only to find The Machine has other ideas andfights back, rampaging through the base and destroying everything in her path....
 
The film stars Caity Lotz (The Pact) and Toby Stevens (Severance) with Denis Lawson (the Star Wars trilogy) and Sam Hazeldine (The Raven).
 
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Frankenstein (Mini Series) - 10th Anniversay DVD

 The 2004 TV Mini-Series of "FRANKENSTEIN", is coming to UK DVD in January in a special 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, from Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment.
 
What happens when man violates the laws of God and science? For Captain Walton (Donald Sutherland) and the crew of a weather-beaten ship stranded in the icy sea, the answer follows their rescue of a scientist close to death, frozen in fear, and insane with dire warnings. Viktor Frankenstein (Alec Newman) has a story to tell—a story as chillingly real as the tortured howls emanating from the Arctic fog and as timeless as the need to be loved.
 
Luke Goss (Blade II, Hellboy II) stars as the creature alongside an all-star cast including Alec Newman (A Lonely Place to Die), Academy Award nominee Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, 2 Days in New York) and acting legends; Donald Sutherland (The Italian Job 2003, The Hunger Games) and William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman, A History of Violence).
Directed by Kevin Conner who brought the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs novels to the big screen in the 70s (At the Earth’s Core, The Land that Time Forgot) and written by Mark Kruger (Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh) FRANKENSTEIN is a spectacularly ambitious new version that will rouse audiences with something far more profound than fear.
 
"FRANKENSTEIN : THE TENTH ANNIVERSAY EDITION" comes to UK DVD 13th January.
 
Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk
 
 

        

Edge of Tomorow - New Poster and Trailer

Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures are pleased to make available the one sheet and trailer for action adventure EDGE OF TOMORROW, which comes to UK cinemas in June.

 
 

 
EDGE OF TOMORROW is released in cinemas and IMAX on June 6, 2014

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Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones - New Trailer Released...

Paramount Pictures have just released the new trailer for "Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones", a spin off from the highly successful "Paranormal Activity" series of films.



The film is released to UK cinemas January 1st.

Bloodline DVD artwork revealed

The new US DVD artwork for Bloodline, the hot new horror release starring Matt Thompson and Grainger Hines ("Lincoln", "Hell on Wheels") has been released (pictured left).
 
In "Bloodline", Matt Thompson stars opposite Jesse Kristofferson, Kimberly Alexander (NCIS), Grainger Hines (Lincoln), Gina Comparetto (How I Met Your Mother), and Christopher Frontiero (Parks and Recreation) in a film that has been compared to the likes of "Evil Dead" and "Cabin in the Woods".
 
Shot and filmed in the Eldorado National Forest of Sacramento, Bloodline uncovers the eerie past and life of Brett Ethos (Matt Thompson). A young seminary student inching toward a priestly life, Brett falls away from the church as his curiosities entice him to divulge into worldly pleasures ultimately leading to the relentless realities of his identity. Tempted to unmask the hidden mirrors of his past, fear consumes him at the site of the haunting reflections, as self-discovery becomes the most terrifying journey of all. Truth is discovered, blood is tainted, and darkness pollutes their fate, Brett puts his own life and the lives around him in an immense danger as he is torn between his faith and his curse.
 
"Bloodline" hits US DVD January 6th and is available to order from Amazon.com
 

Sunday 15 December 2013

"Insidious : Chapter 2" - coming to UK disc this January.

Coming to UK DVD and BD in January, "Insidious: Chapter 2". The nerve-shredding sequel to the box office smash supernatural horror hit.
 
With Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose byrne) still coming to terms with the death of parapsychologist Elise, the Lambert Family move into his grandmother Lorraine's home. However, all is not well as Josh and Renai continue to experience teh demonic forces that are set on turning their lives to chaos.

With Josh's increasingly bizarre behaviour, Renai is forced to seek help to protect her family and in uncovering the truth she soon learns the terrifying reality...Josh didn't come back alone.
 
