Filmmaker Sean Hogan talks to host Stuart Wright about 5 Great British Horror Films, his book about Brit horror classic Death Line and his new short film – We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea.
We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea enjoys it’s World Premiere at the launch night of the book: Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror On Film And Television on Dec 14th at Horse Hospital, London
We close out Miskatonic London’s fall season with a celebration of holiday horror as renowned authors Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA) and Derek Johnston (Haunted Seasons) talk Santa slashers and ghost stories for Christmas to coincide with the new anthology book Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror On Film And Television. For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old fashioned fright.
We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea enjoys it’s World Premiere at the launch night of the book: Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror On Film And Television on Dec 14th at Horse Hospital, London
We close out Miskatonic London’s fall season with a celebration of holiday horror as renowned authors Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA) and Derek Johnston (Haunted Seasons) talk Santa slashers and ghost stories for Christmas to coincide with the new anthology book Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror On Film And Television. For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old fashioned fright.
- 12/13/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest interview host Stuart Wright welcomes Tim Clague back to the to the Britflicks Podcast. Tim co-wrote The UK Scriptwriters Survival Handbook: “Write A Script In 10 Weeks” with Danny Stack. The book is out now ukscriptwriters.podomatic.com
Also on their website – the writing/directing duo’s debut feature, Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?
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Also on their website – the writing/directing duo’s debut feature, Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?
For more info check out Twitter | Facebook...
- 12/8/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with Stewart Bridle, Channel Manager at the Horror Channel about five of his favourite Great British Horror Films and preview what’s in store for January and February 2018.
28 Days Later (2002) The Descent (2005) Eden Lake (2008) The Dead (2010) Under The Skin (2013)
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28 Days Later (2002) The Descent (2005) Eden Lake (2008) The Dead (2010) Under The Skin (2013)
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- 11/29/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright speaks with filmmaker and author Sean Hogan about a book he’s written about one of the best British horror films ever made – Death Line (1972). Or does it have more in common with the American New Wave of horror that exploded in the 70s with the likes of Night Of The Living Dead and Last House On The Left?
Despite an increasing amount of critical support and high profile fans Gary Sherman’s Death Line remains something of an anomaly in British Horror Cinema, an ugly duckling; its face doesn’t quite fit. Made on a shoestring budget in early 1972, its initial reviews were divided, the Daily Mail called it ‘a sick and sick-making film’. Despite a successful London run, the film seemed destined to be an eccentric but mostly forgotten genre footnote (it was recut and retitled as Raw Meat in America). And yet,...
Despite an increasing amount of critical support and high profile fans Gary Sherman’s Death Line remains something of an anomaly in British Horror Cinema, an ugly duckling; its face doesn’t quite fit. Made on a shoestring budget in early 1972, its initial reviews were divided, the Daily Mail called it ‘a sick and sick-making film’. Despite a successful London run, the film seemed destined to be an eccentric but mostly forgotten genre footnote (it was recut and retitled as Raw Meat in America). And yet,...
- 11/24/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Mercedes Grower about her dark comedy feature Brakes, which stars Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Julia Davis, Kerry Fox, Roland Gift, Paul McGann and Steve Oram.
Brakes is a raw, dark and unconventional comedy from new writer/director Mercedes Grower. Split into two halves it follows the tumultuous stories of nine couples, plunging straight into the brutal and absurd endings of their relationships first, before travelling back to the moments when the spark of love between them first emerged. Using London as their match-maker, each of their stories is unique yet familiar to us all.
Cinema listings from Friday 24 November at www.brakesfilm.com/cinema-listings/
Watch at home from Friday 24 November. See www.brakesfilm.com/watch-at-home/...
Brakes is a raw, dark and unconventional comedy from new writer/director Mercedes Grower. Split into two halves it follows the tumultuous stories of nine couples, plunging straight into the brutal and absurd endings of their relationships first, before travelling back to the moments when the spark of love between them first emerged. Using London as their match-maker, each of their stories is unique yet familiar to us all.
Cinema listings from Friday 24 November at www.brakesfilm.com/cinema-listings/
Watch at home from Friday 24 November. See www.brakesfilm.com/watch-at-home/...
- 11/20/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with Toby Tobias about his directorial feature debut Blood Orange that stars rock legend Iggy Pop, alongside Kacey Barnfield and Ben Lamb.
In a stunning modern Spanish Villa lives Bill (Iggy Pop) an aging, half-blind rock star with his young, very beautiful and sexually promiscuous wife Isabelle (Kacey Barnfield). Into their Ibizan paradise comes Lucas (Ben Lamb), an ex-lover looking for revenge. Lucas wants his inheritance back; he believes she stole it from him, but Isabelle will give him nothing. Bill asks Lucas to stay and to make peace with Isabelle, but really he has another agenda – he has a plan… Meanwhile, Lucas is already torn up inside with the desire for revenge, and when he sees how Isabelle is having one of her flings with David their Spanish ‘pool boy’ he sees an opportunity to turn the tables and things spiral dangerously out of control.
In a stunning modern Spanish Villa lives Bill (Iggy Pop) an aging, half-blind rock star with his young, very beautiful and sexually promiscuous wife Isabelle (Kacey Barnfield). Into their Ibizan paradise comes Lucas (Ben Lamb), an ex-lover looking for revenge. Lucas wants his inheritance back; he believes she stole it from him, but Isabelle will give him nothing. Bill asks Lucas to stay and to make peace with Isabelle, but really he has another agenda – he has a plan… Meanwhile, Lucas is already torn up inside with the desire for revenge, and when he sees how Isabelle is having one of her flings with David their Spanish ‘pool boy’ he sees an opportunity to turn the tables and things spiral dangerously out of control.
- 11/15/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In the latest in his “Great British Horror Films” interview series, host Stuart Wright talks with Giles Edwards, Head Of Development & Acquisitions, Europe (Mpi Media Group) about five of his favourite Great British Horror Films – just in time for Halloween! – which include:
The Appointment (1981) Hellraiser (1987) Dust Devil (1992) Mute Witness (1995) The Descent (2005)
You can follow Giles Edwards on twitter at @gedwards | www.mpimedia.com...
The Appointment (1981) Hellraiser (1987) Dust Devil (1992) Mute Witness (1995) The Descent (2005)
You can follow Giles Edwards on twitter at @gedwards | www.mpimedia.com...
- 10/31/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Aux is the latest film from Evolutionary Films and stars John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, The Shannara Chronicles), Rosie Fellner (Liar, Heist, Age of Heroes), Tristam Summers (Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Tin Holiday), Paul Reynolds (Terminal, Level Up, Eddie The Eagle), Tanya Franks (Chewing Gum, Broadchurch, Liz & Dick), Jack Derges (Eastenders, Humans) and Theo Devaney (Supernatural, Once Upon A Time In London).
