Containment is a new thriller for 2015 starring Lee Ross, Sheila Reid, Andrew Leung, Gabriel Senior, William Postlethwaite, Louise Brealey and Pippa Nixon. We spoke to director Neil Mcenery-West and the writer David Lemon about making the movie. Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FKDuayn6U8&list=UUzLsUDJ8n1RrSk5O_QrlqnA Follow the film on twitter: @Containment2015 When Mark (LEE ROSS), a failed artist estranged from his wife and son, wakes to find the doors and windows of his flat se...
Nov 06, 2014•52 min
Pollyanna McIntosh, star of Brit horror White Settlers, talks about her role in the film and writing and directing her own movie. White Settlers is out on DVD and VOD platforms now. "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this lic...
Oct 31, 2014•37 min
Tom Kerevan talks about his debut feature Tear Me Apart - a romantic/horror feature shot on location in North Cornwall in 2014. It's currently in post-production, but the story of how he came to make the movie and the process of producing is filled with lessons/experiences we can all learn from. http://www.tearmeapartmovie.com @cannibalfilms @TomKerevan "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Intro/Outro ...
Oct 23, 2014•49 min
Josh Saco (aka Cigarette Burns Cinema) has programmed a Pete Walker season at the Barbican, London and he joined us to talk about why he thinks this 70s exploitation fare is worthy of a retrospective. Full details and how to buy tickets is at https://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?id=1384 The Pete Walker season shows at 4pm every Saturday during November The Comeback (18) 4pm / + Introduction 1 Nov 14 House of Mortal Sin (18) 4pm / + Introduction by David McGillivray & Kim Newman 8 Nov ...
Oct 13, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Nathan Brookes & Bobby Lee Darby are two writer from the West Midlands who are writing scripts for WWE Pictures. Their first film, See No Evil 2, is out on VOD on 17 October and DVD/Blu Ray 20 October. Their second film, Lockdown, is in post production and is scheduled for release late 2015. Trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mNVk_k4-5g This was their first ever press interview - though you'd hardly tell. Britflicks are sure it won't be their last. https://www.facebook.com/SeeNoEvil...
Oct 08, 2014•30 min
Tea & Sangria's Peter Domankiewicz talks about writing, producing and directing his first film. What's more he talks about the inspiration he found living and working in Spain for more than five years. Trailer - http://youtu.be/6kUzk5Vgo3g "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-f...
Oct 01, 2014•1 hr 13 min
Writer Nicky Allt talks about taking his hit stage play One In Instanbul to the big screen, what compels him to write and the lessons learnt making his first feature film. Twitter - @ONIIMovie Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/oniimovie?fref=ts One Night In Instanbul in on at selected Odeon cinemas now - http://www.odeon.co.uk/films/one_night_in_istanbul/15415/ DVD is due out December 2014 "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativeco...
Sep 17, 2014•39 min
Mark Williams and Darren Perry talk about their documentary VHS Forever: Psychotronic People. It's a look back on the video tape revolution that happened in the 1980s and the collectors who still desire the analogue format. They also try to find the answer to the elusive question: What is a psychotronic movie? Before releasing it on DVD and download they are taking the film on tour. They two dates penned: Saturday 20 September - part of the The Good, The Bad and The Unseen presents VHS ALL-DAYER...
Sep 16, 2014•41 min
Gabe Turner, who is best known for his documentaries 'In The Hand Of The Gods' (2007) and 'The Class Of 92' (2013), talks to Britflicks about his first fictional feature film 'Guvnors'. Guvnors is out now at the cinemas and is due for release on DVD at the end of December 2014. "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attrib...
Sep 10, 2014•28 min
Long time film critic and entertainment journalist Adam Stephen Kelly (aka Britgeek for readers of Aint it Cool News) is on the podcast to talk about his accomplished directorial debut - the short film 'Done In' He also offers sound advice on how to get the best out of your crowd funding campaign and the power of collaborating with your cast and crew to ensure you make the best film possible. Adam's Twitter: @adz_kelly Film's Twitter: @DONEINmovie First look clip is now up on YouTube: https://ww...
Sep 04, 2014•53 min
Australian co-writer and director David Campbell talks to Britflicks about his directorial debut Lemon Tree Passage. See Lemon Tree Passage at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London Discovery Screen 1 Monday 25 August at 13:15 Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licenses/. Suppor...
Aug 20, 2014•28 min
Actor Jessica Cameron talks to Britflicks about her directorial debut - Truth Or Dare. This conversation is a real lesson for all low budget wannabe filmmakers out there as she covers such practicalities as fitting your cast and crew accommodation with your set to cut down travel time, casting before the script is complete to ensure you get the talent you want and so much more... and in the words of Jessica: "Killing people in a horror is fun." See Truth Or Dare at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Le...
Aug 16, 2014•34 min
Mitch Jenkins talks about collaborating with Alan Moore, the three and half years it has taken to pull Show Pieces together and so much more. See Show Pieces at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London Discovery Screen 2 Saturday 23 August at 15:15 Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-fr...
Aug 16, 2014•30 min
Fabrice Du Welz, writer and director of Alleluia, the second film in his Ardennes trilogy talks about the war zone that is directing a movie. Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licenses/. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/britflicks-com-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: h...
Aug 16, 2014•38 min
Writer, producer and director of Sleeping Room, John Shackleton talks about his directorial debut and short cuts from hell. See The Sleeping Room is at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London Discovery Screen 2 Saturday 23 August at 15:30 Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licens...
Aug 13, 2014•27 min
Writer and director Till Kleinert, previews his film of The Samurai, Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licenses/. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/britflicks-com-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/...
