Women in Horror Spotlight - Roxanne Benjamin's Body at Brighton Rock

So the other night whilst having a wee nosey through Shudder, I noticed that Roxanne Benjamin's feature debut, Body at Brighton Rock had recently been added.  Having loved her anthology segments in XX and V-H-S, I have been looking forward to this since it was released last year.  

Wendy, a part-time summer employee at a mountainous state park, takes on a rough trail assignment at the end of the season, trying to prove to her friends that she's capable enough to do the job. When she takes a wrong turn and ends up deep in the backcountry, she stumbles upon what might be a potential crime scene. Stuck with no communication after losing her radio and with orders to guard the site, Wendy must fight the urge to run and do the harder job of staying put - spending the night deep in the wilderness, facing down her worst fears and proving to everyone - including herself - that she's made of stronger stuff than they think she is.



So often in horror; situations, as well as individuals, are hyper exaggerated to fit a certain narrative.  What we have in Body at Brighton Rock, however, is the simple premise of a likeable young girl, on a mission to prove to her friends and co-workers that she's just as capable as them when it comes to getting out and about in the woods to complete the assignments that are part of their job.  It's a beautiful sunny day, she has her music and the flyers she needs to go and put up around the park...what could go wrong!?  

The beauty of nature is how cruel and unforgiving it can be.  All it really takes is one wrong turn, or a foot in the wrong direction, to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and shit hits the fan.  This is what I loved so much about this film, Roxanne Benjamin's appreciation of nature, of its beauty, but also that of why we need to respect it on every level.

In horror, we largely experience "terrifying" situations that happen at night.  The creaking of trees, shadows in the moonlight, ominous noises that are usually probably just that of some cute forest/farm animal....or they could be something bigger!!  These kinds of thoughts totally play on our minds, I don't think it matters who we are.  But have you ever been lost in the woods during the day? Or coming back from hiking as the sun starts to set?  This can be equally as creepy, and Body at Brighton Rock absolutely nails the daylight tension just as effectively as that of the dark.  The mind truly is a place of its own and Karina Fontes excels in leading a film that primarily plays on the places our minds wander to when alone in an isolated place...or worse...when stuck with a corpse in an isolated place! 

Don't really want to say too much more but definitely recommend checking this out and the end made me smile...like, a lot!!  For those of you in the UK, it's on Shudder, but I'm not actually sure about outside the UK. 

Ps. I got some total mad The Trouble with Harry vibes whilst watching this film and would love to know if Roxanne Benjamin is a fan of this underrated Hitchcock gem.

Women In Horror Spotlight - Revisiting Jen Moss's The Morning After, Starring Kate Nash

After being invited to take part in a new book on women in horror, I've been thinking a lot about some of my favourite films that I have screened over the years.  It's inspiring to see just how far women have come since Hannah Neurotica started this movement, so much has been accomplished, but there is still a long way to go yet.  With that in mind, I have decided to take a look back over some of my favourite films over the years, from those that I have screened, to those that I just bloody well love!  I'll be sure to share links as to where you can watch/buy said films too.  :) 

So first up, Jen Moss's The Morning After.  Starring singer Kate Nash in what would be her most excellent debut film role, The Morning After was a film that I instantly loved due to its quirky dark humour focusing on addiction...with a twist! ;) Check it out, and let me know what you think! 

The Morning After from Jen Moss on Vimeo.

I found a recent podcast where Jen Moss talks about her job as director of music supervision at Warner Music, where she helps to create the musical soundscape of films and has worked on a variety of films including genre films Prevenge, 47 Metres Down and Malevolent, as well as various non-horror films such as I, Tonya and American Animals amongst others.  It provides a really interesting look into a side of the industry that we don't often hear about.  I love how Jen gives a shoutout to Prevenge's Alice Lowe at the end as well.  You can check out the podcast here. 

On top of still doing music and soundtracks and stuff, Kate Nash has continued to act, most recently with a prominent role in Netflix's super popular female wrestling show GLOW.  

Oooh, also one of the things I absolutely adore about Kate Nash...she loves bunnies!  Found this really great interview with her earlier where she talks bunnies, mental health and Veganism, it's well worth a read and encompasses so much of what I love in life. 

Where it Dwells - Female Driven Scottish Student Home Invasion Film Needs Your Help!

Where it Dwells is the final graduation project of Screen Academy Scotland student Kayleigh Boyd, starring Saskia Ashdown and produced by Sunrise Ishimwe.  Having seen a rough cut of the film, I think we have something really special here that would go down a treat with film festival viewers, that would also really gives audiences a great insight into what this young Scot is capable of.

