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Eis schemes could come back into favour as two producers win significant court cases against tax authorities.

UK funding mechanism Enterprise Investment Scheme (Eis) could re-emerge as a viable tool for low-budget independent film financing following two courtroom victories by film companies against the UK tax authority, Hm Revenue and Customs (Hmrc), which had been trying to clamp down on the practice.

Separate tribunal judges each ruled in favour of Inferno Films Ltd and Cry Me A River Limited, and against Hmrc, in two recent First Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber cases.

Eis is a venture capital business designed so companies...

Stars: Ian Virgo, Sianad Gregory, David Hayman, Ross O’Hennessy, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Gerald Tyler, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Carli De’La Hughes, Tim Duthrane | Written by Philip Palmer | Directed by Chris Crow

[Note: With the film finally getting a home entertainment release, here’s a reposting of our review of The Ballad of Billy McCrae from its UK cinema debut last September]

British gangster or small-town British revenge-style movies are a dime a dozen. There are so many of them around, I assume because they are cheap to make and there’s an abundance of actors who will happily star of them. Because of this, it takes something special to stand out from the crowd. Directors like Shane Meadows have taken this idea but elevated it to a whole new level, and that’s hard to do. The Ballad of Billy McCrae and its director doesn’t quite do that but there’s still plenty of interest here.

We are introduced to Chris Blythe. A man who has returned to his home town in Wales with his tail between his legs after losing his fortune in Canada.

Stars: Ian Virgo, Sianad Gregory, David Hayman, Ross O’Hennessy, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Gerald Tyler, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Carli De’La Hughes, Tim Duthrane | Written by Philip Palmer | Directed by Chris Crow

British gangster or small-town British revenge-style movies are a dime a dozen. There’s so many of them around, I assume because they are cheap to make and there’s an abundance of actors who will happily star of them. Because of this, it takes something special to stand out from the crowd. Directors like Shane Meadows have taken this idea but elevated to a whole new level, and that’s hard to do. The Ballad of Billy McCrae and its director doesn’t quite do that but there’s still plenty of interest here.

We are introduced to Chris Blythe. A man who has returned to his home town in Wales with his tale between his legs after losing his fortune in Canada.

Both titles picked up from Media Luna New Films.

UK and Ireland distriibutor Munro Film has acquired Adam Oldroyd’s Sideshow and Chris Crow’s The Ballad of Billy McCrae from German sales agent Media Luna New Films.

Both titles are being prepped for release in cinemas in late autumn.

Sideshow is a comedy thriller about two inept criminals who break into the home of a washed-up psychic. It stars Les Dennis, Anthony Head and April Pearson and is produced by Cymru Films, Perfect Sphere and Sterling Pictures.

The Ballad Of Billy McCrae stars David Hayman, Sianad Gregory and Ian Virgo...

The film will have its world premiere at Cairo next week.

US distributor Gravitas Ventures has acquired two UK titles from German-based sales firm Media Luna for release in 2021.

The first is black comedy-thriller Sideshow, starring actor and TV presenter Les Dennis as a washed-up psychic who uses his old tricks when two inept criminals break into his home. Anthony Head, April Pearson and Nathan Clarke round out the cast of writer-director Adam Oldroyd’s feature debut.

The film will have its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt on Tuesday (December 8) with Oldroyd in attendance.

Gravitas...

Adam Oldroyd’s Sideshow and Chris Crow’sThe Ballad Of Billy McCrae make their market debuts.

Cologne-based Media Luna has acquired the worldwide sales rights in time for the online Marche to two UK genre titles: Adam Oldroyd’s comedic thriller Sideshow and Chris Crow’s neo-noir thriller The Ballad Of Billy McCrae.

Sideshow follows a couple of hapless burglars who break into the house of an ageing psychic only to encounter an inexplicable turn of events. Anthony Head and Les Dennis star.

The Ballad Of Billy McCrae, which stars David Hayman, is a story of love, hate and murder...

Lee Haven Jones’ feature debut stars Annes Elwy.

Lee Haven Jones’ directorial debut Gwledd is the sixth feature film to wrap through the Ffilm Cymru Wales Cinematic scheme, which is backed by the BFI.

The initiative is dedicated to supporting innovative and unique filmmaking talents in Wales.