From renowned director James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring) this modern day reimaging of vintage horror mixed with incredible direction makes for one of the most intense cinematic experiences in recent years.
 
Extras on the discs are listed as follows...
 
- Peripheral Vision: Behind the scenes feature
- Ghostly Transformation feature
- Leigh Whannell's Insidious Journal
- The Haunting of Insidious feature
- Work In Progress: On Set Q&A
- 3 x Spectral Sightings Webisodes
 
The film is released to UK disc Jan 6th from eOne Entertainment.
 
Buy the UK DVD at Amazon.co.uk
 
Buy the UK BD at Amazon.co.uk
 
 
 

Saturday 14 December 2013

Saturday silliness

Not really news related, but came across these viral images whilst on FB today and just had to share.
 
Enjoy...
 
 
 

 
 

Thursday 12 December 2013

"Devil's Due" - in January

Was at the cinema watching "Carrie" the other night, when a trailer for this came on at the start. What do you think?...
 


"Devil's Due" is out at UK cinemas in January, visit the Official Website.

Tuesday 10 December 2013

The Circus of Horrors presents A Nightmare Before Xmas

The Circus of Horrors concludes it’s 18th Anniversary tour this coming weekend with 3 special show’s, Back in a Big Top in Bristol & Birmingham & it’s final sortie into London’s West End. Commencing appropriately on Friday 13th December in Bristol it will prove to be a real Nightmare before Christmas.

The new sensation takes you a a journey through a plague ridden London with amazing & astounding acts, including back flipping & fire limboing Voodoo Warrior’s, Sword Swallowers, Human Pincushions, Sinister Sisters, a buxom lady who balances a sword on the point of a dagger before ascending into the roof of the auditorium, amazing gravity defying balancing acts, dislocating contortionist’s and aerialists hanging solely by silks, chains & even their own teeth or hair as our Hairculian Guinness world record holding Diva brings the show to a climatic, hair raising & firey end.

All performed to a brilliant original live rock soundtrack by creator & undead ringmaster Dr Haze & the Interceptors from Hell.

Ad to the mix blood curdling illusions designed by legendary gory illusionist Simon Drake (Iron Maiden / Secret Cabaret) and you know you are in for one hell of a show that is executed with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek.

The Show which was appropriately born at the 1995 Glastonbury Festival & has since gone onto conquer the world with performances in Japan, Holland, Uruguay, Germany, France, Finland, Argentina, Ireland, Hong Kong & Belgium, this year it created history by becoming the first Circus to be resident in London’s West End for over 100 years but is probably more famous for it’s TV exploits when it took the extreme to the mainstream & stormed into the finals of Britain's Got Talent.

The last shows of 2013 take place in:-

Bristol Creative Common. Friday 13th Dec’ at 8pm
Bristol Star City. Saturday 14th Dec’ at 8pm
London Lyric Theatre. Monday 16th Dec’ at 7.30pm


More info at http://www.circusofhorrors.co.uk/tour_dates.html



Sunday 8 December 2013

"Full Frontal" sci-fi flick THE DEVIL’S BARGAIN gets download release

Unseen. Uncertified. Unmissable. Drew Cullingham (UMBRAGE: THE FIRST VAMPIRE, BLACK SMOKE RISING) has written and directed a savage, psychological portrait of love, lust and the end of the world, which will be available to watch from Mon Jan 17, 2014, via Distrify and the official Facebook page for just £3.99.

It’s 1974 and Earth is about to be obliterated by a massive asteroid. Adi (Jonnie Hurn) and his young wife Ange (Chloe Farnworth), haunted by memories of the death of their son, journey to the idyllic rural setting where he was conceived, determined to shed clothes, inhibitions and psychological traumas before the planet is destroyed forever. But the arrival of Luca (Dan Burman), a charismatic and mysterious young photographer, turns what’s left of their world upside-down and the horror to come is of biblical proportions.

