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  • Storage 24: Review

    Storage 24: Review

    Panic of the streets of London

    Cast: Charlie (Noel Clarke), Mark (Colin O’Donoghue), Shelley (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), Nikki (Laura Haddock), Chris (Alex Price).

    The story revolves around central character Charlie (Noel Clarke), who is lets face it is rather heartbroken after his girlfriend, Shelley (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) has dumped him. With chances of her changing her mind unlikely Charlie heads to the storage facility where her belongings are being kept, taking his best friend for some much needed moral support the pair head to the storage locker not knowing that Shelley has beaten them to it with a couple of friends. A slightly awkward showdown between the couple takes place before the power shuts off and this is when things take a turn for the worst.

    The facility is now on lockdown after the power failure which has been caused by the plane crash, the group along with a man who lives in the storage facility are now locked inside, what they don’t know is they are also locked in with another life form a vicious blood thirsty extraterrestrial who has escaped from the crashed plane and headed straight into Storage 24 and it won’t stop until it has killed each and every one of them.

    A dangerous game of cat and mouse occurs with the group being picked off slowly. Didn’t anyone ever tell you safety in numbers?

    “I just want to go home” – Charlie

    After the remaining survivors from the group finally kill the alien and leave the storage unit they realise they could have an even bigger problem as a spaceship passes overhead and the camera pans away to scenes of London as it descends into chaos, was this just the beginning? And if this was just the beginning who will win to final fight?

    Storage 24 is dark and creepy and truly British, with shocks and scares and strong characters Noel Clarke of course is the stand out character, along with Nikki (Laura Haddock) who you may remember from The Inbetweeners Movie. The relationship between Charlie and Shelley was slightly unbelievable at times and it was a shame the monster/alien was shown so early on in the film as I would have liked the build up to be slightly longer.

    A thoroughly enjoyable home grown film, with a great cast and special effects.

  • Foxtails Brigade’s Lincoln Inspired Music Video

    Foxtails Brigade’s Lincoln Inspired Music Video

    Just in time for the buzz surrounding Steven Spielberg’s new Civil War movie Lincoln, comes the latest music video by Foxtails Brigade and the Perez Brothers. The song is entitled “Pan-Asian Delight” and it’s the newest single off of the band’s current album entitled, “The Bread and the Bait.”

    Composed of Laura Weinbach (featured in the film) violinist Anton Patzner, Joe Lewis, and Josh Pollock, Foxtails Brigade is has a sound that has be described as a living music box; tightly knit with synchronized harmonies and poetic storybook lyrics.

    Drawing upon their haunting lyrics and timeless sound, the video for “Pan-Asian Delight” is vintage in the most classic sense of the word.

    Functioning equally as both a Civil War documentary and a music video, the Perez Brothers hope to challenge the viewers to question the authenticity of the pictures being presented. Playfully described by the Perez Brothers as “Ken Burns meets MTV,” the timeless music video is bound to delight for years to come.

  • Soundtrack 2012: Cape Fear 1962

    Soundtrack 2012: Cape Fear 1962

    By Joshua.

    I haven’t seen this before, so I was on the edge of my seat. It’s scary without showing gore.

    An ex-con, played by Robert Mitchum is out for revenge against the man who testified against him at his trial,Gregory Peck. He gets involved into the trail lawyer’s life, stalking his lovely wife and teenage daughter.

    It all ends in a showdown on the river Cape Fear.

    Gregory Peck is amazing, as  is the final showdown.

    Bernard Hermann’s score for the film is perfect, and ranks right along with his scores for Alfred Hitchcock.

  • FrightFest Launch Screen Print Collection

    FrightFest Launch Screen Print Collection

    FrightFest Originals, created by Alex Chambers and Ian Rattray, launches this week with a limited edition four colour screen print by Nat Marsh of Zombie Flesh Eaters.

    The fledgling company aims to produce a number of limited edition UK Quad prints featuring designs by the hottest talents around the world, including Graham Humphreys, Aiheads, Brandon Schaefer, The Silent Giants, Derek Gabrysek, Connor Martyn, Ghoulish Gary and Luke Insect.

    Nat Marsh commented: “Zombie Flesh Eaters is for me THE defining zombie movie. They’re coming out of the ground, they’re all messed up and they’re shambling, very slowly, towards the living. Brilliant! That’s the feeling I wanted to put across in this design – that slow march of impending death”.

    Prints can be purchased at www.frightfestoriginals.com. All prints will go on sale via a Twitter announcement just before launch.

    Alex Chambers said today: ““All the posters are fully authorised and destined to find a place on any aficionados wall. Good luck in trying to buy one!””

    Ian Rattray added: ““In the spirit of everything FrightFest does, this is for the fans, by the fans”.”

  • Piranhaconda: Classic Roger Corman & Michael Madsen

    Piranhaconda: Classic Roger Corman & Michael Madsen

    From executive producer legend Roger Corman and writer Mike MacLean (Sharktopus) comes this exhilarating DNA-disaster movie about a freak of nature aberration between – yes you guessed it! – a piranha and an anaconda! Also known in Polynesian folklore as the River Devil…

    When hitchhiking scientist Professor Lovegrove (Michael Madsen) discovers a nest of eggs belonging to this so-called “River Devil”, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues on the tropical island of Hawaii involving the Professor, the low-budget film crew, an unsuspecting holiday couple and a band of kidnappers who have finally met their match!

    Don’t get me wrong – this is classic Corman! Who else has the ability to merge every single terrifying creature on Earth EVER and still create something so exhilarating it’ll have you begging for more Dr Frankenstein-like creations?! And with a stand-out performance from scenery-chewing Quentin Tarantino favourite Michael Madsen, “Piranhaconda” may just be the ultimate critter cross-breed film that has ever lived!