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It’s MarBelle Short of the Week rotation time again and I feel I’ve outdone myself with the find that is I Love Sarah Jane - OK, El Vez actually found it and dropped me an email but I’m taking all the credit as usual! Now just got to convince director Spencer Susser to come on [...]
Today I’m joined by Dan Gitsham to discuss his dark comedy, horror, Film Eight which is quite fitting as I’m recording this on Friday the 13th. Dan describes Film Eight as a run, hide, run, film which I suppose categorises the coming section as chat in the talk, chat, talk structure of Directors Notes.
Film Eight [...]
Film Eight (2006)
One man’s incredible ability to make every wrong decision you could possibly imagine and then some… A black and blue comedy where anything goes!
Making counting to ten one of the creepiest things ever shown on screen, Brendan Muldowney’s The 10 Steps will have you going to bed with the lights on for the foreseeable future. Shot in Dublin over three days, The Ten Steps uses the horror movie staples of a haunted house, lone baby sitter and unreliable [...]
When I first watched the 30 minute Hungarian short, Now You See Me, Now You Don’t directed by Attila Szász, I had a satisfying feeling that comes from watching a story where all the elements; direction, acting, cinematography, editing and score come together to do what they should, pull you into an entertaining story.
Now You [...]
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t (2005)
It seemed like an ordinary day. Dad is experimenting in the lab. Mom is at home boiling water, while their six-year-old son, Alex, is playing around her. But this day is different. This day Dad brings something home from the lab. And the next morning…Alex becomes invisible. Is [...]
Discovering several great locations whilst on a shoot, director Shane Sheils worked backwards to create a script that would exploit them to the fullest. Marrying his dislike of the corporate office job to an Invasion of the Body Snatchers theme, The Darkside is a classic tale of a free spirit hunted down by a steadily [...]