Filming is now underway in a former prison on the Isle of man for Brit horror Slasher House.

Mycho Pictures hired the location after a suggestion from one of the film’s actors whose mother lives on the island. It was deemed to be the perfect location for the movie, the rest of which is filmed in Lacashire.

Mycho Pictures is hoping for a worldwide release of Slasher House next Halloween.

Producer Jonny Raw was very happy with the location after having spent 5 months looking for the perfect place to set the film.
And Adrian Earnshaw, Minister of Home Affairs was also said to be happy that the former institution was being put to good use.

Those involved in the shoot have praised the Isle of Man for its general support of the project, it is thought that they would welcome similar project on their fair land.

The project itself is interesting in that it is looking for investment from anyone who likes the idea of helping the British horror scene.

Everyone’s favourite cockney is back in a new Brit horror movie called Basement. Sweeeeeeet as mate!

FACE YOUR DEEPEST FEARS
Nail-biting tension, indescribable terror and a primal fear of the unknown dominate the proceedings in Basement, the debut feature from writer-director Asham Kamboj and co-writer Ewen Glass and the latest addition to a refreshing new wave of British independent horror cinema.
Boasting a strong cast of home-grown talent that includes Danny Dyer (Dead Cert; Dead Man Running; Adulthood), Jimi Mistry (2012; RocknRolla), Emily Beecham (The Calling; 28 Weeks Later), Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank), Lois Winstone (Tamara Drewe; Beyond The Rave) and Christopher Ellison (The Bill), Basement takes the classic ‘fear of the dark’ horror movie set-up and gives it a unique and shocking twist.

Driving home from an anti-war protest, five demonstrators – Gary (Dyer), Sarah (Wareing), Saffron (Winstone), Derek (Mistry) and his girlfriend Pru (Beecham) – are forced to make a pit stop in the middle of the forest in order to answer nature’s call. Taking the opportunity to stretch their legs, the individuals wander off briefly with Gary, Sarah and Pru returning to the car to find Derek and Saffron missing.
Their search for their companions leads them to a metal hatch leading down to a dank and dirty underground shelter. Believing Derek and Saffron must have gone down into it and somehow become lost or trapped, Gary convinces the others follow, despite Pru and Sarah’s reservations.
In the eerie darkness of the shelter, their worst fear becomes a reality when the hatch clanks shut above them, locked and leaving them no option but to walk deeper into the basement’s depths in search for another way out. Worse, in the shadows lurks an unseen terror that will soon have all five friends fighting for the lives unaware that one of their number knows much more about their circumstances than they are letting on.
Atmospheric, chilling and featuring solid performances all round, Basement marks director Asham Kamboj as an emerging talent well worth watching.

Basement (cert. 15) will be available in cinemas and on Sky Box Office, FilmFlex, iTunes, Playstation and LoveFilm from, and on DVD from 23rd August 2010

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And now for something completely different……

Ghost Stories, written by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, is the closest experience to a living horror film you will get.
Marketing departments across the globe will try to convince you that 3D is the next step of evolution in terror, yet having seen this theatrical delight I beg to differ. Few films can boast the level of suspense and thrill that the audience is subjected to, and there are moments of genuine icy cold terror scattered throughout the production.

An immersive experience begins as soon as you walk in off the street, as the entire theatre is themed for the event, with eerie sounds accompanying and dark, dank concrete walls and flickering light bulbs leading all the way from the foyer to your seat. As performance time draws closer, the tensions builds and screams start as the theatre suddenly goes black.

The show is set up as a lecture from Dr. Goodman (Nyman), a seemingly sceptical parapsychologist who begins with some debate about ‘ghosts caught on camera’. To all intents and purposes, the audience feels like they have attended a class in which they quickly become absorbed. He then moves on to sharing with us his life’s work; three recorded interviews from subjects who claim to have experienced the paranormal, or percipients as they are more formally known: a night watchman, a teenage driver and a businessman father-to-be.
As each interview is played back the story is brought to life on stage, with delicious direction and set design mixed with the illusion and slight-of-hand mastery you’d expect from Nyman, known for his work behind the scenes with Psychological Illusionist Derren Brown.

Upon leaving the theatre, a request is made to keep the secrets of Ghost Stories, and as such the wishes of the creative team will be honoured. It is safe to say, however, that this is the kind of production that leaves you analysing for days afterwards and begs for multiple viewings.
Even if you’re not much of a theatre goer you need to see this show. It is macabre, haunting, humorous, beautiful, moving and terrifying.

A master class in spine-tingling terror, no film has come close to this in a very long time.

Movie Rating: ★★★★★ 

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As if Saw movies aren’t scary enough, the 7th and quite probably the final installment of this highly successful franchise is going to be in 3D!

This Halloween the most twisted, gruesome and successful horror franchise in the world unleashes a new game. Following a genre-dominating six-film strong legacy; the world’s first horror themed rollercoaster SAW the Ride; the new live action horror maze SAW Alive and a video game SAW the Game comes an all new eye popping experience… SAW 3D.

In SAW 3D, the seventh chapter, a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy. A group of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru, and fellow survivor, Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery). Soon though, the survivors really must help themselves as Dagen’s dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror…

The SAW franchise; once more sets an industry record by being the first theatrical feature to be shot exclusively on the cutting-edge SI-3D digital camera system. SAW 3D brings the horrifying games of Jigsaw to life like never before, psychologically testing the viewer as Jigsaw does his victims. By adding another sensory dimension to the already overwhelming experience of viewing any SAW film, SAW 3D truly pushes the boundaries. SAW 3D is directed by Kevin Greutert, produced by Oren Koules, Mark Burg and Gregg Hoffman.

SAW 3D is a Lionsgate Release. Twisted Pictures Presents a Burg/Koules/Hoffman Production.

Scream 4 is currently in production and set to hit US screens next year. This may or may not excite you.
Scream was undoubtedly a fun movie, but by the third installment, it was all quite uninspiring. Let’s hope that Wes Craven has found a way to breathe like back into this lifeless corpse of a movie.

Scream 4 is set to bring us some new faces (most of the cast are usually killed off aren’t they?), and some old ones too. New to the cast are Emma Roberts (Valentine’s Day), Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), and Adam Brody (The OC). Coming back for the 4th (and probably final) are Courtney Cox, Neve Campbell, and David Arquette.

The story takes up 10 years after the 3rd film in the series. Sydney Pescott (Campbell) has become a successful writer and is out promoting her latest book on the road for promotion. She decides to stop off at her home town of Woodsboro to see buddies Gail (Cox) and Dewey (Arquette). Predictably, there is another familiar face in town, the masked murderer.

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