“Scratchy” Pete Ellott
A Horror Aficionado from NZ with over 35 plus years’ experience in both Horror and Underground Horror. He has been around for the premieres of many of the movies we love from the 70’s and 80’s and beyond, along with the birth of Indie Horror.
Having snuck a sneaky watch of such classics as The Tell-Tale Heart and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane on the old black and white TV set at around 6 or 7 years of age, Pete was captured…
Never to be released.
Home.
A reviewer for just as many years, he contributes freelance and also reviews regularly for a number of Websites, Facebook groups, Magazines and most recently for Monster Pictures, as well as in his own country of New Zealand. An overseas TV spot is in the process of finalisation that will discuss Indie Horror on a regular basis. He has an upcoming role in a documentary on Indie Film Making.
Pete worked for many years in the Mental Health/Psychology/Prison fields, so “Scratchy” can often prove insightful when delving a little deeper into what is being shown.
“Instead, I try to get into the mind of the Director and see and feel what it is they are trying to portray to the viewer and relate that in written form. I “scratch” the surface so that when you watch or have watched the movie, you may well be able to make a more informed decision for yourself as to what it is you have just watched.”
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2 of Britain’s leading horror websites, UK Horror Scene and The Slaughtered Bird, have teamed up to bring the UK a new horror film festival in May 2017.
TripleSix will be a 2-day horror film festival in Manchester over the Bank Holiday weekend 27th & 28th of May 2017. Not only that, but TripleSix have partnered with AMC cinema in Manchester to bring the best in comfort, state-of-the-art facilities and professionalism.
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Star of one of our most popular TV soaps, Emmerdale, Dominic Brunt is known in every household here in the UK. On top of this, he's also forging quite a reputation as one of the best indie horror filmmakers in Britain - his directorial debut feature, Before Dawn, was very well received upon its release in 2013 and more recently his second feature, Bait, has accumulated plenty of critical acclaim worldwide.
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Slaughtered Bird Creations and Dragon Egg Media’s debut film collaboration, Burn, has wrapped and entered post-production. Our very own short psychological horror – directed by Judson Vaughan, creator of Pedro and the multi award-winning Soul Breaker – was filmed during February in Hertfordshire and north London, UK, over three days.
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Marty, thank you so much for speaking to us.
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Dark Blue
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Here's how the director explained Dark Blue to us:
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