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Sleepaway Camp, Dead Campers And A Controversial Twist Ending Make Up This 80s Slasher

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Slasher movies, love them or hate them they have given birth to some of cinema’s most iconic characters, Jason from Friday The 13th, Freddy from Nightmare On Elm Street and of course Michael Myers from Halloween.

Sleepaway Camp didn’t become a cult favourite overnight, oh no… in fact critics hated it, calling a rip off Friday the 13th, it wasn’t until later on people started appreciating it.

It also was highly controversial, its depiction of same sex relationships and the portrayal of its villain were the subject of intense controversy.

It was the 80s where of course being gay was still frowned upon, remember this was the decade of the aids epidemic which saw over eleven thousand people die from the virus.

I don’t want to get political no, I’m here to talk about Sleepaway Camp, the film follows shy introverted Angela she and her cousin Ricky attend Camp Arawak for the summer, Angela becomes the target for bullies during her stay, mainly from fellow camper Meg and camp counsellor Judy.

Things go horribly wrong from here on out, the cook Artie attempts to molest Angela and he gets a vat of boiling hot water poured on him by an unseen force, camper Kenny and his friend Mike also mock Angela, Kenny’s body is found later on having drowned, both are ruled an accident by the camps owner Mel.

Another camper Billy picks on Angela and he is later killed after being stung to death by bees, Mel the owner of the camp now starts to believe there may be a killer afoot (better late than never Mel)

Angela begins dating another fellow camper Paul, after the two kiss Judy tries seducing him, Angela finds the two kissing and Paul tries really hard to explain himself, Judy and Meg shoo him away and throw Angela in the lake, she then has sand thrown at her by a group of small children.

Later that night one of the counsellors takes a small group of children in to the woods to camp for the night, after a few wake up wanting to go back due to being scared he takes them back to the main camp, Angela then hacks the four children who threw sand at her to death.

Mel suspects that Angela’s cousin Ricky is the killer, he later on is then killed by an arrow to the neck.

We then get a look at the villain, it is none other than Angela only there is something different about her, she is in fact… a boy! *gasp* yes Angela is none other than her thought to be dead brother Peter, who supposedly died during a boating accident seen at the start of the film, this rather creepy twist was the gateway that led to the controversy that surrounded the film.

Oh yeah remember the guy who had boiling hot water poured on him? Yeah well he has some rather questionable lines in this film starting with this one “look at all young fresh chickens” quite tame but then he follows it up with this doozy “where I come from we call them baldies”

I’ll let your mind do the wandering with that line, but I will leave you with this hint, he’s not talking about the hair on the children’s heads.

It’s gross, it’s grim and it is an actual line said in this movie.

Sleepaway Camp does what it says on the tin, it has kills, some tame and some gory, it has a brilliant slasher villain, it is brilliant to say the least, there are sequels but personally stick with the first three, they are good, avoid the modern day ones they are… not so good.

The acting dare I say is… campy and very very cheesy but it doesn’t ruin the film at all, it is by far my favourite horror movie series and one I can rewatch over and over again.

It gets a 10/10 from me, definitely check the first three films out, they are well worth checking out!

As always guys… catch ya later 🙂

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Evil Dead Rise: You’ll have a “grate” time with this absolute gorefest

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I love the Evil Dead franchise, from the very first one to the 2013 remake, I love it… when I heard they made a new one earlier this year I just had to check it out, and boy… it is disgusting.

From the very first scene it’s pretty damn clear what road this film is going to take, there are so many great kills in just this scene alone, including with a drone and they’re all… so graphic, I mean I had to practically watch this opening scene through my fingers, like I said there is a limit for me when it comes too gore.

The next part is pretty much family drama, two sisters and three kids living in a rundown apartment complex in LA, one of the kids finds the infamous necronomicon bound and wrapped in skin after a earthquake strikes the complex they live in, one of the sisters becomes possessed by the deadites and terrorises everyone.

Now… and this is a big now, let’s take the 2013 remake, remember the gore and how gross it was, right well this Evil Dead takes that gore and ramps it up too eleven, pulling zero punches, it doesn’t hold back.

We see eyes bitten out, one poor bastard chokes on it after it’s spat directly in to his mouth, poor innocent children flung and smashed in to a wall and a guys throat slit so bad you can actually see his Adams Apple fall out, like I said it doesn’t hold back.

