Marc Price has been in touch to tell me about his new undead masterpiece.
He says: "I've just finished a low budget zombie film called COLIN. It tells the story of a guy who is bitten by a zombie, dies and returns to wander suburbia during the throes of a cadaverous apocalypse.
"It appears to be the first feature length zombie film told entirely from the zombie's perspective (at least as far as I've been able to tell). We're hoping the film will find its way into a few film festivals here in the UK and in the USFeel"
You can see a clip and the trailer here:
http://www.nowherefast.tv
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Fame at last!
So, I've chalked up my first appearance on a DVD cover! What a shame it's this... erm... "interesting" little offering from 1978.
Killer's Moon is a film everyone should see at least once, if not for the right reasons. And I'm sure I wrote funnier and pithier stuff in the review, which you can see here http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/killersmoon.shtml.
Still, a DVD box, eh? How chuffed am I?
By the way, the film is possibly coming out in June this year. Previously it has only been available on pre-cert video, and will never, I promise you, appear on the telly.
Killer's Moon is a film everyone should see at least once, if not for the right reasons. And I'm sure I wrote funnier and pithier stuff in the review, which you can see here http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/killersmoon.shtml.
Still, a DVD box, eh? How chuffed am I?
By the way, the film is possibly coming out in June this year. Previously it has only been available on pre-cert video, and will never, I promise you, appear on the telly.
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Bradford Fantastic Films weekend - full line-up
Somehow, the people who run the Fantastic Films weekend at Bradford (by gum) have tracked me down on BookFace and sent me the full list of the films being shown over the weekend. And there are tons of BHFs in there!
Friday 12.00 Brain Dead TBC1.00 Count Dracula (Pt 1)2.00 The Nightmare Man (Pt 1)2.00 Spine Tingler!2.15 Vampire Diary3.00 Schalcken the Painter4.00 Black Christmas4.15 Vigilante6.00 Outland 70mm6.15 An American Werewolf in London8.15 The Mist8.45 Val Lewton: The Man in the ShadowsSaturday 11.00 ...And Now the Screaming Starts!11.30 Scars of Dracula1.00 Maelstrom (Episode 2)1.00 The Abominable Dr. Phibes1.30 Malpertuis2.00 The Day of the Triffids (Pt 1)3.00 Dr. Phibes Rises Again!3.00 Z for Zachariah4.00 Savage Streets5.00 Screentalk: Robert Fuest6.00 Poltergeist 70mm6.15 The House That Dripped Blood8.15 Screentalk: Peter Duffell8.30 The Thing 70mm + intro by John CarpenterSunday 10.15 Cat People11.00 The Most Dangerous Game12.00 Short Films12.30 Dracula (digital)1.00 Chiller: Toby2.00 Blood on Satan's Claw2.00 Children of the Stones: Into the Circle2.30 Grindhouse double-bill3.00 Frankenstein4.00 Screentalk: Piers Haggard + Robert Wynne-Simmons5.30 Daughters of Darkness6.15 Terminator 2: Judgement Day 70mm7.30 Screentalk: Harry Kumel8.45 Hell's GroundWeekend Pass £40 (£35 concs)Day Pass £20 (£15 concs)Grindhouse/Dr. Phibes double-bills £10 (£7 concs)BTW. Passes do NOT include IMAX titles
More info available here
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/fantastic/
Friday 12.00 Brain Dead TBC1.00 Count Dracula (Pt 1)2.00 The Nightmare Man (Pt 1)2.00 Spine Tingler!2.15 Vampire Diary3.00 Schalcken the Painter4.00 Black Christmas4.15 Vigilante6.00 Outland 70mm6.15 An American Werewolf in London8.15 The Mist8.45 Val Lewton: The Man in the ShadowsSaturday 11.00 ...And Now the Screaming Starts!11.30 Scars of Dracula1.00 Maelstrom (Episode 2)1.00 The Abominable Dr. Phibes1.30 Malpertuis2.00 The Day of the Triffids (Pt 1)3.00 Dr. Phibes Rises Again!3.00 Z for Zachariah4.00 Savage Streets5.00 Screentalk: Robert Fuest6.00 Poltergeist 70mm6.15 The House That Dripped Blood8.15 Screentalk: Peter Duffell8.30 The Thing 70mm + intro by John CarpenterSunday 10.15 Cat People11.00 The Most Dangerous Game12.00 Short Films12.30 Dracula (digital)1.00 Chiller: Toby2.00 Blood on Satan's Claw2.00 Children of the Stones: Into the Circle2.30 Grindhouse double-bill3.00 Frankenstein4.00 Screentalk: Piers Haggard + Robert Wynne-Simmons5.30 Daughters of Darkness6.15 Terminator 2: Judgement Day 70mm7.30 Screentalk: Harry Kumel8.45 Hell's GroundWeekend Pass £40 (£35 concs)Day Pass £20 (£15 concs)Grindhouse/Dr. Phibes double-bills £10 (£7 concs)BTW. Passes do NOT include IMAX titles
More info available here
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/fantastic/
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Ey up... 7th Bradford Fantastic Films weekend
The always-excellent Fantastic Films weekend takes place in June, oop North in Bradford. Which gives me the opportunity to do my joke...
