As Flickering Myth launches into the world of microbudget film production, we look at five recent microbudget horror movies you need to see… Making movies is tough. Right now the differential between the big studio pictures and what is below seems to be huge. It’s a near-unjumpable chasm between $5 million budgets and that limited […]
A Firenado is unleashed in trailer for new disaster movie
October Coast has released a poster and trailer for Firenado, the upcoming disaster movie from directors Rhys Frake-Waterfield (Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey) and Scott Jeffrey, and penned by FM’s own Tom Jolliffe (Renegades). The film follows a group of scientists as they stumble across an organised crime home invasion while attempting to evacuate the residents […]
The B to Z of Movies: Mockbusters and the Digital Age Mavericks
In the final part of our look at the B to Z of movies, Tom Jolliffe explores the post millennium age, moving into digital film-making and the most open era for distribution… In the wake of Corman, Kaufman et al, the VHS era gave way to DVD. Physical media now finds itself on the way […]
A Crazy Year of Writing Straight-to-Video Horror Films
Tom Jolliffe reflects on a crazy year of writing straight to video horror films… There’s a particular go to in cinematic protagonists; a writer. Usually someone psychologically damaged in some way, in desperate search for isolation and peace (which then makes their fragile psyche or situation worse). Stephen King, writer extraordinaire often has writers as […]
WWIII survivors find themselves in the Kingdom of the Dinosaurs in trailer for sci-fi action movie
Uncork’d Entertainment has released a trailer for director Scott Jeffrey’s upcoming sci-fi action adventure Kingdom of the Dinosaurs which centres on a group of survivors hidden away in a bunker after World War III who emerge to discover that dinosaurs have once again taken over the planet and they now find themselves in… dun dun […]
Creature feature Don’t Speak gets a trailer, poster and images
Ahead of its home entertainment release this March, a poster, images and trailer have been released for writer-director Scott Jeffrey’s upcoming horror Don’t Speak which stars Stephanie Lodge, Ryan Davies, and Jake Watkins; check them out here… Upon arriving at their grandparents farm, a family soon realize the entire town has been taken out by […]
Get ready for a bloody Valentine in trailer for horror movie Cupid
Uncork’d Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Scott Jeffrey’s upcoming horror Cupid, which is set for release just in time for Valentine’s Day. Starring Georgina Jane, Bao Tieu, Michael Owusu, Abi Casson Thompson, and Sarah T. Cohen, the film sees an evil Cupid terrorise a group of mean school girls after being […]
Horror The Bad Nun gets a trailer
A trailer has arrived online for writer-director Scott Jeffrey’s upcoming horror The Bad Nun (a.k.a. The Watcher) which stars Becca Hirani, Cassandra French, Tiffany Ellen-Robinson, Lucy Chappell; check it out here… Based on true events. Aesha goes to an isolated former convent turned bed and breakfast for some much needed relaxation. Aesha is visited by a […]
