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The No.1 Fast TV channel for horror fans teams up with genre icon Emily Booth for HorrorConUK

Posted on May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 by CloutPR

Emily Booth, one of the UK’s iconic women of horror, has joined forces with fast-emerging TV Channel NYX UK and will appear at HorrorConUK on May 11 & 12 at Magna, Sheffield.

Emily will be hosting the NYX UK stand, alongside Corinne Ferguson. CEO of NYX Media Corporation. Emily will also be signing photos and merchandise.

Emily said today: ‘I’m thrilled to be collaborating with NYX. Horror is my happy place and I can’t wait to reconnect with fans. Its refreshing to find a channel that curates both classic with contemporary horror so you can sit back and be entertained without spending half the evening doom scrolling through endless lists not knowing what to watch!”

Corinne added: “We are so excited to announce that Emily will join us at this year’s UK HorrorCon, representing and promoting our channel to the enthusiasts in attendance. She embodies the strength and spirit of horror, making her an ideal ambassador for our brand”.

Emily is also excited to announce that she’ll be co-starring in ELECTRIC MEAT, a brand new horror feature, written and directed by Dan Schaffer.

Emily added: “Think early David Lynch stuck inside Torture Garden!”

Acknowledged as one of Britain’s premiere scream queens, actress, presenter, burlesque

performer and all-round movie buff, Emily Booth has starred in numerous horror films, including Jake West’s EVIL ALIENS and DOGHOUSE, and has presented for Channel 4, Channel 5, Bravo, BBC3, FrightFest, Radio One and The Horror Channel. She produced, wrote and starred in the short film SELKIE.

NYX Corporation, based in Canada, is a global content distribution network specialising in the horror genre. The company delivers high-quality programmed content across linear digital broadcast TV networks. First launched in the UK late 2022, NYX will also move into the US markets Autumn 2024. NYX is dedicated to curating a unique and entertaining blend of horror films and TV series and invites genre fans to delve into a world of carefully selected horror content – for free!

@nyxtvuk @emmybooth @emhorrorgirl

Press enquiries:

Greg Day | Clout Communications | cloutpr@gmail.con | @cloutcomcouk

Emily Booth images: https://cloutcom.co.uk/picture-gallery/gallery/emily-booth/

Press hub: Images / posters: https://www.bit.ly/nyxtv

REVEALED: Graham Humphreys’ stunning poster art for FrightFest 2023

Posted on June 22, 2023 by CloutPR

Inspired by the genre’s most celebrated mad doctors!

FrightFest is proud to unveil Graham Humphreys’ stand-out poster design for 2023, which marks the 15^th appearance for his iconic Monster.

Graham revealed today: “This year’s FrightFest poster share it’s theme with the annual FrightFest book, exploring the subject of Mad Doctors. Once again, my artwork needed to be built in multiple parts that could be dismantled and rearranged across different formats, allowing individual elements to work on their own.

Re-Animator’s Herbert West, is clearly referenced by the FrightFest ghoul. He is surrounded by a series of classic ‘mad doctors’ in film. Unsurprisingly, they are all men!

This year’s annual Bank Holiday event, the UK’s largest celebration of genre cinema, takes place at Cineworld Leicester Square between Thurs Aug 24 & Mon Aug 28, 2023.

This year’s line-up of films will be announced on Thursday 13^th July.

www.frightfest.co.uk | FB: /FrightFestreal | Twitter: @frightfest | IG: @frightfestUK

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REVEALED: Graham Humphreys’ stunning poster art for Arrow Video FrightFest 2022

Posted on July 12, 2022July 26, 2022 by CloutPR

A celebration of the festival’s past ‘trophy’ films.

Arrow Video FrightFest is proud to present Graham Humphreys’ stand-out poster design for 2022, which marks the 14^th appearance for his iconic Monster.

Graham revealed today: “The predominant theme is a celebration of past ‘trophy’ films. I took my inspiration references from an old paperback cover ‘Vincent Price presents: The Price of Fear’, in which Vincent’s head is depicted mounted on a wooden shield. It seemed the perfect way to represent the films, with key portraiture represented as mounted heads. Rather than mount the head of the regular FrightFest monster, I thought it would be fun to turn him into the roaring lion of MGM’s familiar mascot!”

This year’s annual Bank Holiday event, the UK’s largest celebration of genre cinema, takes place at Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema. between Thurs Aug 25 & Mon Aug 29, 2022.

This year’s line-up of films will be announced on Thursday 14^th July.

www.frightfest.co.uk | FB: /FrightFestreal | Twitter: @frightfest | IG: @frightfestUK

www.arrowfilms.com | FB: /ArrowVideo | Twitter: @ArrowFilmsVideo | IG: @ArrowVideo

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Abigail Blackmore Interview

Posted on December 14, 2021December 15, 2021 by CloutPR

On the eve of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of her horror comedy feature TALES FROM THE LODGE, director Abigail Blackmore recalls the brutal weather conditions, the challenges of casting and the joy of playing at FrightFest.

