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The Witchpit Awaits
The long-awaited fifth feature from Jinx Media, The House on the Witchpit, will have its world premiere at the awesome Horror-on-Sea festival in Southend, Essex on January 23rd 2016. This will be straight after the first performance of Pat Higgins’ 2016 live show/masterclass/thing “Watch Horror. Write Horror. Make Horror” – full details can be found…
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Bad Things Happen to Eyeballs Again
On the set of House on the Witchpit last month, I had a conversation with my DoP about imagery cropping up over and over again in films that I’d written or directed. I sometimes lecture about film theory, and have therefore spent many days of my life discussing the recurring imagery of the great filmmakers,…
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Only 36 People Will See House on the Witchpit This Year
Last week, we wrapped principal photography on our new movie, The House on The Witchpit. I’d love to show you images or a trailer. I’d love to talk about the plot. I’m not going to, however. We won’t be releasing a synopsis, images, cast list or clips. We have no plans to list details on the…
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The House on the Witchpit – Now Filming
We’re delighted to confirm that Jinx Media’s fifth feature film, The House on the Witchpit, is currently filming. We aren’t going to be releasing a cast list, plot synopsis, trailer or any stills. The poster below will be the only official imagery connected to the film. No release is planned for any home media formats.
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New HuffPost Blog – “Horror for Kids” and the Poltergeist Remake
I got thinking about horror aimed at kids over the last week or so, partly due to a discussion I was having of Facebook regarding the original rating of Poltergeist. It prompted me to write this article for Huffington Post, which recycles a paragraph from a blog post I wrote for this site a couple of…
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The Legend of Lucy Sweet – Trailer
Our awesome short from last year never had a trailer. Until now.
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How Not to Make a Horror Movie
Every year, I write a new live appearance/show/thing and try and get it up online if possible. The 2014 show ‘Fake Blood, Real Guts’ was great fun (although I’ve yet to sort out a decent edited version). The 2015 show is called ‘How Not to Make a Horror Movie’ and focuses on all the dreadful…
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Theatrical Cut of KillerKiller in Big Value Box!
The 2007 theatrical cut of KillerKiller has been rereleased Stateside as part of an insanely good value box-set featuring a couple of Prom Nights, a Howling sequel and some really underrated other horrors. It’s a great way to catch up with the original version of the movie VERY cheaply.. Go and pick up up right…
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Hellbride now FREE on Viewster
Jinx Media’s awesome cult horror rom-com Hellbride is now available to view free on Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV or Roku via Viewster. What the hell are you waiting for?
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Total Cults release a book!
Our friends over at Total Cults have released a rather awesome book just in time for Christmas. Entitled ‘Total Cults: How To Love Movies You Probably Shouldn’t’ – it’s packed with weird stuff about cult movies, discussions of films you’ve never heard of… And HOW cool is that cover? Go and pick up a copy.
Pat Higgins and Jinx Media 