Deep in the woods, two boys discover the entrance to a secret military bunker that has remained hidden since World War II. They awaken something so deadly that one boy doesn’t make it out alive and the other flees for his life, only to be hit by a car. A police investigation begins but, one by one, even the armed police are hunted and killed in grotesque and almost ritualistic ways. Meanwhile, at a local nursing home, an elderly WWII veteran watches all of this unfold...
Deep in the woods, two boys discover the entrance to a secret military bunker that has remained hidden since World War II. They awaken something so deadly that one boy doesn’t make it out alive and the other flees for his life, only to be hit by a car. A police investigation begins but, one by one, even the armed police are hunted and killed in grotesque and almost ritualistic ways. Meanwhile, at a local nursing home, an elderly WWII veteran watches all of this unfold...
- 10/30/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to writer/director Mike Todd about his new documentary Shankly: Nature’s Fire; which has its World Premiere Sunday 29 October at the Liverpool Philharmonic. Tickets at www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/shankly-natures-fire
Shankly: Nature’s Fire will air on BBC Autumn 2017 – check local press for details. Available on DVD from Monday 4 December. Distributed by Thunderbird. Check for further screenings www.thunderbirdreleasing.com...
Shankly: Nature’s Fire will air on BBC Autumn 2017 – check local press for details. Available on DVD from Monday 4 December. Distributed by Thunderbird. Check for further screenings www.thunderbirdreleasing.com...
- 10/16/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In a follow-up to last weeks podcast/interview, Britflicks podcast host and Nerdly team member Stuart Wright talks to writer/director Simeon Halligan about his new film Habit, an adaptation of Steven McGeagh’s cult novel, which is set in a neon-drenched dystopian Manchester.
Alongside Elliot James Langridge (Northern Soul), Habit features an incredible Northern cast of actors, including Roxanne Pallet (Emmerdale), Jessica Barden (Penny Dreadful, The Lobster) and Sally Carmen (Shameless). The film’s cast also includes William Ash (Waterloo Road), Andrew Ellis (This Is England), Robert Beck (Home Fires), Joanne Mitchell (White Settlers), and Louis Emerick (Layer Cake).
Habit follows the story of Michael, played by Elliot James Langridge (Northern Soul), jobless and down on his luck, he is irresistibly drawn into the city’s seedy underworld and is groomed by a subculture who have a dark secret, a bloody addiction that they intend Michael to share.
Confirmed...
Alongside Elliot James Langridge (Northern Soul), Habit features an incredible Northern cast of actors, including Roxanne Pallet (Emmerdale), Jessica Barden (Penny Dreadful, The Lobster) and Sally Carmen (Shameless). The film’s cast also includes William Ash (Waterloo Road), Andrew Ellis (This Is England), Robert Beck (Home Fires), Joanne Mitchell (White Settlers), and Louis Emerick (Layer Cake).
Habit follows the story of Michael, played by Elliot James Langridge (Northern Soul), jobless and down on his luck, he is irresistibly drawn into the city’s seedy underworld and is groomed by a subculture who have a dark secret, a bloody addiction that they intend Michael to share.
Confirmed...
- 10/4/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest interview/podcast host Stuart Wright talks to Twisted Showcase co-founder/producer/writer Robin Bell about the series, whose 4th season launches Wednesday October 4th.
The only British independent series to be named in The Guardian top 25 must watch web shows, Twisted Showcase is an anthology series, a mixture of self-contained horror, psychological thriller and comedy. Each instalment offers something new and different to shock, amaze and entertain you, created by Robin Bell and Rhys Jones who wanted to make something different with a strong focus on story.
To watch Twisted Showcase visit www.twistedshowcase.com...
The only British independent series to be named in The Guardian top 25 must watch web shows, Twisted Showcase is an anthology series, a mixture of self-contained horror, psychological thriller and comedy. Each instalment offers something new and different to shock, amaze and entertain you, created by Robin Bell and Rhys Jones who wanted to make something different with a strong focus on story.
To watch Twisted Showcase visit www.twistedshowcase.com...
- 10/2/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with director, co-founder and programmer Simeon Halligan about 2017′s Grimmfest Film Festival and the world premiere of his latest movie Habit.
Grimmfest, Manchester’s Festival of Horror, Cult and Fantastic Film is back, bigger, bolder, and bloodier than ever before. The festival takes place 5th – 8th October at the, Vue Printworks, Manchester.
Full line up and tickets here: grimmfest.com/grimmupnorth/2017/…2017-full-line-up/...
Grimmfest, Manchester’s Festival of Horror, Cult and Fantastic Film is back, bigger, bolder, and bloodier than ever before. The festival takes place 5th – 8th October at the, Vue Printworks, Manchester.
Full line up and tickets here: grimmfest.com/grimmupnorth/2017/…2017-full-line-up/...
- 9/26/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Host Stuart Wright talks with documentary writer/director Daniel Draper about his debut feature Dennis Skinner: Nature Of The Beast. A portrait of the committed socialist, trade unionist and Labour politician Dennis Skinner, the film traces his rise as a political icon and examines his hinterland.
Autumn/Winter 2017… It’s screening at national, regional and community cinemas up and down the UK. See website for nearest to you www.dennisskinnerfilm.co.uk
Follow Daniel Draper @Rocky_Sullivan_ and @DSkinnerFilm...
Autumn/Winter 2017… It’s screening at national, regional and community cinemas up and down the UK. See website for nearest to you www.dennisskinnerfilm.co.uk
Follow Daniel Draper @Rocky_Sullivan_ and @DSkinnerFilm...
- 9/22/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Host Stuart Wright speaks to Mayhem Film Festival founders and programmers Steve Sheil and Chris Cooke about their 13th festival, why horror never really went away and how they select their films too.
The Mayhem Film Festival takes place on 12-15 October 2017 at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham. For the full line up check out www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/line-up and get your tickets here www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/tickets...
The Mayhem Film Festival takes place on 12-15 October 2017 at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham. For the full line up check out www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/line-up and get your tickets here www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/tickets...
- 9/18/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest podcast, host Stuart Wright welcomes Arrow Video Podcast co-host Sam Ashurst, fresh from introducing The Villainess, to round up highlights from Horror Channel Frightfest 2017.
Part 2 of 2 of their waffly versatile chit chat turns its attention to: Meatball Machine Kodoku, Mountain Fever, Freehold, Double Date, Leatherface, Ruin Me, Radius, Our Evil, Replace, Imitation Girl, Still/Born, Better Watch Out, Dead Shack and Alone
Arrow Video Podcast is available at @arrowvideopodcast and/or itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/arrow…d1257705874?mt=2...
Part 2 of 2 of their waffly versatile chit chat turns its attention to: Meatball Machine Kodoku, Mountain Fever, Freehold, Double Date, Leatherface, Ruin Me, Radius, Our Evil, Replace, Imitation Girl, Still/Born, Better Watch Out, Dead Shack and Alone
Arrow Video Podcast is available at @arrowvideopodcast and/or itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/arrow…d1257705874?mt=2...