You’ll notice I’ve misspelt great in the title, no that’s not a spelling error don’t worry, it’s a reference to one particular scene that had every one talking, some poor woman gets a cheese grater dragged up her leg, let’s just say I’m not ever looking at a cheese grater the same way.

I do love however the reference to one of my favourite horror films which was The Shining, the scene where the blood gushes out of the lift, that was a terrific touch (I had the biggest grin on my face)

I am going to admit however I did watch half of this film through my fingers, as I have said before it takes the gore from the 2013 remake and ramps it up to eleven.

The kills are graphic and horrifying as we’ve seen in most Evil Dead films but enough about the gore, let’s talk about the Deadites.

They are bloody scary in this flick, they don’t possess and attack you no, they mock you, they insult you they are brilliant, some of the insults I had tears in my eyes at a few of them, mainly this one and I quote “open the door like you open your legs you stinking groupie slut” it was so off the cuff, so unexpected that I couldn’t hold my laugh in, I was crying with laughter it was that good.

Evil Dead Rise is brilliant, albeit a little too gory for my taste but being an evil dead film I can’t fault it, it’s a great entry in the franchise, it’s every thing an evil dead film has… gore, demons and more.

Although the decision making some of these characters make are… questionable to say the least, either way it’s a great horror flick, and I will give it a… 7/10 it’s scary, it’s gory… it’s Evil Dead you can’t fault it can you.

But as always… catch ya later

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The Bay, Underrated Eco-Body Horror Delivers On Chills As Well As Gore

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Spooky season is nearly here! Can you believe how quick this year has gone, September already god it’s flown by, anyway with that being said spooky season brings not just Halloween but horror movies yay! And we’re starting off in underrated territory oooh, we’re kicking off with a film I like to call “Jaws meets Cabin Fever” it’s a film titled The Bay.

Released way back in 2012 I vaguely remember hearing about this film, it didn’t get decent marketing over here in the UK, all I saw was a bunch of trailers that really didn’t give a lot away, I really didn’t know what is was about, so I didn’t really care for it to be honest with you.

After a few years it started coming up on my recommendations, I saw someone talk about it and eventually I bit the bullet, ripped off that band-aid and watched it.

So the film is set in a fictional Chesapeake Bay town where the local corrupt mayor is hosting a luncheon with the townspeople, they complain that the local chicken farm is illegally dumping chicken excrement in to the water.

Two oceanographers find that the bay is forty percent lifeless, after running some tests they find that a parasite has been eating the marine life alive thus prompting an investigation, the mayor declines any thing is wrong and the annual Fourth of July celebrations commence.

Now this is where things go bad, we see various townspeople become violently ill… men, women and children become sick with lesions and blisters on their skin.

This is where the gore comes in, it’s disgusting, it’s gross it’s everything that Cabin Fever was, in fact it takes Cabin Fever and turns it up side down… let me explain.

Cabin Fever was quick, the virus ate away at you at such a rapid pace, The Bay slows it down with such a painful pace, you see bit by bit what these people endure and it’s… disgusting, the lesions and blisters are the first symptom, then you start going insane and then the parasites eat your tongue and emerge from your body.

It’s grim and it certainly is not pleasant viewing, what makes this film scary is the fact that this parasites actually exists… albeit it can’t attack humans as portrayed in the film, and it doesn’t eat the tongue of the fishes… although how they actually do it is still grim, they suck away at the blood until the tongue atrophies away, like I said it’s still grim, they really have zero interest in us humans

The isopods near enough wipe away the town, the CDC eventually work out what is causing the infections, but unfortunately it’s too little too late as the townspeople have succumbed to the infection, the mayor dies in a car accident because the medical staff have died and no one could come to rescue him, in what is the biggest dose of karma I have seen in a film.

The Bay is disgusting, it’s gross it’s… brilliant, and I didn’t know this until the end credits it’s directed by none other than Barry Levinson, you know… Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam and Wag The Dog… yeah that guy, in what is now his first and only horror film and boy what a film this is.

It’s everything a horror movie fan wants, jump scares, found footage, the whole film is like watching a documentary you get on discovery or nat geo, it works on so many levels and I think it’s why I loved this film so much is because everything worked.

There was no confusing subplot all you had was three main storylines, the townspeople, the doctors and nurses and a young couple with a newborn baby.

