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It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and Syfy’s celebrating accordingly with a marathon of the Leprechaun movies. But if you’re looking for horror inspiration that’ll bring the laughs and screams beyond the pint-sized killer’s holiday-appropriate franchise, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to Irish horror comedies that do just that.

If you’re feeling lucky, here’s where you can stream these Irish horror-comedies this week.

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Extra Ordinary – Kanopy, Paramount+

This horror-comedy from writers/directors Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman delivers laughs and ectoplasm in spades. Maeve Higgins stars as the kindly Rose Dooley, a lonely woman with a unique ability to see and deal with ghosts. When a washed up rock star (Will Forte) enters a Satanic pact that entails sacrificing his daughter, Rose must team up with client and crush Martin Martin (Barry Ward) to save her.

I believe it takes a well-developed sense of humor to be a horror fan. After all, none of us would be able to sleep if we actually thought that Freddy Krueger could show up in our dreams at night – and yet we always play along when the time comes to enjoy spooky stories about supernatural killers and mutated monsters.

That’s why the rise of horror comedies was all but inevitable, as most horror hounds were already willing to laugh alongside their favorite filmmakers instead of at them. That being said, some of these humorous scares are more popular than others, and today we’d like to shine a light on six criminally underseen horror-comedies that deserve a second chance at success!

As usual, this list is based on personal opinion, but don’t forget to comment below with your own underrated favorites if you think we missed a particularly...

Ireland may not be the first country that springs to mind when you think of horror movies, yet it harbors a trove of cinematic treasures that blend folklore, terror, and the uniquely Irish sensibility into unforgettable narratives. Irish horror movies, rich with cultural nuances and eerie landscapes, offer a distinctive take on the genre, weaving tales that range from the gothic to the contemporary, all imbued with a Gaelic flair that resonate far beyond St. Patrick’s Day.

Let’s lift the veil on this treasure trove of Celtic terror, exploring films that range from eerie supernatural tales to gritty psychological horrors, all infused with the distinctive flavor of Ireland.

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In You Are Not My Mother (2021), Char’s unsettling journey begins when her mother, Angela, vanishes, returning with a disturbingly altered demeanor that hints at supernatural interference.

Monster movies from around the world offer unique perspectives on culture and history, like the nuclear allegory in Godzilla/Gojira. International horror movies, like Rec from Spain and The Host from South Korea, can reveal fears and social commentary specific to their respective countries. Non-American monster movies, such as Mexico's The Brainiac and Italy's Demons, have made significant cultural impact and are celebrated globally in the horror community.

Monster movies are a significant part of film history. From early silent films to the present day, audiences everywhere have been terrorized by vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein's monsters, zombies, and massive kaiju. Every country has its own set of fairy tales and urban legends to base its monster movies on, as well as creative minds that have made up new monster stories for the screen. Some of these monsters are allegorical or function as a jumping-off point to explore bigger ideas, while...

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and Syfy’s celebrating accordingly with a marathon of the Leprechaun movies. But if you’re looking for horror inspiration beyond the pint-sized killer’s holiday-appropriate franchise, a vast world of worthy Irish horror movies is available at your fingertips.

If you’re feeling lucky, here are ten Irish horror movies you can stream today.

Grabbers – AMC+

If you’re in the mood for a horror-comedy creature feature, this movie is the answer. A small island off the coast of Ireland becomes ground zero to an alien invasion. These tentacled monsters, dubbed Grabbers by the locals, have an affinity for human blood. That’s terrible news for the locals until they discover alcohol is highly toxic to the spaced invaders. Naturally, they deduce the only way to survive the attack is to get hammered. Drunk villagers versus man-eating aliens make for an entertaining way to spend St.

Grabbers director Jon Wright is back with the creature feature Unwelcome (formerly The Little People), and Bloody Disgusting has another exclusive clip for you this week in which we learn that a nightly blood offering should keep “the little people” happy.

Well Go USA Entertainment will unleash Jon Wright’s new horror movie in select theaters across North America (US and Canada) on March 8th as an AMC “Thrills and Chills” exclusive, followed by a PVOD release on March 14, 2023.

The film, described as Gremlins meets Straw Dogs, spins a tale of what happens to people who come in contact with the violent, bloodthirsty goblins known originally in Irish folklore as the fear dearg or “far darrig,” now often referred to worldwide as the “Redcaps.”

Unwelcome, which is directed by Irish-born Jon Wright and based on an original screenplay by Mark Stay, stars Hannah John-Kamen (Red Sonja, Black Mirror, Ant-Man and The Wasp,...