Putting a twist on the classic home invasion story, Where it Dwells is a short film that pays homage to films like Hush, The Shining and Memento.  There is a beautiful subtlety to it.  One that makes for a short film that is genuinely eerie and quietly disturbing....which makes it all the more effective and most certainly gives it the potential to be fleshed out into a full feature.

Saskia Ashdown gives a beautiful and very understated performance.  When paired with Boyd's tight script and excellent direction, complimented by cinematographer Stuart's wonderful attention to visual detail, everything jells together perfectly.  

I'm always particularly happy to see Scottish chicks making horror films (these are my people after all!) as it still is very much a massive sausage fest in this country, that I really hope that folks will get behind Kayleigh and see just what she has to offer.  

Kayleigh and her cast and crew are currently raising funds to help complete post-production on the film and to use anything left over to go towards film festival submission charges and are looking for backers.  If this is something you would be interested in getting behind, you can check out their IndieGoGo campaign here.  

Women in Horror Spotlight - Melanie Light

One of the things that I have always loved about women in horror, is that there are so many incredible women that have used their voice and their art to speak out about various social justice issues in our society.  

With the dairy industry responding to Veganuary with their Februdairy campaign, Melanie Light's The Herd is absolutely my favourite film to kick off Women in Horror Month!

First and foremost, Melanie is an awesome fucking individual, end of.  For everything that I believe in, I feel that she's one of my total girly soulmates.  Through her art, she totally expresses the way that I think and feel about so much, and in a way, that I have yet to be able to even properly express myself.  That makes her a true inspiration in my eyes, and also why I think everyone needs to see her work. 

A little while ago, one of my young staff members had been asking for scary films to watch, I sent him a link to The Herd.  It genuinely got to him.  So much so that when one of our friends asked just last week for us to recommend scary films to him, I was asked the name of the film I had recommended to his bud and re-shared the link.  I got some really awesome feedback with people asking for me to recommend more films like that, and others checking out Melanie's other work on their own and absolutely loving it which was really awesome to hear.

The thing with The Herd, is that to "normal" society (don't even know what the fuck that means, haha), the dairy industry is totally cool and what's wrong with "milkin' a coo" and all that?!  When you show them it from a human perspective, from the truly non-specist point of view, it suddenly becomes this utterly horrific and brutal situation that they wouldn't wish on their worst enemy!  It's really weird.  

I feel that Melanie encaptures everything here, from animal rights to feminism and how society deems those they feel are "lesser creatures" (animals and humans), and in the most beautifully graphic and on point way possible.  This is one of the films I recommend the most when people ask me to recommend stuff to watch.  I love films that are not only wonderfully dark but dark for a purpose, because they reflect society's general human acceptance of the most twisted of things.     

Please watch The Herd, have a wee think about it and then be sure to let me know your thoughts! :)  

Want to know what is probably the most truly inspirational thing about this awesome chick....she literally went from making films about serial killers to animal rights with her feminist art.  Don't think I need to point out the beautiful irony and wonder of this.  Melanie is awesome and so incredibly fearless in her fight to end cruelty to both animals and women, end of!  We need more Light in our lives! <3  

If you like The Herd, or are curious about Melanie's film growth, then please be sure to check out her website.   If you are particularly wanting to see more animal rights stuff, then definitely check out The Skin You're In on her website, as well as Vimeo.  Also be totally sure to check out Switch and Escape for lots of killer goodness as well!

Oooh, side note.....these are just Melanie's amazing films that she's done herself, she has also worked on a shit load of awesome films including The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Cockneys vs Zombies, Doghouse and Centurian. 

Her most recent work is Crispian Mills new film, Slaughterhouse Rulz.  Yup, the Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker for all y'all 90's kids like moi, haha.  He's also the Crispian who wrote the brilliant and severely underrated A Fantastic Fear of Everything, and is getting us Simon Pegg and Nick Frost back together, woohoo! :)  

Just to balance out the dark subject matter though, I think we need some Melanie doing work with the Animal Justice Project showing that happiness is truly being covered in piglets! :)

"Happiness is being covered in piglets" from Florence Pellacani on Vimeo.

Jennifer's Bodies 2017 Official Selection - Sophia Cacciola starring With Whip, from Lianne O'Shea!

Sophia Cacciola is one powerhouse of a lady!  And a Vegan one at that!  This filmmaker/actress/musician has been done so much within the past ten years, it's hard to keep up.