Cullingham told us: “It was made on a shoestring budget in twenty-four hours over four days, using an experimental ‘pinhole’ technique to give it a unique look. Containing copious amounts of full frontal nudity, the mantra for this film has been: No money. No clothes. No fear”.
 
A Disparado and Monk3ys Ink Films production, written and directed by Drew Cullingham, produced by Drew Cullingham & Ian Manson, co-produced by  James Fisher & Andrew Mackay. Starring Jonnie Hurn, Chloe Farnworth & Dan Burman.

View the trailer on YouTube
 

Thursday 5 December 2013

"Big Trouble in Little China" - UK BD review

Though undoubtedly best known for his horror works, in 1986 John Carpenter decided to do something different, and brought us this tale of oriental sword and sorcery, albeit in a modern day setting. Producing, what is arguably, his most bizarre film to date and Arrow films are bringing it to UK Blu-Ray.
 
Teaming up with Kurt Russel, who’d previously starred in Carpenters “Escape from New York” and “The Thing”, Russel plays gruff truck driver Jack Burton, who’s making a delivery in San-Francisco’s Chinatown district, when his friend, Wang Chi’s,  Fiance is abducted by a Chinese street gang.
 
Agreeing to help get her back, they subsequently get embroiled in a bizarre battle between the gang and a group ancient Chinese sorcerers who suddenly appear and proceeds to wipe them out, taking Wang’s fiancé with them.
 
With the help of some friends, they discover that Wang’s girlfriend is needed to help one of the sorcerers break some ancient curse and to get her back means infiltrating a series of underground caverns, leading to climatic final battle between Burton, Wang and his friends and the sorcerer minions in an extremely outrageous martial arts battle.
 
Co-starring Kim Catrell and character actor James Hong, the film was originally a huge flop at the box office, but later proved a huge success on home video and has remained a cult favourite ever since.
 
This new Blu-Ray release from Arrow films is available in both standard packaging and in a special limited edition steelbook release. As with all arrow releases, the disc comes chocked with special features.
 
The first of these are a series of interviews with Director John Carpenter, star Kurt Russel, Director of Photography Dean Cundy, Producer Larry Franco, Stuntman Jeff Imada and special effects man Richard Edlund, which run 10-15 mins each.
 
There’s a selection of deleted scenes, most of which are just extended versions of existing scenes and there’s an extended end scene showing Kurt Russel ramming a car full of Chinese punks into the river.
 
Also included is a vintage making of feature from 1986, a rather bizarre music video featuring John Carpenter, Nick Castle and Tommy Lee Wallace performing the films main theme, a selection of trailers and TV spots and a photo gallery of production stills.
 
The film also gives you the option of listening to the isolated music score, or a feature length commentary track, in which John Carpenter and Kurt Russell exchange amusing anecdotes about their time on set.
 
The film is released to BD December 16th, from Arrow films.
 
Buy the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

Buy the UK BD Steelbook from Amazon.co.uk




 
 

"House of Bad" sells out on day of release at Amazon.com

House of Bad, the award-winning 2013 Independent horror film and fan-site darling, blistered anticipated sales yesterday, selling Amazon.com out of stock, taking the internet giant by surprise.  After a month of being available as a pre-order, the title suddenly became unavailable on the day of its official release.

The turn of events represents a new twist to the typical story of the Independent film scene, where directors and filmmakers struggle to find distribution and access to robust sales outlets.  Without such avenues cinematic efforts can be lost in the shuffle, a reality for low-budget genre films and true gems like House of Bad.  "It's awesome and frustrating at the same time" says executive producer Scott Frazelle, "our distributor, Osiris Entertainment, has worked hard to promote the film, and capitalize on all the positive fan-site reviews. We’re really hoping this Amazon response pushes WalMart, Redbox, and other retailers to get the film out sooner rather than later."

