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Few films send shivers down the spine in the same way as DELIVERANCE (1972) so it was an honour to introduce the Cinemaniacs’ screening of DELIVERANCE on Saturday 12th October at Backlot Studios in Melbourne, Australia.
Here’s the evidence…
Want to know more about the event? Visit the Cinemaniacs’ website and start a curated journey into cinema history…
When Lee Gambin said he was creating a regular, themed journal as part of his Cinemaniacs film collective, I had no idea it would be this impressive (and this big – around 200 pages). But, Lee has managed to do it once again, and I’m proud as punch to be in the flagship edition on ‘Scarecrows in Cinema’.
My contribution is the rather thorny subject of the Jeepers Creepers franchise.
Anyone in Melbourne is more than welcome to join us at the launch of the journal on Saturday 10th November at Grub Street Bookshop where copies will be on-sale. I will be attending, although I cannot confirm an appearance by Lee’s canine son, Buddy, who is modelling the journal in this photo.
It was a pleasure to host a panel on bears in cinema following the Cinemaniacs screening of Prophecy earlier this year.
For those who weren’t in attendance, we created a Facebook live video that is now immortalised on the Diabolique website. Please watch it, and be aware that the screen will turn from landscape to portrait at about the three-minute mark.
Thanks to Lee Gambin, Clem Bastow and Christian McCrea for being so wonderful.
On Saturday 17th March 2018, I get to introduce John Frankenheimer’s little-screened eco-monster thriller, Prophecy, at the Backlot Studios in Melbourne.
Following the screening, I will be hosting a panel featuring a menagerie of experts – Lee Gambin, Clem Bastow and Christian McCrea – discussing the subject of bears in cinema. And that’s not human bears but actual bears with claws and fur all over them.
I highly doubt there’s been a screening and panel anywhere in the world quite like this one. Here is the video evidence of it.
This event took place in March 2018 (see the preamble under ‘Continue reading’ below) and the results have now been posted on YouTube. Or you can watch it right here:
Continue reading “Cinemaniacs Presents: “All of Them Witches” – The Devil in ’60s and ’70s Cinema”
A trio of panellists – Dean Brandum (left, Assault on Precinct 13), myself (middle, The Thing) and Tristan Jones (right, In the Mouth of Madness) – stepped up to discuss the films of John Carpenter following a very special Cinemaniacs’ presentation of Christine on Saturday 8th July 2017.
We were pressed for time and, of course, we all had too much to say so, while the live audience got the gist of my blind adoration of The Thing, there was a plethora of information that never made it out of my mouth (of madness). Here’s the full transcript of the intended presentation for posterity…
With special thanks to my friend Lee Gambin for always trusting me with projects that are close to his heart.
In preparation for a longer form piece in the new Cinemaniacs Presents journal, I had the pleasure of talking to fellow horror movie fan, Gina Philips, who played the role of Trish in the original Jeepers Creepers (fans will be very pleased to know she is coming back for the third instalment in the franchise).
Gina was such a generous interviewee I decided to throw some words the way of Diabolique, and the fruits of my labour can now be read in the following article…
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