Miller’s film suffers from a dichotomy that Barry Humphreys, as central performer, physicalizes in the two roles he essays here: one urbane, witty and hypocritically impolite, and the other crass, slipshod, even embarrassing in its conceit. It’s not the gross-out humour that appeals in this … Read More →
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The Sons of Damon Dark: How web-based content demands specific production techniques
Our recent introduction to, and subsequent involvement with, the science fiction web series Damon Dark has raised pertinent questions about the nature of online media production, and the possibilities it presents for breaking the hierarchical processes of the mass audio-visual media, who have hitherto ignored … Read More →
Thirst (1979; dir. Rod Hardy)
This film tries to have its cake and eat it: its commendable attempts to modernise and give scientific rationale to the vampire myth are undercut by its insistence on retaining the all too familiar pointed fangs and glowing eyes of countless other inferior films. Add … Read More →
Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1980; dir. Gary Rhodes)
Stephen Knight’s elaborate Masonic theory for the infamous Whitechapel murders of 1888, first presented in his book of the same name in 1976, has since become a figure of ridicule in the world of professional ‘ripperology’, despite offering the most concise and approachable explanation for … Read More →
New Damon Dark short from an original Brett Gerry Films screenplay now online
Following on from our recent profile of actor/director Adrian Sherlock’s science-fiction webseries Damon Dark – which you can read in full here – correspondence with Sherlock has resulted in an original screenplay for the series. You can watch the finished short in the player above. … Read More →
An introduction to the strange world of Damon Dark
The explosion of internet based, video streaming sites since 2005 has allowed the creation and distribution of non-professional content by individuals who would have little chance to get their work seen otherwise. The mass audio-visual media, who still rely too heavily on saturated delivery methods, … Read More →
Re-edited Damon Dark episode now online!
Actor, filmmaker and creator of YouTube sci-fi series Damon Dark, Adrian Sherlock has recently been re-editing and re-uploading his oeuvre, and today is the turn of The Death of Damon Dark, a shocking installment penned by Brett Gerry Films. Originally conceived as a four-part serial, … Read More →