Unwelcome is a horror movie directed by Jon Wright starring Hannah John-Kamen and Douglas Booth.

A mixture of horror and local bright spots that, as it progresses, stops being “scary” to introduce us to “something else” that, although it will not be that surprising, it is quite interesting.

The creatures that appear will be quite familiar to you (whether or not they resemble the Critters is up to you).

Movie Review Unwelcome (2023)

For a B-movie, it has its merits in some places, especially in terms of cinematography. It knows how to maintain its tone of a fable and coherently interconnect the protagonist landscape with the narrative and the personal dramas of each one. The acting is fine, but no one here is exactly going to win an Oscar.

As for the horror story, it gets somewhat blurred as soon as the “protagonists” of the story appear (we will not give...

Stars: Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth, Colm Meaney, Chris Walley, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Kristian Nairn, Niamh Cusack | Written by Jon Wright, Mark Stay | Directed by Jon Wright

Director Jon Wright has a good track record when it comes to comedy horror, having previously made high school slasher Tormented (2009) and boozy creature feature Grabbers (2012). His latest film, Unwelcome, adds more monsters to his menagerie, in an effective genre offering that plays like Straw Dogs meets Gremlins, by way of Leprechaun.

Unwelcome opens in a dodgy area of London, where newly pregnant couple Maya (Hannah John-Kamen) and Jamie (Douglas Booth) are brutally beaten after local thugs invade their flat. Nine months later, with Maya’s baby imminent, the pair relocate to rural Ireland, after Jamie inherits his aunt’s house.

Almost immediately, Maya is warned that there are certain rituals that have to be obeyed, specifically that she has to leave a piece of...

Stars: Karl Rice, Eoin Duffy, Hilda Fay, David Pearse, Mary Murray, Anthony Head | Written and Directed by Conor McMahon

You might think that you don’t know a lot of Irish horror movies but you either didn’t realise certain films were made in Ireland or by Irish filmmakers or you’re not watching the right films! Whether it be the comedy from 2005 Boy Eats Girl or folky Hammer movie Wake Wood or the terrifying Corin Hardy movie The Hallow or the ridiculously fun Grabbers. There’s plenty for horror fans to enjoy and the pun in the title will tell you that Let The Wrong One In is the latest horror comedy coming from Ireland.

It tells the story of Matt, a teenager who suddenly discovers his older brother, Deco, has become a vampire. He then has to decide whether to help his brother or the very, very, opposite and kill him.

In an joint announcement today, Well Go USA and Shudder announced their acquisition of Jon Wright's Irish creature feature Unwelcome. Well Go will release the flick in cinemas on March 17th, 2022, and Shudder will stream it later next year. The official trailer was released to mark the occasion. Check it out, and a small selection of stills, below the press release. Well Go USA Acquires North American Rights to Irish “Creature Feature” Horror Pic Unwelcome Helmed by “Grabbers” director Jon Wright, the film will debut in U.S. theaters March 17 before streaming exclusively on Shudder later in 2022 Leading international and indie film distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the chilling creature feature Unwelcome, which...

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Unfed. Unwanted. Unleashed. Grabbers director Jon Wright is back with the creature feature Unwelcome (formerly The Little People), described by the filmmaker as Gremlins meets Straw Dogs. Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the chilling creature feature, which spins a tale of what happens to people who come in contact with the violent, bloodthirsty goblins known originally in […]...

We are living in the age of extraordinary horror films. The cinematic offerings to satisfy our cravings for a good scare or a story so terrifying it gives us nightmares have taken on many new forms, all exciting — and sometimes challenging. With the 2021 Sundance Film Festival wrapping up, let’s acknowledge that the Park City event has consistently been a great launching pad for new genre voices from around the world (Check out the AMC+ collection of past Sundance winners and festival favorites). Movies that begin their journey there go on to haunt audiences and often reshape our perception of the genre.

In the robust library of AMC+, you can see quite clearly how horror is no longer limited to studio-made films. In indie auteurs’ hands, horror has become the vehicle for stories with distinct points of view. And there are even non-fiction efforts that dig deeper into the significance and craft of revered classics.

Warner Bros. has acquired U.K. rights for creature feature “The Little People,” and will release the film next year.

Director Jon Wright (“Grabbers”) has wrapped the London shoot of the film, that stars Hannah John-Kamen (“The Stranger”) and Douglas Booth (“The Dirt”) as a couple who escape their urban nightmare to live in rural Ireland only to discover malevolent, murderous goblins lurking in their new garden.