Gwledd is a contemporary horror film written by Roger Williams, about a waitress at a dinner party who causes the host family to confront personal failures and environmental responsibilities. Annes Elwy stars with Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis, Steffan Cennydd and Sion Alun Davies.

It is produced by Haven Jones and Williams’ outfit Joio.

BAFTA-award winning supernatural thriller The Lighthouse, starring Michael Jibson and Mark Lewis Jones, is now available on DVD.

“A dark and disquieting journey into the heart of madness” (Starburst), The Lighthouse, inspired by a terrifying true story, tells of two men trapped in an isolated lighthouse, surrounded by the deadly Irish sea, with both their minds ultimately pushed to the limits.

Directed by Chris Crow, and nominated for five BAFTA awards including Best Director and Best Actor, winning Best Visual Effects, The Lighthouse is now available on DVD.

The post Award Winning Supernatural Thriller The Lighthouse Now on DVD appeared first on We Are Movie Geeks.

It’s a safe rule of thumb in cinema that nothing good ever happens in a lighthouse: Boats are steered into calamity, people plunge (or are pushed) to seagull-pecked death on the rocks, and let’s not even start on what happened to poor Alicia Vikander when she married a lighthouse keeper. The fourth feature from Welsh genre journeyman Chris Crow, “The Lighthouse” follows squarely in this glum tradition, building a low-level psychodrama around two sparring guardians of the same rickety wooden beacon as adverse weather drives them into danger, madness and worse.

Based on true, tragic events from the early 19th century that led to a critical change in British lighthouse security practice, Crow’s film is a generally capable but oppressively dour chamber piece, its mounting claustrophobia never quite breaking the full horror sweat it threatens — even as the heavens crash and a hellmouth seemingly opens at its delirious but budgetarily constrained climax.

Chris Crow's The Lighthouse, nominated for five BAFTA awards, will be released theatrically (July 6th) as well as on VOD (July 10th). Check out the trailer after the synopsis and awards listing. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a rousing story about Kaiju film star Peggy Neal and The Great Buddha Arrival, Blu-ray debuts for German Angst and A Taste of Phobia, London Horror Festival announcement, Beast of Bray Road trailer, and Pluto TV's June lineup.

Watch a New The Lighthouse Trailer: Press Release: "BAFTA-award winning supernatural thriller The Lighthouse, starring Michael Jibson and Mark Lewis Jones, hits theaters and VOD this July.

“A dark and disquieting journey into the heart of madness” (Starburst), the film, inspired by a terrifying true story, tells of two men trapped in an isolated lighthouse, surrounded by the deadly Irish sea, with both their minds ultimately pushed to the limits.

Directed by Chris Crow,...

The BAFTA-award winning supernatural thriller The Lighthouse is coming to U.S. cinemas next month. Chris Crow's film opens in select theaters on July 6th and will be on VOD on July 10th. We have a trailer to share with you, giving you a taste of the terror that awaits you.    ...inspired by a terrifying true story, tells of two men trapped in an isolated lighthouse, surrounded by the deadly Irish sea, with both their minds ultimately pushed to the limits.   Chris Crow's film was nominated for five BAFTA awards including Best Director and Best Actor, winning Best Visual Effects. It stars Michael Jibson and Mark Lewis Jones.  ...

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Chris Crow’s ground-breaking, hard-edged psycho-cyber horror thriller Panic Button, which debuted at Frightfest many moons ago – in 2011 to be exact – is set to receive a remastered re-launch on DVD and Download from (finally) October 23rd 2017, courtesy of Trinity Film.

Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking website – All2gethr.com. On board the private jet, their mysterious host invites to take part in the in-flight entertainment – a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary game. Trapped at 30,000 feet, they are forced to play for their lives and the lives of their loved ones. They are about to learn that putting your life online can have deadly offline consequences and that there no Esc key…

Panic Button was one of the first British horror films to explore the dark side of social networking and the perils of sharing too much information online.

Exclusive: Three Welsh films head to production in scheme backed by BFI, S4C.

Three Welsh features have been selected for production through Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme, supported by the BFI and broadcaster S4C.

Nuclear is a supernatural thriller and directorial feature debut from writer-director Catherine Linstrum.

Set in a small village under the shadow of a nuclear power station, the film follows a toxic family with a combustible past which must face the ghosts that threaten their future.