Okay well maybe this film does have subplots but they don’t confuse you in anyway shape or form, like I said… it works.

It’s one of my favourite found footage films now, it’s also my favourite sub genre of film, if there’s a found footage movie out I’m right there watching it.

It’s definitely worth a watch if your in to all the body horror stuff, although you do need a strong stomach to really get through this movie.

There is a few disturbing scenes, one is where you can literally hear the screams of people dying, and possibly the most disturbing part of the film is where two cops venture into a house and come across a family that have been robbed of their tongues by the isopods, it’s a digitally enhanced audio clip and it makes for disturbing viewing, especially as you can’t see what is going on, it’s left up too your imagination.

As I’ve said it’s worth a watch that is a given, it gets a 9/10 from me, it’s disgusting, it’s everything horror fans want and crave and then some.

As always… catch ya later 🙂

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Cobweb And Last Voyage Of The Demeter Double Feature!

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I am doing something I haven’t done before on this blog… review two movies in one! Two different films same genre… horror!

We’re going to start off with a film called Cobweb which is set in the present day (that will make sense trust me) the film follows a family that consists of the mum Carol (played by Lizzy Caplan) the dad Mark (played by Anthony Starr) and their eight year old son Peter (played by Woody Norman)

Peter one night starts hearing a mysterious knocking sound in his bedroom walls and tries too investigate what it could be.

Now… the premise itself is great, it starts so well but rapidly goes downhill from around the halfway mark, I won’t spoil anything but the end feels like a massive letdown, in a sense that you’ve been guessing and guessing as too who could be doing the mysterious knocking.

It’s certainly scary that’s a given, there are a few jump scares that were rather unsuspecting, but… and this is a big but, it’s a good but… the acting.

The two adult leads are brilliant, Anthony Starr who plays Homelander on Amazons The Boys is great in this, as is Lizzy Caplan who plays Peter’s Mum, Woody Norman is slowly becoming one of the best child actors out there as he is fantastic in this, he steals every scene he is in, a terrific actor indeed.

There is a few gory moments and I want too talk about one of the scenes in particular, Peter is getting bullied by a kid in his class named Brian (I’d love to know what his parents were thinking when naming him because who in todays world calls their baby Brian) controversial opinion I know.

Brian is played by Luke Busey, trust me don’t get attached to his character he don’t last long.

Anyway it’s set during Halloween and Peter puts out a pumpkin he has carved, Brian and his classmates come over and destroy it, long story short he ends up breaking his leg somehow and vows to get revenge on Peter,

He turns up at his house late at night with his cousins and completely wrecks Peters Home.

The demon in the walls makes an appearance and… well let’s just say she butchers them to death in gruesome fashion.

It’s grim and it’s gross, I don’t normally enjoy watching children die in films, the worst culprit was the movie Clown which I have reviewed in the past and you can check that out here

Clown, A Disgusting, Disturbing And Down Right Gory Ass Horror Flick

Cobweb gets a 6/10… it’s scary there’s no doubt about that but it’s a massive letdown come the end credits, the acting in this however is great!

Last Voyage Of The Demeter

Now… this has been on my radar since the trailer dropped last month, Dracula is one of the most famous and iconic movie characters in film history, we’ve so many portrayals of the vampire, so many film adaptations of him, most famously by Bela Lugosi back in the thirties.

This film however takes Dracula and transports him on a ship called the Demeter, it’s based on the chapter The Captains Log from of course Dracula written by Bram Stoker.

Oh boy oh boy, if I could describe this film it would have to be if Alien was set on a ship, it’s claustrophobic… it’s spooky… it’s… utterly terrifying, Dracula is played by Javier Botet, who when you look at his filmography has played various horror movie villains, he played the leper in 2017s It, the crooked man in The Conjuring 2 and of course the terrifying Tristana Medeiros in the Spanish film REC.

The film also stars Liam Cunningham as the captain of the Demeter, Corey Hawkins as a doctor called Clemens who tries desperately to become a crew member aboard the Demeter.

The jump scares come thick and fast, the tension is so damn high, it’s definitely a scary film there’s no doubt about that, the deaths are… well, their pretty much what you expect from a vampire horror, all except for one poor bugger who gets his face smashed in repeatedly by Dracula.