The cast also includes Colm Meaney (“The Banker”), Jamie-Lee O’Donnell (“Derry Girls”), Chris Walley (“The Young Offenders”) and Kristian Nairn (“Game of Thrones”). The film is based on an original screenplay by Mark Stay (“Robot Overlords”) and Wright.

“The Little People” is funded by Ingenious Media and is produced by Piers Tempest (“The Wife”) and Peter Touche (“Unhinged”) as a Tempo Production in association with Automatik VFX.

“’The Little People’ is a very modern horror film, with plenty of scares and gore, but also an interesting psychological dimension,...

Alison Thompson to present creature feature at upcoming Cannes virtual market.

Cornerstone Films has picked up worldwide sales rights to The Little People, the latest feature from UK director Jon Wright.

It will present the film to buyers at this month’s Cannes virtual market (June 22-26).

Wright, whose previous features include Robot Overlords (2014), Grabbers (2012), and Tormented (2009), directs and co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Stay.

The film also reunites several of the creative team from Grabbers, including prosthetics supervisor Shaune Harrison, concept artist Paul Catling, and VFX supervisor Paddy Eason.

The Little People follows a pair of Londoners who escape...

Kimihiko Nakamura started his career as an actor mostly in V-cinema productions under the alias Salmon Sakeyama. His credits include 52 movies with titles such as “Girl Hell 1999”, “Blood Sisters” and “All Night Long: Initial O”. After winning an award for his script at the Hakodate Film Festival, he switched to directing using his actual name this time.

On the occasion of “Smoking Aliens” screening at Japan Filmfest Hamburg, we speak with him about the crazy story of the film, smoking, and shooting films in Japan.

Can you introduce to our readers how you became a director and screenwriter?

With my experience as staff and as actor in various films and TV shows, I made my own plans and scripts. Because those were approved, I became film director.

Where did you get the idea for creating such a crazy narrative as Smoking Aliens?

In science fiction movies, is it often the...

Does this sound familiar? A meteor crashes to Earth, near human habitation, “something” comes out of the meteor and proceeds to run amok among the local human populace. Or it could be a human built space craft, returning from Mars, Venus or the moon and “something” gets loose near a city or small town and creates mayhem every where it goes. Or it could be an alien spacecraft, or even big seed pods.

My point being, this is one well used concept in science fiction movies, especially science fiction monster movies. You wouldn’t think there was much film makers could do to return to that story and do something new with it. The fine Irish film crew that created Grabbers did exactly that.

Part of my post duty orders here at We Are Movie Geeks is to shine a spotlight on little known and largely unseen moves that deserve a larger audience.

Hulu has confirmed that several of its original series will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in July, including the first season of the highly anticipated Stephen King thriller “Castle Rock” as well as season 2 of the costume drama “Harlots” and season 4 of the comedy “Casual.”

And there will also be new to Hulu seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including season 2 of “The Strain,” season 4 of “The Vikings” and season 8 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Hulu appearances including the first five films in the “Star Trek” franchise and the Oscar-winning “Rosemary’s Baby.”

See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in July

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Rob Leane Jun 30, 2017

Channel 4 and Amazon are bringing us a Phillip K Dick anthology series that's worth getting excited about...

Philip K. Dick’s writing has been translated to the screen numerous times, with most of the results being brilliant in their own ways: Blade Runner remains one of the best-loved sci-fi films of all time; Minority Report stands out as one of the best Tom Cruise movies; Total Recall, the first one, has cult classic status; and The Man In The High Castle has really captured imaginations over the last couple of years.

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Now, Amazon and Channel 4 are teaming up to offer fans an unprecedented number of Dick-adapted stories all at once. Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is an anthology series, arriving this autumn, which gives short stories from the iconic author a Black Mirror sort of treatment.

Exclusive: Mark Benton, Paul Kaye join Ella Hunt; Amp handles sales; Creative Scotland among backers.

Shoot on zombie comedy-musical Anna And The Apocalypse is underway in and around Glasgow, Scotland.

In the movie, a girl and her friends must fight – and sing – their way through a zombie invasion to reach the supposed safety of their school, not knowing if their parents and friends will still be alive when they get there.

Emerging UK actress Ella Hunt (Our Robot Overlords) stars in the title role alongside Mark Benton (ITV drama The Halcyon) who plays her father and Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones), who plays the wicked antagonist Savage.

Ryan McHenry, who wrote and directed the 2010 short film Zombie Musical upon which it is based, wrote the original script and was due to direct the feature but the filmmaker died of cancer in 2015 aged 27. He was best known for creating viral hit Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal...