For me personally, first and foremost it was her film TEN that first got my attention.  Ten was awesome!  And not only did Sophia write and direct the film, she also played a folk singer in it too....which was a nice little way of showing us just how wickedly talented she actually is!

This year I have a film that Sophia and her partner in crime, Michael Epstein produced, and that Sophia starred in, alongside writer Lianne O' Shea and director Aviv Rubinstein.  :)

With Whip is a delicious little short that takes a cheeky swipe at consumerism and how brain dead our society has actually become.  It may be short, but it is most definitely sweet!  In an ever so naughty way!

You can follow more of Sophia's work at her website and check out her latest feature, Blood of the Tribades on Amazon and VOD.  Oooh, Sophia also features in Izzy Lee's Innsmouth, showing at Jennifer's Bodies as well. :) 

Check out the trailer for Blood of the Tribades below. 

Jennifer's Bodies 2017 Official Selection - Jessica Cameron's, Tristan Risk and Ellie Church Starring MANIA!

So I was supposed to be screening Mania last year, but due to projector problems just before I was away to show it, I was annoyingly unable to let people into the madness!!  Amusingly enough, it was after a burlesque act that everything crashed, haha.  Anyhoo, I  LOVE this film and know that you all need to see it! 

Tomorrow, you will finally get to see this incredible film from one of Jennifer's Bodies favourites, Jessica Cameron, and starring horror darlings Tristan Risk and Ellie Church! :) 

I have been screening Jess's work for YEARS....first starting with the lovely lady as an actress and teaming up with Elisabeth and Brenda Fies.  It makes me so freakin' proud to see just how far she has come, how little shit she takes, and just how much of a genuine bad ass she is!  And she can play so sweet at the same time.  That is an admirable quality for sure and Jessica Cameron oooooozes it from her every pore!

Jess is easily one of the most identifiable women at the forefront of Women in Horror, and she owns that position for a reason!  This woman is a workaholic who never stops.  

As an actress, Jess has been totally earning her reputation as a total scream queen over the years.  But it is when you look behind the scenes, that you realise that she is making equally as much of, if not more of, a bad ass reputation!  Anyone who has seen Truth or Dare will realise that this is a girl unafraid to push boundaries.  Mania continues to do the same thing...push the boundaries...fight convention!  And in the most darkly delicious of ways possible! 

Come and check it out this Sunday at Blackfriars in Glasgow! 

You can follow Jessica on Facebook, Twitter and at her Official Website.  

Jennifer's Bodies 2017 Official Selection - Izzy Lee's Innsmouth!

To make an outstanding short film, one that leaves the audience craving for more, desperate to further discover the characters they have been introduced to, in a fascinating world, after only the shortest of introductions...it takes some major talent!  Director Izzy Lee most certainly has the level of talent required to deliver such a film and Innsmouth is proof of that.  A film that totally left me wanting to explore this gender-flipped, loose adaptation of Lovecraft's Shadow Over Innsmouth all the more.  

Izzy is an incredible director with a capacity for wonderful attention to detail and atmosphere in visually stunning films that really make you think.  You can check out more of her work at her website Nihil Noctem Films and also go like her on Facebook too.  :)  

Innsmouth is a great example of bonding between some of my favourite women working within horror today with both Tristan Risk and Sophia Cacciola involved too.  Yay! <3 

Jennifer's Bodies 2017 Official Selection - Gigi Saul Guerrero's Madre De Dios, Starring Tristan Risk!

For many years, Gigi Saul Guerrero has been a personal favourite of mine.  She is one bad ass chick and one hell of a filmmaker to boot!  

This year I shall be showing her Tristan Risk starring short Madre De Dios.  

My mate Finnie summed this up perfectly....."Like the Exorcist on crack!"  I have to agree with him.  Haha.  If you have seen any of Gigi's prior work, you will have a pretty good idea of just how accurate he is going to be!  Haha. 

Tristan Risk is obviously one of our ultimate darlings in horror, and Gigi, along with her Luchagore team have most definitely joined the party.  There is so much talent here.  Like, every time I watch From Dusk Till Dawn, I keep thinking, we need Gigi directing dammit!!  From Dusk Till Dawn is easily one of my favourite shows.....Gigi is THAT awesome!!  Check out my interview with the lovely lady from 2014 to get a better idea, and to also kinda geek over how far she has come in such a short period of time.  Gigi = LOVE!! <3 

To keep up to date with her work, please check out Luchagore Productions on Facebook and be sure to follow Gigi on Twitter as well.  