Now obviously some crew members do get bitten and we see them as the sun rises burn too death, that’s pretty grim as well, although the effects do look a bit cheesy that’s about the only downside this movie has other than that it’s great.

The acting is pretty much what you’d expect, nothing to write home about but it’s decent, there’s no standout performance in my opinion they all do a good job so there’s that.

The other issue I did have with this film was not only the special effects but the lighting too, now I don’t dabble too much with lighting in films but if you make a horror that’s mostly set during the night you need great lighting.

I did find myself struggling to see a few things here and there I don’t know maybe my eyes need testing again or something, let me know if you found it dark or was it just me.

I’ll give this film an 8/10 it was scary it was intense, it had everything really, just the special effects were a bit of a letdown, and the lighting as well, again as I said if you set a horror film at night then you need some decent lighting, don’t go down the AVP: Requiem route (we all remember how dark that one was)

I will maybe do this again, sort of a double feature kind of, I’m always watching new movies whenever I get the time too, anyway on that note as always… catch ya later 🙂

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The Black Phone, Kidnappings, Murders And Ghosts Make One Creepy Movie

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Now this was advertised almost everywhere when it was released last year, I saw it on buses, bus stops, billboards, social media such as Facebook and TikTok, I wanted to go see it at the cinema because it was getting rave reviews from audiences and critics alike, but alas no one wanted to go, so tonight I saw it on demand and downloaded it as quick as anything!

So the film follows Finney played by Mason Thames, (who by the way is brilliant in this) he’s a middle schooler who has a sister with psychic abilities and lives with his abusive alcoholic dad, he is also frequently bullied and harassed at school as well.

The film is set in 1978 where a child abductor and murderer known only as “The Grabber” (played by Ethan Hawke) lurks down the suburbs of Denver preying on the local children, Finney becomes his latest victim, drugged and thrown in the back of a van he awakes in a sound proof basement with nothing but himself and an old black rotary phone.

Now this is where the film takes an absolute brilliant and downright creepy turn as finney hears the phone ring and speaks to the grabbers past victims, we hear from a paperboy, a bully, Finney’s classmate and friend, and a little boy named Griffin.

Each victim gives Finney little hints as to how to escape, each hint represents how they tried to escape.

Griffin wrote a combination for a lock on the wall in the basement so he wouldn’t of forgotten it.

The paper boy (Billy) tells Finney to use a piece of wire to try and get a grate off of a window.

And a kid who was on a rival baseball team Finney played against at the start of the film tells him to dig underneath one of the tiles.

Now remember those because they play a vital part at the end of the film, now remember I mentioned Finneys sister had psychic powers? Well she has dreams that show her how each kid was kidnapped, she then tries to work out where The Grabbers home is located, eventually she does and leads the local police department too the house.

Finney ends up standing up to the grabber after receiving advice from his best friend and last victim named Robin, he teaches Finney too fill the phone with dirt and punch The Grabber with it.

Eventually he kills the grabber with the hints the victims gave him throughout the film, and is then reunited with his sister Gwen.

Now… I had heard about Ethan Hawkes performance and how terrifying it was, boy are they right, he is absolutely creepy in this film, the masks he uses to hide his face are nothing but nightmare fuel for your eyes, you can definitely tell he had fun with this role.

As for Mason Thames’s role, wow! He is fantastic as Finney, you really begin to sympathise with him as he tries everything to escape, even when you think he makes it out your heart is racing and going a thousand miles per hour.

The films lack of jump scares is a treat too, there’s roughly about two maybe even three in this flick, which is really refreshing as I can’t stand certain horror movies that just rely heavily on jump scares, the rest is heart pounding tension and edge of your seat thrills that will leave you breathless.

It’s worth a watch that’s a given, also make sure to check out the book that this film is based on, I’ve heard it’s a faithful adaptation which is great to hear as well!

10/10 I’m giving The Black Phone, it’s creepy but so worth a watch mainly for Ethan Hawke and Mason Thames’s performances, honestly I can’t mention that enough! Definitely give this film a watch, you won’t regret it!

As always until next time… catch ya later 🙂

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Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey… Why?

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On January first 2022 the 1926 novel of Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain, enter this guy Rhys Frake-Waterfield.

I want whatever he is on, because not only has he single-handedly turned our beloved woodland creatures in to cannibalistic, psychopathic murdering machines he has come out and said that he plans to make a shared universe with… Bambi and Peter Pan, ladies and gentlemen we are getting a multiverse that no one has asked for and one we don’t even need.

