Creators Unite Magazine: Issue 2
CREATORS UNITE – a brand new digital magazine – is the brain-child of @DC_Deever. DC has gathered together the most talented bunch of individuals with the intention of celebrating and promoting the ideas which may normally get overlooked in a world dominated by budgets, status, and location.
The wonderful CU crew includes writers, filmmakers, and artists (I’m scared to list ’em in case I miss anyone out!), which will ensure each issue is a slick, chic affair, brimming with the things you beautifully horrid peeps will want to read about and get involved in.
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Slaughtered Bird Films’ horror short film, BURN, nabs festival awards!
We don’t like to blow our own trumpets here at The Slaughtered Bird but, y’know, FUCK IT – we’re damn proud of our debut film production, BURN, created in collaboration with Dragon Egg Media!
Since post-production finished last year, our 15-minute short has received numerous excellent reviews, been busy finding its feet on the festival circuit and gratefully receiving many Official Selection laurels from around the world, and now it’s picked up its first award… or three!
Read on...INTERVIEW: David Naughton
It’s not every day you get to speak to the lead actor in possibly your favourite horror film of all time. Especially on a Tuesday. Tuesdays are usually rubbish!
David Naughton should need no introduction to horror fans. Back in 1981, An American Werewolf In London had unprepared cinema goers laughing heartily one second and jumping out of their seats in terror the next. Its tale of two young American tourists coming face-to-teeth with a legendary lycanthropic beast perfectly married a genuinely funny script with razor sharp editing, groundbreaking special effects and a flawless cast to create a monster movie that is still many people’s benchmark today
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REVIEW: Ghost Stories
- By Stephen Harper
To say I’m a tad disappointed that I missed the play Ghost Stories when it appeared at The Liverpool Playhouse, UK is an understatement as it’s not only the city in which I reside, but it became quite the phenomenon as well.
I always remember seeing the promotional material outside the theatre in which it only showed photographs of the audience reactions and nothing of the play itself, you could clearly see people were genuinely scared.
INTERVIEW: Jason Kapalka
- By Steven Hickey
Last weekend saw the release of Blue Wizard Digital’s fantastically fun Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle, a game in which players get to play the role of the infamous Jason Voorhees and slaughter hordes of hapless teens - by way of solving a series of cute sliding block puzzles.
REVIEW: Under the Tree
- By MovieCritic NextDoor
There's an old saying about how you can choose your friends but you can't choose your family. You also can't generally choose your neighbors, and sometimes they can be even harder to avoid than family.
INTERVIEW: Jason Kapalka
- By Steven Hickey
Last weekend saw the release of Blue Wizard Digital’s fantastically fun Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle, a game in which players get to play the role of the infamous Jason Voorhees and slaughter hordes of hapless teens - by way of solving a series of cute sliding block puzzles.
13 QUESTIONS FROM HELL! Stephen Harper interviews comic artist Paul PJ Johnson
- By Stephen Harper
Artist, Illustrator, Writer and Owner of Beat The Demon Comix - Paul PJ Johnson has been ripping up the indie comics scene for the past few years. His unique blend of grindhouse, horror and 80’s throwback humor is a style that has garnered him a huge fan base.
INTERVIEW: Richard Neil
“It’s now much easier to get the word out” about independent horror films, explains actor Richard Neil, particularly with the plethora of online reviewers and horror outlets willing to support smaller horror fare like his latest film, Prodigy.
What makes a good horror movie and what doesn’t?
Hex Studios releases epic first trailer for gothic thriller AUTOMATA
Hot off the heels of their black and white Noir The Black Gloves, director Lawrie Brewster and writer Sarah Daly are back with another slice of Gothic horror.
Automata, the fifth feature from the duo, is a lavish affair with a vibrant colour palette that harks back to the giallos of Argento and Bava.
Don't Follow the Light
After the success of his powerful psychological horror The Telephone, Derbyshire writer-director Stuart Connock Wheeldon is again to take the world of independent cinema by storm. His new film Don't Follow the Light today steps into the preproduction phase and will be filmed in and around the Derbyshire countryside in the summer of 2018.
Adrenaline Shots
Adrenaline Shots is a British Sci-Fi & Horror Anthology Comic which publishes to the major online comics platforms including Tapas and Line Webtoon.
It is presented by the vampire / dominatrix / nurse (she's a triple threat, literally!
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