Jennifer's Bodies 2017 - Women in Horror Panel Lineup.

Jessica Bowman - Director of Rabbits Take Revenge 

Jessica, Jessica, Jessica.  My love.  My darling.  My wife!  Haha.  Jess and I have worked together on a number of projects with boys, but it is Jess's directorial debut I am MOST excited for!  Rabbits Take (mother fucking) Revenge!!!!!  Jess has worked with me on horror, dystopian future and fantasy films.  Her total bunny rights flick though that she is soon to be shooting....it melts my little heart!  She is an awesome, awesome chickaroo and I am glad that people are digging her script so far.  :)

Rabbits Take Revenge is a film after my own heart, I am a total animal rights activist, anti-vivisection and pro-women in film.  It makes me so happy that special effects/makeup artist Samantha Jack, who is working on the film, has transferred to a cruelty-free makeup as well after realising how many big brands that are makeup staples, are also cruel and evil.  Sam has even turned down work due to people demanding animal-tested makeup.  Yup....that's how rad these girls are!!  Rabbits Take Revenge is a total girl-powered animal rights film and I am behind it 110%.  Jess is also seriously one of the closest people you can ever find to being soooooo like me!!!  Haha.  She ooozes Women in Horror and will make a great panelist!

Jessica will also be introducing Hayley McInline's Bridal Fever trailer, which she worked on.  Unfortunately, Hayley is heavily preggers and in total agony so will probably not be able to make it.  We can still hope though. :)  Be well Hayley! <3 

(Pictured above - Jess and I covered in our screen husband, Craig McGinlay's FAKE blood, haha!!)

Julie Robinson - Director of Were

I am so excited to be giving fellow Scot, Julie Robinson's Were, its world premiere at Jennifer's Bodies this year.  This busy mother of two has been a Lighting Console Operator and Vision Engineer at BBC Scotland since 2000 and runs her production company, Jumbled Up Productions, in her spare time.  With the BBC she has worked on everything from Mrs Brown's Boys to T in the Park, Harry Potter at the Castle, BAFTA Scotland awards to loads of other stuff including entertainment shows to sports.  

Were is Julie's first horror and third project with her company.  What I love most about Julie through her own personal stuff such as documentary Socks and Shoes Off, is that she is teaching young girls (and boys....all the way through to grannies!!) to be bad asses and learning how to protect themselves.  Were is most definitely a reflection on this.  I guess the old adage "don't judge a book by its cover" is oh so apt here!

Julie will be on the Women in Horror Month panel and will also have cast and crew in attendance.  :)

Jo Osborne - Director of Requital

Jo, like Julie, is another awesome chick I have only met recently.  And through none other than Woman in Horror Month founder Hannah Neurotica, who had Jo over for the US premiere of Requital at her Ax Wound Festival.

Not only is Jo a filmmaker, but she also runs the Love Hurts Film Festival in Glasgow as well, which actually had its latest event last night, February 14th.  I can't wait to get Jo's input on being a woman in film, my beloved Hannah, and the joys of running a film festival as well.

Jo will be there to introduce Requital, as well as feature on the Women in Horror panel. :)

Ben Thompson - Director of Nutcracker

I first discovered Ben Thompson last year when he had submitted his film Nutcracker for funding from Film Industry Scotland.  His script was incredible and a total reflection on so many important topics at the forefront of modern western society today.  It is a darkly delicious take on a whole culture...a culture that needs to change!  Nutcracker is definitely a film most perfectly suited to Women in Horror Month, it is directed by a guy, but with a total feminist story, strong female lead and a lot of awesome chicks behind the scene....Ben is totally the kind of male director we love!

Ben is going to be joining us on the Women in Horror Month panel and also giving us a first look at the wicked trailer for Nutcracker as well.  Ben is also a film technician at Screen Academy Scotland.

Jennifer's Bodies Official Selection 2017 - Jill Sixx Gevargizian's The Stylist, Starring Najarra Townsend!

Call Girl's Jill Sixx Gevargizian is back with her latest film, The Stylist.  

Starring Najarra Townsend and Jennifer Plas, The Stylist is a gore~geous film with an incredibly haunting performance from Najarra Townsend.  

"Claire is a lonely hairstylist with an unnerving desire to escape her disappointing reality.  When her final client of the evening arrives with the request to look perfect, Claire has plans of her own."  

