Tuesday 16 December 2008

A Bizarre Christmas!

Hi There

The 10 Pound Horror Film will be appearing in next month's Bizarre Magazine, in an exclusive feature about the world's most exciting Indie horror film project. Keep checking back for more details.

A new blog from director Luke Dormehl has been added to the Member's Area. The Member's Area is only available to 10 Pound Horror Fiends. If you are not one already, sign up here

Tom Atkinson
Producer

Sunday 14 December 2008

Christmas Horror to all

Hi

I have just returned from a long shoot overseas so apologies for the lack of posting. Well Christmas is here again and the good news is our rank of Horror Fiends are growing! Boosted by a recent article in a local magazine see here we now have some home town subscribers in addition to others from around the world. The project is picking up pace and we should be appearing in a national magazine in the new year so I will keep you posted on that, in the mean time have a Horrible Christmas and a Bloody New Year!

Tom Atkinson
Producer

Friday 14 November 2008

New T-Shirts!

Hi there

You can now support The 10 Pound Horror Film in style! Go to Mysoti and buy one of our brand new T-Shirts. I have just finished these designs but should make some more available soon.

Tom Atkinson
Producer

Thursday 13 November 2008

Video Blog 02 out now

Hi there

I have just posted my second Video Blog on YouTube and on the About the Project page. It give you more info on how the project is progressing and features footage of the new World Record for a Zombie Gathering! Join now and help bring back British horror plus watch all the videos so far in High Quality in the Members area.

Tom Atkinson
Producer

Sunday 9 November 2008

New Facebook Group

Hi there

We have just opened The 10 Pound Horror Film Group on Facebook so check it out here.
Help us build a community of Horror fans on Facebook by recommending it to all your friends. Many thanks to subscriber Barry Dunkley for helping with this. It's brand new and I must look at content for it so bear with me. Our recent feature in the Western Daily Press has raised the profile of the project and resulted in a lot of interest from around the country. Many thanks to Polly at the WDP and keep your eye out more press coverage soon!

Tom Atkinson
Producer

Tuesday 4 November 2008

Video Blog Success

Hello

Since posting my first Video Blog on YouTube a month ago it has had over 20,000 views! We have had people from all over the world contacting us about the project. To celebrate the success of the first blog I have posted it on the About the Project page so visitors can see it easily. I am now editing the second blog which I will post on YouTube in the next week. We are still having problems with the site's Flash player so the videos are not yet viewable in better quality in the members area, sorry about this but it should be fixed soon.

Tom Atkinson

Producer

Wednesday 22 October 2008

Win Hammer Horror film posters!

Win win win!

Karen at www.firstlightmovies.com is running a competition to win Hammer Horror film posters! Check it out here and good luck!

Tom Atkinson

Producer

Hammer Horror is back!

Fantastic news,

"After Hammer's return to active production with internet serial Beyond The Rave released via MySpace earlier this year, we're delighted to announce the commencement of production on Hammer's first horror film since 1976's To The Devil A Daughter.

The cast includes Aidan Gillen (The Wire), Eva Birthistle (
Middletown) and Timothy Spall (Harry Potter series, Sweeney Todd). The announcement was made today by Hammer Films Chairman & CEO Simon Oakes.

Principle photography commences today in
County Donegal, Ireland."

Visit the Hammer website here.

Tom Atkinson
Producer

Saturday 18 October 2008

The story so far

Hi there,

Wow! We have received some fantastic support for the production from some legends of film. Check out the Press and Contacts page to see the best of them.

We have started publicising The 10 Pound Horror Film in the UK and will then roll in out internationally but we already have subscribers from America, Canada, France and Australia. Despite being a British film we really want the input and involvement of people from around the world. I devised this production to break some of the traditional routes for making a film and through the community of Horror Fiends want to pool talents from all over the planet to make the best film we can.

I think this production method is only possible today because of the power of the internet and want to harness this power and bring together people who want to start or further a career in film. I am sure the product will be a truly 21st century film with a greater level of creative input as a result. I am very excited about the production and from the feedback we have had from Directors such as Nicolas Roeg I am not the only one. We need your help to make this happen so tell all your friends to sign up as it takes a lot of people to make a film so be a part of film history and help bring back British Horror!

Tom Atkinson

Producer

Friday 19 September 2008

Greetings Horror Fans


First off, thanks for checking out http://www.the10poundhorrorfilm.com/

So what is there to write in this debut blog?

Well, I suppose a bit of background to myself would be useful.

My name is Luke Dormehl (that is a Dutch South African surname for those
of you who are wondering) and I've been making films since I was eight.
The first one was ironically (or perhaps just prophetically) a horror
film: an eight year olds version of ALIEN (which is more-or-less like a
chest-bursting version of Citizen Kane for people who love horror films).

I made short films all the way through primary and senior school before
talking my way on to a film set one summer holidays to work as a
Production Assistant (you know, those people who make coffee for the
extras on a film set). After school I took a gap year and spent it
working for a local television production company making the most
embarrassing corporate videos ever.

Things got serious when I went to university. In a move which I hope
will get the sympathy (although probably not the empathy) of students
everywhere, I gave up alcohol for three years as well as using my
student loan and working as a bin man and milk factory worker in order
to buy myself film equipment. Using this I started making documentaries,
the most recent of which comes out next month and Ill provide more
details nearer the time.

So what will the end result of this project be? Well, hopefully it will
end up with a finished feature-length horror film in your local cinemas.
At absolute worse, this website will offer a fascinating look at what it
takes to put a film together. Every single success, failure, triumph,
trauma et al will be recorded here; giving you an insight into how a
film like this comes together.

Right now, thanks to the support of horror icons like Kane Hodder
(Jason in Friday the 13th), filmmakers like Jonathan King (Black Sheep)
and Adam Green (Hatchet) we have the best start you could want for a project like this.

In subsequent blog instalments, I will fill you in on how we got to the
point we are currently with this project, but in the meantime, please sign up to the website. It only costs £10 to support this film, and the end result is going to be fantastic! Otherwise, just drop me an email lukedormehl@the10poundhorrorfilm.com with a couple of words of encouragement
or any questions you may have.

Until next time --


Excelsior!

Luke Dormehl

Director