VESPER - Mayhem Festival Favourites

 

Hello Folks,

Following on from the 1st favourite of mine Wolf Manor from this years great Mayhem Festival next up is Vesper.

It was a film I had seen a few stories about and I couldn't quite put my finger on what had grabbed my attention  but there was something about the film that really peaked my interest and I must say it surpassed all my expectations.

Its a story of a young girl named Vesper played brilliantly by Rafiella Chapman who was also in Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's home for for Peculiar Children and as a young actress she is superb in this and definitely has a very bright future ahead of her.

It tells the story of the collapse of earth's eco-system and is focused on a group of survivors trying to get some kind of normality back and do what they can to keep the human race alive. This particular group have a leader, Jonas played by Eddie Marsan who personally has become a favourite British actor of mine in the last few years, problem is he is a total shit head!

Vesper has her bed ridden father who can communicate through a floating droid that follows her around and has a painted face similar to Wilson from the Tom Hanks movie "Castaway" who helps her out when he can and does his bed ridden best to keep her spirits up.

Vesper is a lot more intelligent than basically all the people around her give her credit for but when a craft crashes in the woods it changes everything. She has a plan to get planet earth back on track to being how it was before the eco disaster, But will she succeed? 

That's all I can really say without spoiling it and I was going to put a trailer on but that could spoil things so you haven't got one !

One thing that did surprise me was how great the special FX were and the scenery was brilliant, Some have said that it lays on the message of climate change a bit heavy but honestly lets face it if we do carry on like we are we are actually fucked, So it may well do but don't be an arsehole and rant about that if that's your opinion just enjoy it for a bloody great dystopian look into the future and if you do get chance to see it in a big screen please do, It looked great and I would definitely love to see it on the big screen again.

8/10 From Jonny T. 

Wolf Manor - Mayhem Festival Favourites

 

Wolf Manor,

UK 2022, 85 Minutes,

Directed by Dominic Brunt,

Starring James Fleet, Nicky Evens, John Henshaw.

"Shooting a vampire movie in an old abandoned house should have worked like a dream. However, with the full moon, The nightmare begins, The body count rises as the cast and crew encounter the mansion's resident werewolf."

Hello Folks!

I recently attended Mayhem festival in Nottingham and it was brilliant as always! The setting is Broadway cinema in Nottingham which is a fantastic cinema. If you've never been you really should.

So the next few posts will be some reviews of my favourite films of the weekend starting with a new British Werewolf movie "Wolf Manor" known in the USA as "Scream of the wolf"

So, It was Thursday and the start of Mayhem Film Festival and first up was Wolf Manor, From Director and Emmerdale star Dominic Brunt and it was bloody great! Set in an old mansion house it is based around the making of a vampire movie with a superb performance by James Fleet who plays Oliver, A pretty much washed up older actor that is to reprise his vampire role one last time, He does moan about a lot of stuff(and drinks a lot!) which is hilarious and if you have ever read about Christopher Lee by the time he got to Dracula A.D.1972 you can definitely see where the influence comes from!

This brings me to the Q&A  session after the screening with Dominic Brunt, Joel Ferrari the writer of Wolf Manor who was a man of few words but hilarious! He has also written an upcoming horror called Pandora which i would also keep your eye on if Wolf Manor is anything to go by.

One of the Joel did say was that "it is a horror films written by horror fans for horror fans." And that summed up  Wolf Manor perfectly.

It's basically a homage to many classics, I especially noticed many references to An American werewolf in London but there were loads more. When the Wolf arrives at the Manor it turns into a classic werewolf/ movie with the body count mounting up and some brilliant kills. Also a great thing to see was al the practical FX, The wolf itself also looked great and as menacing as can be.

Th gore level is super high as well as the laughs, Over the last few years there has been a few classic British werewolf films such as Howl and of course Dog Soldiers and i personally would put this easily up there with those movies.

Wolf Manor is a solid entry into the genre and destined to become a future favourite of many many horror fans, Like Joel said "It is a horror film written by horror fans for horror fans" Go see it as soon as you can.

A Very Solid 8.5/10

  

'Censor' Prano Bailey-Bond’s acclaimed ‘thrilling, dizzying debut’ is set for its release on Standard Edition Blu-ray on 31 October from Second Sight

 

Hello Folks!

Some great news that the fantastic movie "Censor" is getting a release on Halloween!

If you've not seen it yet I strongly suggest you do it's one of the best movies this year,

Please see details below a well as a pre-order link from Second Sight films,

Jonny,

PRE-ORDER LINK BELOW

https://secondsightfilms.co.uk/products/censor-standard-edition  

Following its highly praised Limited Edition release from Second Sight Films, Prano Bailey-Bond’s acclaimed ‘thrilling, dizzying debut’ Censor is set for its release on Standard Edition Blu-ray on 31 October, perfect for Halloween viewing.

The film features the incredible Niamh Algar in a mesmerising performance as a dedicated, intense film censor during Britain’s infamous ‘video nasty’ era, whose work slowly becomes intertwined with her past, in this brilliantly dark and disturbing British horror

‘This thrilling, dizzying debut... is a nostalgic treat for anyone old enough to remember the infamous "video nasties" scare of the early 80s’ Mark Kermode

‘Feels lovingly worked-at, slathered in period detail and aesthetic beauty’

The Independent

 

‘Bailey-Bond displays a tricky skill: moving from realism to nightmarish oddness while taking viewers along with you’

Sunday Times