You can check out the trailer below, and be sure to LIKE the Facebook page for more updates as well as check out Jill's Official Website where you can watch Call Girl and check out Jill's contribution to Jen and Sylvia Soska's Massive Blood Drive PSA's as well.  I am sure you will all agree that Jill is a hell of a talent that should be on everyone's radar! :)  You can also find both Jill and Najarra on Twitter alongside the Official Twitter for The Stylist as well.  

Today is Jill's birthday as well, so please do join me in wishing this total bad ass chick a very Happy Birthday! 

Jennifer's Bodies 2017 - Official Short Film Selection!

Below is the list of short films that shall be screening at Jennifer's Bodies in on the 19th of February 2017 at Blackfriars in Glasgow in association with Popcorn Horror.  

Jo Osborne - Requital

Katie Bonham - Mindless

Jill Sixx Gevargizian - The Stylist

Gigi Saul Guerrero - Madre De Dios

Julie Robinson - Were

Karen Lam - Chiral

Izzy Lee - Innsmouth

Aviv Rubinstien - With Whip 

Venita Ozols-Graham - Used Body Parts

On top of these films, due to knowing I have a large audience that won't have seen a whole load of films, I am going to be doing "Blasts from the Past" section, where I screen a few films that I have previously shown over the years, but that I love so much, and that I think fit in so perfectly in today's climate, that I believe them to be truly important pieces of work!  Anyone who has watched these films before, I am sure will be psyched to get the chance to check them out again.  

I am still confirming the feature, but I am going for something really awesome and will let you know as soon as possible.  

Keep your eyes peeled for the list of films getting a sneak peek at the festival, some of these are exclusive sneak peeks as well, with some of the filmmakers in attendance to introduce them! :) xo

Jennifer's Bodies Official Selection 2017 - World Premiere of Julie Robinson's Were!

I am super happy to announce that I shall be showing the World Premiere of fellow Scot, Julie Robinson's deliciously awesome Were at Jennifer's Bodies this year.  Were most definitely made me smile, a lot.  It's actually a pretty cool reflection of the culture going on in the Western World today but with a perfectly horror~ific twist! :)  

(Girls in the woods, takes me back to being a teenager....mwahahahaha!  That makes me giggle because me hanging out in graveyards with my friend started some interesting "cult" rumours, hahahaha.)

"Were is a short film that sees three girls camping in the woods approached by a sinister stranger."

Everyone knows how much of a patriotic Scot I am, haha, so it fills me with immense pride to be showing this alongside Jo Osborne's Requital, as well as promoting other Scottish women in horror.  Due to this being the actual premiere of the film as well, all cast and crew will be in attendance which is super cool! 

"Julie is a busy Mother of two, who has worked as a Lighting Console Operator and Vision Engineer at BBC Scotland since September 2000.

In her limited spare time, Julie runs Jumbled Up Productions, through which she enjoys working on various film projects.  The first was Accidents Happen, a short black comedy written, produced and scored by Julie, with the rest of the roles being filled by her friends and work colleagues.  Julie followed this up by writing, producing and directing Socks & Shoes Off: Tora Black Belt Academy, an hour-long documentary about the people involved in a local karate club.  Jumbled Up's third project, Were - a short horror film again written, produced and directed by Julie, is currently in post-production.

(Julie on set, hard at work!) 

Some of her vision and lighting work at the BBC include: 

Mrs Brown’s Boys, The Life Of Riley, The Weakest Link, The Kids Are Alright, Frank Skinner's Opinionated, Ask Rhod Gilbert, National Lottery Jetset, This Is Your Life, Question Time, Top Of The Pops Saturday, Copycats, Children In Need, Hogmany Live, The Mod, Celtic Connections, BAFTA Scotland Awards, Robert Burns' World Tour Of Scotland, The Saturday Show, Live & Kicking, Get 100, Nina & The Neurons, Newsnight Review, The Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Proms In The Park, T In The Park, Live 8, Harry Potter At The Castle, Grandstand, various coverage of The Edinburgh Festival, and many live sporting events including Football, Rugby, Golf, Badminton, Athletics, Snooker, Indoor Bowls, Mountain Biking and the Great Caledonian Run."

(Were cast and crew on set!) 

You can find out more info by visiting the Official Facebook Page as well as the Jumbled Up Productions website too, and be sure to look out for an interview with Julie (alongside a host of directors of films screening this year!) in the upcoming Women in Horror Month edition of Popcorn Horror Magazine. :) 

Jennifer's Bodies Official Selection 2017 - Karen Lam's Chiral!

I am so happy to announce that Jennifer's Bodies favourite crazy cat lady and knitting obsessive, Karen Lam, is back!  Yay!  Over the years I have screened two of the Lam'ster's features, Evangeline and Stained, as well as shorts Doll Parts, The Meeting, Stalled and The Stolen.