Sarah Dobbs Oct 28, 2016

Seven horror screenwriters share their tips on how to write a really scary movie

It’s easy to write a horror movie, isn’t it? Pack up a couple of kids, send them off somewhere isolated, and have a monster chase them through the woods. Throw in some loud bangs on the soundtrack and you’re sorted. Right?

Wrong. Well, okay, not wrong if you want to write a basic, generic, forgettable kind of horror movie. But if you want to do something better than that, things get a bit more complicated. You need a proper story; characters worth investing in; a carefully constructed atmosphere of dread punctuated by the kind of scares that make your audience hide behind their hands. And that’s not easy.

To get the lowdown on what works and what doesn’t, I interviewed some working horror writers. Here are their tips:...

Mark Harrison Jul 1, 2016

Need a laugh? Here's our guide to 25 comedies that are on Netflix UK now, and are well worth your time...

Putting aside all of the chunter about VPNs and rising subscription costs for a moment, there are more hidden gems to be discovered on Netflix UK than you might expect, and we've been combing through the streaming site's current catalogue to find some of the most underappreciated comedies on offer.

We've come up with this fairly broad selection of films that varies on several fronts. We've picked out a mix of belly laughers and dark comedies, with a couple of dramedies thrown in for good measure. They're not all big Hollywood comedies, but neither are they all films that you're hearing about for the first time, though we've tried to order them according to how well known they may or may not be. What they all have...

Estimated £100m ($145m) of tax repayments claimed through fraudulent film investment scheme.

Four UK film executives have been found guilty of operating a fraudulent film investment scheme that was used to claim an estimated £100m ($145m) of tax repayments.

The men were found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court after they were shown to have falsely claimed to have invested £275m ($400m) in feature films and used offshore companies to hide their activities, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

The four executives comprise former Little Wing Films partners Charles Savill and Keith Hayley; Robert Bevan, a former co-director at film sales company Salt; and Monaco-based accountant and corporate services provider Norman Leighton.

More than 275 investors contributed more than £76m ($110m) to the scheme, according to Hm Revenue & Customs. The scheme used tax breaks to attract investment from footballers, investment bankers and a pop star.

The men claimed to have spent more than £250m ($365m) on pre-production and development...

Exclusive: Co-operative whose alumni include Corin Hardy and Rachel Dargavel rebrands as UK courses company run by former Salt MD Samantha Horley.

UK filmmaker collective The Vipers Nest, whose alumni include Corin Hardy (The Hallow), Kevin Lehane (Grabbers) and Rachel Dargavel (Norfolk), is to relaunch as a training and courses brand under the stewardship of its founder, the former Salt MD Samantha Horley.

The first course, presented in association with cinema app Usheru, will be ‘How Low Can You Go? Swapping Money For Imagination’, a two-day low-budget film course in June presented by consultant and producer Stephen Cleary, whose credits as story consultant include 2014 Sundance and Berlin winner 52 Tuesdays [pictured].

The Vipers Nest was originally set up in 2010 by former Summit and Polygram sales executive Horley as a co-operative aimed at supporting first-time writers, directors and producers working on commercial films.

“Everywhere I go I’m asked about The Vipers Nest, so it seemed...

Hannah Bonner Mar 15, 2019

St. Patrick's Day is upon us, thus we lift a glass and consider what are the best Irish films to cheers to on such an auspicious day.

Spring is in the air, and it’s that time of year when we can enjoy a pint and a shot of Tullamore Dew on the patio (or while watching our favorite Irish movie).

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we have compiled a list of the 10 best Irish films to raise your glass to on the 17th. Cheers!

10. Gangs of New York (2002)

Okay, so we’re cheating a little bit with the first one on this list, but Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York is his first partnership with the now Oscar winning Leonardo DiCaprio. The two have become a fruitful cinematic duo, a combination for which we moviegoers are grateful for (hello The Departed and The Wolf of Wall Street...

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Tucker & Dale, Sightseers, Grabbers and more, as we highlight 21 horror-comedies well worth your time...

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“Shaun Of The Dead!” someone shouts.

Alright, alright, settle down now. Settle down. I’ve got something to tell you. A lot of you know what I’m about to say. Some of you might sense what’s coming. Regardless, let’s all take a knee.

Deep breath in.

Deep breath out.

Okay.

…Shaun Of The Dead is almost 12 years old.

I know. It hurts. We’re super old and it’s a problem. Kids who were born the day Shaun came out are in secondary school. They’ve probably hit puberty. They’re feeling weird feelings about each other that they can’t explain. Their parents are probably starting to piss them off. Their parents who are probably us. We could be the parents of...

