PATCHWORK finally gets its UK TV premiere on Horror Channel. Excited or what? Relieved actually. It’s been a long time coming. The third screening of the film ever happened at FrightFest in Glasgow and since then I’ve had people asking me when it was going to come out. The UK genre fans are among the…

Nicholas Hoult’s breakthrough role came in the 2002 comedy-drama film About a Boy before transitioning to adult roles with the drama film A Single Man and the classical fantasy Clash of the Titans. He was cast as the mutant Hank McCoy in Matthew Vaughn’s superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he has reprised in…

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, you name it Mr Neil Johnson does it. He is a near one man film studio and appears in my DVD collection multiple times with his action packed, scifi adventure tales featuring familiar faces from the world of film. I have spoken to Neil on many occasions, for a few minutes,…

  Justin Hayward is an actor and producer with a great list of credits behind him and am sure there are more great ones in front of him too.First appearing in one of my favourite films Cockneys v Zombies in 2012, Justin has gone onto appear in over 40 roles including Adventure Boyz, 13 Graves,…

Michelle is an avid supporter of #INDIGENOUS films & #Diversity through #Indieflims and through her work as a Writer, Actress, Singer and Poet, she works hard as what she believes in and so its was great that creative soul Michelle Eastern took some time away from her every day life to respond to the Spending Time…

Mark Stirton, Writer, Director, who produced his short film at the age of 25, – Spooked (1995), a psychological horror which was nominated for an award at the 1996 Glasgow film festival.With the goal of turning his hobby into a career, Mark studied broadcast media at Aberdeen College then worked as a cameraman / vision…

Aaron Jacques was introduced to me by Tracey Birdsall (Rogue Warrior, Whos Jenna) and Neil Johnson (The Time War, Starship Rising) and was wonderfully generous with me to take some time out and go through the Spending Time With questions that many other filmmakers have been kind enough to answer.  Whilst Aaron might be best…

Josh Merrit described as a neurodiverse scriptwriter and is one of The Guardian’s “5 to look out for”. Josh has worked with the BBC, the BFI,  Barbican. hes a playwright (National Theatre, Arcola Theatre, Chichester) and a filmmaker Josh took the time out to speak with me and answer the Spending Time With questions. So…

Just Say Goodbye, in theaters now, tells of a young woman who attempts to help her depressed male friend beat his illness. I was lucky to speak with writer Layla O’Shea about this powerful, important new movie. I’m always intrigued where film ideas come from. How and why did this come to you? I had…

Tracey is not only one of my favourite actors, shes also one of my favourite people in general. I first met her during San Diego Comic Con and we have remained friends every since, and its always a pleasure to find out what she has been working on, or to hear some of her adventures…

Phil Clarke is a man of many talents, hes a script consultant and of course a screenwriter ~  and most definitely a man with a ton of experience in the movie business, He has spent the best part of twenty years in the business, working with the likes of George Lucas, Tim Burton, Chris Columbus…

Over the years I have ‘virtually’ met many people, and have ‘virtually’ met many great ones. One of those is Mr Shaun O’Banion who not only have I swapped a great many Tweets with but also had the pleasure of recording several episodes of my audio podcast with. To hear some of the stories of…

With over a decade of experience in the film industry SJ Evans has produced a variety of projects including features, critically acclaimed short films, documentaries and corporate films that have featured the likes of Danny DeVito, Dominic Cooper, Jessie Eisenberg, Tony Curtis, Luke Evans, Tony Todd, Daniel Radcliffe, Liv Tyler and Edgar Wright and many…

After the  Horror Channel’s premiere of Pete Walker’s SCHIZO, horror and sexploitation movie writer/director DavidMcGillivray reflects on disastrous scripts, his volatile relationship with Walker and writing smut for Julian Clary SCHIZO is unusual in your body of work with director Pete Walker because the concept and narrative were not of your choosing. How much of a problem was that for you? Huge.…

Ahead of the theatrical & VOD release of British gangster movie ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON on April 19, actor Roland Manookian reflects on the challenge of playing a young Frankie Frazer, the joy of working with Nick Cave and the tragedy of knife crime. Roland, you play ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser in ONCE UPON…

Based on the books by Justin Cronin, The Passage was a super exciting book that then became a trilogy.Its my type of story, a tale of good versus bad, and science gone wrong, with humanity being in jeopardy. A few years ago, I heard that Ridley Scott’s production company had purchased the rights to make…

From plasterer to internationally known actor…ahead of the theatrical & VOD release of British gangster movie ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON on April 19, Andy Beckwith chats about mastering physical challenges, being nasty to Maisie Williams and future projects, You star in ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON as ‘Sonny the Yank’. Tell us…

Ahead of the theatrical and VOD release of British gangster movie ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON on April 19, actor and producer Terry Stone reflects on playing one of Britain’s most notorious criminals, wearing a bullet-proof vest and reviving 25 years of Drum & Bass. When did the idea for ONCE UPON A TIME…

Ahead of the theatrical & VOD release of British gangster movie ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON on April 19, director Simon Rumley reflects on bringing to the screen the untold story of two of Britain’s most notorious criminals. Why did you choose to do ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON? ONCE UPON A TIME…

Written and directed by Shaun A Robinson Surviving Sunset an Actor’s Hollywood journey is a documentary about the hard and often unglamorous life of an actor. It explores the difficulties of succeeding in the industry and starting relationships.Its the story of an actor who fights back against the odds by overcoming his own fears and creating…