House of Bad is a 95-minute feature film about three sisters on the run with a suitcase full of stolen drugs, yearning to break free from their sordid pasts.  From small movie blogs to big sites like Ain’t It Cool News, reviewers are calling House of Bad “fresh, sexy and unsettling”, “a fine example of what the low budget indie scene has to offer”, and “a smarter version of a 70's grindhouse bad girl flick”. The film stars Heather L. Tyler (The Bridge), Sadie Katz (Chavez Cage of Glory, Scorned) and Cheryl Sands (Nip Tuck).
 
To find out more, please visit http://www.houseofbad.com
 
Order this title from Amazon.com
 
 
 

"You're Next" - in the New Year

Coming to UK DVD and Blu-Ray in the new year. "YOU’RE NEXT" was one of the most talked about horror films of 2013 from the new and critically acclaimed horror talent behind VHS, VHS2 and A Horrible Way to Die.

Starring Sharni Vinson (Bait, Step Up 3D) in her most kick-ass role to date, a lively family reunion is abruptly brought to an end when a gang of mysterious killers, disguised in animal masks, wage an all-out assault on the Davison's secluded home. Using a series of sophisticated traps, axes, crossbows and machetes, the family are slaughtered one by one until nowhere is safe. But neither the attackers, nor their victims, have counted on Erin (Vinson); an innocent girlfriend who has the killer instinct to fight back...

Directed by Adam Wingard and also starring filmmakers Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies, VHS) and Ti West (The ABC’s of Death, VHS) and horror/ cult favourite Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, From Beyond), the film comes to DVD and Blu-ray 13th January 2014 with a whole host of extras, including...

-No Ordinary Home Invasion: The Making of You’re Next
-Audio Commentary with Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Sharni Vinson and Barbara Crampton
-Audio Commentary with Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett


Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk



 

Tuesday 3 December 2013

Stephen Moyer faces "The Devil in the Woods" on UK DVD.

DEVIL IN THE WOODS is the nightmarish new horror film from director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III & IV) starring True Blood’s Stephen Moyer.

Richard Marlow (Moyer) is eager for his son, step-daughter and new wife to get along, so plans a family vacation to the reclusive Pine Barrens.
 
Desperate for real solitude, Richard leads them deeper into the woods where it quickly becomes clear that all is not peaceful as animals are found mutilated and horrifically killed. Struck down by illness, Richard and his family are stranded as the local legend of the ‘Jersey Devil’ that stalks the darkened woods, starts to haunt their thoughts and what started out as a peaceful family trip ends up being a deadly nightmare.

Also starring Shawn Ashmore (X-Men trilogy), DEVIL IN THE WOODS is a visceral and bloody mix of horror and the supernatural and is released on DVD by Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment on 3rd March 2014.

Pre-order the DVD from Amazon.co.uk
 
 
 

"Wasteland" - new zombie film. Directors interview and cast & crew Q&A.

Couple of videos I shot at the "UK Festival of Zombie Culture" a couple of weeks back, following the screening of "Wasteland". Firstly an interview with Director Tom Wadlow, Producer Chrissa Maund and lead actor Shameer Seepersand (or Shameer Madarbakus as he's credited as in the film).
 
Plus the cast and crew Q&A session that took place immediately after the screening.

Interview vid...


Cast and crew Q&A...


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Swedish chiller "Mara" comes to UK DVD

Swedish horror film "Mara", which has so far only been released in the US and its native Scandinavia, is finally getting a UK release, thanks to 88 films.
 
When Jenny (played by Swedish model Angelica Jansson in her feature film debut), was a girl, she witnessed a murder in her home that scarred her for life. Trying to process her trauma, Jenny returns to the scene of the crime as an adult.
 
Along with a couple of friends she intends to relax and enjoy herself during a weekend in this secluded house in the middle of the woods. However, the stay turns into a trip to Hell when it turns out there's an intruder in the house….
 
The film is in Swedish, with English subtitles.
 
Extras on the DVD include...
 