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Director Corin Hardy tells us about The Hallow, and how he's approaching his take on The Crow...

Director Corin Hardy is in a pretty good place right now. His Irish monster movie, The Hallow, is hitting cinemas across the UK this week, and it’s also just been announced that his reboot of The Crow, which looked like it might be cancelled after the studio filed for bankruptcy a couple of months ago, is back on track again. No better time, then, to sit down for a long chat about films and fairytales…

I saw The Hallow a few months ago and loved it – it’s really scary, and it’s got brilliant monsters. Tell me a bit about how you came up with the mythology?

Well, my mission was to try and create a new or a fresh spin on a monster for a horror movie.

Hungry Hearts, Cub exec Louis Tisné launches production outfit.

Hungry Hearts and Cub executive producer Louis Tisné is launching new production outfit Elastic Film, under whose banner he is lining up collaborations with Hungry Hearts director Saverio Costanzo and Cub director Jonas Govaerts.

In the wake of horror Cub, which won Best Director at Sitges and will be released in the UK this summer by Altitude, director Govaerts and Tisné are in development on two English-language projects.

The first, a horror taking place in the rock n’ roll industry, is currently being written by Irish screenwriter Kevin Lehane (Grabbers) while the second is an adaptation of a short horror story.

Former Pathé and Momentum exec Tisné, who operates out of London and Berlin, is also set to reteam with Hungry Hearts director Costanzo and producer Mario Gianani’s and Lorenzo Mieli’s Rome-based production company Wildside on two projects, which are in active development.

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Exclusive: Hungry Hearts, Cub exec Louis Tisné launches production outfit.

Hungry Hearts and Cub executive producer Louis Tisné is launching new production outfit Elastic Films, under whose banner he is lining up collaborations with Hungry Hearts director Saverio Costanzo and Cub director Jonas Govaerts.

In the wake of horror Cub, which won Best Director at Sitges and will be released in the UK this summer by Altitude, director Govaerts and Tisné are in development on two English-language projects.

The first, a horror taking place in the rock n’ roll industry, is currently being written by Irish screenwriter Kevin Lehane (Grabbers) while the second is an adaptation of a short horror story.

Former Pathé and Momentum exec Tisné, who operates out of London and Berlin, is also set to reteam with Hungry Hearts director Costanzo and producer Mario Gianani’s and Lorenzo Mieli’s Rome-based production company Wildside on two projects, which are in...

Jon Wright on directing Robot Overlords, working with Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson, and why he made an 80s-style family film.

Three films in, and Jon Wright is very much a director whose output is worth keeping an eye on. His first full feature, Tormented, was an effective horror with some strong moments, but it was Grabbers where he really struck gold. It remains, along with Tucker & Dale Vs Evil, our favourite horror comedy of recent times. Wright has taken a different turn for his new movie, Robot Overlords, a sci-fi movie aimed at a family audience. And he spared us some time to natter about it...

Can you put into words how you're feeling, on the eve of your film's release?

Well, I'm a bit nervous about the release, as you would be. Hoping it goes well. And I'm reading all the press that people are writing, which I actually think is very interesting.

Ivan Radford Jun 13, 2017

More recommendations have been added to our list of Netflix UK movies you might want to try...

Ask some Netflix users and they'll tell you that Netflix UK pales in comparison to Netflix Us, that America has all the new, good stuff, while British streamers are left with the bargain bin rejects from old Blockbuster stores.

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Take a closer look, though, and there's a whole heap of quality there just waiting to be discovered. Whether they're unfairly maligned, or just criminally under-seen, here are 25 under-appreciated films on Netflix UK.

(We'll keep this list updated as things arrive or leave the service to make sure you don't run of new things to try. Last update: June 2017)

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Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s horror mockumentary, which follows a group of vampire flatmates in Wellington,...

With Robot Overlords out in cinemas this week, Gillian Anderson chats to us about family movies, sci-fi, and her love of Studio Ghibli.

Robot Overlords is the new film from director Jon Wright, who previously gave the world Tormented, and the terrific Grabbers. It's a throwback of sorts to the kind of movies we got for families in the 1980s, and his impressive cast is anchored by Gillian Anderson and Sir Ben Kingsley. We got to speak to Gillian Anderson ahead of the film's release. And having established that there's no fresh news on the X-Files reboot that had been chatted about earlier in the year, here's how things went.

Here's a nice way to start: I enjoyed this!

[Laughs]

I figure it best to start with honesty! I tend to watch films like Robot Overlords through the eyes of my 11-year old son. What I took from him was firstly,...