- 9/15/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his latest podcast, host Stuart Wright welcomes Arrow Video Podcast co-host Sam Ashurst, fresh from introducing The Villainess, to round up highlights from Horror Channel Frightfest 2017.
Part 1 of 2 of their waffly versatile chit chat turns its attention to: Cold Hell, Killing Ground, The Villainess, 68 Kill, Lowlife, The Bar and Sequence Break
Arrow Video Podcast is available at @arrowvideopodcast and/or itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/arrow…d1257705874?mt=2...
Part 1 of 2 of their waffly versatile chit chat turns its attention to: Cold Hell, Killing Ground, The Villainess, 68 Kill, Lowlife, The Bar and Sequence Break
Arrow Video Podcast is available at @arrowvideopodcast and/or itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/arrow…d1257705874?mt=2...
- 9/11/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Host Stuart Wright talks Imitation Girl with writer/director Natasha Kermani. This podcast was recorded post-ff because host Stuart Wright loved the film so much.
The Girl Who Fell To Earth! A mysterious being appears in the desert and assumes the identity of the first person she sees – a magazine cover girl. Taken in by Iranian immigrants, she forms an understanding of her new surroundings, and comes to appreciate the beauty and the sadness of her new world. Now it’s time to reach out to Julianna, her world-weary earthly double, who knows all about glitz and grit working as an entertainer in New York City. For only by sacrificing themselves to each other can the cosmic twins complete the full portrait of a woman.
Imitation Girl played at this years Horror Channel Frightfest (Imitation Girl review); and will be available in the UK on all good VOD/streaming platforms...
The Girl Who Fell To Earth! A mysterious being appears in the desert and assumes the identity of the first person she sees – a magazine cover girl. Taken in by Iranian immigrants, she forms an understanding of her new surroundings, and comes to appreciate the beauty and the sadness of her new world. Now it’s time to reach out to Julianna, her world-weary earthly double, who knows all about glitz and grit working as an entertainer in New York City. For only by sacrificing themselves to each other can the cosmic twins complete the full portrait of a woman.
Imitation Girl played at this years Horror Channel Frightfest (Imitation Girl review); and will be available in the UK on all good VOD/streaming platforms...
- 9/7/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Time for another Frightfest 2017 as our host Stuart Wright talks to writer/director Kurtis Harder about his film Incontrol, which just had it’s European Premiere as part of this years festival. You can check out our Incontrol review right here.
You can be anyone you want to be! A group of university students discover a weird device that allows them to take control of others and experience the world through someone else’s body. As they push the machine’s abilities to its limits, they don’t realise their own lives have been manipulated and as they begin to question the device itself, they find themselves descending into a nightmare with no return. The Matrix meets The Sorcerers in a compelling and provocative sci-fi horror exploring deep moral questions about psyche, personality, addiction and taking actions to their extreme outer limits.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th...
You can be anyone you want to be! A group of university students discover a weird device that allows them to take control of others and experience the world through someone else’s body. As they push the machine’s abilities to its limits, they don’t realise their own lives have been manipulated and as they begin to question the device itself, they find themselves descending into a nightmare with no return. The Matrix meets The Sorcerers in a compelling and provocative sci-fi horror exploring deep moral questions about psyche, personality, addiction and taking actions to their extreme outer limits.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th...
- 8/28/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Time for another Frightfest 2017 as our host Stuart Wright talks Killing Ground with writer/director Damien Power – the film has its European Premiere at the festival on Sunday August 27th.
A young couple on a camping trip to an isolated beach discover someone has already pitched a tent and seemingly abandoned it. As time passes by and its owners don’t return, the newcomers start to suspect the worst. Then all hell breaks loose… thanks to audaciously interweaving storylines spanning two suspensefully distinct chronologies hours apart – and not for the faint-hearted. A brutal bushland nerve-shredder, Damien Power’s slow-burning shocker shares kindred spirits with Wolf Creek and The Long Weekend in the Ozploitation annals, bolstered by raw and revelatory turns from a superb ensemble cast working the tension to fever pitch.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
A young couple on a camping trip to an isolated beach discover someone has already pitched a tent and seemingly abandoned it. As time passes by and its owners don’t return, the newcomers start to suspect the worst. Then all hell breaks loose… thanks to audaciously interweaving storylines spanning two suspensefully distinct chronologies hours apart – and not for the faint-hearted. A brutal bushland nerve-shredder, Damien Power’s slow-burning shocker shares kindred spirits with Wolf Creek and The Long Weekend in the Ozploitation annals, bolstered by raw and revelatory turns from a superb ensemble cast working the tension to fever pitch.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/25/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
We’re coming to the end of this years exhaustive Frightfest 2017 interviews as our host Stuart Wright talks to director Joe Lynch about his latest film Mayhem, which has its European Premiere at Frightfest on Sunday 27th August.
Lawyer Derek Cho is a driven employee at Towers & Smythe Consulting. He’s worked his way up the corporate ladder, but suddenly finds himself without a job after being stabbed in the back by a colleague. Enraged, Derek marches to his boss’ office – just as ID7, a virus causing the infected to lose their inhibitions, starts spreading through the entire building. Doors are locked, the government shows up and an 8-hour countdown begins until the viral contagion subsides. Time for Derek to finally get some real work done battling his way to the executive level before time runs out.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire...
Lawyer Derek Cho is a driven employee at Towers & Smythe Consulting. He’s worked his way up the corporate ladder, but suddenly finds himself without a job after being stabbed in the back by a colleague. Enraged, Derek marches to his boss’ office – just as ID7, a virus causing the infected to lose their inhibitions, starts spreading through the entire building. Doors are locked, the government shows up and an 8-hour countdown begins until the viral contagion subsides. Time for Derek to finally get some real work done battling his way to the executive level before time runs out.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire...
- 8/24/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
We’re coming to the end of this years exhaustive Frightfest 2017 interviews as our host Stuart Wright talks to actor-turned-director Graham Skipper about his fantastic sci-fi body horror Sequence Break, which has its European Premiere at the festival on Friday August 25th – its one we urge you Not to miss!
Altered States meets Videodrome in a surreal sci-fi romance written and directed by one of FrightFest’s favourite people, Graham Skipper, star of Almost Human, The Mind’S Eye and Beyond The Gates. A reclusive video arcade technician encounters strange metaphysical forces that result in bizarre bio-mechanical mutations when a new console appears in his shop. Reality itself threatens to fracture as he works to solve its mystery and the new chaos that has entered his life as he hurtles towards a shocking self-realization. Let the haunting kaleidoscope of stunning colour, grotesque visuals, stylish fright and disturbing horror begin!
The...
Altered States meets Videodrome in a surreal sci-fi romance written and directed by one of FrightFest’s favourite people, Graham Skipper, star of Almost Human, The Mind’S Eye and Beyond The Gates. A reclusive video arcade technician encounters strange metaphysical forces that result in bizarre bio-mechanical mutations when a new console appears in his shop. Reality itself threatens to fracture as he works to solve its mystery and the new chaos that has entered his life as he hurtles towards a shocking self-realization. Let the haunting kaleidoscope of stunning colour, grotesque visuals, stylish fright and disturbing horror begin!