Karen creates such visually stunning films with a very twisted and macabre heart making this Canadian most definitely a woman after my own heart, haha.

This year I shall be screening her short film Chiral, which sees an art dealer confronting a would-be thief, only to come face to face with a horrifying experience.  

(Nelson Leis) 

Starring Nelson Leis (who has worked on two of my favourite ever shows, Bates Motel and The Killing, as well as Arrow, The Flash, Supernatural, The 4400 and a whole heap of cool stuff, including Lam's Evangeline!!), Vanessa Walsh (Supernatural, Olympus, Almost Human) and Ingrid Nilson (the voice of Raspberry Torte in the Strawberry Shortcake animated series, voice of Maud Pie in My Little Pony....like basically doing cartoons that were two of my favourites as a kid - how totally cool is that!?  She was also in Supernatural as well.   Ingrid is also a professional dancer, burlesque performer, song writer, theatre creator....an all round talented chickaroo!)

(Karen Lam and Vanessa Walsh)

(Ingrid Nilson)

Alongside Lam, Leis and Walsh, the film was also produced by Karen Wong.  Creepily enough (you wouldn't expect anything less from me, haha!!), I have just discovered that one of the films I was talking about yesterday in work, was actually the first film she worked on.  The utterly gore~geous Kissed!  Yes, I was talking about necrophilia to my customers at work, haha.  Wong has also worked on a bunch of Little Miss Lam's films, including producing the incredible Evangeline.

Ooh, Karen is also currently working as a staff writer on Neil Labute's Syfy series Van Helsing which I totally need to check out!  

You can check out the Official Facebook Page for Chiral here.  

Twisted Twins Productions Jen and Sylvia Soska's Massive Blood Drive PSA 2017!

Ever since Women in Horror Month's inception, Jen and Sylvia Soska have done an annual Massive Blood Drive PSA....each year getting more batshit than the rest!  People are always in need of blood....and not just vampires!  It is in you to give and by doing so, you could save a life!  So get on down to your local blood drive and donate today if you can.  Please be sure to get pics and #InYouToGive with them as well! :) 

This year we have another awesome lineup of directors and people involved that I'm sure you'll all agree, it's a blast!  

This year our collective includes a killer combination of top talent including WiH Massive Blood Drive veterans and fresh bloods: Aleah Anseth (Being Little Miss Risk), Tamae Garateguy (All Night Long, She Wolf), Maude Michaud (60 Seconds 2 Die, Dys-), Jill Gevargizian (The Stylist), Damon Rickard (Dissociative, Rats), Patricia Chica (Ceramic Tango, Montreal Girls), Hannah Forman (WiH Month Founder and Creator), Nicholas Burman-Vince (Hellraiser), Russ Foxx, Brent Ray Fraser, and Aramis Sartorio (The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol). 

So yay...without further adieu, I present to you Jen and Sylvia Soska's 2017 Massive Blood Drive PSA! 

Woman Crush Wednesday - Happy Birthday to my Darling Hayley McInline!

Happy Birthday to my fabulous partner in crime, the lovely Hayley McInline!  Starting out doing makeup/SFX, Hayley has now moved onto director with her debut feature Bridal Fever, which you can check out the trailer for below.  

You can check out the Facebook for Bridal Fever here.  

Hayley is also one of the directors at Film Industry Scotland, which I'm on the funding committee for.  She is a total badass and all round awesome chick, I cannot wait to see her totally take off as a director as well! 

Jennifer's Bodies 2017 Official Selection - Katie Bonham's Mindless starring Nicholas Vince!

I am happy to announce that Katie Bonham's Mindless, starring Hellraiser/Nightbreed's Nicholas Vince and produced by Candice Redford  (Banjo), shall be screening at Jennifer's Bodies.  

"Mindless tells the tale of Peter (Nicholas Vince), a senile middle-aged man whose house is mysteriously torn apart day after day.  Is Peter a risk to himself or is something more sinister about to be unleashed?"

Nicholas Vince is superb in the role of Peter in this wee gem of a film.  You just never know what is really going on in his head and that is a terrifying thing, haha.  Especially when you have someone like Vince playing the potentially crazy person!  He is very good at it!  Haha.  

The film had it's World Premier at last year's Glasgow Frightfest, the second Frightfest premier in the space of a year for the incredibly talented Bonham.  

You can check out the Facebook page for Mindless here. :)