UK cinema in 2015 has plenty to recommend it. Here are 36 UK films of all genres to look forward to this year…

Dig past the litterfall of Kray Brothers biopics and tales of nubile teens on camping trips gone wrong, and you’ll unearth plenty for the UK film industry to boast about in 2015. From sci-fi romps and thrillers like Robot Overlords and Ex Machina to dramas like High-Rise, comedies like War On Everyone, spy flicks like Spectre and kids’ films like Bill, there’s no shortage of inventive, highly promising cinema coming from these isles.

We’ve included a few choice co-productions in 2015’s pick of the year’s most interesting-looking pictures, which bolsters our list in both size and breadth (and mostly means we Brits can claim partial credit for ace-sounding dystopian flick The Lobster).

In alphabetical order then, here are the 36 UK (or UK-ish) movies we’re excited about seeing this year…...

The Lobster [pictured] is presented as case study in co-production market.

The sixth edition of the Les Arcs European Film Festival turned its focus on Ireland with an aim to celebrate its cinematic beauty and history, and in turn, its filmic opportunities.

While the festival’s co-founders Guillaume Calop and Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin mentioned in an opening statement that this year had seen a persistent crisis within the European Union (EU) and a loss of confidence in its benefits, Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador of Ireland to France) commented that “things were looking up for Ireland, and that the festival had clearly captured the essence of arts and culture that is very important for the EU.”

The festival’s ‘Irish Focus’ programming included 14 films, including older favourites such as John Crowley’s Intermission, Jim Sheridan’s In the Name of the Father and Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins to more recent movies like John Carney’s Once, Alicia Duffy’s [link...

Toplined by Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley (and, of course, some UK teens), Robot Overlords might just be the popcorn movie to watch out for in 2015. Oh yeah, and another thing, it's directed by Jon Wright who's last film, Grabbers (review), was easily one of the best monster comedies in recent memory so this just rocketed to the top of my must-see list.

Synopsis:

Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy; survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robot sentries if they venture outside.

In robot-occupied Britain, city centres are devastated and a gang of teenagers live in a seaside tow [Continued ...]...

Grabbers director Jon Wright is bringing Robot Overloads to the UK this March (no North American date yet). Starring Gillian Anderson, Ben Kingsley, and teen hero/chosen one with lots of powers (yay) Callan McAuliffe, this new trailer drops the bass like the next great dubstep album. Check out the trailer to see the hoards of gigantic robots who want to rule the world and hold us down.Here's the official synopsis: Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy; survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robot sentries if they venture outside. In robot-occupied Britain, city centres are devastated and a gang of teenagers live in a seaside town constantly under robot threat. Intimidating sentries patrol the streets; snipers are merciless death machines....

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Some films just come out of nowhere, and the trailer for one such project has arrived. The selling point? It's Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley taking on robot oppressors. Jon Wright, the filmmaker behind the solidly regarded indie creature feature "Grabbers," has co-written and directed the $21 million-budget "Robot Overlords".

Callan McAuliffe ("I Am Number Four," "Kite") leads the cast of this teen-skewing film in which Earth has been conquered by alien robots with human survivors essentially under house arrest - if they leave, an electronic implant will alert the robots who will then target them for incineration.

Amongst this, a gang of teenagers figure out how to deactivate theirs and head off in search of a father who has gone missing. Embankment Films is slated to release the film on March 19th in the United Kingdom.

Almost two years ago, it was reported that Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson (X-Files) signed on for a sci-fi film, called "Robot Overlord," which was reported to have a budget of $21 million. Today, we have a trailer. Check it out below. Plot: Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy; survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robots if they venture outside. "It's a fantastic script set in the future about a woman who has four or five kids living with her in a world run by robots and they break out in search of the father who's gone missing," Anderson previously said. "Robot Overlords" is directed by Jon Wright (Grabbers) and is set to hit UK theaters on March 19th, 2015. A Us release date has yet to be set. Trailer:...

Two years ago, director Jon Wright stepped behind the camera for the fantastic Irish sci-fi comedy Grabbers. Now, he's back directing and co-writing, along with Mark Stay, the wonderfully high concept Robot Overlords. Starring Callan McAuliffe, Ben Kingsley, and Gillian Anderson, the movie sees the world conquered by robots from another galaxy, and the human race becoming slaves to their new robot masters. The first trailer is as crazy as the synopsis suggests, features some fantastic FX works, and the whole thing promises to big crazy fun. Check it out below. Robot Overlords hits cinemas in Ireland and the U.K. on 19th March 2015...