Abigail Blackmore on the set of TALES FROM THE LODGE

Thanks to Horror Channel, TALES FROM THE LODGE finally gets its UK TV premiere on British TV. Excited or what?

So excited! I know a huge amount of people watch the Horror Channel so I’m hoping it opens TFTL up to a whole new audience.

Looking back to its showcase screening at FrightFest in 2019, what are your abiding memories?

It was a wonderful experience! FrightFest has long been one of the highlights of my year. It was thrilling enough to have my short film Vintage Blood play there in 2015 so to have my debut feature accepted (for the main screen, no less) was massive!

Horror comedy is notoriously difficult to get right. What were the biggest challenges for you as writer & director?

It really is a fine balance but my biggest challenge was in making the moments of horror convincing, even when they’re ridiculous. I didn’t want the audience to think it was lame! I have to give the actors credit too. They knew what genres they were playing in and they knocked it out of the park.

Yes, the cast is amazing – so many gifted actor-comedians. Did you have to overcome many obstacles to get who you wanted?

The worst thing about casting is it takes a loooong time. You have to be really patient.

This was a particularly challenging film to cast because we needed six funny people who are brilliant actors and could be convincing as old friends. They needed to be roughly the same age, available for the shoot dates and willing to do it for the money we were offering. Impossible? Almost!

We also asked the cast to direct their own character’s short ‘tale’ in the film and I think for one or two of them that was the deal-maker.

Mackenzie Crook & Laura Fraser in TALES FROM THE LODGE

The film was shot in Northumberland during the winter months. That must have been a bit challenging!

The weather was brutal! It was sunny until the first day of shooting then all hell broke loose. First torrential rain, which turned the entire location into a mud bath – our production designer Mike McCloughlin had an impossible task keeping the cabin floor mud-free – then snow, epic hailstorms and freezing winds that blew in off the lake. I’m eternally grateful to the actors for their unbreakable good humour and (frozen) stiff-upper-lipness!

You won the 2019 FrightFest Screen International Genre Rising Star. How has that accolade influenced your career?

That was the icing on the cake! I’m very, very proud of that award. I don’t know if it’s influenced my career but I’ll always mention it if I think it’ll impress someone.

You both starred in and directed your wonderful short VINTAGE BLOOD. How did you find combining both roles?

That shoot was fun. Five days working with friends in a great location close to my home. (Note: do that again!)

I think I was just so excited to be working with the incredible cast and crew and directing from my own script that I didn’t think about whether I could pull it off or not! You’ve just got to get on with it.

I’ve directed myself before so I knew I could work with me. Also I’m cheap.

Ed Barratt has been credited as producing both VINTAGE BLOOD and TALES FROM THE LODGE. Is Ed someone you plan to collaborate with again in the future?

Definitely! I love Ed. Half-man-half-lager. Not your average producer. He’s laid back and incredibly kind, but he’s no pushover either. We have a similar sense of humour and we generally like the same movies and stuff. I respect him. Man, he’s going to hate me saying all this…Good.

Indira Varma in Abigail Blackmore’s short film VINTAGE BLOOD

You recently wrote the script for the video game HOUSE HACK, which was commissioned by Whatifi, the new story hacking platform. What was that experience like?

My friend, director/producer Stephanie Zari, commissioned me to write ‘House Hack’, the choose-your-own-adventure game with sixteen possible endings. That was a real treat because I got to torment the characters in more ways than usual. No ending was wrong because I got to write them all! There’s a portal to another dimension, ghosts, a demonic possession, a serial killer, a mad rap fan, the destruction of an Angel’s raison d’etre…all the fun stuff.

And finally, what’s next?

Writing writing writing. I’m working on a horror mini-series that I’m hoping to direct and another horror feature screenplay. I’m also mentoring some film students and continuing my schedule of localised loitering.

TALES FROM THE LODGE is broadcast on Horror Channel on Sunday Dec 19, 9pm.

FrightFest 2021 Artwork Reveal!

Posted on July 1, 2021 by CloutPR

Graham Humphreys’ stunning artwork for Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 celebrates the festival’s cinematic return.

Arrow Video FrightFest is proud to present Graham Humphreys’ stand-out poster design for 2021, which marks the 13^th appearance for his iconic Monster.

Graham revealed today: “We have a happy monster this year. Though how happy a monster should be in a horror film festival raised the question, what would make the monster happy? Last year’s event was not ‘live’. This year, with a return to the social interaction that makes the festival such an important event in the annual calendar, it’s as if we have bypassed 2020 in a time machine, full throttle, into 2021. To celebrate – a bottle of champagne! Although the monster would probably prefer a full-blooded vintage…”

This year’s annual Bank Holiday event, the UK’s largest celebration of genre cinema, takes place at Cineworld Leicester Square between Thurs Aug 26 & Mon Aug 30, 2021.