The...
- 8/24/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Time for another Frightfest 2017 interview as our host Stuart Wright talks The Terror of Hallow’s Eve director Todd Tucker, about his film which has its World Premiere at the festival on Monday August 28th.
Fifteen-year-old Timmy Stevens is brutally beaten up by High School bullies on Halloween. Yearning for revenge while carving out a pumpkin head, unknowingly he summons up the evil spirit of the hideous Scarecrow. And before long Timmy has unleashed a mighty supernatural force offering to grant his dark desires to scare his hated enemies to death. Be careful what you wish for! From writer/director Todd Tucker (Monster Mutt), special make-up genius behind Pirates Of The Caribbean, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Ouija, Fright Night 2 and Geostorm, a charmingly chilling, affectionately creepy, retro-styled horror for the ages.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles...
Fifteen-year-old Timmy Stevens is brutally beaten up by High School bullies on Halloween. Yearning for revenge while carving out a pumpkin head, unknowingly he summons up the evil spirit of the hideous Scarecrow. And before long Timmy has unleashed a mighty supernatural force offering to grant his dark desires to scare his hated enemies to death. Be careful what you wish for! From writer/director Todd Tucker (Monster Mutt), special make-up genius behind Pirates Of The Caribbean, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Ouija, Fright Night 2 and Geostorm, a charmingly chilling, affectionately creepy, retro-styled horror for the ages.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles...
- 8/23/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Time for another Frightfest 2017 interview as our host Stuart Wright talks Game of Death with co-director Laurence Morais-Lagace. The film has its European Premiere at the festival on Saturday August 26th.
Jumanji meets Battle Royale in the goriest game changer. Seven millenials discover an obscure electronic board game and decide to test their wits against it. Positioning their fingers on respective buttons, they each receive a pinprick and a few drops of their blood trickles towards the centre of the board. An on-screen message flashes that now a grand total of 24 people must be killed as quickly as possible or one of them will be randomly eliminated via head explosion. It’s kill or be killed as they either turn on each other or start searching out innocent victims.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
Jumanji meets Battle Royale in the goriest game changer. Seven millenials discover an obscure electronic board game and decide to test their wits against it. Positioning their fingers on respective buttons, they each receive a pinprick and a few drops of their blood trickles towards the centre of the board. An on-screen message flashes that now a grand total of 24 people must be killed as quickly as possible or one of them will be randomly eliminated via head explosion. It’s kill or be killed as they either turn on each other or start searching out innocent victims.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/23/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Time for another Frightfest 2017 interview as our host Stuart Wright talks to writer/director David Chirchirillo, whose film Bad Match has its European Premiere at the festival on Friday 25th August.
An Internet-dating playboy’s life spirals out of control after meeting a woman online in a darkly funny, yet disturbing horror suspense thriller. A look at modern dating techniques and the way people use the Internet to inform and often needlessly complicate their lives. From director David Chirchirillo, the writer of Cheap Thrills, a postmodern Fatal Attraction for the Tinder Generation, which builds upon expectations, and then completely shatters them. No one is who they seem, nothing plays out the way one thinks it will, and by the shocking end, one is left questioning their own lives as a result.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
An Internet-dating playboy’s life spirals out of control after meeting a woman online in a darkly funny, yet disturbing horror suspense thriller. A look at modern dating techniques and the way people use the Internet to inform and often needlessly complicate their lives. From director David Chirchirillo, the writer of Cheap Thrills, a postmodern Fatal Attraction for the Tinder Generation, which builds upon expectations, and then completely shatters them. No one is who they seem, nothing plays out the way one thinks it will, and by the shocking end, one is left questioning their own lives as a result.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/23/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Time for another Frightfest 2017 interview as our host Stuart Wright talks to writer/director Michael Mongillo about his film Diane, which has it’s World Premiere on Frightfest’s opening night, Thursday August 24th.
Stephen King and Brian De Palma meet Gus Van Sant and Elmore Leonard when Steve, a disabled war veteran, discovers the dead body of beautiful singer Diane in his back yard. Soon his fascination with her photographic image has turned into an obsession in an audacious supernatural horror thriller telling a compelling and honest story about the human condition. The prime suspect in the puzzling crime, Steve is scrutinized by the police, hassled by Diane’s widower and attacked by self-righteous neighbours as the malevolent ghost of Diane begins to work a dark spell that leads to strange and startling revelations.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and...
Stephen King and Brian De Palma meet Gus Van Sant and Elmore Leonard when Steve, a disabled war veteran, discovers the dead body of beautiful singer Diane in his back yard. Soon his fascination with her photographic image has turned into an obsession in an audacious supernatural horror thriller telling a compelling and honest story about the human condition. The prime suspect in the puzzling crime, Steve is scrutinized by the police, hassled by Diane’s widower and attacked by self-righteous neighbours as the malevolent ghost of Diane begins to work a dark spell that leads to strange and startling revelations.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and...
- 8/22/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Time for another Frightfest 2017 interview as our host Stuart Wright talks Ruin Me with director Preston DeFrancis and writer Trysta Bissett – the film has it’s World Premiere at the festival on Saturday August 26th.
Every Halloween, more extreme haunted attractions open for business, each promising even more thrills. Some have taken this to a whole new level. Welcome to Slasher Sleepout: The Ultimate Horror Movie Experience combining camping, haunted house, and an escape room into one extreme 36-hour event. Six strangers are hooded, dropped in the middle of the woods, and must survive a simulated horror movie. Alexandra, the only participant who has never even seen a horror film, reluctantly tags along with her boyfriend. But when the other campers start to die before their eyes, Alex becomes the star of her worst nightmares.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and...
Every Halloween, more extreme haunted attractions open for business, each promising even more thrills. Some have taken this to a whole new level. Welcome to Slasher Sleepout: The Ultimate Horror Movie Experience combining camping, haunted house, and an escape room into one extreme 36-hour event. Six strangers are hooded, dropped in the middle of the woods, and must survive a simulated horror movie. Alexandra, the only participant who has never even seen a horror film, reluctantly tags along with her boyfriend. But when the other campers start to die before their eyes, Alex becomes the star of her worst nightmares.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and...
- 8/22/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his last FrightFest 2017 interview of the day, host Stuart Wright talks Still/Born – which has its European Premiere on Monday 28th August – with writer/director Brandon Christensen.
For Mary, the joy of her infant son Adam’s birth is overshadowed by the devastating stillborn death of his twin brother Thomas. Concerned husband Jack relocates them to a spacious new home in secluded suburbia while Mary makes fast friends with their neighbor Rachel. But fresh faces, new surroundings, and even post-partum medication can’t spin Mary’s haunted motherhood mindset off its deepening descent into horrifying depression. Soon she’s convinced that an otherworldly evil wants to claim her remaining baby for its own. Is it madness or is something paranormal not going to stop until another child has been eaten alive?