Linstrum, whose writing credits include Dreaming of Joseph Lees and California Dreamin’, has co-written the script with David John Newman, while Stella Nwimo will produce. The three had previously collaborated on the short film Things That Fall from the Sky, starring Ophelia Lovibond and Steve Waddington, through BFI Network Wales’ Beacons scheme.

Cadi (previously Gwrach) is a contemporary Welsh-language horror, set in the beautiful but brutal landscape of Snowdonia. The movie will...

The 6th edition of the BAFTA qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival just announced their award winners for their exciting 2017 edition. Highlights included Shadow of the Missing by Jamie Lee Smith and David Campion, The Lighthouse by Chris Crow, By Any Means by Leighton Spence, Red by Branko Tomovic, The Wasting by Carolyn Saunders and Kidnap Me by Ross Aitken and James Browning. The festival had something for everyone with films screened from all over the world. There was comedy, thrillers, SciFi, Drama and Documentaries plus q&a sessions with many of the attending film makers. Rts Wales once again held a special screening and q&a session and BAFTA Cymru was also present during the week.   The 2017 award winners include The Lighthouse for Best Feature...

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The 6th edition of the BAFTA qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival has just kicked off. This year's highlights include Dead Certain by Hendrik Faller, Shadow of the Missing by Jamie Lee Smith and David Campion, The Lighthouse by Chris Crow, By Any Means by Leighton Spence, Red by Branko Tomovic, The Wasting by Carolyn Saunders and Kidnap Me by Ross Aitken and James Browning.   The festival will have something for everyone with films being screened from all over the world. There will be comedy, thrillers, SciFi, Drama and Documentaries plus q&a sessions with many of the attending film makers. Rts Wales will once again be holding a special screening and q&a session and BAFTA Cymru will also be present during the week.   The...

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The 6th edition of the BAFTA qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival will run from May 8-12 this year. Highlights include Dead Certain by Hendrik Faller, Shadow of the Missing by Jamie Lee Smith and David Campion, The Lighthouse by Chris Crow, By Any Means by Leighton Spence, Red by Branko Tomovic, The Wasting by Carolyn Saunders and Kidnap Me by Ross Aitken and James Browning.   The festival will have something for everyone with films being screened from all over the world. There will be comedy, thrillers, SciFi, Drama and Documentaries plus q&a sessions with many of the attending film makers. Rts Wales will once again be holding a special screening and q&a session and BAFTA Cymru will also be present during the week.  ...

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The exciting program for the 6th edition of the BAFTA qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival has just been published. This year's highlights include Dead Certain by Hendrik Faller, Shadow of the Missing by Jamie Lee Smith and David Campion, The Lighthouse by Chris Crow, By Any Means by Leighton Spence, Red by Branko Tomovic, The Wasting by Carolyn Saunders and Kidnap Me by Ross Aitken and James Browning. The festival will run from Monday the 8th to Friday the 12th of May and will have something for everyone with films being screened from all over the world. There will be comedy, thrillers, SciFi, Drama and Documentaries plus q&a sessions with many of the attending film makers. Rts Wales will once again be holding a special...

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Stars: Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson, Ellen Rhys, Joshua Richards | Written by Frazer Lee, John Shackleton, Chris Crow, David Shillitoe | Directed by Chris Crow

Think The Social Network meets Terror at 50,000 Feet as four strangers win an all-expenses paid trip to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking site All2gethr.com however this is no ordinary trip… Boarding a private jet to NYC the foursome find themselves trapped at 30,000 feet and forced to play a game – a game whose prize is their lives, and the lives of their loved ones – by a sinister madman known only as Alligator.

The sub-genre that it the techno-horror is much maligned in the horror community, whilst many have tried to cash in on the latest internet craze (or scare), by the time the films hit cinemas or DVD said fad is usually over and all you’re left with is an incredibly dated sub-par horror tale.

Exclusive: Catherine Linstrum and Keri Collins movies shortlisted for development and production scheme.

Ten movie projects have been shortlisted for the Ffilm Cymru Wales/Film Wales’ Cinematic development and production scheme.

This year, nominated features include Nuclear by Cannes award-winning director Catherine Linstrum (California Dreamin’) and Sorted by former Raindance entrant Keri Collins (Convenience).

The programme, for films with budgets up to £300k, is financed in partnership with the BFI and S4C with additional support from Fields Park Entertainment and Warner Music Supervision.