The first wave of films will be announced on Thursday 8^th July.

www.frightfest.co.uk | FB: /FrightFestreal | Twitter: @frightfest | IG: @frightfestUK

www.arrowfilms.com | FB: /ArrowVideo | Twitter: @ArrowFilmsVideo | IG: @ArrowVideo

#ARROWFRIGHTFEST

Derren Brown reveals his caricature of Sir David Attenborough

Posted on October 15, 2020 by CloutPR

Derren Brown, probably better known for his mind-boggling TV stunts and putting well-known faces on the spot with his psychological trickery, has also carved a reputation as a painter and caricaturist, having published Derren Brown: Portraits in 2009 and enjoyed several solo exhibitions at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery.

Commentating on his portrait of Sir David Attenborough, Derren said: “Given the nature of caricature, I never imagine the subjects will like them. So I don’t make a point of showing people their portraits. But this is done with huge affection and the utmost admiration for an extraordinary man, and a staggering career, which I have followed all my life.

His recent Netflix film A Life On Our Planet is important and wonderful. I’ve tried to capture the figure of authority here: we should all be listening very carefully to what he has to say”.

He has also recently painted Freddie Mercury, Donald Trump, Marilyn Monroe and Willem Defoe. He is currently working on a portrait of David Bowie.

Works from his private collection are now available to own as originals or limited edition prints. Many of these acrylic paintings featured in his book Portraits, and some have appeared in his television shows.

Derren’s work can be viewed and purchased here:
https://derrenbrown.co.uk/art-store/

Artist Vincent Kamp turns filmmaker to inspire his next series of crime noir paintings.

Posted on June 25, 2019 by CloutPR

Vincent Kamp, known for his striking portraits of people in a fused background of cinematic lighting, brooding sexual tension and impending drama, is creating a series of paintings inspired by a short film he has written, co-directed and produced.

Heist thriller QUEEN OF DIAMONDS, is a collaboration between Kamp and filmmaker Naeem Mahmood (Brash Young Turks) and centres on an audacious plot to rob an international diamond trader. It stars Georgia May Foote, Tamer Hussan, Leo Gregory and Samuel Anderson.

Both the film and paintings will be on public display from Sept 12, 2019 at Clarendon Fine Art, Mayfair. The gallery then plans to host a national gallery tour.

Kamp commentated: I made this film to show how I visualise the story before I tell it with paint. My paintings have always been inspired by cinematographers and I felt it was time to take that creative influence to the next level”.

Georgia May Foote & Leo Gregory in QUEEN OF DIAMONDS

Editor’s notes:

Surrey-born artist Vincent Kamp is acknowledged as one of the UK’s most evocative and exciting new painters. Fascinated by the dark, gritty underground world of urban subculture, his paintings delve beneath the surface of social class. Heavily influenced by cinema, particularly the crime and gangster genres, Kamp says he likes to capture a moment of high tension, always imagining there’s something surreptitious going on in what could be a perfectly innocent situation. Recent exhibitions include his Barbershop-inspired ‘FEAR AND LOATHING IN EAST LONDON series’, a celebration on the pianist/songwriter Ruben James and his band, and THE LONG GAME – an interactive solo show of thirty paintings depicting a gangland poker game that ends in an explosion of violence. He was named Artist of the Year 2017 by Talented Art Fair

Award-winning filmmaker Naeem Mahmood is one of the freshest directors to emerge in the UK – a graduate of the Berlinale Talent Campus and winner of the Prince’s Trust Millennium Award. His directorial feature debut BRASH YOUNG TURKS, released theatrically in the UK, was awarded Best UK Movie at the Movie Video & Screen Awards 2016. He has set up Trailblazer, a production company that works with young creatives with the aim to raise the bar of what British independent films can accomplish.

Award-winning Artist Vincent Kamp to present crime noir exhibition THE LONG GAME

Posted on September 4, 2018November 16, 2021 by CloutPR

Teaser trailer: https://youtu.be/HBvaudMRImY

For his latest solo exhibition at Clarendon Fine Art on Thurs 8 Nov, artist Vincent Kamp is turning Mayfair’s Clarendon Fine Art Gallery into a den of iniquity, together with gambling geezers, tattooed mobsters and gun totting barmaids. Made up of thirty new paintings and featuring a cast of twenty characters, The Long Game tells the story of a high stakes poker game that ends badly. For one night only, the cast will be present, alongside ‘the narrator’, re-enacting the story to create a unique interactive experience for the viewer.

Acknowledged as one of the most evocative and exciting new figurative artists working in Britain today, Vincent Kamp is fascinated by the underground world of urban subculture and crime noir filmmaking. His paintings delve beneath the surface of social class, creating intense portraits of people in a fused background of cinematic lighting, brooding tension and impending drama.

