MAYHEM festival reveals it's poster.!

Not long now folks! Yes MAYHEM festival has revealed it's poster for this years 10th anniversary festival and I have to say it's pretty great! Similar in design to last years in the way it's a montage of images representing the festival events. With even more updates coming out weekly as regards event times, added guests and even more. So iv'e put a link below to the festival be sure to check out what's happening and how you can get your tickets and don't forget to follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

Many thanks,

Jonny T!

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Mayhem Film Festival reveal full line-up for tenth edition

Hello Folks,

Yes its nearly MAYHEM festival time!! Now in it's 10th year this years line up certainly once again does not disappoint, I've stuck all the details below of all the showings and early bird passes at a cracking price are still available until Monday 22nd September but to be honest the normal price for the whole weekend is a bloody bargain! So get you're tickets and i'll see you there!

Jonny.

Mayhem Film Festival reveal full line-up for tenth edition

Following the news of an exciting opening night with Canadian cult filmmakers 
Astron-6, Mayhem Film Festival are delighted to unveil their full tenth-edition 
line-up and its selection of previews, special guests and cult screenings.
Opening its 2014 edition with a showcase of Astron-6’s short films and a 
preview screening of their new feature The Editor, recently premiered at TIFF, 
Mayhem will also welcome Director Ivan Kavanagh and Producer Anne Marie 
Naughton for a preview screening of the stylish The Canal, Directors Robert 
Morgan and Julian Barratt for a preview of The ABCs of Death 2, and Director 
Tom Green as well as members of the production for a screening of Monsters: 
Dark Continent, the much anticipated sequel to Gareth Edwards’ 2009 hit. 
One of the highlights of last year’s festival, 8MM Orchestra will return with a 
new specially-commissioned live score to another silent classic, Daughter of 
Horror (Dementia Cut). The rest of the programme, which counts a total of 17 
screenings, will include a 40th anniversary screening of Tobe Hooper’s cult 
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a preview screening of Gerard Johnstone’s 
Housebound, the UK Premiere of the Spierig Brothers’ Predestination, as well 
as the return of Scary Shorts and the Flinterrogation, hosted by Strange 
Things Are Happening’s Dave Flint.
Dr Brendan Dare will also return to Mayhem with Thrill Laboratory present 
Duality: One Body, Two Brains. After his previous live investigation into the 
paranormal – Dr. Brendan Dare will present a truly psychotronic experiment, 
which probes whether live neurological data from one movie-stimulated brain 
can be used to (re)animate another.
Early Bird Passes for the full festival are still on sale for £55 until Sunday 
night. Individual tickets, day passes and full festival passes at the regular 
price of £65 will go on sale on Monday 22 September at 12noon. To book 

your Early Bird Passes now please visit http://www.broadway.org.uk/festivals




THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER
7.00PM ASTRON-6 SHORTS SHOWCASE with introduction from Matthew
Kennedy, Adam Brooks and Conor Sweeney
9.00PM THE EDITOR with Q&A with Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy and
Conor Sweeney
Dir. Adam Brooks & Matthew Kennedy, 2014 (CAN) with Udo Kier and Paz De La
Huerta
11.30PM LET US PREY
Dir. Brian O’Malley, 2014 (UK/IRE) with Liam Cunningham and Pollyanna McIntosh

FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER
6.00PM COHERENCE
Dir. James Ward Byrkit, 2013 (US) with Emily Baldoni and Nicholas Brendon
8.00PM THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN
Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, 2014 (US) with Addison Timlin and Gary Cole
10.30PM THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
Dir. Tobe Hooper, 1974 (US) with Marilyn Burns and Gunnar Hansen

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER
12.00PM DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD
Dir. Tommy Wirkola, 2014 (NOR) with Vegar Hoel and Martin Starr
2.00PM STARRY EYES
Dir. Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer, 2014 (US) with Alex Essoe and Pat Healy
4.00PM HOUSEBOUND
Dir. Gerard Johnstone, 2013 (NZ) with Morgana O’Reilly and Rima Te Wiata
6.30PM SCARY SHORTS
Dir. Various, 2014 (International)
9.00PM THE CANAL with Q&A with Ivan Kavanagh and Producer Anne
Marie Naughton
Dir. Ivan Kavanagh, 2014 (IRE) with Rupert Evans and Steve Oram
11.30PM STAGEFRIGHT (AQUARIUS/DELIRIA)
Dir. Michele Soavi, 1987 (ITA) with David Brandon and Barbara Cupisti

