Well, it’s been a bit of a wild week here at FMHQ… As regular readers will know, Flickering Myth is branching out into the world of film production with myself and longtime FM staff writer Tom Jolliffe working alongside filmmaker Nathan Shepka and the team at Shepka Productions on the gothic horror feature film The […]
Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 80s British Horror Cinema
We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]
Movie Review – Bite (2022)
Bite, 2022. Directed by James Owen. Starring Shian Denovan, Nansi Nsue, Stuart Sessions, Annabelle Lanyon, Jack Loy, Joe Egan. SYNOPSIS: A pair of thieves on the run from gangsters take refuge in a house where some very strange people live. Bite is the debut feature of surgeon-turned-filmmaker James Owen, and is the probable answer if […]
A Star Isn’t Born, A Curse, and How Much?! The Baby in the Basket Final Prep Update
As Flickering Myth’s first film production gears up to go before the camera, we bring you an update on the joys of pre-production… Our first venture into making movies has proven to be a massive undertaking. A successful but stressful crowdfunding campaign was rife with challenges. What is the magic formula? What makes for an […]
Indie Horror Filmmaking: Creating The Baby in The Basket – From Script to Green Light!
A look inside scripting The Baby in the Basket, Flickering Myth’s first foray into Film Production… The week so far has been up and down but perfectly encapsulating life as an indie screenwriter who in the midst of an insanely busy spring, has been co-handling a Kickstarter campaign that has thankfully seen us hit its […]
Indie Horror Filmmaking: The birth of The Baby in the Basket
As Flickering Myth steps into the world of indie filmmaking, Tom Jolliffe details how and why The Baby in the Basket was born… As a screenwriter working in the indie filmmaking world for five years, I made a conscious decision late last year to pull away from hired commissions (slightly) and shift my focus more […]
The Full Monty and Legend stars join gothic horror The Baby in the Basket
Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth have announced that veteran British actors Paul Barber (Only Fools and Horses, The Full Monty) and Annabelle Lanyon (Legend, Dream Demon) have joined the cast of the upcoming gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket. Paul Barber is best known for portraying Denzil in the iconic sitcom Only Fools […]
