Andrew Parkinson's three features to be re/released
Jinga Films, the fine label run by Julian Richards, is planning to release three features by Andrew Parkinson next year, and all of them are excellent films worthy of your attention.I, Zombie is still,...
View ArticleWebkam: teaser trailer for 'lost' 2008 Eleanor James film
Here's a treat which I've just found - a teaser trailer for Webkam. This feature was shot way back in August 2008 in Birmingham by a chap named James D Layton, and until now pretty much all that has...
View ArticleTons of new British horror at Horror-on-Sea 2014
The second Horror-on-Sea festival has a bunch of brand new British horror features, several of which even I have never heard of. The festival runs 17th to 19th January 2014 in Southend on Sea and the...
View ArticleRobert Englund stars in The Last Showing
Here are some stills from a new British horror, The Last Showing, which stars Robert Englund, making his second UK frightflick after Strippers vs Werewolves (or third if your count The Killer Tongue)....
View ArticleGyles Brandreth stars in new British horror feature!
Rock Band vs Vampires is a new British horror feature shooting this year for release in 2014, written and directed by, and starring, Malcolm Galloway who is apparently lead singer with an actual rock...
View ArticleJake West and Alex Chandon contribute to The Sleeping Room
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...
View ArticlePrimeval star faces Somerset crocodiles in The Hatching
The Hatching is a new British horror feature wrapping production this month: On the death of his father, Tim Webber returns to his childhood village in Somerset to find something sinister is disturbing...
View ArticleArt of Darkness released in Germany
For some reason, my review of Art of Darkness (which I saw as Art House Massacre) has been getting a lot of traffic lately. This turns out to be because the film has finally had a release, albeit (in...
View ArticleThe Addicted becomes Rehab, March release
Sean J Vincent's The Addicted is lined up for a UK DVD release next March under a new title. Safecracker Pictures will put the film out as Rehab and it's up for pre-order on Amazon now.Vincent is in...
View ArticleSleeves for 'The Andrew Parkinson Trilogy'
That's how it's being billed in the blurb on Amazon.com: 'Part 1/2/3 of the Andrew Parkinson Trilogy. Here are the sleeves for the US re-releases of I, Zombie and Dead Creatures and the first ever...
View ArticleSupernatural horror film Haunting of Harry Payne marketed as generic gangster...
Martyn Pick's horror/gangster mash-up The Haunting of Harry Payne was originally scheduled for a UK DVD release in August 2013 with this rather groovy cover.But someone has decided that more people buy...
View ArticleWhatever happened to those 140 unreleased British horror films? (Part 1)
Two years ago I posted a list of 140 unreleased British horror films produced since 2000 (actually there were only 139 films but I wanted a snappy headline). So I got to wondering: how many of these...
View ArticleWhatever happened to those 140 unreleased British horror films? (Part 2)
Continuing my look at the various fates of the unreleased 21st century British horror features which I listed two years ago. Here is the second batch of 35 titles.Every Picture (d.Tobias Tobbell) -...
View ArticleWhatever happened to those 140 unreleased British horror films? (Part 3)
And here are the next 35 entries in that list of unreleased British horrors from two years ago. Which ones were released? Which remain unseen?Inbred (d.Alex Chandon) - Chandon’s long-awaited return...
View ArticleWhatever happened to those 140 unreleased British horror films? (Part 4)
Two years ago I listed 140(ish) unreleased British horror films produced since 2000. Here's the final batch of 'whatever happened to' information:Screen (d.David P Baker) - Although Baker is British,...
View Article200 unreleased British horror films produced since 2000
Before Christmas I rounded up what had happened to the list of 139 unreleased British horror films which I posted here in December 2011. What we found was that23 had already received some form of...
View ArticleSpirital Phantoma - new UK horror filmed in Romania
Here's one which lists itself as a UK/Romanian/Hungarian production but looks like it could be British enough to qualify as part of the BHR. Unlike most UK/Romanian movies, it's not actually a US...
View ArticleUrban Terrors US edition available
My book Urban Terrors: New British Horror Cinema is now available in an American edition. It has been published by Midnight Marquee with a cover price of $25 but available now for 15 bucks!The only...
View ArticleBritish horror shopping list, first quarter 2014
Here's what's coming up on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, over the next three months:6th January: Heretic (UK)7th January: Amityville Asylum (USA), Dead of the Nite (USA)13th January: Evil Never Dies...
View ArticleShell Shocked: Dominic Brunt's war/horror short
Dominic Brunt, who previously brought us the marvellous zombie feature Before Dawn, has directed a short war/horror film which is available to view online. Shell Shocked premiered at last year's...
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