Ahead of the World premiere of the darkly erotic AUTOMATA at Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow 2019, director Lawrie Brewster tells us about his record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, the growth of Hex Studios and his fascination with creepy dolls. AUTOMATA has earned its place in Kickstarter history as the UK’s most funded narrative film ever. Why do you…

As writer, director, producer Juliane Block prepares to shoot Zombie home invasion movie HOBBES HOUSE, she reveals her early obsession with monster make-up, casting for a big fantasy Xmas movie and her fascination for the dark side of the human mind. So tell us how HOBBES HOUSE was developed? I always felt like I needed…

Ahead of the UK premiere of Adrián García Bogliano’s hypnotic BLACK CIRCLE at Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow 2019, star and Swedish exploitation icon Christina Lindberg reflects on memorable moments, meeting Tarantino and making a comeback. How did your modelling career start and did that inevitably lead to your career as an actress? I was discovered…

REDWOOD gets its UK TV premiere on Fri 8 Feb, courtesy of Horror Channel. Excited or what? Honestly, I’m so proud that Redwood has made its way onto Horror Channel. I’ve been a huge fan since the channel launched and over the past decade I’ve discovered so many horror gems on there from classic through to films…

Writer/Director Kevin O’Brien has taken some time away from his work to take part in the online version of Spending Time With…and here for your reading pleasure are his answers to the pre-prepared questions. (Many thanks to Kevin for taking the time out, and to the wonderful team at October Coast for arranging this) Kevins…

Ahead of the UK premiere of LEVEL 16 at Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow 2019, director Danishka Esterhazy tells us about the long journey to get her film made, the empowering nature of female friendship and her love for Sci-fi. Danishka Esterhazy on the set of LEVEL 16   It has been 10 years since first…

Kelley Costigan, Actor, Director, Pole Dancer, Fencer, Performance Combatant, Adventurer, & Pirate.  (Hmm I do need to ask more details on her career as a Pirate at some point) With appearances in a huge range of shows such as BBC’s Lorna Doone, TV’s Casualty, and films such as High Heels and Low Lifes, and more…

Spanish Actress Tania Lamata takes some time out from her work to answer the Spending Time With… Season 3 questions for frompage2screen.com. First appearing in Pazo De Familia  in 2015, Tania is building up a great resume of other roles, such as Retribution (2016) Urxencia Cero (2018) Eye for an Eye (2018) Gun city (2018) El…

The star of many films including Deranged and Dead Ringer, and also Ibiza Undead (screening this month on Horror Channel), Marcia Do Vales has taken a little time out from her always busy schedule to answer a few questions that of course do include the wonderfull crazy zombie film Ibiza Undead, a tale of young people…

Ahead of the Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of Attack of the Adult Babies, on Jan 5, 9pm, director Dominic Brunt and actor / producer partner Joanne Mitchell unpin the nappies and ‘pamper’ us with some great answers to our questions.   On the 5th of January, ATTACK OF THE ADULT BABIES will receive its UK TV…

Its been a little while since I managed to upload a new Spending Time With…article but what a great one this is to resume with and declare Season 3 of Spending Time With… OPEN! I managed (with the help of the wonderful Clint Morris) to get the Season 3 questions to the writer director of…

Her IMDB bio describes Judy Matheson as sophisticated, as elegant, as charismatic, and beautiful, And every one of those points is spot on and perfectly describes not only one of the most talented actresses around but also one of the nicest people around Judy Matheson is one of Hammers most iconic and talented ladies and…

Francesca Louise White is an actress from Oxfordshire, England and with has a steadily growing resume of credits in feature and short films, theatre, commercials, corporates, and music videos as well as print work..Francesca took some time to go through the Spending Time With…questions to add to an ever growing list of talented creative people…

Welcome to the latest creative soul who has agreed to participate in the online Spending Time With…series (Season 2). Mr Marc Price. Marc is a producer and director, perhaps best known for Colin (2008), Marc has been super busy working on Nightshooters, and also A Fistful of Lead but took some time out not only to chat a…

THE DARK is based on your Columbia University thesis short film. Was it a difficult process expanding it into a full-length feature? I never really saw this as a traditional short-to-feature type of deal, to be honest. My thesis film was my first real foray into genre filmmaking, so it was very much a trial-and-error…

What was it about Gavin Williams’s script for AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS you liked so much, and what did you add to make it more personal to you? Well, when I first read the script I thought: “How the hell am I going to make this!” It was like nothing I had ever seen before. I…

In the latest (but not the final) Spending Time With…Season 2 article, I struck up a Twitter conversation with filmmaker  Kristian A. Söderström, whos latest film Videoman is premiering at this years Arrow Video Frightfest. Kristian took the time to look over the Spending Time With…questions and send me back these great answers which Im…

You played a Street Demon in director Jason Lei Howden’s FrightFest favourite DEATHGASM. Is the New Zealand film community that small? I didn’t play a street demon; I am a street demon. The film community in NZ is small enough for most active people to know most other active people – but the genre scene…

What first attracted you to actor Gregory Blair’s script? When Templeheart gave me the script of HERETIKS (although it was a different title at the time), the one thing that really grabbed my interest was the opportunity to do a creepy period horror, set in 17th Century England. I’d already shot a war-set film, a…