Did you hear about the new drug craze in Bradford? They're grnding up ecstasy tablets and injecting them direct into their mouths.
Yes! It's called "E by gum".
Ithankyew.
Anyway, sorry about the lack of posts recently, I've just swapped from Tiscali to Sky and... you don't want to hear this. Suffice to say, I'm back after more than a fortnight off. What do you mean, you didn't notice?
Here's the press release...
Classics from the vaults, cult guests, rare TV treats and an exhibition direct from the Hammer Horror archive – all at the 7th Fantastic Films Weekend at the National Media Museum
7th Fantastic Films Weekend, Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June 2008
National Media Museum, Bradford
www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/fantastic
0870 7010200
The 7th Fantastic Films Weekend at the National Media Museum promises three packed days of thrills, chills and unique treats for horror and sci-fi fans from across the UK from Friday 13-Sunday 15 June. FFW this year announces The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy as Patron, joining The League of Gentlemen member Jeremy Dyson.
This year’s guest highlights will include an exclusive pre-recorded introduction to The Thing by John Carpenter – followed by a screening of the film in glorious 70mm widescreen, and live interviews with guests including Peter Duffell (director of The House that Dripped Blood), Robert Fuest (director of the Dr. Phibes films), Harry Kümel (Belgian director of 1971 classic Daughters of Darkness) and Piers Haggard (director of Blood on Satan’s Claw).
Classic film screenings will include An American Werewolf in London and Poltergeist in 70mm, the original Hammer Dracula, restored and screened in digital and Black Christmas, a forgotten gem from the NMeM archive. I Am Legend will screen on the Museum’s giant IMAX screen, and contemporary treats will include the original Tarantino/Rodriguez Grindhouse double-bill, Spine Tingler – a tribute to schlock horror maestro William Castle, and Vampire Diary, a fresh take on the lesbian vampire tale. In TV Heaven the chills will continue with rarely seen treats not available on DVD including the1984 version of Frankenstein starring Robert Powell and Carrie Fisher, the classic 1979 Omnibus teleplay Schalcken the Painter, and 1984 Play for Today Z For Zachariah about global terrors and personal dramas.
Hammer horror fans will have the opportunity to explore a unique display of original Hammer make-up direct from the Roy Ashton/Phil Leakey archive at the National Media Museum. The exhibition in the Museum’s Insight archive will include the original fangs worn by Christopher Lee in the Hammer Dracula films.
“The Fantastic Films Weekend is now firmly established as one of the UK’s premier horror, sci-fi and fantasy events,” said Artistic Director Tony Earnshaw. “Housed under one roof at the National Media Museum, it presents a unique line-up of classic films rarely seen on the big screen and gives aficionados the chance to meet and speak with the filmmakers who made them.”
For festival passes, day passes or individual tickets visit www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/fantastic or call the NMeM box office on 0870 7010200. Weekend pass £40 (£35 concs), day pass £20 (£15 concs) (passes do not include Imax titles). Grindhouse/Dr. Phibes double-bills £10 (£7 concs). Single tickets £5.50 (£3.70 concs), Imax DMR £8 (£6 concs).
Did you hear about the new drug craze in Bradford? They're grnding up ecstasy tablets and injecting them direct into their mouths.
Yes! It's called "E by gum".
Ithankyew.
Anyway, sorry about the lack of posts recently, I've just swapped from Tiscali to Sky and... you don't want to hear this. Suffice to say, I'm back after more than a fortnight off. What do you mean, you didn't notice?
Here's the press release...
Classics from the vaults, cult guests, rare TV treats and an exhibition direct from the Hammer Horror archive – all at the 7th Fantastic Films Weekend at the National Media Museum
7th Fantastic Films Weekend, Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June 2008
National Media Museum, Bradford
www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/fantastic
0870 7010200
The 7th Fantastic Films Weekend at the National Media Museum promises three packed days of thrills, chills and unique treats for horror and sci-fi fans from across the UK from Friday 13-Sunday 15 June. FFW this year announces The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy as Patron, joining The League of Gentlemen member Jeremy Dyson.