Aug 12, 2014•34 min
Writer and director of Faults, Riley Stearns, previews his debut feature film with Briflicks. When you've seen the movie pop over to Twitter and let him know what you thought @RileyStearns See Faults at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London Main Screen 1 Sunday 24 August ARROW VIDEO SCREEN - 3.30 pm THE FILM4 SCREEN - 11.00 am HORROR CHANNEL SCREEN - 13.30 pm Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Aug 12, 2014•37 min
Ivan Kavanagh, the writer/director of The Canal talks about taking his desire to make a horror film go from concept through to screen, not giving too much away too early etc Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licenses/. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/britflicks-com-podcast/do...
Aug 08, 2014•34 min
Luke Hyams is a the writer/director of this British horror film Xmoor. He takes us through from script to screen and the benefits of shooting in Northern Ireland - home of Game of Thrones. See Xmoor at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London Main Screen 1 Monday 25 August ARROW VIDEO SCREEN - 10.45 am THE FILM4 SCREEN - 1.15 pm HORROR CHANNEL SCREEN - 15:50 pm Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-f...
Aug 08, 2014•36 min
We speak to Stephen Lancellotti, writer of The Harvest - a film directed by John McNaughton - about developing the screenplay, the writer's role on set and much more. See The Harvest at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London Main Screen 1 Saturday 23 August ARROW VIDEO SCREEN - 1.20 pm THE FILM4 SCREEN - 3.35 pm HORROR CHANNEL SCREEN - 11.00 am Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN11...
Aug 08, 2014•27 min
Oliver Frampton, director and co-writer of The Forgotten talks about how working on - the now defunct British TV drama - The Bill inspired a horror film set on a disused London housing estate, filming by lamp light and much more. Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licenses/. Support this podc...
Aug 05, 2014•52 min
Rob Sprackling is a UK screenwriter known for films such as Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) and Gnomeo & Juliet (2011. He co-writes with long time writing partner John R Smith. In this podcast he shares his experiences of writing screenplays, writing credits on Hollywood movies, the difference between TV and Film writing and a children's book he's recently completed. For more see his website www.robsprackling.com Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a C...
Aug 02, 2014•35 min
Ben Loyd Holmes, Writer, Producer and Actor from Extinction talks us through the making of this ambitious monster picture. See Extinction at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London Discovery Screen 1 Sunday 24 August at 10:30 Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licenses/. Support ...
Jul 28, 2014•24 min
Ed Boase, writer and director of The Mirror talks us through the making of his low budget, based on a real life haunting, horror film. See The Mirror at Frightfest 2014 Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London Discovery Screen 2 Saturday 23 August at 18:10 Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100826. Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available atincompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licen...
Jul 28, 2014•47 min
NB. This podcast was originally record in August 2014 ahead of Film4Frightfest 2014. Jeremy Wooding, Director/Producer of Blood Moon talks us through the making of his ambitious gothic western horror movie. Blood Moon is to be released (VOD and Digital HD) on 5 October 2015 by StudioCanal. Ahead of that they are having a launch screening at The Genesis (Mile End, East London), Cinema One on 28 September 2015 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJNyRih-Lg Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks ...
Jul 28, 2014•35 min
Native is a low budget sci-fi starring Rupert Graves and Ella Kendrick. It was shot during the first half of July 2014 and Britflicks visited the Dagenham set and spoke with producers, the director, co-writers and work experience about making a movie. Part 1 - Neil Atkinson (co-writer/producer) and Jim Fitzsimmons (producer) Part 2 - Daniel Fitzsimmon (Director/co-writer Part 3/4 - Tales from some of the work experience amongst the crew Part 5 - Neil Atkinson - talking more specifically about th...
Jul 24, 2014•1 hr 15 min
In the week of the release of Video Nasties: Draconian Days - my first 5* review for Britflicks.com - I get to talk about this wonderful documentary and film censorship in general with writer/director Jake West. Draconian Days is the sequel documentary - spanning 1985-1999 - to Jake/Marc's critically acclaimed Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide. To get your triple DVD copy see http://www.nucleusfilms.com Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0...
Jul 17, 2014•1 hr 7 min
The Man Whose Mind Exploded is a documentary about Drako Zarharzar. He remembers working with Salvador Dali, but he doesn't remember yesterday. It's written and directed by Toby Amies and we were lucky enough to speak to him about his experiences and time spent with Drako. Toby says: "Funny, charming, exotic, and oblivious to others, at 76 he lives “completely in the now” following brain damage that robbed him of his ability to create memories." WWW.THEMANWHOSEMINDEXPLODED.COM TOBYAMIES.COM Fo...
Jul 09, 2014•44 min
Dummy Jim is a beautiful and profound documentary adaptation of James Duthie's self-published book - "I Cycled Into The Arctic Circle". We talk to the writer/director about his organic style of film making and the 12 year journey of discovery he's been through to bring us Dummy Jim. Tour dates around Scotland 6th - 18th July are at: http://tour.dummyjim.com For news of the Secret Showing in Glasgow in 18 July and the release later this year follow Matt Hulse via: https://www.facebook.com/DummyJi...
Jul 04, 2014•44 min
Britflicks bumped into Russell Would (Producer), James Pearcey (Producer) and Evrim Ersoy (Writer/Director), three quarters of Ne'er Do Well Films in Nice Airport on the way back from their first Cannes Film Festival... here is their story of how it went. Their website is http://neerdowellfilms.co.uk/n/ Also news of their film Abdullah - http://twitchfilm.com/2014/05/eerie-first-teaser-for-cabbie-thriller-abdullah.html Intro/Outro music: Gaslamp Funworks by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC A...
Jun 13, 2014•40 min