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
For Mary, the joy of her infant son Adam’s birth is overshadowed by the devastating stillborn death of his twin brother Thomas. Concerned husband Jack relocates them to a spacious new home in secluded suburbia while Mary makes fast friends with their neighbor Rachel. But fresh faces, new surroundings, and even post-partum medication can’t spin Mary’s haunted motherhood mindset off its deepening descent into horrifying depression. Soon she’s convinced that an otherworldly evil wants to claim her remaining baby for its own. Is it madness or is something paranormal not going to stop until another child has been eaten alive?
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/21/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his penultimate FrightFest 2017 interview of the day, host Stuart Wright talks to To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story director Derek Dennis Herbert and producer Andrew Barcello about their film, which screens at the festival on Saturday 26th August.
Meet the man behind the Jason Voorhees and Victor Crowley masks. Kane Hodder is cinema’s most prolific killer and this gut wrenching but inspiring documentary tells you why. It’s the harrowing story of the stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying. After surviving a near-death burn accident he rose up through Hollywood’s horror ranks to become Jason in the Friday The 13th series making countless movie goers forever terrified of hockey masks and summer camp. After decades of watching Kane Hodder on screen here’s the uniquely human story about one of the genre’s most vicious monsters.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes...
Meet the man behind the Jason Voorhees and Victor Crowley masks. Kane Hodder is cinema’s most prolific killer and this gut wrenching but inspiring documentary tells you why. It’s the harrowing story of the stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying. After surviving a near-death burn accident he rose up through Hollywood’s horror ranks to become Jason in the Friday The 13th series making countless movie goers forever terrified of hockey masks and summer camp. After decades of watching Kane Hodder on screen here’s the uniquely human story about one of the genre’s most vicious monsters.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes...
- 8/21/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In his second FrightFest 2017 interview of the day, host Stuart Wright talks to director Ryan Prows about his film Lowlife, which has its European premiere at Frightfest on Monday August 28th.
When a simple organ-harvesting caper goes awry, a twist of fate unites three of society’s forgotten and ignored: El Monstruo, a disgraced Mexican Wrestler working as hired muscle for the local crime boss; Crystal, a recovering addict desperate enough to arrange a black market kidney transplant to save her husband’s life; and Randy, a two-strike convict fresh out of prison, cursed with a full-face swastika tattoo and a best friend forcing him into a hare-brained kidnapping scheme. As their sordid, small-time lives collide, they must fight tooth and nail to save a pregnant woman from certain and gruesome death.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
When a simple organ-harvesting caper goes awry, a twist of fate unites three of society’s forgotten and ignored: El Monstruo, a disgraced Mexican Wrestler working as hired muscle for the local crime boss; Crystal, a recovering addict desperate enough to arrange a black market kidney transplant to save her husband’s life; and Randy, a two-strike convict fresh out of prison, cursed with a full-face swastika tattoo and a best friend forcing him into a hare-brained kidnapping scheme. As their sordid, small-time lives collide, they must fight tooth and nail to save a pregnant woman from certain and gruesome death.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/21/2017
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
In the first of todays FrightFest 2017 interview, host Stuart Wright talks to writer/director Royce Gorsuch, whose film Mindhack has its European Premiere at this years Frightfest on Friday August 25th.
A brilliant scientist is on a mission to hack the human mind to save humanity from its own catastrophic errors and is pushed to do whatever is necessary to complete the assignment. An extraordinary visionary experience about the inner conflicts of being a culture-jamming creator, director Royce Gorsuch’s kaleidoscopic mindbender is an astonishingly visual tour de force about the cacophony of voices in our heads pushing us, confusing us, mixing signals, the ego, reason, and the mistaken evils which might come from accomplishing the goal. An inner space odyssey through reconciliation, forgiveness and self-sacrifice for the greater good.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
A brilliant scientist is on a mission to hack the human mind to save humanity from its own catastrophic errors and is pushed to do whatever is necessary to complete the assignment. An extraordinary visionary experience about the inner conflicts of being a culture-jamming creator, director Royce Gorsuch’s kaleidoscopic mindbender is an astonishingly visual tour de force about the cacophony of voices in our heads pushing us, confusing us, mixing signals, the ego, reason, and the mistaken evils which might come from accomplishing the goal. An inner space odyssey through reconciliation, forgiveness and self-sacrifice for the greater good.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/21/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In the second of his FrightFest 2017 interviews today, host Stuart Wright talks King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen with director Steve Mitchell, which has its European Premiere at this years Frightfest on Friday August 25th.
Buckle up for the true story of writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen (Black Caesar, God Told Me To, Q The Winged Serpent, The Stuff, Phone Booth). Told through compelling live interviews, stills and film/TV clips, the people who helped fulfill his vision, and industry icons such as Martin Scorsese, John Landis, Michael Moriarty, Fred Williamson, Yaphet Kotto and many more, including Larry himself, bring one-of-a-kind insight into the work, process and legacy of a true American auteur. Few can boast of a career as remarkable or prolific, spanning more than 50 years of entertaining audiences worldwide!
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the...
Buckle up for the true story of writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen (Black Caesar, God Told Me To, Q The Winged Serpent, The Stuff, Phone Booth). Told through compelling live interviews, stills and film/TV clips, the people who helped fulfill his vision, and industry icons such as Martin Scorsese, John Landis, Michael Moriarty, Fred Williamson, Yaphet Kotto and many more, including Larry himself, bring one-of-a-kind insight into the work, process and legacy of a true American auteur. Few can boast of a career as remarkable or prolific, spanning more than 50 years of entertaining audiences worldwide!
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the...
- 8/18/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In thes first of his FrightFest 2017 interviews today, host Stuart Wright talks to director Mickey Keating about his latest film Psychopaths, which has its European Premiere at this years Frightfest on Thursday August 24th.
The paths of multiple serial killers cross over one single, blood soaked night. Which psychopath will survive through to morning? Follow the soul of a recently executed serial killer as he descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon. There’s Alice, an escaped mental patient who thinks she’s living in the 1950s glamour world, Blondie, a beautiful seductress who lures men down into her suburban basement, the Midnight Strangler, first seen claiming a victim in a seedy hotel, and an enigmatic masked contract killer who stalks the city with his own deadly agenda.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles...
The paths of multiple serial killers cross over one single, blood soaked night. Which psychopath will survive through to morning? Follow the soul of a recently executed serial killer as he descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon. There’s Alice, an escaped mental patient who thinks she’s living in the 1950s glamour world, Blondie, a beautiful seductress who lures men down into her suburban basement, the Midnight Strangler, first seen claiming a victim in a seedy hotel, and an enigmatic masked contract killer who stalks the city with his own deadly agenda.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles...
- 8/18/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest FrightFest 2017 interview, host Stuart Wright talks to 68 Kill writer/director Trent Haaga about his film, which has its European Premiere at this years Frightfest on Friday 25th August.
