In this interview/podcast ee talk to Dr. Keith Bound, Suspense and Fear Designer for Horror and Thriller Films. He is a leading scholar in the science of storytelling, in particular suspense and how it’s constructed. He talks to us about his ‘Scientific Approach to Making Scarier Horror Films and Maximising Return-on-Investment’. Addressing the following questions: […]
Writer/director/tattooist Andy Stewart talks through the body horror short films he’s produced with Remo Catani: Split, Ink, Remnant, Sanguinis Domini (for the Soska Sisters Women in Horror Blood Drive compilation) and Dysmorphia and She Lay At His Feet (for Crypt TV.) Dare to watch a couple of his short films: Dysmorphia (2012) (80k views on […]
We speak to Marcus Dunstan, the writer/director of hit horror films The Collector and The Collection. His new film is called The Neighbour. This action-packed horror thriller that premiered at London’s Frightfest in August and is OUT NOW on DVD and VOD. Synopsis: In the small town of Cutter, Mississippi, army veteran John and his […]
Following February’s successful World Premiere at the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, Native, starring Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade in BBC’s Sherlock TV series) and Ellie Kendrick (Game Of Thrones and iFeatures backed ‘The Levelling’), gets its European Premiere at the East London Film Festival. Native is the debut feature film for Liverpool born director and co-writer […]
A fearful world stands on the brink of nuclear catastrophe. A young researcher in psychical events, together with his girlfriend, travel to the legendary wilds of Dartmoor, England, to investigate a rambling, centuries old building – here they find themselves drawn into a murder mystery from the past, a mortal confrontation with pure evil, and […]
Proud to announce a podcast with a difference. Whereas usually we speak to the writer or director or actor, this time we speak to the subject of a documentary – the world famous, record breaking, Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. Addicted to breaking records, the former world champion puts his mind and body on the line […]
Eastbourne is the place to be for a weekend of film with @overnightff from February 26th – 28th. Get your ticket now http://bit.ly/1MN2MNG Escape to the Overnight Film Festival, a new communal cinema experience where your ticket includes accommodation at the legendary Queens Hotel in Eastbourne over the weekend of February 26, 27, 28. Three […]
Orthodox writer/director David Leon is a 2012 Screen International Star Of Tomorrow. His debut film Orthodox, starring Stephen Graham and Michael Smiley, is released in cinemas Feb 19th 2016 and VOD/DVD release follows in May Benjamin, a boy bullied for his Jewish faith, takes up boxing as a means of self-defense, alienating himself from his […]
After his girlfriend Nina dies in a car crash, Rob unsuccessfully attempts suicide. As he begins to overcome his grief, he falls in love with a coworker, Holly. Their relationship is complicated when Nina, unable to find rest in the afterlife, comes back to life to sarcastically torment them whenever they have sex. With the […]
Director Phil Hawkins and producer Alexandra Bentley talk to us about their UKTI Talent Goes To Hollywood win and the experiences of the subsequent trip to Los Angeles to meet key figures to pitch their film Baptism – an adaptation of the Max Kinnings novel of the same name. An armed group take control of […]
Stars: Matthew Fox, Kurt Russell, Richard Jenkins, Patrick Wilson, Lili Simmons, David Arquette, Evan Jonigkeit, Fred Melamed, Sid Haig, Maestro Harrell, James Tolkan, Kathryn Morris | Written and Directed by S. Craig Zahler Shot in just 21 days Bone Tomahawk is a slow burning western/horror hybrid. It stars Lost’s Matthew Fox, Hateful Eight’s man of the […]
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson, Kristoffer Joner, Joshua Burge, Duane Howard, Melaw Nakehk’o, Fabrice Adde, Arthur RedCloud | Written by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mark L. Smith | Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu The Revenant a simple story of revenge, but the arduous journey from aggrieved to exacting […]
Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Jeffrey Donovan, Raoul Max Trujillo, Julio Cedillo, Hank Rogerson | Written by Taylor Sheridan | Directed by Denis Villeneuve Canadian director Denis Villenueve follows up his 2013/14, critically acclaimed dark duo: Prisoners and Enemy with a film that delves into the […]
Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Abby Wait, Miranda Bailey, Carson D. Mell, John Parsons, Madeleine Waters, Austin Lyon, Quinn Nagle | Written and Directed by Marielle Heller Adapted from American comic artist/novelist Phoebe Gloeckner’s edgy ‘graphic’ graphic novel of the same name, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl is a dark, often comedic, […]
Here’s my Top Ten films and other treats from 2015 (in no particular order): Best Movies 1) Fury Road After 15 minutes I turned to my wife and said I was exhausted… Thankfully I got my breath back and Fury Road refused to let up. True to the originals, Tom Hardy’s Max says very little […]
Stars: Nicolas Hoult, Craig Roberts, James Corden, Tom Riley, Joseph Mawle, Georgia King, Ed Skrein, Jim Piddock | Written by John Niven | Directed by Owen Harris Kill Your Friends is adapted from John Niven’s 2009 novel. It’s a late Nineties black comedy about the last hurrahs of post-Britpop record labels before the internet came […]
We talk to British director Iain Softley about his newest film Curve and a couple of his previous productions – Hackers (1995) and Skeleton Key (2005). Curve, which played at Frightfest 2015, tells the story of a young woman who becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to crash off the road. The […]
Grimmfest, the North Of England’s premier horror, cult and fantastic film festival opens its pre-Halloween doors for the 7th time on Thursday 1st October with a gala screening of The Hallow, starring Oxford born Joseph Mawle (Game Of Thrones). It promises to be a packed four days with more than 20 feature length presentations to choose […]
NB. This podcast was originally record in August 2014 ahead of Film4Frightfest 2014. Jeremy Wooding, director/producer of Blood Moon talks us through the making of his ambitious gothic western horror movie, which we reviewed last year: Blood Moon Review. Shaun Dooley (The Women In Black), George Blagden (Vikings), Anna Skellern (The Descent II) and Corey […]
Stars: Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche, Laura Verlinden, Dominique Van Malder, Roel Swanenberg, Kyan Steverlynck, Ingrid De Vos, Michael Vergauwen, Circé Lethem, Brit Van Hoof, Tibo Vandenborre, Stan Puynen, Roy Aernouts, Jan Hammenecker | Written by Carl Joos | Directed by Hans Herbots Detective Inspector Nick Cafmeyer (Geert Van Rampelberg) is an […]