Essex Indie production company TIS Films (I Scream on the Beach!, Video Shop Tales of Terror) have launched a new Indiegogo campaign for the horror-comedy film Pie-Thon, which will be included as part of the horror anthology feature HorrorScopes Volume 2: Chinese Zodiac. What is PIE-THON? PIE-THON is a satirical horror from TIS Films – it revolves around a pie eating contest that goes wrong when the pies are spiked with snakes – hilarity and horror ensues. It will be part of the horror anthology feature film HorrorScopes Vol. 2. We are looking to make PIE-THON really colourful and fun. HorrorScopes Vol.2…
Author: Philip Rogers
‘Limp’ is the 10th short film by independent film company ARK Pictures. The film is an absurd dark comedy about an off-kilter match-making event in a village hall. It addresses topics on mental health and social structure, as well as considering psychological and psychoanalytical concepts like unconscious desire. Their biggest and most ambitious film project to date, ARK Pictures hope to raise £10,000 through new crowdfunding platform Greenlit in order to get the film into production, to be able to pay the cast and crew, pay for the location, props and set. Actors Gary Trainor and Darren Kent have already…
The terror returns once again to Premiere Cinemas, as the Romford Horror Festival returns for its third year from February 23rd – 26th February. With its biggest line up yet audiences will have a choice between two screens where they will be able to view 102 features and shorts over the 4 days. The festival offers a variety of titles to cater all horror tastes from around the world, delivering a mixture of both classic films and new premiers. Budgets ranging from the low end of independent cinema to multi million epics. The festival includes several films from local filmmakers…
HB Films is delighted to support Horror-on-Sea Film Festival in its 10th year. Experience of previous festivals has shown that Paul and his team have fostered a very relaxed, welcoming, and supportive atmosphere, and they are keen to show that support to UK independent, low (or no) budget filmmakers, just as much as they are to overseas and larger budget productions. The principal of HB Films, Hill Burton, is also delighted to have been able to support the same filmmakers. He writes “Networking is so important to no budget filmmaking. It really is ‘who you know’ that helps – whether that…
Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired FIRENADO, a wildly unique new disaster movie from filmmakers Scott Jeffrey and Rhys Frake-Waterfield (Blood and Honey). The film, one to rival Geostorm and The Day After Tomorrow, tells of four scientists that uncover a ground-breaking technology capable of controlling weather. On the first use of the device, it malfunctions and creates a Fire Tornado. As the Firenado leaves a wake of destruction, the group assist in evacuating nearby residents but stumble upon into an organized crime home invasion. Stuck between a rock and a hard place; the group struggle to survive the two threats. “Scott and Rhys have…