Heavily influenced by films and TV, particularly the crime and gangster genres, Vincent Kamp has learnt as much about composition and lighting from cinematographers as he has from the old masters. His arresting and mesmerising portraits always evoke emotion and intrigue about the backstory and future of the characters.

The Long Game opens at Clarendon Fine Art, 46 Dover St, W!S 4FF, on Thurs 8 Nov (private view) and will run until 24 Nov.

Kamp was voted Artist of the Year 2017 by Talented Art Fair.

Derren Brown New Book – MEET THE PEOPLE WITH LOVE – Out 6 September 2018

Posted on August 13, 2018 by CloutPR

DERREN BROWN
MEET THE PEOPLE WITH LOVE
6 SEPTEMBER 2018 | BANTAM PRESS £25.00

“Henri Cartier-Bresson (perhaps the most celebrated father of street photography and amongst the first to elevate it to an art) said somewhere that your first 10,000 pictures are your worst. So, given that I have probably taken about that many pictures in those few short years, I present in this book – a curated selection of what will become my worst pictures.” (Derren Brown)

As well as being an incredible stage performer, a brilliant writer and a talented painter, Derren Brown is also a dab hand at street photography. Here, for the first time, is a selection of some of his own self-selected personal favourites.

Derren Brown - MEET THE PEOPLE WITH LOVE — **Photo credit: Christopher Andreou**

MEET THE PEOPLE WITH LOVE showcases one of Derren’s most abiding passions. He has lived with his Leica almost constantly by his side for the last four years, seeking out a soulful interplay of people and their surroundings. The result is a beautiful collection of images, evocative of the mid-century era of classical street photography. For him, the photographer’s challenge is to hint at the connection and suggest a narrative which can be imposed through the image.

As Derren comments: “One keeps an eye out for a particularly serendipitous arrangement of people and environment, and learns ways of securing one’s shot unobtrusively, The camera is an entry ticket to daunting social situations and extraordinary environments where we might otherwise feel entirely out of place. Suddenly we have a reason to be present. And for those of us smitten by its appeal, it provides a means of fortifying and forgetting ourselves, while extending out into the world with a controlled compassion.”

For Derren this form of photography is a kind of mindful activity, which he first describes in his best-selling book, HAPPY.

“When I am out with my camera, I am deeply interested in other people. I let myself be guided by them. There is a two thousand year-old Stoic maxim for happiness that says we should stop trying to control things we cannot, and instead move in easy accord with the flow of things. I tend to feel the camera as an extension of myself…and without looking through the lens I know, through experience, what the picture will include (so I don’t always need to bring the camera to my eyes), and when I am photographing in black and white I ‘see’ in black and white (which is a very different way of perceiving from colour).”

There are also links to his illusionist performances:

“Street photographers learn techniques to avoid being noticed, or to give the impression that they are photographing something else. However, a problem with any subterfuge is that it tends to forge a kind of guilt. Any magician knows this, and must learn not to telegraph this self-reproach during the trick. He has to relax at those crucial moments…”

About the author:

Derren Brown began his UK television career in December 2000 with a series of specials called Mind Control. Since redefining the genre of magic for intelligent, modern audiences, he has become synonymous with the art of psychological manipulation. His TV shows, both for Channel 4 and, more recently Netflix, have become must see events. Amongst a varied and notorious career, Derren has played Russian Roulette on live television, convinced middle-managers to commit an armed robbery in the street, led the nation in a séance, stuck viewers to their sofas, successfully predicted the National Lottery, motivated a shy man to land a packed passenger plane at 30,000 feet, exposed psychic and faith-healing charlatans, and hypnotised a man to assassinate Stephen Fry. On top of this he tours the UK every year with a sell-out stage show. This is his fourth published book.

Derren is available for interviews, for further information, please contact
abarrow@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
0208 231 6654

REVEALED: FrightFest 2018 Artwork

Posted on June 14, 2018 by CloutPR

Graham Humphreys’ beautiful artwork for Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 pays homage to 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 is delighted to present Graham Humphreys’ stunning artwork for this year’s annual Bank Holiday event, the UK’s largest celebration of genre cinema, taking place at Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema between Thurs Aug 23 & Mon Aug 27, 2018.

For Graham, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ seemed too important to ignore:

“In the same way that Frankenstein gave life to his monster, horror films stimulate our imagination and give form to ideas that otherwise dare not leave the shadows”, he commented. “The painting shows our familiar host enjoying a fresh jolt…as do we – the audience – each year at FrightFest. In the background, a new entity emerges through the doorway… a new sponsor… Arrow Video!”

It’s time to crank up the Wimshurst generator, unleash the primal forces, see what’s on the slab and do the Monster Mash…