What is it about the Punk movement you like so much? It informs so much of THE RANGER… I’m incredibly drawn to punk’s spirit of rebellion and its embracing of individuality. Growing up in the suburbs, there was so much pressure to fit in, to be seen as “normal,” and going to punk shows was…
Several years ago, I began watching more UK made films than I had previously viewed and reviewed. This was for two main reasons, one of them was because I felt that as a UK based film fan, who had embarked on his own podcast (which still runs to this day), and with my own…
When people ask you ‘so, what do you do?’ How do you introduce yourself? I either say I’m a filmmaker or I make movies. And sometimes I just say I’m a storyteller. What’s the first thing you do when you get on ‘set’ I say hello to everyone I see, then meet about…
As Spending Time With…Season 2 continues, its time to shine another spotlight on filmmaker Max Morrison, whos film The Firm is in full swing Directed and Written by Max the film will also star Adam Probets and is set and shot in Yorkshire,England. The story follows a lawyer’s alleged betrayal of one of his most notorious…
With many thanks firstly going out to October Coast, a wonderful PR company that is easily one of the best around that supports a wide range of creative people, they helped me get some time with filmmaker Mark Heidelberger who has taken part in Season 2 of Spending Time With… A great read for all…
With Season 1 of the online version of Spending Time With..being so popular, not only with those who took the time to answer the set questions that I fired over to them, but also with people who read the article and of course with myself for not only being able to read the answers typed…
With Season 1 of the online version of Spending Time With..being so popular, not only with those who took the time to answer the set questions that I fired over to them, but also with people who read the article and of course with myself for not only being able to read the answers typed…
This poster has such fond memories for me. It not only reminds me of a great, fun film that I have watched, reviewed, talked about and followed through its production, but it also introduced me to some of its cast and crew at San Diego Comic Con in 2016 (crikey, has it been that long).…
Writer/Director Michael Miller takes some time out to chat about not only his latest project Battalion, but also to give an insight into how he creates. Some people say that it’s hard enough to come up with a good movie idea, let alone a good, original movie idea. Did you toy with different concepts before…
What a great start to the new year, spending a little time learning about filmmaker Matt Mitchell, writer director of the film The Rizen, a tale of secret, occult experiments in the 1950s, a tale of Allied Forces and Arms races. Matt Mitchell, writer/director of The Rizen (out now via Uncork’d Entertainment), talks to us about…
An isolated cult prepare for the prophesied apocalypse in Patrick O’Bell’s frightening The Blessed Ones, now available on Amazon Prime from Wild Eye Releasing. An isolated cult hiding in a desert enclave prepare for an prophesied apocalypse, led by a charismatic Jim Jones-like leader. As the end of the world allegedly approaches, he binds them…
Baron Jay stars in The Condo, a new James Cullen Bressack-directed comedy currently doing the rounds on VOD. I managed to catch up with the amiable actor to discuss how the project came about, hurdles experienced along the way, and why reviews don’t matter as much as passion and integrity. Off the bat, tell us,…
As the year prepares to depart and new projects lie ahead, I thought I would find some time (which wasnt easy) to release the final article of the first season of Spending Time With… A companion piece to the video interviews that I have managed to host and edit and release in 2017 (including Tracey…
Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest film IT CAME FROM THE DESERT at the Horror Channel Frightfest Halloween event, director Marko Mäkilaakso shares his admiration for Roger Corman, love of B-Movies, spoofing and overcoming homeland obstacles IT CAME FROM THE DESERT is inspired by Cinemaware’s cult 1980s video game, which in turn was…
Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest film HOUSEWIFE at the Horror Channel Frightfest Halloween event, director Can Evrenol tells us why film is a ‘pervert’s art’, shares his feelings for Fulci and reveals his contribution to Horror Anthology The Field Guide To Evil. Was it important to make your follow-up film to BASKIN in…
FRANK MERLE, WRITER/DIRECTOR, #FROMJENNIFER #fromjennifer is released in September,and is the third chapter in the James Cullen Bressack-created film series. Lets speak to the man behind the film, Frank Merle. and learn more not only about Frank but also the work this talented guy does. Thanks to Frank for the chat and thanks to October…
Writer-director Keir Burrow’s critically acclaimed sci-fi masterpiece “Anti Matter” hits theaters and VOD this September from Uncork’d Entertainment. Experience “art-house psychological horror at its finest” (MovieCrypt.com) in a “stylish and intriguing” (Shadows on the Wall) take on “Alice in Wonderland”. Ana, an Oxford PhD student finds herself unable to build new memories following an experiment to…
Spending Time With…IAN TRUITNER – Director of “BEYOND THE TREK” Beam up one of the most exciting science-fiction adventures of the month, Beyond the Trek available September 5 from Screen Media. Winner of at least nine major film awards including Best Feature Films at the Los Angeles Movie Awards and Best Sci-Fi Feature at the…
Ahead of her eagerly awaited presence at Horror Channel FrightFest 2017, genre icon, actress & producer BARBARA CRAMPTON talks exclusively about her latest film Replace, battling chronic fatigue syndrome and her passion for supporting new talent. REPLACE raises questions about beauty, body image and growing older, issues that many feel plague the Hollywood movie industry. What is…
The Postman Always Rings Twice meets Drive in writer-director Armin Siljkovic’s neon-doused indie noir-thriller Death Waits for No Man. Expected to release late 2017/early 2018, it’s the unnerving and complex chronicle of a neon art collector that seduces a lone drifter into killing her abusive husband. Black Sails’ Angelique Pretorius headlines a cast that includes Bradley Snedeker, Corey Rieger…