But anyway let’s dive in to possibly one of the most unintentionally hilarious horror films of this year.

Prepare yourself, because the plot I am about to dive in to is real… this isn’t some weird fever dream, this is an actual movie, someone has actually made this film… that being said let’s begin.

So we’re all familiar with Christopher Robin and Winnie The Pooh right? They hung out in the one hundred acre wood with Tigger, Rabbit, Owl and Piglet, right well Christopher brings them food for them to survive, he then heads off to college to study to become a doctor.

Pooh and the gang grow hungry during the winter and end up turning to cannibalism and savagely eat Eeyore alive.

I certainly did not have that on my 2023 bingo card but yet here we are!

It’s all downhill from there, I don’t even know where to begin with this film, I think the one question on mine and everyone else’s mind is… why?

Why take a beloved children’s character that so many generations have grown up watching and reading and turn him in to something like… this!

There isn’t even a justifiable reason why Winnie the Pooh kills in this film, Christopher just simply grew up, he grew up went to college I mean what sixteen year old do you know that has imaginary friends that live in the woods… not many.

You are probably thinking right now “you are reading way to much in to this dude, it’s a film enjoy it” maybe I am but still in a way I’m not wrong.

Blood and Honey is everything that is wrong with public domain movies, filmmakers make these films and then wonder why people hated it, I mean they received death threats from die hard Winnie the Pooh fans, yet they still went ahead and released it… it earned a dire 3% on rotten tomatoes.

Critics said that there’s zero coherent story, and the production value is bad, they’re not wrong it shows, however there is a plus… it does have a good slasher element to it and some kills are dare I say it brilliant, gory but brilliant.

Sadly that’s the only plus that’s in this film, it gets a very rare 0/10 from me, it’s bad that’s all you need to know.

As always catch ya later 🙂

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Barbarian, An Absolutely Terrifying AirBnb Horror

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I heard about this when it came out, didn’t go cinema to see it but I had heard very good things about it, when it was available on Disney+ I went in completely blind and was blown away by just how scary it was.

Barbarian follows a woman named Tess checks in to an AirBnb only to find it’s been double booked, enter Keith who has to now share the home with Tess.

We get a couple of bits of dialogue between the two as well as a bit of background for each character, Tess the next morning heads to a job interview and is warned not to go back to the house.

This ladies and gentleman is where we get the first unpredictable moment in the film, Tess heads back, sees a hidden room in the basement, she finds a stained mattress and a bloody handprint, someone else is in this house.

After finding Keith he goes and investigates the hidden subterranean tunnel, when he doesn’t return Tess goes and finds him, badly beaten he is then killed by a deformed woman known as The Mother.

Mother turns out is a woman who back in the 80s was kidnapped and cruelly tortured by a man named Frank.

This is where we meet the homes current owner AJ, a disgraced sitcom actor accused of raping his female Co star, to afford the extortionate legal fees he is told he needs to sell some of his assets, the Airbnb home included.

He heads to the home and works out the value, discovering the tunnel he now believes this hidden secret room will now up the value.

He discovers Tess who is being held captive by Mother, AJ is then dragged away by her and forced to be breastfed by her, it turns out that the mother wants AJ and Tess to be her children.

AJ escapes mother and finds another doorway, this doorway mother seems scared to go near, opening it we meet Frank, AJ believes Frank to be another victim of mother and tells him he’s going to help him, then Franks true nature is revealed and he winds up killings himself.

AJ and Tess manage to get away with the help of a homeless man, mother promptly deals with him and kills him in a rather gruesome fashion, the two climb up a water tower where AJ pushes Tess off in order to save himself, mother saves Tess and goes all game of thrones on AJ and breaks his skull.

Cradling Tess mother sheds a tear, Tess then kills Mother by shooting her with Franks revolver.

We are then treated to one of the most out of place songs in this film, Be My Baby by The Ronettes as the credits roll.

I honestly wasn’t expecting this film to be really good, I was really surprised by it, I saw the trailer and it didn’t give anything away, it led me to believe that Keith (played by Bill Skarsgård) was the villain, but alas it took a route I really was not fully prepared for.