Chip (Matthew Gray Gubler, star of ‘Criminal Minds’) is a hapless nice guy who pumps sewage for a living and is completely infatuated with his out-of-control girlfriend, Liza (AnnaLynne McCord). Realizing she wants a better life outside of their trailer park, Liza informs the besotted Chip of her plan to prosperity: jack the $68,000 currently residing in her sugar daddy’s safe and take off together for greener pastures outside of Louisiana. But when their robbery attempt goes crazily wrong, she shows her true, off-kilter colours to her beloved, complicating both their relationship and Chip’s own upstanding sense of morality.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
Chip (Matthew Gray Gubler, star of ‘Criminal Minds’) is a hapless nice guy who pumps sewage for a living and is completely infatuated with his out-of-control girlfriend, Liza (AnnaLynne McCord). Realizing she wants a better life outside of their trailer park, Liza informs the besotted Chip of her plan to prosperity: jack the $68,000 currently residing in her sugar daddy’s safe and take off together for greener pastures outside of Louisiana. But when their robbery attempt goes crazily wrong, she shows her true, off-kilter colours to her beloved, complicating both their relationship and Chip’s own upstanding sense of morality.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/16/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest FrightFest 2017 interview, host Stuart Wright talks to Jackals screenwriter Jared Rivet about ten plus years it took to get his first feature length screenplay produced. Directed by Kevin Greutert (Saw VI, Saw 3D and the awesome Jessabelle), Jackals has it’s European Premiere at Frightfest on Saturday August 26th.
They knew it would take steely resolve and iron daring to go up against the violent sect who have brainwashed their teenage son, Justin. But the estranged Powell family and the cult deprogrammer they’ve hired in desperation had no idea how soon they would become the bloody prey in the suspense shocker, based on a true 1980s story, from director Kevin Greutert the visionary Saw VI and Saw 3D luminary. A potent blend of the horror thriller, home invasion terror and murder cult chiller, prepare for a tense and claustrophobic experience that will shatter your nerves to the bone.
They knew it would take steely resolve and iron daring to go up against the violent sect who have brainwashed their teenage son, Justin. But the estranged Powell family and the cult deprogrammer they’ve hired in desperation had no idea how soon they would become the bloody prey in the suspense shocker, based on a true 1980s story, from director Kevin Greutert the visionary Saw VI and Saw 3D luminary. A potent blend of the horror thriller, home invasion terror and murder cult chiller, prepare for a tense and claustrophobic experience that will shatter your nerves to the bone.
- 8/15/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest FrightFest 2017 interview, host Stuart Wright talks to Director and Screen International Genre Rising Star Award nominee Tom Paton about his film Redwood, which screens at Frightfest on Thursday August 24th as part of the festivals opening day. Of course Tom Paton is no stranger to Nerdly readers – our buddies at the 365Flicks Podcast have chatted with him on a couple of occasions, including this Indie Talk episode from back in February.
After some bad news back at home, musician Josh and his girlfriend Beth head out to a secluded national park in search of some clarity on the situation they’ll face when they return. The couple get more than they bargained for when they ignore the advice of Park Rangers and venture off the trail, coming face to face with The Redwood’s legendary wildlife…
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both...
After some bad news back at home, musician Josh and his girlfriend Beth head out to a secluded national park in search of some clarity on the situation they’ll face when they return. The couple get more than they bargained for when they ignore the advice of Park Rangers and venture off the trail, coming face to face with The Redwood’s legendary wildlife…
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both...
- 8/15/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest FrightFest 2017 interview, host Stuart Wright talks to director Adam Graveley about his film 3rd Night, which has its world premiere at the festival on Saturday 26th August.
A young couple decides to move to an Australian orchard surrounded by natural bushland to escape the madness of modern life. But they soon get the feeling their property is being watched by someone with sinister intentions. Then they find out their house has a past history and that after terrorizing his victims for a couple of days the unknown Watcher always kills his victims on the 3rd night. Tick, tock, time is running out… Informed by the classic horrors Last House On The Left, Rosemary’S Baby and The Wicker Man, this outback shocker is based on true events.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
A young couple decides to move to an Australian orchard surrounded by natural bushland to escape the madness of modern life. But they soon get the feeling their property is being watched by someone with sinister intentions. Then they find out their house has a past history and that after terrorizing his victims for a couple of days the unknown Watcher always kills his victims on the 3rd night. Tick, tock, time is running out… Informed by the classic horrors Last House On The Left, Rosemary’S Baby and The Wicker Man, this outback shocker is based on true events.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/14/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest FrightFest 2017 interview, host Stuart Wright talks to director Hendrik Faller about his film Mountain Fever, which has its world premiere at the festival on Saturday 26th August.
Inspired by the action cinema of James Cameron and the minimalism of Nicolas Winding Refn, a fatal flu virus devastates Europe in an ice-cold thriller examining human behaviour in a time of crisis. City boy Jack takes refuge in the Alps but he’s ill-equipped to survive the harsh winter. Things only get worse when renegade Kara breaks into his house and commandeers his dwindling food supplies. His inept plan to get rid of her disintegrates when outsiders also invade, turning his captor into his only ally. As a siege ensues Jack must choose a side if he hopes to survive.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
Inspired by the action cinema of James Cameron and the minimalism of Nicolas Winding Refn, a fatal flu virus devastates Europe in an ice-cold thriller examining human behaviour in a time of crisis. City boy Jack takes refuge in the Alps but he’s ill-equipped to survive the harsh winter. Things only get worse when renegade Kara breaks into his house and commandeers his dwindling food supplies. His inept plan to get rid of her disintegrates when outsiders also invade, turning his captor into his only ally. As a siege ensues Jack must choose a side if he hopes to survive.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/14/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest FrightFest 2017 interview, host Stuart Wright talks to director Louis Melville about his film Boots on the Ground, which has its world premiere at the festival on Saturday 26th August.
Afghanistan October 2014. Five British soldiers, trying to stay alive on the last night of the Afghan War, face not only the Taliban, but also supernatural powers more terrifying than anything they’ve encountered before. As the night unfolds and their mission is finally explained to them, they find themselves engulfed in a labyrinthine nightmare and time-shift forces seemingly from another realm and century. One of the most innovative and challenging British movies of the year, shot with 360 degree style immersion techniques using head-cams, director Louis Melville’s twisting and turning squaddie shocker is a genre ground breaker.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
Afghanistan October 2014. Five British soldiers, trying to stay alive on the last night of the Afghan War, face not only the Taliban, but also supernatural powers more terrifying than anything they’ve encountered before. As the night unfolds and their mission is finally explained to them, they find themselves engulfed in a labyrinthine nightmare and time-shift forces seemingly from another realm and century. One of the most innovative and challenging British movies of the year, shot with 360 degree style immersion techniques using head-cams, director Louis Melville’s twisting and turning squaddie shocker is a genre ground breaker.