Shortlisted film teams will now receive input from industry professionals including producers Julie Baines (Creep) and Emily Leo (Under the Shadow) as well as director Ben Parker (The Chamber), alongside sales and distribution representatives such as Jezz Vernon, formerly of Metrodome, and Deborah Rowland.

Three selected films will then be made over the next 18 months.

FfCW will invest approximately £180,000 production finance into each of the final three films. As part of...

Stars: Michael Jibson, Mark Lewis Jones, Ian Virgo, Stephen McDade, Joshua Richards, Charles Curran, Jason May, Nathan Sussex, David Lloyd, David Shillitoe | Written by Paul Bryant, Chris Crow, Michael Jibson | Directed by Chris Crow

Horror tends to disturb us much more when it taps into our own personal demons… The Lighthouse is a film based on a true story, the Smalls Island Incident of 1801, showing how our own demons can actually be the scariest of them all!

Thomas Howell (Michael Jibson) and Thomas Griffiths (Mark Lewis Jones) are posted at the Smalls Island Lighthouse, with the job of ‘keeping the light’ to protect sailors from the islands rock. The temperamental nature of the weather on the Irish Sea leads to the two becoming stranded 25 miles from land in the Lighthouse and as their supplies start to run out, their grip on reality begins to fail.

While based on a true story,...

I love horror films that are set in the past, before mobile phones, internet, even before cars; the more isolated, the better, without the distraction of modern life interrupting what makes us truly afraid. When all you have is other humans and nature and the thin line that separates you from violence and insanity. Such seems to be the case with The Lighthouse, a new feature film directed by Chris Crow (Devil's Bridge, Panic Button) and produced by David Lloyd (Devil's Bridge). Starring Michael Jibson (Les Miserables, The Riot Club) and Mark Lewis Jones (Troy, Master and Commander), it tells the true story of the Smalls Island incident of 1801, off the coast of Wales. Quite macabre, and all the more sinister for being plucked...

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New films on Screenbase this week include the directorial debuts of Michael Lennox and Rachel Tunnard, Terry Jones’ economics doc and Chris Crow’s The Lighthouse.

Boardwalk Empire star Stephen Graham leads the cast of Michael Lennox’s feature debut A Patch of Fog, beginning principal photography in Northern Ireland next week.

The Fyzz Facility production follows a celebrated novelist and TV personality who finds his reputation on the line when his life invaded by a lonely security guard who catches him shoplifting.

Graham will star alongside Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Arsher Ali (Four Lions) and Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones).

Producers are Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects), Wayne Marc Godfrey (Cake) and David Gilbery (Bone Tomahawk) for The Fyzz Facility with backing from The Fyzz Facility, Northern Ireland Screen and the BFI.

Tunnard’s feature debut

Principal photography has wrapped on UK comedy How To Live Yours starring Jodie Whittaker.

The film, about...

Soda to distribute psychological thriller starring Michael Jibson and Mark Lewis Jones.

Production has commenced on The Lighthouse, a psychological thriller from writer/director Chris Crow (Panic Button).

The Lighthouse tells the story of two men trapped in an isolated lighthouse cut off from the outside world. As the storms rage and relief seems impossible a terrible tragedy befalls one of the keepers leaving the survivor fighting to stay sane in a nightmarish situation.

The story is based on the ‘Smalls Island incident of 1801’, one of the most infamous episodes in Welsh maritime history.

Michael Jibson (The Riot Club), the script’s co-writer, will star alongside Mark Lewis Jones (Stella).

Soda Pictures have distribution for the UK and Ireland.

It marks the second film to go in to production from Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic, an emerging talent scheme devised and developed in partnership with the BFI Film Fund, BBC Films, Creative Skillset...

Craig Roberts’ directorial debut Just Jim and a feature from Doctor Who and Broadchurch director Euros Lyn among three projects selected to go into production by Welsh talent scheme.

Film Agency for Wales’ emerging talent scheme Cinematic has announced the three projects to progress through to production, following the first round in October.

Craig Roberts’ writing/directorial debut Just Jim, Chris Crow’s psychological thriller The Lighthouse and Euros Lyn’s Welsh-language Y Llyfrgell (The Library) will be put into production over the next 18 months.

Cinematic also encourages a market focus from an early stage with the help of Soda Pictures.