This year’s guest highlights will include an exclusive pre-recorded introduction to The Thing by John Carpenter – followed by a screening of the film in glorious 70mm widescreen, and live interviews with guests including Peter Duffell (director of The House that Dripped Blood), Robert Fuest (director of the Dr. Phibes films), Harry Kümel (Belgian director of 1971 classic Daughters of Darkness) and Piers Haggard (director of Blood on Satan’s Claw).
Classic film screenings will include An American Werewolf in London and Poltergeist in 70mm, the original Hammer Dracula, restored and screened in digital and Black Christmas, a forgotten gem from the NMeM archive. I Am Legend will screen on the Museum’s giant IMAX screen, and contemporary treats will include the original Tarantino/Rodriguez Grindhouse double-bill, Spine Tingler – a tribute to schlock horror maestro William Castle, and Vampire Diary, a fresh take on the lesbian vampire tale. In TV Heaven the chills will continue with rarely seen treats not available on DVD including the1984 version of Frankenstein starring Robert Powell and Carrie Fisher, the classic 1979 Omnibus teleplay Schalcken the Painter, and 1984 Play for Today Z For Zachariah about global terrors and personal dramas.
Hammer horror fans will have the opportunity to explore a unique display of original Hammer make-up direct from the Roy Ashton/Phil Leakey archive at the National Media Museum. The exhibition in the Museum’s Insight archive will include the original fangs worn by Christopher Lee in the Hammer Dracula films.
“The Fantastic Films Weekend is now firmly established as one of the UK’s premier horror, sci-fi and fantasy events,” said Artistic Director Tony Earnshaw. “Housed under one roof at the National Media Museum, it presents a unique line-up of classic films rarely seen on the big screen and gives aficionados the chance to meet and speak with the filmmakers who made them.”
For festival passes, day passes or individual tickets visit www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/fantastic or call the NMeM box office on 0870 7010200. Weekend pass £40 (£35 concs), day pass £20 (£15 concs) (passes do not include Imax titles). Grindhouse/Dr. Phibes double-bills £10 (£7 concs). Single tickets £5.50 (£3.70 concs), Imax DMR £8 (£6 concs).
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Beyond the Rave
Hammer's long-awaited (it says here) return (it also says here) to the world of films (it sort of says here)... hang on, I've lost my thread. Where was I?
Ah, yes...
Unfortunately, some berk has ressurected the Hammer name and attached it to what, unfortunately, looks like a not-very-good-idea-at-all called Beyond The Rave, which premieres on MySpace in two (count 'em) days. Book your place in front of your laptop now.
Or rather, don't. Why the bloody hell they couldn't have made a decent cinema film which trades on the Hammer name is frankly beyond me. But if you look at this link, and like the look of it, then perhaps you're the audience they're actually looking for, and not me.
Because the video for Pulp's Common People aside, anything with Sadie Frost in it is, frankly, enough to make me want to pull out my own eyeballs and wipe my arse with them. There, I've said it.
Ah, yes...
Unfortunately, some berk has ressurected the Hammer name and attached it to what, unfortunately, looks like a not-very-good-idea-at-all called Beyond The Rave, which premieres on MySpace in two (count 'em) days. Book your place in front of your laptop now.
Or rather, don't. Why the bloody hell they couldn't have made a decent cinema film which trades on the Hammer name is frankly beyond me. But if you look at this link, and like the look of it, then perhaps you're the audience they're actually looking for, and not me.
Because the video for Pulp's Common People aside, anything with Sadie Frost in it is, frankly, enough to make me want to pull out my own eyeballs and wipe my arse with them. There, I've said it.
Captain Kronos returns!
Captain Kronos himself, the great Horst Janson (who obviously has some kind of painting in his attic, judging by the picture here) will be guest of honour at this year's Festival Of Fantastic Films in Manchester.Who knows? This year the FOFF might even be graced by yours truly. But let's not go nuts.
Anyway, you can find out more here:
http://fantastic-films.com/festival/
That saucy brunette from the more laddish end of your Sky programme guide is due to make an appearance too, apparently. Quite why she'd actually want to have a bunch of tubby pale 40-something chaps breathing their lager fumes over her is anyone's guess. Perhaps that's the kind of bloke she goes for...
Yes. Of course she does.
Monday, 7 April 2008
Pushing the envelope
Remember letters, postcards, etc? Well, if you do, you can soon stick a Hammer classic on your envelope. These are some stamps set to come out on June 10, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Carry On Sergeant, which was the first Carry On, and Dracula, which, erm, wasn't the first Hammer horror (that was Curse Of Frankenstein in 1957). So why not produce the Hammer ones last year and the Carry On ones this year? Eh? Eh?Ah, well... with the inclusion of Carry On Screaming that actually makes it four BHFs to two non-BHFs, so nyaaah anyway.
What AM I going on about?
Anyway, you can find out more here.
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