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the Empire Cinema and Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
- 8/10/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In the first of his FrightFest interview series, host Stuart Wright talks to actor-turned-director Dominic Brunt about his latest film Attack of the Adult Babies, which has its world premiere at the festival on Saturday 26th August.
From Dominic Brunt, director of Before Dawn and Bait, a satirical and sexy shocker unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. A home invasion forces two teenagers to break into a remote country manor and steal Top Secret documents. Little do they know the stately pile is also the venue where a group of high-powered middle-aged men go to take refuge from the stresses of daily life by dressing in nappies and indulging their every perverse nursery whim. Or that this grotesque assembly intends to refuel the world’s economy by very sinister, sick and monstrous means. Time for a change…
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the...
From Dominic Brunt, director of Before Dawn and Bait, a satirical and sexy shocker unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. A home invasion forces two teenagers to break into a remote country manor and steal Top Secret documents. Little do they know the stately pile is also the venue where a group of high-powered middle-aged men go to take refuge from the stresses of daily life by dressing in nappies and indulging their every perverse nursery whim. Or that this grotesque assembly intends to refuel the world’s economy by very sinister, sick and monstrous means. Time for a change…
The Horror Channel Frightfest takes place August 24th – 28th 2017 at both the...
- 8/9/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to writer/director Gareth Tunley about his mind bending murder hunt directorial debut The Ghoul.
Chris (Tom Meeten) is a homicide detective called to London and shown around an old murder scene by a colleague. The victims seemed to keep moving despite taking bullets to the chest and head. On a hunch and with the help of an old colleague (and ex) Kathleen (Alice Lowe), Chris decides to go undercover as a patient to investigate a suspect’s psychotherapist, the mysterious Alexander Morland (Geoff McGivern) But, as his therapy sessions continue, the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur and he begins to question his own identity..
Starring Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Paul Kaye, Niamh Cusack, Geoffrey McGivern and Rufus Jones; and exec produced by Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, Kill List), The Ghoul is in UK cinemas from today, Friday 4th August.
Chris (Tom Meeten) is a homicide detective called to London and shown around an old murder scene by a colleague. The victims seemed to keep moving despite taking bullets to the chest and head. On a hunch and with the help of an old colleague (and ex) Kathleen (Alice Lowe), Chris decides to go undercover as a patient to investigate a suspect’s psychotherapist, the mysterious Alexander Morland (Geoff McGivern) But, as his therapy sessions continue, the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur and he begins to question his own identity..
Starring Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Paul Kaye, Niamh Cusack, Geoffrey McGivern and Rufus Jones; and exec produced by Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, Kill List), The Ghoul is in UK cinemas from today, Friday 4th August.
- 8/4/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Mark Gill about his debut feature film England Is Mine… A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970′s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 80′s band The Smiths.
England Is Mine is out Friday 4th August 2017. Check listings for details: Website | Facebook...
England Is Mine is out Friday 4th August 2017. Check listings for details: Website | Facebook...
- 7/28/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest podcast/interview Nerdly team member and Britflicks podcast host Stuart Wright talks with filmmaker and critic David Mault about five of his favourite Great British Horror Films. Mault’s choices incliude:
Peeping Tom (1960) Threads (1984) Elephant (1989) Tony (2009) Under The Skin (2013)
You can follow David Mault on twitter at @D_W_Mault and click the link to check out more of Stuart’s Great British Horror Films podcasts.
Peeping Tom (1960) Threads (1984) Elephant (1989) Tony (2009) Under The Skin (2013)
You can follow David Mault on twitter at @D_W_Mault and click the link to check out more of Stuart’s Great British Horror Films podcasts.
- 7/21/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his second interview this week, host Stuart Wright talks with legal expert and author of The Filmmakers’ Legal Guide, Tony Morris, for the second time. This time it is about:
The authors right to protect their interests Getting paid Budgeting for Legal services and costs
You can buy The Filmmakers’ Legal Guide on Amazon
In their previous interview/podcast the pair discussed:
Setting out parameters of consent to use a performance Assigning copyright & the incorrect assumption that payment is copyright Chain of title Brands and logos in scenes You can’t copyright an idea Making drama vs making a documentary; what constitutes fair use Passing off your film by misrepresentation in the market
Listen to that installment right here.
There is an infinite number of legal matters on which producers seek advice. Nevertheless, certain questions frequently arise: is permission required to use material from a book? Does a contract have to be in writing?...
The authors right to protect their interests Getting paid Budgeting for Legal services and costs
You can buy The Filmmakers’ Legal Guide on Amazon
In their previous interview/podcast the pair discussed:
Setting out parameters of consent to use a performance Assigning copyright & the incorrect assumption that payment is copyright Chain of title Brands and logos in scenes You can’t copyright an idea Making drama vs making a documentary; what constitutes fair use Passing off your film by misrepresentation in the market
Listen to that installment right here.
There is an infinite number of legal matters on which producers seek advice. Nevertheless, certain questions frequently arise: is permission required to use material from a book? Does a contract have to be in writing?...
- 7/7/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Host Stuart Wright talked with Simon Herbert, one of the three directors of Savageland, back in October 2015. This is a re-cut of that original conversation plus a review from Britflicks offshoot Evilspeak with Stuart and Stephen Routledge.We knew a good thing when we saw it and now you can too…
Something terrible passes through the off-grid town of Sangre de Cristo on the Arizona-Mexico border, and all 57 inhabitants disappear overnight, leaving nothing but bloody trails. Suspicion falls on the lone survivor, an illegal immigrant; but a roll of photos he took that night tells a different story.
Savageland is the winner of Best Horror Feature at the Independent Filmmakers Showcase 2015; Best Director (New Orleans Horror Film Festival); and Best Feature at Nevermore Film Film Festival.
Savageland is Out Now, watch now at Amazon or iTunes...
Something terrible passes through the off-grid town of Sangre de Cristo on the Arizona-Mexico border, and all 57 inhabitants disappear overnight, leaving nothing but bloody trails. Suspicion falls on the lone survivor, an illegal immigrant; but a roll of photos he took that night tells a different story.
Savageland is the winner of Best Horror Feature at the Independent Filmmakers Showcase 2015; Best Director (New Orleans Horror Film Festival); and Best Feature at Nevermore Film Film Festival.
Savageland is Out Now, watch now at Amazon or iTunes...
- 7/7/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest interview-come-podcast, host Stuart Wright speaks to filmmaker and actor Jason Fite about his first feature film Beyond Evil: Dead Of Night and how some films (and even podcasts) are just cursed.
Official synopsis:
In May 2014 we attempted to recreate and film a series of brutal real-life murders in the Suffolk cottage in which they were originally committed. After two days we were forced to abandon the film, convinced that the location and the film itself were cursed. Not all of us survived those two days and, for those of us that did, the nightmare was only beginning….
Beyond Evil is out now. For details see the official website: www.beyondevilfilm.com
Jason also has a comedy podcast at www.the313comedyshow.com...