Just Jim is the first feature from Submarine star Roberts and is about an enigmatic new neighbour who turns a teenage loser’s life upside down. Producer is Pip Broughton.

The Lighthouse is described as “a disturbing story of death, isolation and neurosis” based on “one of the most infamous incidents in Welsh maritime history”.

Horror...

Stars: Mark Pickering, Gareth John Bale, Ian Dicks, Richard Elfyn, Paul Gamble, Huw Garmon, Christopher Godwin, Ioan Hefin, Michael Jibson, Paul Jibson, Mark Lewis Jones | Written by Chris Crow, Graham Davidson | Directed by Chris Crow

Cast into a violent and bloody world of murder, Hereward, a novice monk, must deliver the Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne – a book of great beauty and power – to the safety of the Iona monastery, while being pursued by a Viking death squad hell- bent on its capture. On his way to the monastery, he meets a fierce and skilled swordsman who answers his prayers and dedicates his life to protecting Hereward while he delivers the book. In the midst of their journey, they are confronted by Vikings ready to kill in order to get what they want, leaving Hereward and his protector at their mercy.

I have a love-hate relationship with historical Viking flicks – they...

Ten film projects, including features from Doctor Who director Euros Lyn and Borrowed Time producer Olivier Kaempfer, have been selected to progress to the first round of the Film Agency for Wales’ low budget film scheme.

The teams behind these projects will now participate in a training and mentoring programme supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, which is funded by the National Lottery via the BFI, and through the Skills Investment Fund (Sif).

The Film Agency for Wales devised and developed Cinematic in partnership with the BFI Film Fund, BBC Films, S4C and Soda Pictures to support emerging filmmaking talent from Wales in making “contemporary, dynamic and distinctive feature films” with budgets of around £300,000 ($480,000).

A total of 56 applications were made to the programme following its launch in June. The ten projects and their filmmaking teams selected to continue with the programme are:

Craig’s Film (working title)

Producer: Pip Broughton

Writer / Director: [link...

Alrighty, kids, looking for some new horror flicks but don't feel like leaving your house? Yeah, we kind of don't blame you. The outside world can suck at times. Good thing for you Phase 4 Films has announced they're bringing Panic Button and Dollhouse to VOD on April 1st, 2013.

Check out the synopses and artwork for both flicks below. Look for more on each of them soon!

Chris Crow's Panic Button stars Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson, Elen Rhys, and Joshua Richards.

Panic Button Synopsis

Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York City. On board the private jet, they are invited to take part in the in-flight entertainment – a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary game. Trapped at 30,000 feet, they are forced to play for their lives and the lives of their loved ones by their mysterious captor.

Kirsten Sheridan...

Saw at 30,000ft best describes Chris Crow’s fiendish, suspenseful shocker. Four social networking strangers win an online trip to the Big Apple, but soon discover there’s something rotten aboard their private jet as a series of games turns ever more dangerous. Slowly ratcheting up the dread before delivering a succession of climactic jolts, buckle up tight for this first class flightmare.

New British horror thriller 'Monster Project' has moved into development and the Movie Mogul Ltd production sounds like an interesting prospect. The company behind last years Chris Crow helmed mystery thriller 'Panic Button', which starred Scarlett Alice Johnson ('Adulthood'), Jack Gordon ('Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead'), Michael Jibson and Elen Rhys, will be written, directed and co-produced by 'Panic Button' scribe John Shackleton. The movie revolves around six teenagers who undergo a harrowing transformation into monsters, imbued with various abilities and ailments, and are forced to go on the run, fighting for their survival. Check out what Shackleton had to say on the project as well as peeking at the teaser artwork for the project below...

Director/writer: Chris Crow.

Devil's Bridge is an indie horror film from the United Kingdom. This is director and writer Chris Crow's first major release and Devil's Bridge deals with three blokes on holiday. They leave Essex for Wales, but they might have wanted to avoid one stop in a backwoods country town. Here, a hunter reminds the men who is boss in the Welsh wilderness with threats, stares, gunfire and even stabbings. The guys get the message a little too late. And thus, we have another urban versus rural encroachment theme with elements of Welsh history and territory aggression tied into a fairly predictable thriller.

Sam (Michael Jibson), Danny (Gary Mavers), and Sean (Joseph Millson) are the three men "on the piss." Sean is searching for a family friend who can get him out of his financial troubles. On the way to find this mystery man, they almost...