Mother is by far one of the most terrifying monsters I’ve seen in any horror movie (the entity in Smile is a close second) the way she looked from the first moment you saw her is truly the stuff of nightmares.

The scares were brilliant as well, most horror films really use the jump scare to death, but this film relies on tension as well as couple of jump scares here and there, it doesn’t overdo it which I found to be a massive breath of fresh air.

If you love horror then Barbarian is definitely a go too film for you, it has everything… a terrifying monster, terrific scares and a ton of tension enough to put anyone on the edge of their seat, it gets a massive 10/10 from me, check it out you honestly won’t be disappointed!

As always… catch ya later 🙂

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Interview With Award Winning Short Film Director Jack RH O’Sullivan.

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I had the privilege of sitting down earlier this week with an award winning short film director, he has directed films such as the award winning short Tourette’s And I, and the short crime thriller Injustice, I had spoken to him via his Instagram about his recent work, as well as his upcoming film The Projectionist which begins shooting this June.

Tourette’s and I, where did the idea for the story come from, like what made you wake up one morning and say “you know what I’m going to make a film about this Tourette’s?

“I’ve always wanted to make a movie about it, but never felt I was ready or the time was right. It wasn’t till we saw we had an audience at film festivals with PsychoPath, I felt we can really show awareness internationally. I wanted to make a film based on my life experiences with Tourettes, and when I finally knew we had an audience, and a crew all dedicated to bringing the story to life, I knew we were ready”

Growing up with Tourette’s how did you cope as a child/teenager with it?

“I struggled with it badly, it really made life hard growing up, very tense fears when leaving the house to go out to school, college and uni. It was painful with the tics, always in pain. But I’ve accepted it now, making the film was very cathartic”

I can imagine, you say you’re a massive movie buff who would you say your big sort of influences are when filmmaking

“Georges Méliès, Wes Anderson, Spielberg, Nolan, Jean- Luc Goddard, Shane Meadows”

Wide array of filmmakers there, some current and some old I like that, Georges Méliès that’s quite impressive what drew you to him?

“1902’s Trip to the Moon, the film that inspired me to direct. I love how he was part of the beginning of special visuals effects and the way without sound, you are still engaged to his movies via visuals and artistry”

I love that, let’s propel ourselves let’s say ten years in to the future where do you see yourself then?

“I’d like to see myself making a feature for theatrical distribution. Get films in Cannes and Venice Film Festival, which is what we’re planning with my next short film”

Very ambitious I love that! When you released Tourette’s and I did you ever anticipate the reception that it got?

“I didn’t no, I was overwhelmed, it meant a lot people wanted to listen and see what life with the condition is like. Made me very happy”

I bet! When you got the email or however you found out regarding the first award what was that like, surely that must’ve been overwhelming?

“I was so overwhelmed, I got an email saying we won both best drama short and best trailer at the same festival, it was amazing. People really responded to the movie and its emotional arc”

And which festival was that?

“The Europe Film Festival”

You also won awards in various other countries again what was that like hearing that you reached other countries?

“It was a great feeling, we had reached so many people all over the globe, people really accept the awareness, and awarding the film, was helpful in spreading said awareness”

You have another film in the works titled The Projectionist, in which you describe as a love letter to cinema, tell me… what was the inspiration behind this project?

“Always been fascinated with film and the power of cinema. The film is a character study in mental health and how cinema can be a powerful tool to help. It helped me when depressed, so I wanted to do a film that showcased both”

Reminds me of Cinema Paradiso was that one of your inspirations for this film?

“It was indeed yes”

You said earlier that Spielberg was one of your inspirations, I take it you have watched The Fablemans if so that and Cinema Paradiso would you safely say they were your top inspirations for this project?

“Those two, and the smallest show on Earth”

I can’t say I’ve heard of that one who directed it and how was that an inspiration?

“Its an 1957 British comedy film, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Peter Sellars, its a comedy about a run down cinema, our film isn’t a comedy its a drama, but Sellars plays a Projectionist in the film who has his own emotional issues, like ours, oh and empire of light for the visual influences”

If you could give one piece of advice to aspiring filmmakers out there what would it be?

“Make movies, get your phone or camera, make a movie, submit to festivals on FilmFreeway, there’s loads of free ones as well as paid ones, but that’s what we did, we tried to break in the industry for years, but we make our films, submit to festivals and that’s how we broke in. You got a film studio In your pocket, our next film is shot on iPhones, you can do the same”

Random question to wrap up here, as a child was your dream always to be a director?