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER

12.00PM PREDESTINATION (UK PREMIERE)
Dir. The Spierig Brothers, 2014 (AUS) with Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook
2.00PM ABCs OF DEATH 2 with Q&A with directors Robert Morgan and
Julian Barratt
Dir. Various, 2014 (International)
4.30PM WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
Dir. Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement, 2013 (NZ) with Taika Waititi and Jemaine
Clement
7.00PM DAUGHTER OF HORROR (DEMENTIA CUT) with live score by
8MM Orchestra
Dir. John Parker & Bruno Ve Sota, 1953/55 (US) with Adrienne Barrett and Bruno Ve
Sota
8.00PM FLINTERROGATION
Presented by David Flint
9.00PM MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT with Q&A with Tom Green and
members of the production
Dir. Tom Green, 2014 (UK) with Joe Dempsie and Sam Keeley
*dates and times correct at time of release and may be subject to change.

Teen Mayhem and Mayhem Certificate X line-up revealed ahead of Mayhem X

Hey Folks,

Not long now before you all get the joy of my posts of drunken tales, Cheesy movies, classic movies and annual terrible score at the Sunday night horror quiz all the joy that is Nottingham's one and only Mayhem Horror Festival, But this year Pre-Mayhem there is something very special happening. Now imagine being a teenager or indeed younger and not being able to get into see horror movies, well i can't announce that Mayhem organizers  will this year break the law and allow all ages into any screenings! But hey have something very special in place starting October 25th for all young horror fans.

But hold thy horses not only do the young horror geeks get a Pre-Festival treat our old farts do to! From Sunday 26th October David Flint will be presenting a look at the dreaded certificate "X" along with some classic movies all leading up to the MAYHEM horror festival of which the full line up shall be revealed soon!

Phew! So there you go horror fans young old something to get your teeth into and if that doesn't satisfy you what do you want, blood??

All details below,

Jonny T.

Teen Mayhem and Mayhem Certificate X line-up revealed ahead of Mayhem X

Mayhem X, Mayhem Film Festival’s one-of-a-kind ten-day celebration of horror, cult cinema and sci-fi, reveals its two new strands’ line-up today.

Teen Mayhem will open the festivities on Saturday 25 October with a full day dedicated to pre-teens and young teenagers, aiming to inspire them to better engage with the genre. Starting with a Special FX make-up workshop with local make-up artist and prop maker Jayne Hyman, the day will then continue with a screening of Japanese anime Patema Inverted. A special event around CBBC hit series Wolfblood will see members of the cast and crew, including the show’s creator Debbie Moon and cast member Kedar Williams-Stirling, take part in a screening, and post-screening masterclass. The day will then end with a 3D screening of Joe Dante’s 2009 thriller The Hole.

Chris Cooke, Mayhem Co-Director, says: "We all fell in love with horror, science fiction and fantasy when we were younger and Teen Mayhem is a chance for those younger fans to really indulge their passion. It allows them to learn more about the genre, have fun and meet fellow fans, as well as to meet the team responsible for one of CBBC's biggest hit series, Wolfblood, to learn the craft of horror make-up and to catch a couple of really stunning films."

From Sunday 26 October, Mayhem X will continue with Mayhem Certificate X. Co-curated with Strange Things Are Happening’s David Flint, the series of screenings will look at the history and context of the X certificate in films, opening up the discussion on titles once deemed particularly challenging. The unique retrospective will include Dressed to Kill, La Bête, X the Unknown and Straw Dogs. A special Silver Screen screening of Night of the Demon will close the season and make way for the main Mayhem Film Festival starting on Thursday 30 October.

Mayhem Film Festival - four days of horror, science fiction and cult cinema - starts on 30 October with guests including Astron-6 team members with their new feature
film The Editor and a series of exclusive screenings across the weekend.

Tickets for Teen Mayhem and Mayhem Certificate X will go on sale on Friday 12 September at 10AM. Discounts will be available for holders of Mayhem Film Festival Early Bird Passes. The full line-up for Mayhem Film Festival will be announced soon and Early Bird Passes are still available here http://www.broadway.org.uk/events/film_mayhem_2014_early_bird_full_festival_passes

Mayhem X is made possible with the support of the BFI Film Festival Fund, awarding funds from The National Lottery. For more information about Mayhem please visit http://www.broadway.org.uk/mayhem

Locke - Reviewed

Ivan Locke is a career man, A family man, An honest man. Well that's how he appears to all around him. On the night before the biggest day of his career he gets a phone call and leaves work for the journey that he tells everyone is home. It becomes clear quite early on all is not as it seems.

Ivan is a construction worker but not your'e average laborer, far from it. He is an expert in concrete, yes concrete. Tomorrow he should have been overseeing the biggest foundation fill in the world outside the military and nuclear industries the foundation for a new mega 52 stories high building in London that in his words can bee seen for 20 miles and cast a shadow a mile long, But then comes the phone call............

