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 […]
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 […]
How to Kill Monsters trailer teases an invasion from another dimension
Dark Rift Horror and RO Pictures have released a trailer, poster and images for the horror comedy How to Kill Monsters, ahead of its world premiere at FrightFest this month. Directed by Stewart Sparke, the film centres on the sole survivor of a bloody massacre as she is forced to team-up with a bunch of […]
Microbudget Horror Movies You Have To See
As Flickering Myth launches into the world of microbudget film production, we look at five recent microbudget horror movies you need to see… Making movies is tough. Right now the differential between the big studio pictures and what is below seems to be huge. It’s a near-unjumpable chasm between $5 million budgets and that limited […]
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 […]
Exclusive Interview – Michaela Longden on The Ghost Within, The Baby in the Basket and horror movies
We talk to up-and-coming actress Michaela Longden about acting, her recent film The Ghost Within, and her upcoming role in Flickering Myth’s first feature venture The Baby in the Basket… Michaela Longden is a British actress making waves in the horror genre having starred in cult films like Book of Monsters, The Creature Below and […]
The Baby in the Basket teaser trailer, synopsis and cast revealed by Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth
Last week we announced that Flickering Myth was teaming with Shepka Productions to produce a new horror feature film entitled The Baby in the Basket, and now we are delighted to share more details with you on the project. Reuniting director Nathan Shepka (Holiday Monday) and screenwriter Tom Jolliffe (Renegades), who worked together on last […]
Gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket announced by Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth
As our regular readers out there will know, horror has always been a huge part of our passion for film here at Flickering Myth, and so today we’re delighted to announce that we are teaming with Shepka Productions and FM’s own Tom Jolliffe for The Baby in the Basket, a new feature film hearkening back […]
The Ghost Within trailer teases supernatural horrors and dark secrets
Vertical Entertainment has released a trailer for the British supernatural horror The Ghost Within. Directed by Lawrence Fowler, the film follows Margot (Michaela Longden) as she returns to her family home to uncover the truth surrounding her sister’s murder 20 years earlier after she’s plagued by a series of terrifying encounters with her ghost. Watch […]
