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Kevin Smith, Red State and self-releasing
In 2002, Pip and I drove 26,000 miles around America. We didn’t have a grand plan and went pretty much wherever we felt like. I did insist, however, that we stop in a tiny town called Leonardo in New Jersey. I tracked down the Quick Stop convenience store where Kevin Smith shot the movie Clerks.…
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Stop! Hammer Time..
Actually took a moment to breathe over Christmas, and started making my way through a boxed set of Hammer films which I’d been given. Much as I’d like to think that my horror film knowledge is full, comprehensive and encyclopedic.. There are gaps. And one of those gaps, without doubt, has been Hammer shaped. This…
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2010 – The Year in Films I Watched
Well, that’s 2010 done. 2011 is going to bring a lot of interesting stuff (not least of which being the shoots for both Strippers vs Werewolves and House on the Witchpit) but before we dive headlong into all that, let’s take a quick look back at all the flicks that I watched in 2010. As…
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House on the Witchpit
Just threw my hat over the wall. I’ll be shooting House on the Witchpit in early 2011. More details to follow. Stay tuned.
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That’s due back on Tuesday before ten.
Back in 1996, I worked in a video shop. Loads of people who want to make movies end up working in video shops and cinemas, for at least a while, whilst they try and get their careers started. I worked in Blockbuster Video, Westcliff. Blockbuster had just taken the store over when I joined; previously…
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Bordello Death Tales Festival Screenings
The first chances for the public to catch our sensational terror anthology Bordello Death Tales (with brand new interlaced stories from James Eaves, Al Ronald and my bad self) are coming up over the next couple of weeks. The flick is nasty, funny and full-tilt.. The first online review can still be read over at…
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The VHS Mountain
Back when I was doing my A-levels in 1991, I filmed a short documentary about film censorship. As the opening shot, I stacked up a selection of my VHS collection and made a wall out of them, so that I could crash through the wall, sending them tumbling, and deliver the line “In the UK,…
Pat Higgins and Jinx Media 