Now this is pretty much right at the beginning of the film and may spoil that part of it so if you have yet to see it please choose whether to read on or not, your choice!

He gets a call from a woman who has gone into labor but it's not his wife, It's someone who he had a one night stand with just over well you know 9 months ago, not hard to do the maths on that one, she is having his baby and he desperately wants to be there, Not for a moment for the love of the woman as he has not seen her since that night but he reveals his reasoning throughout  the course of the film through many various calls to many different people, His wife is at home waiting for him with his two sons, his boss is having a major freak out as he has now deserted the multi-million pound project, his understudy is in a state of panic and told not to drink tonight, he calls the local police to check all the road closures agreed for the arrival of the concrete wagons are still in place, when he finds out that at the last minute the council has refused one of the roads to be closed he goes into panic as its now 9pm and the council office is closed but has a number of one of the Councillors and calls him and he's pretty pissed off as he is in the middle of dinner in an Indian restaurant.

Now as you can tell the phone calls are the main subject of Locke and very cleverly done they are as well, It's basically  a one man film similar to buried but this time set in a car with Ivan Locke played extremely well it does have to be said by Tom Hardy.

It plays out slowly unraveling more of what's behind Ivan and his thoughts about why he is doing what he is doing and his reasoning for it, It plays out on so many levels, whether it be morally, Socially or indeed when it comes to his decision to mess with big business even overtones of financial politics, All very thought provoking, Challenges what we all encounter on a daily basis but ultimately is the decision for what he is doing the right one? Only Ivan knows that and that's another interesting point it's certainly a movie in which once watched the debate could go on for quite some time.Low budget British cinema at it's finest and indeed cleverest,

8/10

Jonny T.

LESSON OF EVIL on DVD/BLU-RAY September 29th

Hello folks well it's been a while since the last post but there's been a change of job and ultra busy but all settled down now so with MAYHEM horror festival upcoming very son and some great releases in the next few months it's time to get Jonnys Cult films back on track!

Starting with a new release coming to DVD and Blu-Ray from legendary director Takasi Miike and his return to horror with Lesson Of Evil.From the trailer and as you would expect it looks ultra stylish and ultra violent! Keep your eyes peeled for a review coming very soon,

Jonny T.

Is pleased to announce the DVD & BLU-RAY release of

LESSON OF EVIL

A film by Takashi Miike (Audition, 13 Assassins, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)

Japan / 2012 / 129 Mins / In Japanese with English subtitles / Colour

Starring: Hideaki Ito (Sukiyaki Western Django, The Princess Blade, Umizaru)

Shota Sometani (Himizu, Tokyo Tribe, Sadako 3D)

Fumi Nikaido (Himizu, Au Revoir L’Ete, My Man)

Takayuki Yamada (13 Assassins, Gantz, Crows Zero)

On DVD & BLU-RAY September 29th

DVD/BLU-RAY Special Features:

2 hour long Making Of, New UK Trailer

Synopsis 

Hideaki ITO stars as the teacher from Hell, in Takashi MIIKE's outrageous, blood-splattered, high school horror.

Cool and charismatic English teacher Seiji Hasumi (ITO) is popular with students and teachers alike. He inspires trust and respect from his class, greeting many with an affectionate, if irritating, ruffle of the hair. But his actions soon take a turn, revealing something dark behind that charming smile. Students become suspicious when friends slowly start to disappear, but little do they know that absolute jaw-dropping carnage is just around the corner.

Adapted from Yusuke KISHI’s horror novel, Aku no Kyōten, a commentary on tough high school life and dark student–teacher relationships, with plenty of black humour, absurd violence, and a splash of Cronenbergian fantasy added for good measure. 

Director, Takashi Miike Biography

Born on August 24, 1960. After studying under Shohei Imamura and a number of other directors, he made his debut in 1991 and has directed many productions of various genres since then. His innovative ideas and edgy direction are highly praised in and out of the country, and he has enthusiastic fans all over the world. In 1997, along with John Woo, he ranked as the tenth most promising film directors chosen by “Time” magazine in the U.S. In 2000, “Audition” won the International Film Critics Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2003, “Gokudo kyofu dai-gekijo: Gozu” was shown during the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes International Film Festival and received accolades from critics. In 2006, “Big Bang Love, Juvenile A” was shown in the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2010, “13 Assassins” was in the competition section of the Venice International Film Festival, and in 2011, “Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai” was in the competition section of the Cannes International Film Festival. Miike is one of the most promising directors of our time.