Possum, 2018.Directed by Matthew Holness. Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, Andy Blithe, and Pamela Cook.SYNOPSIS:A disgraced puppeteer returns to his home town to confront his cruel uncle and their shared traumatic past.Earlier this month we took a look at Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, a hilarious cult TV series that affectionately spoofed the horror films […]
October Horrors 2021 – Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (2004)
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, 2004.Created by Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness. Starring Matthew Holness, Matt Berry, Richard Ayoade and Alice Lowe.SYNOPSIS:At Darkplace Hospital, located over a portal to hell, Dr Rick Dagless M.D. and his colleagues are forced to contend with all manner of monstrous invasions while also attempting to deal with the horrors of hospital […]
Blu-ray Review – Possum (2018)
Possum, 2018.Directed by Matthew Holness Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, and Andy BlitheSYNOPSIS: A disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront the troubling memories that have tormented him his entire life.Anyone expecting any sort of light relief from Matthew Holness’s debut feature will be sorely disappointed. The writer director, […]
Movie Review – Possum (2018)
Possum. 2018.Directed by Matthew Holness. Starring Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong.SYNOPSIS: After returning to his childhood home, a disgraced children’s puppeteer is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life.Matthew Holness, the UK mastermind behind cult favorite Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, ushers us into a parallel reality of unsettling weirdness in Possum. […]
Movie Review – Possum (2018)
Possum, 2018.Directed by Matthew Holness Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, and Andy Blithe.SYNOPSIS:After returning to his childhood home, a disgraced children’s puppeteer is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life.Matthew Holness, best known for the cult-comedy classics Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace and Man-to-Man with Dean Learner, […]
Matthew Holness’ psychological thriller Possum gets a trailer
A trailer has arrived online for writer-director Matthew Holness’ (Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace) feature directorial debut, the psychological thriller Possum, which stars Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) and Alun Armstrong (Frontier); watch it here…https://youtu.be/tXPWzZqnOXgThe story follows disgraced children’s puppeteer PHILIP (Sean Harris), returning to his childhood home of Fallmarsh, Norfolk, intent on destroying Possum, a hideous […]
