Tag: Umbrella Entertainment

GOODNIGHT MOMMY (aka. Ich Seh, Ich Seh) Collector’s Edition

Umbrella Entertainment’s Collector’s Collection of GOODNIGHT MOMMY (2014) = scrumptious. Such beautiful cover design, including the ‘roaches! Lucky me for writing the booklet essay on twins and trauma for this limited, numbered release.

If you haven’t seen the original Austrian version of this most excellent psychological horror, made by aunt and nephew filmmaking duo, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, don’t walk – run!

If you want to take ownership of an even more special experience of the film, this is the way to do it.

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THE PRIMEVALS Collector’s Edition

She who hesitates is lost. In this case, I’ve sat on my hands way too long in announcing my involvement in Umbrella Entertainment’s Collector Edition of the famously unfinished stop-motion epic THE PRIMEVALS that it has sold out!

Sincere apologies to anyone who may be first hearing about this now 😭

I wrote about the enduring appeal of stop-motion animation in the booklet, with some contributions from Melbourne stop-motion extraordinaire Isabel Peppard (make sure you check out her handiwork if you’re not already familiar with her).

And if you’re new to THE PRIMEVALS, here’s the pitch:

A film 45 years in the making from the late David Allen, no monster or special-effects fan will want to miss THE PRIMEVALS. THE PRIMEVALS is a glorious tribute to classic animation, with a true sense of adventure that reminds the audience why movies are magical.

Unfinished and left on the cutting-room floor for three decades, the epic sci-fi adventure THE PRIMEVALS, from the infamous Full Moon Features, has been resurrected for the screen with TWO cuts of the film and a FULL feature-length documentary!

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HOUSEBOAT HORROR booklet essay

It’s not often that the words ‘beautiful’ and ‘gorgeous’ are associated with the Australian ‘classic’ HOUSEBOAT HORROR but, by golly by gosh, this blu-ray release of the film by Umbrella Entertainment is a work of art in itself.

I was asked to contribute a biography on the film’s co-creator, Ollie Martin, to the booklet, and I can confidently say this is a one-of-a-kind piece, presenting information about Ollie that is not widely available in this digital age. I’d like to thank Gavin Wood, Ray Boseley, Clayton Jacobson and Ollie’s family, Elle and Boyd, for feeding me with the information that has brought this story to life. I really hope that Ollie is smiling down on us from the heavens.

Take note that this is a limited edition release of HOUSEBOAT HORROR, so get your skates on, if you want to bag a copy. It may already be gone. For my international friends, I urge you to jump on this opportunity to snag yourself a little bit of Australian film memorabilia that’s sure to leave you slack-jawed.

PS. It’s worth the purchase for the ‘Banned in Queensland’ pin alone.

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A Bicentenary with Bite: Revisiting Dark Age

Having transformed my living room into a set for the special Umbrella Entertainment blu-ray release of Long Weekend, the unstoppable Lee Gambin got the band back together to do it all again.

This time, in a discussion titled ‘A Bicentenary with Bite: Revisiting Dark Age’, Lee Gambin, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Sally Christie and I turn our loving gaze to the Australian horror delight Dark Age (1987) – directed by Arch Nicholson, starring John Jarrat, David Gulpilil, Burnam Burnam and Nikki Coghill.

Dark Age nearly disappeared into the annals of lost cinema so, luckily, Umbrella Entertainment is continuing their loving work and giving this film the blu-ray special edition treatment that it deserves.

You can buy it and make it yours by clicking below…

(And immense thanks goes to Ben Gurvich for the camerawork and Justine Ryan for her able tech assistance).

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