“It was since I was seven and a half”

it’s been an absolute pleasure, for the record the projectionist starts shooting in June when can we expect it to be released?

“Late this year early next year, maybe even New Year’s Day”

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The French Dispatch, You Cannot Get Any More Wes Anderson Than This Flick

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I absolutely love Wes Anderson, his style of filmmaking is fantastic, the symmetrical shots, the colour pallets he uses, it’s a treat for the eyes that is for sure.

The French Dispatch is an homage to the world of journalism and journalists, each of the characters you meet is based off of real journalists who worked at the company The New Yorker, a rather popular weekly magazine that covers a whole variety of topics, from politics to the fine arts and culture, even works of fiction, poetry and cartoons have appeared in the magazine.

The readership for this magazine are diverse but mostly they’re affluent and culturally savvy people.

What I love about this film is it definitely feels like a Wes Anderson movie, it has the trademarks seen in most of his films, the perfect symmetrical scenes that are just so satisfying in a rather odd way, it’s dare I say it but… an OCD sufferers dream.

Let me explain.

Everything in the shot fits like a glove, perfect… in fact so practically perfect you see everything that’s going on in the scene, it’s so organised that it’s a treat not only for your eyes but for your brain as well, everything works so well that… there’s no need to nitpick at all.

The plots to his films are absurd but again they work so well, The Life Aquatic, Bill Murray’s character Steve Zissou goes after the shark that killed his best mate and partner, it’s a revenge story but done in the most Wes Anderson style way.

The Grand Budapest, Ralph Fiennes plays a famed concierge named Mr. Gustave who is framed for the murder of a rich widower played by Tilda Swinton, again it’s practically perfect.

What I find baffling is… he has never ever won an Oscar… sure they have been nominated but he’s never won, which in my eyes is criminal, he brings such a quirky take to making films, I think that is why I am such a fan of his, because his films are so pleasing to watch, so eye catching, so… perfect.

The French Dispatch is really good, I really recommend it, if your a fan already of his work your in for treat, if it’s your first film by him… well then you are also in for a treat, a solid 10/10 for me.

Until next time… catch ya later 🙂

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Avatar, Are The Sequels Really Needed

Posted on by jadedsteelereviews

Avatar: The Way Of The Water has hit theatres, twelve years after the first film was released, we’re expected to get not one more, no not two more, definitely not three more… five more Avatar movies!

Yes ladies and gentlemen five Avatar movies are being made, we have the first two done and dusted we just need the other three to wrap things up.

This brings me on to entire point of this post, are the sequels really needed.

No.

Avatar saw groundbreaking CGI, no one had ever seen CGI like it in 2009 and critics loved it, just look at the consensus on Rotten Tomatoes

“It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron’s singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking”

The film was hailed as a new way to see CGI in movies, it was as I said groundbreaking, it did usher in 3D cinema (look how long that lasted)

3D cinema died a slow painful death, it was expensive to shoot in 3D and those glasses… expensive as well.

Now of course we still have 3D movies in the form of 4DX, yes while that is still relatively expensive it is definitely worth the price of admission.

But I digress, let’s get back to Avatar.

The way the first film ended, Jake as we remember became one with his avatar, the humans failed to achieve what they set out to do, which was as we know to mine unobtainium, the villain died, so he’s not coming back after getting shot by two arrows, he practically ceases to exist anymore.

They bought him back! Yes ladies and gentlemen Stephen Lang’s character is back, why you may ask, well your guess is as good as mine and that is… I don’t know.

He’s now an AI sending the humans back to Pandora! (Because it worked so well first time round for them didn’t it) seriously I don’t get it either but James “money bags” Cameron certainly gets it.

As I’ve stated before, the way the first film ended there was no need for a sequel, let alone five more.

The box office well let’s just say it was below expectations, that’s a big oh dear as they were hoping for big numbers, it’s tenth in the highest grossing movies of this year and Cameron came out and estimated that due to the films near record breaking budget, it would have to be in the top eight highest grossing films in history, and that’s just to break even.

So in answer to this question and that is are the sequels needed, the answer as I have stated is a simple resounding… no… they are not needed at all.

Anyway guys as always catch ya later 🙂

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