Spending Time With…KEVIN INTERDONATO – BAD FRANK Acclaimed the world over, the thrilling Bad Frank has just hit VOD from Gravitas Ventures. I spoke to star Kevin Interdonato about the beloved part he was “bummed” to leave behind, how many hats he wore on the film, and the journey to distribution. Fantastic work on the…
One morning in September 2016, I took the bus to Manchester and headed for a ‘meeting’ that I had been looking forward to for quite a while. It wasn’t just that I was meeting up with a filmmaker (writer,producer, actor) that I had been a fan of for years, but it was also that I…
Lets have an online chat with Tony Germinario – Writer/Director of Bad Frank The Indie underdog making a worldwide impact, finally coming to VOD 7/7. Pre-Order Bad Frank on iTunes: http://apple.co/2r5inXu Headlined with a true Breakout Performance by Award-Winner Kevin Interdonato, and featuring electric support from Amanda Clayton (Bleed For This), Tom Sizemore (Twin Peaks, Saving…
Its a strange feeling making a film project of any kind. I know this from experience now, having nearly completed Experiencing Comic Con, and having actually completed the first ‘episode’ in the Spending Time With… series of conversational videos that once seemed like an idea, but now is an actual finished product. Spending Time…
If I ever invent time travel or at least be able to participate in time travel, I shall head back to mid 1985 and meet myself as a fourteen year old. Ill sit next to myself in the cinema on that particular week when i saw The Neverending Story not once, not twice, but three…
With over 35 screen credits to her name in the acting world (and countless more in the producing arena) I’ve always been a fan of Lucinda Rhodes-Thakrar having first seen her in the 2010 film Dead Cert, and then she seemed to pop up everywhere in my DVD collection with roles of various sizes in…
On the eve of Horror Channel’s UK premiere broadcast of SEE NO EVIL 2 on April 7, the Twisted Twins, Jen and Sylvia Soska, exclusively reveal their TV ambitions, the latest on their RABID remake and being huge WWE fans. It’s been while since we last chatted and apart from See No Evil 2 what…
Described as “Buffy meets Taggart”, Cops and Monsters follows Maya Hedges (and a whole host of other characters) in the world of working for the Paranormal Investigation Team Scotland, (PITS) who deal with Vampires and Werewolves in a new world. Welcome to “Cops and Monsters”, an on-going, award winning webseries from Scotland, UK The creator…
Where on earth do I start to talk about John Foutz. I have known this man for a few years now but we have never met. We have however spoken for dozens upon dozens of hours about most things film related. From films that John watches, to films that John works on (in a wide…
I’ve been a fan of this guys work for a couple of years now, and whilst his screen credits go back only to 2011, he has a great future ahead and great present and past filmography with powerful roles in the films Hooligan Legacy, and Undercover Hooligan which proudly sit on my DVD collection downstairs. as…
I had the chance to send over a short list of questions to Actress, Nicola Posener whos filmography is about as diverse as you can get, Ranging from a series regular on the hit UK Disney Channel series ‘Life Bites’,, to being the Female lead Teela, in the award winning 5-part fantasy franchise ‘Mythica’. Also stars…
After Claire’s mother dies, she and her husband move back to her childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back and bring unrest into the house. Claire soon finds herself in a fog of past and present when her imaginary friend from childhood begins haunting her memories. What…
Writer-director Keith Sutliff’s The Mason Brotherswill get a theatrical release, beginning in Los Angeles, April 14. The film, about a group of outlaws that attempt to reveal their brothers killer from a neighboring gang after being set up during a bank heist, features Brandon Pearson, Matthew Webb, Michael Whelan, Julien Cesario, Chris Park (Sons of…
Tom Green (Road Trip, Freddy got Fingered) and Shannen Doherty (Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210) star in the spine-chilling Bethany, from acclaimed filmmaker James Cullen Bressack (Pernicious, To Jennifer), After Claire’s mother dies, she and her husband move back to her childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back…
David Ryan Keith’s paranormal spooker GHOSTS OF DARKNESS premieres on digital March 7 from Uncork’d Entertainment. Two paranormal investigators are unexpectedly thrown together in the hope of solving a 100-year mystery. Locked for three nights in a house with a dark and unsettling past, the two investigators must put their differences to one side and…
Available on streaming platforms from February 14 2017, writer-director William Lu’s film centers on a late night courier who agrees to pick up the feisty daughter of an important client. The two youngsters subsequently form a close connection and spend two nights exploring LA’s local food scene while their romance blossoms. Chris Dinh (Play it…
Ahead of the World Premiere of his latest film BLOODLANDS at Horror Channel FrightFest Glasgow, Steven Kastrissios discusses the challenges of making the world’s first Albanian / Australian horror film. So what have you been doing in the eight years since making your amazing debut with THE HORSEMAN, a FrightFest favourite? Writing. I was just…
Are The Vicious Brothers still an entity? You’ve only co-directed ‘Grave Encounters’ under that moniker – ‘Extraterrestrial’ and ‘It Stains The Sands Red’ carry your separate credits. That’s the way you want it from now on? Our roles were just less defined when we made ‘Grave Encounters’ because we were both very young. If we…
When did your fascination for horror films begin? I’ve been interested in horror since being a young kid. I liked to be frightened, whether it be reading a scary book, or watching one of the Hammer House of Horrors. But it wasn’t until my 30’s that I really became fascinated with the whole genre after…
Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK premiere broadcast of WE ARE STILL HERE on Sat Jan 14, legendry actress Barbara Crampton talks exclusively on the revival of her career, her approach to challenging roles and why she loves the genre, but not the over-used label ‘Scream Queen’! Suddenly you are back in the genre spotlight after…