From British director Jon Wright, the man behind the underrated 2012 monster flick Grabbers, comes another assault on Britain. This time it’s not from a glut of creepy crawlies, but a load of massive Transformers-inspired ‘bots in Robot Overlords.

Before you immediately resign it to the dustbin of your mind, take a gander at who’s involved: Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley. Both are respected actors with decorated resumes, so it does strike one as odd that both would take on roles in a low-budget genre romp.

Regardless, the film is gearing up the marketing monster in time for its release next spring with this first trailer, which is strangely compelling. Michael Bay’s “buzzy robot” sounds bray out every few seconds to the sight of the towering behemoths marching across the English countryside. Set in the near-future wherein the planet has been commandeered by robots from another galaxy,...

"People of Earth, do not be alarmed. We wish you no harm. Robots never lie." How is it possible that Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley are starring in a sci-fi flick called Robot Overlords and this is the first we're hearing about it? Well, it's not exactly, since we mentioned it briefly in February of 2013, but simply haven't heard anything about it since then. The film is set in the future and takes place on an Earth conquered by robots from another galaxy, but one young teen (Callan McAuliffe of The Great Gatsby) may hold the key to giving humans the power to fight back and take back the planet. The special effects range from impressive to downright terrible, but the movie as a whole feels like a generic SyFy project. Here's the first trailer for Jon Wright's Robot Overlords from Shaw Theatres (via The Playlist): Robot Overlords...

Sometimes, getting that mortgage payment over to the bank at the end of the month can be difficult. Or maybe it's that vacation you want to take that you just quite can't afford. Or perhaps the transmission on your fourth car is giving you trouble. Either way, Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley must have a good reason (maybe one of the above?) for signing up for something called "Robot Overlords," because, Wtf. The film is co-written and directed by Jon Wright, who was behind the decently buzzed 2012 genre flick "Grabbers," and… we're not sure what happened here. From the dodgy CGI, the "Tron: Legacy"-aping score, the vaguely Tom Cruise looking lead teen actor, and a seemingly incomprehensible story, this looks like a mess. A watchable mess? Who knows, but here's the official synopsis to make things a bit clearer: Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy...

From the director of Grabbers comes the sci-fi adventure film, Robot Overlords. A featurette from the BFI gives us an early look at it...

Released in 2012, Grabbers was an immediate cult gem: an alien invasion comedy in which the inhabitants of a small Irish town avoid the attention of astral monsters by getting drunk down the pub.

Two years later, Grabbers director Jon Wright is back with another science fiction piece: Robot Overlords, an adventure that looks like The Goonies and Stand By Me with additional giant robots. Years after mechanical beings take over the Earth, and its citizens are strictly controlled by tracking devices planted in their heads, a group of teenagers decide to head out and discover what's really going on.

The young cast includes Callan McAuliffe, Ella Hunt and Milo Parker, and they're joined by stars Sir Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson. They're all here in a...

Giant robots from another galaxy arrive on Earth with more on their minds than disguising themselves as our vehicles and rocking out to Linkin Park. Can Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson save us from Robot Overlords?

Grabbers director Jon Wright and writer Mark Stay are the overlords behind this new sci-fi action adventure thriller from the UK’s Embankment Films that sees the world as we know it enslaved by colossal machines from outer space.

Oscar winner Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson ("Hannibal," "The X-Files") appear to be leading the adult resistance against intergalactic tyranny, but from the looks and sounds of this one, Robot Overlords seems to be aimed at more of a teen audience.

Callan McAuliffe (The Great Gatsby) and Ella Hunt are the two younger heroes adorning the quite impressive poster art.

Synopsis:

Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy; survivors are confined to...

Reviewed by Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com

Grabbers (2012)

Director: Jon Wright

Writer: Kevin Lehane

Cast: Richard Coyle (Garda Ciaran O’Shea), Ruth Bradley (Garda Lisa Nolan), Russell Tovey (Dr. Adam Smith), Lalor Roddy (Paddy Barrett), David Pearse (Brian Maher)

I’m probably revealing my hand too soon, as a matter fact, I know I am. This is one of my favorites that I’ve seen year, and it’s a great little film that incorporates a lot of things that I love about other films into a solid entry on the sincere recommend list of great little gems that need more exposure. I love horror films set in the United Kingdom. That love goes way back to the Hammer and Amicus films, the great gothic scenery. and groovy 1970’s vibes. The new generation of great U.K. horror films has its own subset of categories. You have the “28 Days Later” type that’s full on horror,...

To celebrate the DVD release of The Sea on 23rd June, we’re giving away a DVD of the film to three lucky winners.