-FEATURE LENGTH BEHIND THE SCENES DOCUMENTARY
-CASTING FEATURETTE
-INTERVIEW WITH ANGELICA JANSSON
-REVERSIBLE SLEEVE INCORPORATING ORIGINAL ARTWORK
 
The film hits UK DVD January 13th from 88 films and is available to pre-order from Amazon.co.uk

Monday 2 December 2013

New Friday the 13th film announced.

Well, it's been mooted for quite some time, but it's now being reported on several websites that Paramount pictures have finally announced that a new "Friday the 13th" film has gone into production with a release date of Friday March the 13th 2015.
 
The last film came out in 2009, featuring stuntman Derek Mears as Jason, and was met with mixed critical reaction. Initially, it performed extremely well on it's opening weekend, but box office figures dropped off significantly during it's second week, adversely affecting its total gross. The studios have remained undecided about the future of the franchise ever since.
 
But it seems things are finally starting to move forward. Warner Bros, who co-produced the last film, have let Paramount have the rights back to the franchise, on condition they get a new film out within the next 5 years. After which, the rights will revert back to Warner.
 
Platinum Dunes, who produced the last film, are once again on board to produce but there's no news on what direction this new film will take, rumours have circulated that the studios were considering making this a "found footage" film, though no definite details have been released. So it's a case of 'watch this space'.
 


Supernatural horror thriller THE SLEEPING ROOM goes into production

Production Company Movie Mogul (Panic Button, Shortcuts To Hell) announced today that shooting on supernatural thriller THE SLEEPING ROOM begins on Wed Dec 4, for a three-week shoot on location in Brighton.
 
Starring Leila Mimmock (Becoming Human), Joseph Beattie (Hex) and Julie Graham (Tower Block), this intense tale of Victorian revenge is written by Ross Jameson, Alex Chandon and John Shackleton and directed by Shackleton with Jake West directing the ’Mutoscope’ action sequences. Director of Photography is Simon Poulter, (Panic Button).
 
Set in present day Brighton, THE SLEEPING ROOM is the story of Blue (Leila Mimmock), a call girl who falls for a new client, Bill (Joseph Beattie) But the real attraction for Blue is Bill’s apartment and a mysterious room that seems to hold the key to the dark secrets of her family’s past – a room that is about to unleash terrible physical and supernatural forces. Nobody will escape unless a score for a heinous crime is settled.
 
The cast also includes David Sibley, Chris Waller, Christopher Adamson and Mike Altmann. A Movie Mogul production, it is produced by Gareth I Davies and John Shackleton. Production Designer is Lorna Gay Copp, Costume Designer is David Blight, Production Manager is Tansi Inayat. Editor is John Gillanders and Bang Post Production are handling picture and sound.
 
John Shackleton, said today: “Support for the film has been first rate and we are immensely proud to be surrounded by such a talented cast and crew, particularly given the huge budget restraints, which we are operating under. Brighton is proving to be not only a wonderfully cinematic place in which to shoot, but also a very accommodating town in which to house a production”.
 
THE SLEEPING ROOM is the first film to be crowd funded for equity over at
 
 

Cybercandy present - "Emergency Zombie Survival Rations"

I'm sure you've all seen "ZombieLand"? Well if you're planning to stock up on food and supplies in preperation for the zombie apocalypse, Cybercandy have the ideal foodstuff for you.
 
Presenting "Emergency Zombie Survival Rations", just stockpile a ton of these and should the dead start to walk, you need never worry about about living in a world without Twinkies again!!!!
 
Each ringpull can contains 2x Fresh Twinkies.
 
The ideal Xmas present for the ardent zombie survivalist.
 
Note, this is really a novelty food item. Twinkies do have an expiration date, even though they're sealed in a can. These particular ones are dated January 2014.
 
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"Zombie Hood" - Cast and crew Q&A and Directors interview

Little video I made of the cast and crew Q&A session at the "UK Festival of Zombie Culture", following the screening of "ZombieHood" on Sat 16th Nov, plus a little interview with the director afterwards.
 
The interview I conducted starts at the 14:18 mark.



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