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Me and my son in trailer for Coventry zombie film Immune
Last year young TF Simpson and I went over to Coventry to help with the shooting of a teaser trailer for a new zombie feature Immune, directed by Steven Tayler.That trailer has now been released and...
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The Xlitherman returns on 1st September
Back in 2009 there was a British horror movie called The Xlitherman, starring BHR regular Marysia Kay. I've never seen the film and never tracked down a copy.Well, my search is nearly at an end because...
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Baker's dozen British features at Frightfest
Frightfest have announced their line-up for 2015 and as usual it includes a good selection of British features. Thirteen in total:Bait (Dominic Brunt) - see previous postNina Forever (Ben and Chris...
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'The Dead 2' on UK DVD next week
Pretty much at the top of my must-see list is The Dead 2: India, the Ford Brothers' follow-up to their absolutely awesome 2011 Africa-set zombie picture.The film premiered at Frightfest two years ago,...
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The Zombie King finally gets a UK release date
When I reviewed The Zombie King last November I noted that there had been German, Dutch and Japanese releases but nothing yet in the UK. Well, a UK disc is now up for pre-order on Amazon.High Fliers...
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New artwork and unimaginative new title for Bloodlust
Last November I reported the impending February 2015 release of Richard Johnstone's vampire feature Bloodlust, starring fan favourite Victoria Hopkins (The Devil's Music, Le Fear 2, Zombie Women of...
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British horror western Blood Moon set for UK and US release
Jeremy Wooding's Blood Moon - a werewolf western shot in Kent in 2013 - premiered at last year's Frightfest. Since then it has played a bunch more festivals including Bram Stoker and Fantasporto. Now...
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House on the Witchpit - 'press release'
I put 'press release' in inverted commas there because traditionally a release actually tells you something. But that wily Pat Higgins continues to play his cards so close to his chest that he'll...
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Three retitled British horrors on US disc on Monday
Three recent British horrors are lined up for US release on Monday 1st September under different titles to those we know them by.Simeon Halligan’s terrific White Settlers, in which an English couple...
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Containment release details: cinemas, VOD, DVD
Containment, a sci-fi-horror picture directed by Neil Mcenery-West from a script by David Lemon, gets a limited theatrical release from next week as well as hitting on-demand platforms.The film has a...
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Apparently there a UK comedy-horror film based on a CBBC series...
I've never heard of Friday Download but evidently it's a series on CBBC (11-year-old TF Simpson is too old for that channel now and just obsessively watches repeats of Top Gear on Dave). And...
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New book on 21st century British horror films
Johnny Walker’s book Contemporary British Horror Cinema: Industry, Genre and Society has just been published by Edinburgh University Press. This is of course only the second ever volume devoted to 21st...
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UK and US DVD sleeves for Howl
Here's the British DVD sleeve for Paul Hyett's werewolf on a train feature Howl.The UK disc is released on 26th October. Before then you can catch Howl on the big screen at the Mayhem festival in...
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Vampire Dawn DVD launch in Bath today
I know it's short notice, but if you're anywhere near Bath today get yourself along to the Bath Party Shop where director David Gunstone is launching the Director's Cut of his debut feature Vampire...
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Poster artist exhibition
Poster artist Graham Humphreys is most closely associated with 1980s titles like Evil Dead II and A Nightmare on Elm Street, but he's still around and still doing posters for films, including a number...
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I often get asked if I’m going to this or that film festival and the answer is invariably no. I don’t go to film festivals. I would love to, but I have a day-job and a family, and consequently I have...
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Tear Me Apart premieres in Austin
Alex Lightman's debut feature Tear Me Apart had its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival on Halloween."In the wasteland of post-apocalyptic rural England, two young brothers turn to cannibalism...
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Incredible unseen images from Doghouse (Part 1)
My mate Jake West recently sent me a bunch of awesome on-set photos from Doghouse. A lot of these have not been published before, including some great close-ups of the incredible make-up that Karl...
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Incredible unseen images from Doghouse (Part 2)
Here are some more on-set photos from Doghouse kindly supplied by Jake West. See more at Doghouse Photos Part 1, Doghouse Photos Part 3, Doghouse photos Part 4Here'a Annie Vanders as 'Bubbles' in the...
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Richard Driscoll is out of prison and wants you to fund his next movie!
It's the moment we've all been waiting for. Richard Driscoll has walked free from prison, having paid his debt to society. And what the first thing he' has done? That's right - resurrected one of his...
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