Back at FrightFest 2013, writer and director Michael Mort premiered his short stop-motion animation Chuck Steel: Raging Balls of Steel Justice, which was met with rapturous applause (you can watch it online here). The short, a tribute to action cop movies of the 1980s, was a pure delight with over the top violence, excellent parodies of […]
Movie Review – Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018)
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, 2018. Directed by Michael Mort. Featuring the voice talents of Paul Whitehouse, Samantha Coughlan, Lauren Harris, Michael Mort, and Sam Roe. SYNOPSIS: It’s not 1985 anymore… it’s 1986! And Chuck Steel is the maverick, lone wolf cop on the edge, who doesn’t play by the rules and must prevent […]
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires coming to cinemas for Halloween
Some three years on from an acclaimed festival run, BAFTA-winning writer director Mike Mort’s stop motion animated action comedy Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires is finally heading to UK cinemas in time for Halloween! Winner of a Gold Audience Award at Fantasia, the homage to 80s B-movies is written and directed by Mort, who […]
Arrow Video Frightfest Roundup
James Turner gives a quick roundup of Frightfest 2018… The Ranger Okay slasher/comedy film. Had the potential to be wonderfully bizarre but held back. Not a bad watch, but nothing special. Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ ★ Summer of 84 A definite product of 80’s nostalgia. Clearly rips off […]
