Entries from September 2008

Behind The Screams

September 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments · Movie News

The Guvnor breaks the news that ‘Behind The Screams’, the 25 minute mini-feature about the making of ‘Stag Night of the Dead’ is to be premiered at the 2008 Leeds International Film Festival.

Ecky thump!

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Halloween Screening Cancelled

September 18th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Movie News

That ginger tosser James Bond has gone and booked all of the screens in Leicester Square. Outrageous! It’s Halloween. What would you rather see? A zombie movie or yet another James bloody Bond film…Grrrrrr…We’ve got the hump about this, let me tell you.

Oh wait. I do. In this post.

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Directors Diaries – Part 5

September 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Directors Diaries

After the horrendous start to filming, things couldn’t get any worse could they?

Oh yes. They certainly could and in this post Neil recounts the mutiny on Easter Sunday, the problems of shooting a zombie army with only ten people and how a pair of bollocks dropping off signified the end of filming.

Or did it?

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Directors Diaries – Part 4

September 1st, 2008 · Comments Off · Directors Diaries

The build up to the first Bentwaters shoot was pretty problematic but that was nothing compared with what was to come. Neil talks us through the first days shoot. A day which he refers to as the worst day of his life. A day which everyone else refers to as the Long Good Friday.

If you thought making an independent film was easy then you should have a read of this. The trials and tribulations of filmmaking all wrapped up into one bite sized chunk and believe me when I say that it gets worse. Much worse.

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