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October Horrors 2021 – Possum (2018)

October 21, 2021 by Graeme Robertson

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 […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alun Armstrong, Andy Blithe, Matthew Holness, Pamela Cook, Possum, Sean Harris, Simon Bubb

October Horrors 2021 – Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (2004)

October 6, 2021 by Graeme Robertson

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 […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Reviews, Television Tagged With: Alice Lowe, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Matt Berry, Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade

Blu-ray Review – Possum (2018)

March 4, 2019 by Robert W Monk

Possum, 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, and Andy Blithe SYNOPSIS: 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. […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Alun Armstrong, Andy Blithe, Matthew Holness, Possum, Sean Harris, Simon Bubb

Movie Review – Possum (2018)

October 31, 2018 by Matt Donato

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 […]

Filed Under: Matt Donato, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alun Armstrong, Matthew Holness, Sean Harris

Movie Review – Possum (2018)

October 23, 2018 by Matthew Lee

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 […]

Filed Under: Matthew Lee, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alun Armstrong, Andy Blithe, Matthew Holness, Possum, Sean Harris, Simon Bubb

Matthew Holness’ psychological thriller Possum gets a trailer

August 24, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

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/tXPWzZqnOXg The story follows disgraced children’s puppeteer PHILIP (Sean Harris), returning to his childhood home of Fallmarsh, Norfolk, intent on destroying Possum, […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alun Armstrong, Matthew Holness, Possum, Sean Harris

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