Archive for 2010
FrightFest 2010: My Little Adventure
I have a confession to make; originally the plan was to cover all five days of FrightFest with reviews and what not but a little devil on my shoulder called Gizumburger kept me away from my netbook AND the High Holborn seems to be in a void where 3G doesn’t seem to work despite being [...]
Frightfest Interview: Chad Lindberg (I Spit On Your Grave 2010/Supernatural)
Welcome to the church of Chad! Chad Lindberg of Supernatural fame has to be one of my favourite tweeters of all time because despite the amount of credits under his belt he still has time to ‘touch’ the common man. Yes I realise how dirty that sounded but I’m going with it. Chad takes the [...]
Piranha 3D – Theatrical Review
Distributor: Entertainment Film Distributors (EFD) UK Release Date: 20th August 2010 Certificate: 18 Running Time: 89 Minutes Director: Alexandre Aja Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Christopher Lloyd, Eli Roth, Kelly Brook In a plethora of horror that tries to take itself seriously, A Serbian Film, Martyrs, I Spit On Your Grave (2010) all set out to shock [...]
Basement – DVD Review
Distributor: Revolver Entertainment UK Release Date: 20th August 2010 Format: DVD & Bluray Certificate: 15 Running Time: 74 Minutes Director: Asham Kamboj Starring: Danny Dyer, Jimi Mistry, Kierston Wareing, Emily Beecham , Lois Winstone Special Features: Behind the scenes’ footage Interviews with Danny Dyer, Kierston Wareing, Jimi Mistry, Lois Winstone, Emily Beecham, Soraya Radford, Asham Kamboj [...]
The Final – DVD Review
Distributor: Chelsea Films UK Release Date: 23rd August 2010 Format: DVD Certificate: 18 Director: Joey Stewart Starring: Marc Donato, Jascha Washington, Whitney Hoy, Julin Well this is another FrightFest title, it was shown on July the 3rd when we all went to buy our tickets for the festival. The only problem was, the film at the [...]
14 Blades – DVD Review
Distributor: Icon Home Entertainment UK Release Date: 16th August 2010 Format: DVD & Bluray Certificate: 15 Director: Daniel Lee Starring: Donnie Yen, Wei Zhao, Damian Lau, Ma Wu, Sammo Hung, Kate Tsui Special Features: Cast & Crew Interviews The Blurb: The latest historical martial arts epic from Daniel Lee, the acclaimed director of ‘Three Kingdoms’ and ‘Dragon [...]
Invisible Target – DVD Review
Distributor: Cine Asia UK Release Date: 2nd August 2010 Format: DVD & Bluray Certificate: 15 Director: Benny Chan Starring: Nicholas Tse, Jaycee Chan Special Features: Audio commentary by stars Jaycee Chan, Shawn Yue, Andy On and Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan ‘Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making Of Invisible Target’ featurette Interview gallery (Benny Chan, Jaycee Chan, [...]
PreFrightFest DVD Review: Burning Bright
Distributor: Momentum Pictures UK Release Date: 6th September 2010 Format: DVD Certificate: 15 RRP: £12.99 Director: Carlos Brooks Starring: Charlie Tahan, Briana Evigan, Garret Dillahunt Special Features: Trailer How lucky am I that I now get to lie in on Friday morning of FrightFest? Burning Bright is showing on the discovery screen at this years FrightFest and let [...]
FrightFest Interview: Emily Booth (Actress/Presenter)
Emily Booth, Girl Gamer, Horror Fan, Actress, Presenter and Avid FrightFester. I remember my first FrightFest in 2007, it took me three days to actually ask for an autograph and a photo with Emily. It was a sad state of affairs when the friend who popped my FrightFest cherry kept saying to me “Stop being [...]
Frightfest: Kaboom Fizzles & Pops, Horror Channel Festival of Fright
It seems every year just before the festival, a film gets pulled and has to be replaced. Earlier this week we heard that Gregg Araki’s Kaboom! has been removed from the line up and replaced with a rather spiffy aussie flick called Damned By Dawn which has now been brought forward from the Frightfest All [...]