Official synopsis:
In May 2014 we attempted to recreate and film a series of brutal real-life murders in the Suffolk cottage in which they were originally committed. After two days we were forced to abandon the film, convinced that the location and the film itself were cursed. Not all of us survived those two days and, for those of us that did, the nightmare was only beginning….
Beyond Evil is out now. For details see the official website: www.beyondevilfilm.com
Jason also has a comedy podcast at www.the313comedyshow.com...
- 7/3/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Director Matt Harlock (American The Bill Hicks Story) and comic artist Krent Able, whose previous short, Ink, C**ks & Rock’n’Roll is live on Vice, have launched a new supernatural horror, entitled Deep Clean, on Kickstarter. In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to Matt about the film, the Kickstarter campaign, collaborating with comic artist Krent Able and their first film together…
The campaign is Live Now, runs until July 13th. Deep Clean is a supernatural comedy horror, in the vein of films like Trollhunter, Shaun of the Dead and Attack the Block. Official synopsis:
What if the council road crews you see causing traffic jams every day were not what you thought? 16-year-old Alex on a boring work placement with his loser Uncle. What he doesn’t know is that Deep Clean is a secret council unit whose job…is blocking up demon portals.
Halflife Films...
The campaign is Live Now, runs until July 13th. Deep Clean is a supernatural comedy horror, in the vein of films like Trollhunter, Shaun of the Dead and Attack the Block. Official synopsis:
What if the council road crews you see causing traffic jams every day were not what you thought? 16-year-old Alex on a boring work placement with his loser Uncle. What he doesn’t know is that Deep Clean is a secret council unit whose job…is blocking up demon portals.
Halflife Films...
- 6/30/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With the film set to play the East End Film Festival soon, here’s a flashback interview from host Stuart Wright talks to director Rafael Kapelinski about his debut feature film Butterfly Kisses and the World Premiere on Saturday 11 February 2017 at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The full album Nathan Klein’s score for Butterfly Kisses is available on Air-Edel Records, via all major platforms including iTunes, Spotify and Amazon.
Thursday 29 June – Eeff 2017: Butterfly Kisses (UK Premiere) + Q&A (Hackney Picturehouse). Get tickets www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney…premiere-qanda
Saturday 1 July – Eeff 2017: Butterfly Kisses (Curzon Aldgate). Get tickets www.curzoncinemas.com/aldgate/film-i…tterfly-kisses
Find out more about the East End Film Festival and gets tickets for further screenings right here.
The full album Nathan Klein’s score for Butterfly Kisses is available on Air-Edel Records, via all major platforms including iTunes, Spotify and Amazon.
Thursday 29 June – Eeff 2017: Butterfly Kisses (UK Premiere) + Q&A (Hackney Picturehouse). Get tickets www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney…premiere-qanda
Saturday 1 July – Eeff 2017: Butterfly Kisses (Curzon Aldgate). Get tickets www.curzoncinemas.com/aldgate/film-i…tterfly-kisses
Find out more about the East End Film Festival and gets tickets for further screenings right here.
- 6/21/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With the film set to screen as part of the East End Film Festival, host Stuart Wright speaks to all three directors/participants in Follow The Money: TV and film director John Hardwick, journalist Steve Boggan and music and commercials director Ben Unwin.
Follow the Money‘s European Premiere is Saturday 17th June, Hackney Picture House. Get tickets at www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney…premiere-qanda and find out more about the East End Film Festival and gets tickets for further screenings right here.
Trailer www.johnhardwickfilms.com/films-features.html
Synopsis: For thirty days and thirty nights three British filmmakers follow a ten dollar bill as it criss-crosses the United States. The bill passes through the hands of countless wonderful characters, and as the journey stretches out across 6,000 miles, a unique portrait of contemporary American life unfolds before us.
Follow the Money‘s European Premiere is Saturday 17th June, Hackney Picture House. Get tickets at www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney…premiere-qanda and find out more about the East End Film Festival and gets tickets for further screenings right here.
Trailer www.johnhardwickfilms.com/films-features.html
Synopsis: For thirty days and thirty nights three British filmmakers follow a ten dollar bill as it criss-crosses the United States. The bill passes through the hands of countless wonderful characters, and as the journey stretches out across 6,000 miles, a unique portrait of contemporary American life unfolds before us.
- 6/13/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Paul Sng (Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain) about his second feature length documentary, Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Scandal.
Twitter @velvetjoyltd #Dispossession
Website: www.dispossessionfilm.com/
Scheduled screenings:
Premiere - Thursday 8 June at The East End Film Festival Rio Cinema, London 6.30pm
Get tickets – riocinema.org.uk/RioCinema.dll/Bo…formance_9428564
Thurs 15 June, The Central Picturehouse preview with Q&A
Get Tickets – www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Picture…ousing-swindle
These are the dates/venues for further screenings and special Q&A. More will be added in due course (see www.dispossessionfilm.com):
16 June – Broadway, Nottingham 17 June – Hebden Bridge, Picturehouse 18 June – Hyde Park Picturehouse, Leeds 22 June – Hummingbird, Birmingham 24 June – Gft, Glasgow 26 June – Arthouse, Crouch End 28 June – Phoenix Cinema, Leicester 29 June – Vue, Hull 5 & 6 July – Dartington Barn, Devon 6 July – Watershed, Bristol 8 July – Chapter, Cardiff , hosted by actor Michael Sheen 10 July – Light House,...
Twitter @velvetjoyltd #Dispossession
Website: www.dispossessionfilm.com/
Scheduled screenings:
Premiere - Thursday 8 June at The East End Film Festival Rio Cinema, London 6.30pm
Get tickets – riocinema.org.uk/RioCinema.dll/Bo…formance_9428564
Thurs 15 June, The Central Picturehouse preview with Q&A
Get Tickets – www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Picture…ousing-swindle
These are the dates/venues for further screenings and special Q&A. More will be added in due course (see www.dispossessionfilm.com):
16 June – Broadway, Nottingham 17 June – Hebden Bridge, Picturehouse 18 June – Hyde Park Picturehouse, Leeds 22 June – Hummingbird, Birmingham 24 June – Gft, Glasgow 26 June – Arthouse, Crouch End 28 June – Phoenix Cinema, Leicester 29 June – Vue, Hull 5 & 6 July – Dartington Barn, Devon 6 July – Watershed, Bristol 8 July – Chapter, Cardiff , hosted by actor Michael Sheen 10 July – Light House,...
- 6/2/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In the latest in his “Great British Horror Films” interview series, host Stuart Wright talks to producer and director Jen Handorf about five of her favourite Great British Horror films, which include:
The Innocents (1961) Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth) (1967) Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971) The Stone Tape (1972) The Day Of The Triffids (1981 TV Series)
Twitter: @jhandorf
Use #askjen for filmmaking advice...
The Innocents (1961) Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth) (1967) Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971) The Stone Tape (1972) The Day Of The Triffids (1981 TV Series)
Twitter: @jhandorf
Use #askjen for filmmaking advice...
- 5/5/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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