Making a zombie movie – part one
My friend Ryan Fleming decided to make a zombie movie. How did an idea cobbled together in the pub become a fully-fledged feature?
Tag Threads
PODCAST RECOMMENDATION – ATOMIC HOBO
I thought I was a THREADS obsessive. Turns out JULIE MCDOWELL is a far bigger THREADS geek than me. I recommend the ATOMIC HOBO podcast.
FILM RECOMMENDATION – EXHIBIT A
I'm sure you've seen your fair share of found footage movies. When they're done right, they can be extremely effective. Case in point, EXHIBIT A.
Aftermath
Today’s film recommendation comes from Ryan Fleming (again), who watches (and makes) more post-apocalyptic movies than I do. AFTERMATH is something of an oddity. It has all the trappings of your typical low-budget, end of the world movie, yet there’s…
I am Legend
Richard Matheson’s I AM LEGEND is a remarkable book. Do a straw poll of a hundred horror authors and ask them to name the single piece of fiction which most influenced them, and I’ll wager that a good number will…
How I Live Now
Start them young, that’s what I always say. I think my taste in films and books (and, perhaps, my chosen career) was decided at an early age. I have vivid memories of watching Dr Who, Blake’s 7, and Space: 1999…
The Day After
Several months late, but here’s the second in my series of looks at classic (and not so classic) post-apocalyptic movies. Picture the scene: late-1983 – a very different, pre-Internet world where news comes almost entirely from the daily papers and…
Threads
This is the first film in my ‘Post-Apocalyptic Movie Club’ – a series of regular features, essays and discussions about films which depict the end of the world in one way or another. I know it’s not right, but I’m…
The Post-Apocalyptic Movie Club and the Secret Nuclear Bunker
Forgive the bizarre title of this post – it will make sense! I never really intended to use this website to tell you what I did on my summer holidays, but today I’m making an exception. I’m sure any writers…
Remain Indoors!
I’ve been doing a lot of press for DOG BLOOD recently and I’ve regularly been asked about my favourite movies. As you’ve probably guessed from my books (it doesn’t take a genius! ????? ?????? ), post-apocalyptic films are my thing.…