Year 4, been and gone in a flurry of blood, gore and laughs. Great conversations, top guests and some amazing films, all packed into the 4 and ¼ days of the festival. This was my favourite year, by a mile, I felt more at home, relaxed in the chaos that surrounded me, able to savour the moments, and really enjoy myself!
The films ranged from average to outstanding, but with 27 films to see they can’t all be great. Most of the average ones hampered by budget in the most part, none really lacked in story or cast, just poor CGI or should I say some cheap CGI! Then again a low budget didn’t really hamper the brilliant Monsters.
Stand out films, Monsters, Bedevilled, I Spit on your grave, Buried and The Loved Ones.
Poor efforts included Damned by dawn, Dead Cert,
Even ventured out of screen 1 and into the Discovery screen for 3 films!
Other than the films, the weekend was full of other great moments. Talking to Neil Marshall (Decent) about how I didn’t like Centurion mainly due to the story. And Neil’s reply, they took a lot of the story out at script level, leaving the ending a mess. That explains it then!
My usual chat with Joe Lynch about the best of the year, Kick Ass, Piranha and Inception. He loved them all, even down to our perception of Inception, which we both agreed on.
Getting another photo with Emily Booth!
Getting photos with Kane Hodder, Tobe Hooper, Neil, Adam Green and Joe.
Loads of autographs!
Meeting Mark and Dan, my neighbours in Screen 1 for the 5 days. Had some great chats about the films we had just watched and films we’ve seen in the past. Plus the 2 guys sat behind me but never got their names!
Being first in the queue for Discovery Screen tickets on the Monday
No fast food all weekend, real food every night for under £10 – The stockpot rules!
In fact not much sweets, chocolate and popcorn all weekend!
It did have its lows, well one the pulling of A Serbian Film!
So that was year 4, and it was brilliant! Roll on Year 5!
Oh yes, a blog or each film is coming straight after this one!!!!
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