Director: Chris Crow.

Writers: Frazer Lee, John Shackleton, David Shillito and Chris Crow.

Panic Button is a United Kingdom shot indie film that was recently released on Blu-Ray, DVD and video-on-demand. Made for under $300K UK pounds Panic Button takes place on a small jet with four distressed characters wanting to get off this doomed flight. Comparable to the Saw franchise, Nine Dead and early parts of Marcus Grave's Choose as there are tough choices here, this film can be a little predictable while also raising some important internet issues e.g. cyber bullying, privacy.

Max (Jack Gordon), Jo (Scarlett Alice Johnson), Dave (Michael Jibson), and Gwen (Elen Rhys) have won the trip of a life time or so they think. A trip to New York City promises excitement while a pixelated alligator also promises SUVs, diamonds and assorted contest winnings. All they have to do is sign the terms...

At this point you should understand that we here at horrorbid are backing, Panic Button to the greatest extent possible. The film is amazingly dark while upholding a high level of integrity, and we appreciate that; It takes hard work, thought, and genuine passion to make a high calibre horror picture that regards its intended viewers with respect. Chris Crow, Frazer Lee and the cast behind Panic Button somehow pulled it off, and I must iterate (I…...

Directed by: Chris Crow

Written by: Frazer Lee

Cast: Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jobson, Elen Rhys

As Gertrude Stein once said, “Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”

While Ms. Stein may have passed away in 1946, her sentiments have never been truer than at present. She might as well have been referring to Chris Crow’s 2011 British thriller Panic Button. Panic Button's theme is: too much information equals a lot of bloodshed. By simply viewing dangerous acts, engaging people with ulterior motives, and hacking private accounts, we are all inflicting some kind of violence upon one another. This is exactly what pisses off an animated cartoon alligator when four members of Facebook (I mean, the fictional All2gethr.com) board a private airplane bound for New York City after winning a competition.

Jo (Scarlett Alice Johnson), Max (Jack Gordon), Dave...

Fans of Wolf Creek may want to listen up to the following! Yet another hard edged and gritty horror flick is on its way from abroad that showcases yet another place you may never want to visit.

Below you'll find two new stills from Chris Crow's upcoming indie flick Devil's Bridge starring Joseph Millson, Michael Jibson, Joshua Richards and Gary Mavers. Look for more on this one soon!

Devil's Bridge is a stark, psychological thriller / survival horror. The protagonist Sean’s (Joseph Millson) livelihood is on the rocks, so he sets out to meet an underworld specialist who can facilitate an off-the-books solution to his failing business. Heading into the rural isolation of Wales with his friends Adam (Michael Jibson) and Danny (Gary Mavers), Sean finds himself in unknown and deeply alien territory, and they cross paths with William Parry (Joshua Richards), a hardened farmer, consumed by paranoia and a lifetime of bitter resentment,...

As promised in our Event Report from this year's amazing as always Film4 FrightFest film fest in the UK, we're back with a full gallery of photos from the event taken by our man on the scene, Gareth aka Pestilence, along with a quartet of new reviews.

As you're no doubt aware from our past several years of covering the event, FrightFest is nothing if not eclectic, as evidenced by the films that are the subject of these four reviews from Gareth:

The Glass Man

Starring Andy Nyman, James Cosmo, Neve Campbell, Brett Allen

Directed by Cristian Solimeno

Martin Pyrite has lost his job. But instead of telling his wife, he continues his work routine and gets into enormous monetary difficulties. Then late one night a sinister debt collector bangs on his door with an offer – if Martin helps him carry out an important task, he’ll wipe the financial slate clean.

Chris Crow's indie horror Devil's Bridge and Donal MacIntyre's Hooligans go to Entertainment One Hooligans will be distributed in the U.K. while Devil's Bridge goes to Entertainment One for a run in Scandinavia, Australia, the U.K. and New Zealand. Hooligans follows corruption in professional soccer and is produced by Duncan Napier-Bell of Eyeline Entertainment. Pic is in pre-production phase for release some time in the second half of next year. Chris Crow's feature directorial debut, the psychological thriller Devil's Bridge, tells of a young man with a failing business who goes to rural Wales and ends up on unfamiliar ground. He and a friend end up in an encounter...