Art historian Max Morden (Ciarán Hinds – Munich, Rome) returns to the sleepy seaside resort where he spent summers as a child after losing his wife (Sinéad Cusack – winner of Best Supporting Actress at IFTAs). Max lodges at a boarding house he once frequented, where frosty proprietor Miss Vavasour (Charlotte Rampling – The Verdict, The Duchess), and eccentric resident Blunden (Karl Johnson – The Illusionist, Rome), now reside. Before long – and despite protestations from his daughter Clare (Ruth Bradley – Grabbers, Primeval) – Max revisits the ghosts of his past.

Based on the Man Booker prize-winning novel by John Banville, The Sea is a haunting, uplifting, meditation on the human condition – at times elegiac, poetic, and nostalgic. A story of memory, love, loss, regret… and the persistent possibility of rebirth.

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Most commonly recognisable embodying the more frightening, deranged members of society – it’s refreshing to see the talented Irish actor Ned Dennehy take on something of a lighter role, as he plays Julian in James Rouse’s directorial debut, Downhill.

We spoke to the actor ahead of the film’s release, as he discusses his enjoyment playing such a role, though admits he had hoped it may have been a little more dour than what ended up in the final edit. In a film that explores four old friends reuniting to embark on a coast-to-coast walk, Dennehy tells us whether the film has encouraged him to get in touch with any old friends…

At the beginning, Julian seems like a harmless, charming drunk. But he’s quite a nuanced character, and a fascinating one to get your teeth into?

Yes, I think so. Julian had a lot of speeches and...

With The Blacklist, NBC bet heavily on James Spader’s ability to captivate an audience while elevating a story about international intrigue. It was a show that very well could’ve wilted with the wrong leading man.

With Crossbones, the network is making a similar gamble with another star on a show that looks like it may be more expensive with potentially less broad appeal, but after viewing the first trailer for NBC’s upcoming pirate adventure drama, it looks like series star John Malkovich will have a fair amount of help.

Richard Coyle, a UK actor who has dabbled on this side of the pond, is best known for his work in Grabbers and for his electric turn in the Pusher remake. With Crossbones, he has a chance to really shine opposite Malkovich’s Blackbeard, taking part in a chess match while playing a supposed physician ...

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Review Philip Tibbetts 18 Feb 2014 - 09:11

Philip checks out Big Finish's latest solid, enjoyable Eighth Doctor audio adventure, Dark Eyes 2...

Dark Eyes 2 is the latest instalment of the Eighth Doctor’s continuing Big Finish audio adventures, comprised of four stories: The Traitor, The White Room, Time’s Horizon and The Eyes of the Master. This time around the Doctor finds himself, and former acquaintances, caught up in the machinations of the Daleks and a resurrected Master.

As an ongoing series, Dark Eyes appears to be set in the foreboding twilight of the Eighth Doctor’s life, following on from the harrowing events of Lucie Miller. Dark Eyes is titled after new companion Molly O’Sullivan, the last of the companions named by the dying Doctor in Night of the Doctor.

The first Dark Eyes arc was released back in 2012 and whilst being popular it certainly had flaws. Foremost amongst these...

Den Of Geek Sep 16, 2016

We get the chance to interview famous people every now and them. We ask them their favourite Statham movie. Here's what happens...

Jason Statham. Since the dawn of Den Of Geek, he has been our muse. Our mayor. Our driving force. So much so, that we ask lots of people that we meet just what their favourite Statham movie is (including the man himself). Here, we've gathered together lots of the responses we've had in one document.

And so here it is:

Jason Segel: "I guess it would have to be… oh man, there are so many. I’m going to go with The Transporter!"

Seth Rogen: "Crank. And then Crank 2."

Evan Goldberg: "It was him in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, right? That’s the best one."

Alice Lowe: "I've never seen any of his films..... Oh I did!

Feature Den Of Geek 5 Dec 2013 - 10:34

We get the chance to interview famous people every now and them. We ask them their favourite Statham movie. Here's what happens...

With The Statham heading back to UK cinemas this week with Homefront, we finally got the chance to ask the man himself the question we've been asking lots of people for years: 'what's your favourite Jason Statham movie?'

Now that he's answered it, we've gathered together lots of the responses we've had in one document. And so here it is:

Jason Segel: "I guess it would have to be… oh man, there are so many. I’m going to go with The Transporter!"

Seth Rogen: "Crank. And then Crank 2."

Evan Goldberg: "It was him in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, right? That’s the best one."

Alice Lowe: "I've never seen any of his films.