Brian Cox at the Custard Factory Birmingham

In case you missed my previous posting about this, September sees Birmingham’s newest film event, Back To The Theatre, which brings classic cult films to the big screen, welcome the star of "X-Men 2", "The Ring" and "The Bourne Identity", Brian Cox to the Custard Factory.

 

His stage and screen pedigree is without question in a career which spans over 40 years, where he has played a wide mix of villains, heroes and comedy characters and it is an honour to have him here in Birmingham.

 

Back To The Theatre will be hosting a question and answer session with Brian, plus a chance for fans to get autographs and photographs with the man himself. We can also offer exclusive press interviews for a select number of media outlets, where they will be able to ask Brian about his Hollywood career.

 

The event also included the screening of two of Brian’s biggest films: “Trick ’R Treat” The critically acclaimed, award winning collection of scary Halloween stories from 2007. “Manhunter” directed by Michael Mann. Brian plays the part of the infamous Dr. Hannibal Lecktor in the characters first ever screen appearance.

 

Tickets are on sale and build on the success of our previous screenings at the Custard Factory over the last few months, another sell out is expected.

Saturday September 28th
The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AA.
Doors open at 4.00pm
Tickets: £20 each

For Tickets and More info visit: http://www.backtothetheatre.com

Robocop - New Stills released

The trailer for the new "Robocop" film starring Joel Kinnaman (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Samuel L Jackson (Django Unchained, Avengers Assemble) hit the web last week, and now Studiocanal have just released a series of publicity stills from the film. Check them out below...

 

 

 

The films hits UK Cinemas Feb 2014. View the trailer on YouTube.

 

 

"Insidious : Chapter 2" - In UK Cinemas TODAY!!!!!

It may be Friday the 13th today, but it's also the opening day for "Insidious : Chapter 2", here's the trailer...

Visit the Official Website.

Happy Friday the 13th

It's Jason Voorhees favourite day today, so here's a collection of trailers from the film series...

Thanks to YouTube user "Zbolt2" for compiling these.

An Arrow films release to make you "Squirm"!!!!

Arrow Video is pleased to announce the UK Blu-ray & DVD debut of Jeff Liebermann’s cult-horror classic SQUIRM on Monday 23rd September  in a special dual edition combo pack.

 

Lovingly restored for Blu-ray, a process approved by Lieberman himself, Arrow’s HD presentation of SQUIRM is uncut and comes loaded with special features and bonus material, including interchangeable artwork and exclusive writing on the film by UK horror aficionado Kim Newman.

 

One of the most original and entertaining of the revenge-of-nature films that characterised mid-1970s American horror, SQUIRM begins with a pylon being downed by a thunderstorm, sending millions of volts into the wet, conductive mud, giving its hundreds of thousands of wriggly inhabitants an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

 

Since the fallen power lines have also cut-off the electricity supply to Fly Creek, Georgia, its population could hardly be more vulnerable as the sun goes down... Houses can be barricaded against most intruders, but what happens when the things you’re trying to keep out are small enough to get into the water supply?

 

In his debut feature film, writer-director Jeff Lieberman (who also made the cult classics Blue Sunshine and Just Before Dawn) achieves a near-perfect blend of knowing wit and good old-fashioned scares, with Oscar-winning make-up genius Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London) on hand for some of the most memorably disgusting special effects ever committed to film.

 

This director-approved Blu-ray & DVD dual-edition release of SQUIRM includes the following special features and bonus material:

- Audio commentary with Jeff Lieberman.
- Filmed Live Q&A session with Jeff Lieberman and star Don Scardino from New York’s Anthology Film Archives (2012).
- The Esoteric Auteur - Kim Newman on Jeff Lieberman and Squirm.
- Original Trailer.
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin.
- Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Lee Gambin, author of Massacred by Mother Nature and an interview with Jeff Lieberman by Calum Waddell, illustrated with original archive stills and posters.

Buy the UK BD/DVD combo pack at Amazon.co.uk

 

I Spit on Your Grave 2 - coming to UK disc in October

Fresh after its World Premiere at this year’s FILM4 FRIGHTFEST, Anchor Bay UK have announced that I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2 will be released on DVD & Blu-ray 7th October 2013

 

The highly anticipated horror sequel stars promising British newcomer Jemma Dallender (Community), who takes on the lead role, following in the footsteps of Camille Keaton, star of the 1978 original, and Sarah Butler in I Spit on Your Grave 2010.

 

Katie (a no-holds-barred performance by Jemma Dallender) has dreams of becoming a model in New York City. Unfortunately, the photos that worked in her small mid-western town aren’t cutting it in the Big Apple. Broke, and in desperate need to update her book, Katie calls a number from a tear-off flyer offering free photos.

 

But this innocent attempt to update her portfolio quickly turns into an unthinkable kidnapping nightmare where she’s ripped away from everyone and everything she knows. Beaten, battered, bruised, and left for dead, she miraculously survives to unleash a brand of brutal female driven vengeance that has come to define the franchise.

 

Meir Zarchi’s original became one of the most controversial films of all time and its 2010 remake became a critical and box office success. I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2 is certain to propel the franchise to new levels of fear.

 

Once again, Steven R. Monroe returns to the director’s chair for the sequel based on a script from SAW IV writer Thomas Fenton and the co-writer of the 2010 film Neil Elman. Co-Stars Joe Absolom (Long Time Dead) and Mary Stockley round out the cast.

 

Buy the UK DVD at Amazon.co.uk

Buy the UK BD at Amazon.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

Byzantium comes to UK DVD & BD

STUDIOCANAL are pleased to announce the DVD and Blu-ray release of the erotic fantasy horror BYZANTIUM on 23 September 2013.

 

Upon the wind swept shores of a desolate coastal town stands the Byzantium guesthouse. After years of being abandoned, its doors are about to be opened again by the predatory and seductive Clara (Gemma Arterton), who plans on turning the hotel into a brothel, and her young and introverted daughter Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan). But these mysterious women have a dark secret that goes back 200 years and is about to reach its ungodly and deathly climax.

Starring GEMMA ARTERTON (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), SAOIRSE RONAN (The Host) and directed by NEIL JORDAN (Interview With The Vampire). Byzantium is a new breed of horror which takes vampire mythology to a new level of modern terror as mother and daughter seduce and explore new ways to kill their victims!

Available Extras – DVD & Blu-Ray
- Interviews with Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan and Neil Jordan
- Frightfest Cast and Crew Q&A
- Trailer

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

Buy the UK DVD at Amazon.co.uk

Buy the UK BD at Amazon.co.uk

There is also an exclusive BD steelbook available only from Zaavi.