Chris Crow's indie horror Devil's Bridge and Donal MacIntyre's Hooligans go to Entertainment One Hooligans will be distributed in the U.K. while Devil's Bridge goes to Entertainment One for a run in Scandinavia, Australia, the U.K. and New Zealand. Hooligans follows corruption in professional soccer and is produced by Duncan Napier-Bell of Eyeline Entertainment. Pic is in pre-production phase for release some time in the second half of next year. Chris Crow's feature directorial debut, the psychological thriller Devil's Bridge, tells of a young man with a failing business who goes to rural Wales and ends up on unfamiliar ground. He and a friend end up in an encounter...

As the holiest range of dates in the British horror fanatic’s calendar now consigns itself to history, so too do the memories of this year’s Film4 FrightFest (Thursday 25 August to Monday 29 August). As usual, Dread Central was on the scene to bring you insight into the machinations of the UK’s biggest horror film festival. Read on for the details and a sample of our huge forthcoming image gallery!

Now in its twelfth year of operation, the UK’s premier destination for lovers of all things scary and violent appears to have settled solidly into what will likely be its permanent home for the future – the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square. Did we mention last year that it’s also the largest cinema screen in the UK? We did, you say? Well, it is. And it’s a wonderful thing to behold every single time you enter the auditorium.

UK director Chris Crow follows up his debut feature Devil's Bridge (2010) with Panic Button (2011), which screened at this year's Film4 FrightFest. When four strangers meet for the first time at an airport, they all seem very familiar with each other. Having each won a free trip to New York through their membership to the Facebook-inspired 'All2gethr.com', revelations begin to emerge about the details they’ve garnered from the profiles of their fellow competition winners.

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Panic Button

Stars: Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson, Ellen Rhys, Joshua Richards | Written by Frazer Lee, John Shackleton, Chris Crow, David Shillitoe | Directed by Chris Crow

Think The Social Network meets Terror at 50,000 Feet as four strangers win an all-expenses paid trip to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking site All2gethr.com however this is no ordinary trip… Boarding a private jet to NYC the foursome find themselves trapped at 30,000 feet and forced to play a game – a game whose prize is their lives, and the lives of their loved ones – by a sinister madman known only as Alligator.

The sub-genre that it the techno-horror is much maligned in the horror community, whilst many have tried to cash in on the latest internet craze (or scare), by the time the films hit cinemas or DVD said fad is usually over and all you’re left with...

Social networking can be nightmarish. How many times have you met someone online who said they were the hottest thing alive, and then they ended up being a mouth breather? That shit sucks! In any event, two new stills that show what happens when horror goes online in The Panic Button are right here waiting for ya!

Chris Crow's film is being produced by Media Mogul Entertainment and stars Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson, Elen Rhys and Joshua Richards.

Be sure to check out the official The Panic Button Facebook page for more updates.

Synopsis

Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking website – All2gethr.com. As they board the private jet, they are asked to relinquish their mobile phones and take part in the in-flight entertainment – a new online gaming experience.

But this is no ordinary game.

It's times like this when we here in the States couldn't be more jealous of our friends across the pond. One of the best damned horror film festivals in the world, The Film4 FrightFest, has announced its full slate of films, and all we can say is ... wow.

From the Press Release: Hebrew horror, killer Santas, carrot-wielding maniacs, demented descents, a werewolf musical, the end of the world and troll hunters – it can only be Film4 FrightFest, back for a terrifying twelfth year.

From Thursday 25 August to Monday 29 August, the UK’s premiere event for horror fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 37 films on two screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strand will play in Empire 4. There are eleven countries represented, with seven world premieres and a record-equalling twenty UK or European premieres.

This year’s line-up reflects...

Hebrew horror, killer santas, carrot-wielding maniacs, demented descents, a Werewolf musical, the end of the world and Troll Hunters – it can only be Film4 FrightFest, back for a terrifying twelfth year. Everyone’s favourite U.K. genre film festival is back to present a total of 37 spine-tinglers in two screens. This is Sound On Sight’s third year in partnership with FrightFest, and every year John McEntee and Al White provide some killer film reviews from the fest. Check out the list of films below.

From Thurs 25 August to Monday 29 August the UK’s premiere event for horror fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 37 films in two screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strand will play in Empire 4. There are eleven countries represented, with seven world premieres and a record-equalling twenty UK or European premieres.

