Tag: filmmaking
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Into 2025…
So, into another year already. Oh my God. We’ve changed the layout of this site a bit, as you may have noticed if you’ve been here before. A few scrappy bits of the old layout may remain; apologies if you notice them, we’ll get them sorted eventually! First big appointment of the new year is…
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Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead is out NOW in US/UK!
The release day of a film is always a little strange for me. The first time I ever experienced this was back in 2006, when a lack of product in the marketplace and the difficulties of digital filmmaking at that time meant that my homegrown midnight movie TrashHouse somehow got a wide DVD release across…
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Jinx Media vs 2016
Well, the year’s nearly done. It’s been stupidly eventful, stupidly exciting and, at some points, just flat out stupid. I started the year by hosting a new live show before premiering my new movie (Jinx Media’s first full feature since 2007) and then destroying the master copy (and back-up) live on stage. Which was a busy way…
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Nudity in Independent Horror Films
I’ve read a couple of pieces about nudity in horror films recently. As an independent horror filmmaker who needs to get my stuff distributed in order to stay in the game, the question of nudity tends to crop up in every film we make. I’ve seen it argued that horror tends to shy away from…
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Horror-on-Sea: Pat speaks!
The Horror-on-Sea festival is shaping up to be a really terrific event for lovers of the genre. Alongside my live show/talk/thing there are screenings of fantastic, brand-new horror flicks from all over the world (including our own Nazi Zombie Death Tales) and other special events. I’ll be chatting about what people might expect on Southend…
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Independent Filmmaking: Cameras and Kit
Indie filmmakers will argue about kit and formats until the end of the world (which, at the time of writing, is scheduled to be in about an hour according to nutjobs and the easily distracted), yet I’ve somehow managed to keep this blog going for six years or so without ever writing about it once.…
Pat Higgins and Jinx Media 