Sightseers exclusive quad poster
Sightseers, the deliciously dark, emphatically British comedy-horror from Kill List director (and TF favourite) Ben Wheatley has landed a new official quad poster, and you can check it out in full here…
Ben Wheatley to work with The Mighty Boosh’s Julian Barratt on new film A Field In England
Sightseers will soon be in British cinemas, and we urge you to go and see it, it’s brilliant. And then as soon as the credits roll, go back to the front of the cinema and start queuing for A Field In England…
First trailer for Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers: watch now
The first trailer for Ben Wheatley’s pitch black comedy Sightseers has gone online, and it’s every bit as disturbing, offbeat and bleakly British as you’d expect from the man behind Kill List…
Ben Wheatley talks Freakshift
When we heard Total Film favourite Ben Wheatley was in the early stages of prepping a film called Freakshift, describing it as “Hill Street Blues with monsters,” we simply had to pay him a visit to get more information.
So, after helping Ben out on a test footage shoot, we asked him to expand on that Hill Street Blues comparison…
10 Films You Have To See At FrightFest 2011
The UK’s ultimate horror happening takes over Leicester Square’s Empire Cinema from 25-29 August. Here are the flicks that should be topping your (kill) list…
1. Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark: Thursday 25 August, 6.30pm
Mexico’s hobbit of horror Guillermo del Toro has spent his entire career practising the black arts. After producing shiversome Spanish classics such as The Orphanage, he’s backing Troy Nixey’s debut, a remake of a 1973 TV movie that traumatised an entire generation.
Young Bailee Madison is sent to live with dad Guy Pearce and stepmum Katie Holmes in their creepy mansion. In the basement she discovers all kinds of Pan’s Labyrinth-alike creatures bent on persuading her – and FrightFesters – to completely disregard that title.
Kill List review
Hitman Jay (Neil Maskell)hasn’t lifted a trigger finger in eight months. Money’s low, his wife’s (MyAnna Buring) spirits are lower.
Then best buddy/co-killer Gal (Michael Smiley) comes round for a roast and a chat in the basement. He’s been offered a lucrative assignment: kill some people, on a list.
Moral salve? They’re bad people, probably. Besides, it’s time Jay “got back on the horse.”
Anyone who saw jobbing TV director Ben Wheatley’s 2009 feature debut Down Terrace - a galvanising mix of kitchen sink, soap, crime drama, Shakespearean tragedy and piss-taking comedy shot in eight days for £6,000 - will go into his slippery sophomore effort with a toehold on what to expect.
Just don’t be surprised if that toe is then hacked off and sent to you in the mail…
Set in a Sheffield that’s dingy and banal yet infused with the mystic malignancy of the surrounding countryside, Kill List, like revenge, is best served cold.
Exclusive! First trailer for five-star British thriller Kill List
We’ve got the world exclusive first look at the trailer for astonishing British thriller Kill List.
Directed by Ben Wheatley, Kill List is the movie Total Film are getting behind at FrightFest 2011.
It follows the violent mission of a former soldier turned hitman, and, as you can see from the trailer [below], it’s dripping with tension and has atmosphere to spare.
“Given to gloriously unpredictable, violent mood swings, Kill List is the best British genre film in years,” says Jamie Graham, Deputy Editor of Total Film Magazine, in his five-star TF review.
