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Planet Jimbot has a new book out! ‘A super-hero comic with a difference…’
In a world overrun by terror, despair and monsters, 3 kids cling on to the belief that there once existed a champion of good, a… Continue reading
Planet Jimbot at Forbidden Planet, Glasgow.
The lads from Planet Jimbot will be at Forbidden Planet in Glasgow on Thursday 30th July, from 6-7pm!
Writer Jim Alexander and artist Will Pickering will be in attendance to sign anything people send their way - just go… Continue reading
Amongst The Stars
Following on from the success of GoodCopBadCop at last summer’s True Believers/Eagles awards, Planet Jimbot have announced AMONGST THE STARS has made the Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance (SICBA) shortlist for Best Graphic Novel 2015.
The 64-page trade is… Continue reading
REVIEW: Society: Party Animal
I literally jumped with delight when being handed parts 1 & 2 of Rough Cut Comic’s sequel to Brian Yuzna’s 1989 cult sleeper ‘Society’.
Talk about nostalgia. This takes me back to my youth when my days were filled… Continue reading
Rough Cut Comics’ ROSE BLACK set for re-release… and YOU can get 50% OFF!
The British horror comic-book series ROSE BLACK is being re-released in Barnes & Noble’s stores in the United States, and to celebrate, The Slaughtered Bird readers can get it for HALF PRICE until June 5th!
INTERVIEW: Ed Murphy - author of Rough Cut Comics’ official sequel to Yuzna’s SOCIETY
- By @TheBlueTook
Rough Cut Comics’ official comic book
sequel to Brian Yuzna’s biting horror satire Society will be included in Arrow Video’s new Director Approved bluray edition.
The two-disc package features a host of exclusive extras as well as… Continue reading
REVIEW: Once Monster
Get ready for something very, very special.
Ladies & gentlemen what I’m about to present to you is possibly one of the best first issues of a comic book I’ve possibly ever read, I kid you not.
Late last year… Continue reading
REVIEW: Daredevil
A Superior, Superhero Incarnation.
To say I was sceptical about Marvel’s new incarnation of ‘Daredevil’ goes without saying. The last time this character saw the silver screen was, well…err, (huge sigh), less we say about that the better I guess.… Continue reading
REVIEW: R.E.E.P.E.R. Men
“What list are you on”?
I wouldn’t say I’m the biggest sci-fi fan in the world, so going into this comic knowing it was set in 2050 and all the jargon that normally accompanies these sorts of things, it kind… Continue reading
The Chair
Slayeth the evil that lives inside you, where they are walking, the Devil walks to.
The Chair was kindly given to me by my partner in crime The Blue Took. He’s been constantly liaising with creator Peter Simeti for… Continue reading
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!
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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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Read on...REVIEW: Super Dark Times
- By Stephen Harper You'd be forgiven if you were attracted to Super Dark Times due to its atmospheric, retro-layered poster and throwing up similarities to the whole Stranger Things fanfare with its youth led narrative and its nostalgic ingredients, but although the film is excellent in capturing details from its period, that's where the similarities end. Set in 1996 against the stunning backdrop of upstate New York, we follow lifelong friends Zack (Owen Campbell) and Josh (Charlie Tahan) as they linger between youthful exuberance and adulthood.REVIEW: The Incantation
- By MovieCritic NextDoor It's a common staple of fairy tales, rags to riches stories, and daydreamers everywhere: the sudden discovery of a wealthy, long-lost relative who leaves you a fortune, or at least a grand, isolated mansion.REVIEW: Poor Agnes
- By Allan Lear
There’s a list that does the rounds every so often that purports to be magicked up from the depths of the psychiatric profession. Let’s see if you can guess whom it describes.
INTERVIEW: Ben Dukes, star of Karate Kill
Following on from Stephen Harper's complimentary review of wacky action romp KARATE KILL (out this month on DVD and Blu-ray), we chatted to star Ben Dukes for The Slaughtered Bird.How did you get involved in Karate Kill?
INTERVIEW: Ryan Bellgardt, director of Gremlin
Following on from MovieCritic NextDoor's recent Gremlin review, we interviewed director Ryan Bellgardt.
How did you come up with Gremlin's concept?
INTERVIEW: José Pedro Lopes & Daniela Love
- By Chris Barnes
Ten years after producing their first short film, The Bride, a giallo horror short that played in Women in Horror festivals around the world, production company Anexo 82 took the plunge and decided to make their first feature film, The Forest of Lost Souls.
Anexo 82 is the joint effort of Ana Almeida and José Pedro Lopes.
Gil Valle, NYPD’s “Cannibal Cop”, Channels Fantasy into Fiction in His Debut Novel, A Gathering of Evil
NEW RELEASE FROM COMET PRESS
Gil Valle, the former NYPD patrol cop who rose to infamy in 2012 after he was wrongfully arrested by the feds for allegedly plotting to kidnap, cook, and eat women, fleshes out his fantasies in his debut novel, A Gathering of Evil, serving up a feast of gut-churning horror.
A Gathering of Evil is a graphic and disturbing story that will make even the most hardened fan of extreme horror squirm, including the Comet Press editors, who specialize in publishing extreme horror and hardcore dark crime:
WIN I-DEF-I's album In The Light Of A New Day & Bloodlust Casualty mini album
We're having a break from the norm today at The Slaughtered Bird and focusing on a local(ish) band that have caught our attention this week. Manchester based I-DEF-I have recently re-released much of their catalog directly from the band via New York based service DISTROKID.
H.P. Lovecraft’s DAGON, a short film adaptation project
Calling all Deep Ones and Elder Things!
Shooting in January and February for a Summer 2018 release – H.