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Playing at Frightfest is Chris Crow's high altitude thriller Panic Button, which we've just scored the first action-packed images. You'll also find the trailer inside, along with the poster and some more stills by clicking the title. "Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking website All2gethr.com. As they board the private jet, they are asked to relinquish their mobile phones and take part in the in-flight entertainment a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary game. Trapped at 30,000 feet, they are forced to play for their lives and the lives of their loved ones by their invisible captor, who seems to all know their most intimate secrets. With no escape and no one to trust, they are about to learn that putting your life on-line can have deadly offline consequences "...

Take a deep breathe! Because the official Film4 FrightFest line-up has been announced. The event taking place from Thursday 25 August to Monday 29 August at the Empire Cinema in London's Leicester Square is jam packed with horror features from far and wide and will consist of seven world premieres and a record-equalling twenty UK or European premieres! The full listing of the 37 features to debut over that late August weekend are shown below. Notable highlights include UK horror flicks 'The Wicker Tree' (directed by 'The Wicker Man' writer and helmer Robin Hardy), Chris Crow's 'Panic Button' and 'Guinea Pigs'. The festival will also see the UK premieres of 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark', 'Final Destination 5', 'Tucker and Dale Vs Evil', Ti West's 'The Innkeepers', Joseph Kahn's 'Detention' and Lucky McKee's 'The Woman'.

Devil's Bridge from Stealth Media Group has a real life human troll, who tries to ruin a road trip for three men. The first trailer for this horror thriller shows this mythical beast in farmer's attire, as the men must pay the toll with their lives. Be forewarned, this first trailer for Devil's Bridge is very violent and those with stronger stomachs can watch one man lose his marbles over a simple footpath. More details are below.

Tagline: "They Thought They Knew It All. They Were Dead Wrong."

The synopsis for Devil's Bridge:

"Sean takes his two friends into the rural wilds of Wales in search of an underworld specialist who can illegally revive his failing business. Deep in alien, isolated territory, they accidentally cross William Parry, a broken and desperate farmer dangerously hateful and paranoid of all around him. The situation spins rapidly out of control, spiraling into...

Four people win a trip to New York courtesy of a trendy social networking site. What they don’t realize, of course, is that someone is playing a deadly game, and they’re the participants. The stage is set for madness and mayhem in director Chris Crow’s “Panic Button”, a film that pits four strangers against one another in the cozy confines of a luxury jet. Although the premise itself is a little familiar, the execution looks pretty strong. Specifically, here’s what the film is all about: Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking website – All2gethr.com. As they board the private jet, they are asked to relinquish their mobile phones and take part in the in-flight entertainment – a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary game. Trapped at 30,000 feet, they are forced to play...

The one-room thriller is taken to new heights (heh) in Panic Button, a movie about four unlucky contest winners forced to fight for their lives, as a horrifying game incites them to violence. Is this the future of social networking? If it is, there is no Esc!

Synopsis:

Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking website . All2gethr.com. As they board the private jet, they are asked to relinquish their mobile phones and take part in the in-flight entertainment . a new online gaming experience.

But this is no ordinary game. Trapped at 30,000 feet, they are forced to play for their lives and the lives of their loved ones by their invisible captor, who seems to know all their most intimate secrets.

With no escape and no one to trust, they are about to learn that putting your life on-line...

A new horror film is taking to the skies in Chris Crow's (Devil's Bridge) Panic Button. 30,000 feet in the air and four unlucky contest winners must fight for their lives, as a horrifying game incites them to violence. The first trailer for Panic Button is below and production on this film is currently taking place in the United Kingdom. More details inside.

The synopsis for Panic Button is here:

"Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking website – All2gethr.com. As they board the private jet, they are asked to relinquish their mobile phones and take part in the in-flight entertainment – a new online gaming experience.

But this is no ordinary game. Trapped at 30,000 feet, they are forced to play for their lives and the lives of their loved ones by their invisible captor, who seems to all know their most intimate secrets.

Here's a new trailer for UK filmmaker Chris Crow's upcoming thriller Panic Button. The trailer freakin rocks with a bunch of torturous drama going on as some friends watch a crazy online video while on a flight.  This movie takes on the social network and sends it in a dark and spiraling descent.  Media Mogul Entertainment is producing the film with Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson, Elen Rhys and Joshua Richards all starring. There isn't much more detail on the film yet but we'll keep you posted as it hits the web.