A celebration of slasher cinema from psycho to the present day, with. The slasher film forever, which is waving the sunbtitle the complete history of mad maniac movies. Trailer for the upcoming documentary on slasher films from high rising productions contact us. The slasher film forever, a new documentary from high rising productions the company behind many excellent dvd special features for arrow films, synapse and grindhouse takes an often irreverent look at the slasher genre with commentary from some of its top auteurs including tobe hooper the texas chain saw massacre, mick garris continued. The slasher film forever is a documentary directed by calum waddell. The slasher film forever has been ranked 64 times, wins 44. If you love slashers, slice and dice is highly recommended. I dont want to call this a documentary because it is not nearly informative enough and is based solely on how various people define a slasher film. The slasher film forever get info and tickets here in which i was interviewed for. The slasher film forever a look at horrors slasher film boom is hitting uk dvd may th. The rise and fall of the slasher film, newcomer specialist horror distributor 88 films have announced the upcoming dvd release of slice and dice. Jun 08, 2011 the documentary, called slice and dice.
For those of you who missed metrodomes uk dvd release of the 2006 documentary going to pieces. Director calum waddell is well known to fans of horror movies having produced and directed an absolute ream of features that. The slasher film forever is the first feature length documentary released by this small three person company. I was brought up on slasher films, some of my earliest memories of films are renting videos in the early. A celebration of slasher cinema from psycho to the present day, with a focus on highlighting. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The slasher film forever in our comments section below. The documentarys greatest strength is an excellent editing job. The slasher film forever, is coming our way from calum waddell and naomi holwill of high rising productions. Oct 07, 2012 a celebration of slasher cinema from psycho to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genres forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost always a final girl and rarely a final guy. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation.
This entertaining 75 minute documentary, recently a big hit on the international horror festival circuit, was put together by scotlands high rising productions for next to no money as a side project, conceived as a dvd extra that became a celebratory trip dow. Over the past few years, the documentary film has gone from being a tacked on dvd extra to the more standard longform. A celebration of slasher cinema from psycho to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genres forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it. The slasher film forever was directed by calum waddell who is known for putting together special features on arrow dvd, producing short documentaries and it really shows in this. The complete history of mad maniac movies slice and dice. Essential slashers traditional slashers, neoslashers, protoslashers etc. Calum waddell 75 minutes high rising productions released uk may th through 88 films i have a love for slasher films. The two had previously set up their high rising productions company to make documentary supplements for the dvd market.
A celebration of slasher cinema from psycho to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genres forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to. The slasher film forever is a 2012 documentary feature directed and produced by calum waddell and edited and produced by naomi holwill. Slice and dice the slasher film forever trailer youtube. A celebration of slasher cinema from psycho to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genres forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and. Theres such a diverse group of industry heads spilling their thoughts that its tough to miss the entertainment value. The slasher film forever is a splatterpacked documentary which delivers enough creepy carnage, and. The slasher film forever just needs beer, pizza, and a group of likeminded horror fan friends to give you a very a memorable night in. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. A celebration of slasher cinema from psycho to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genres forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how to survive a slice and dice movie and meditating upon why it is almost always a final girl and rarely a final guy. Although the slasher film subject has been tackled before 2006s going to pieces, director calum waddell, a brilliant genre journalist and behind many of the fantastic extras on the arrow video releases, does a good job of avoiding rehashing the same subjects. Jun 28, 2016 but, in order to typically leave me up in arms over a piece like this, i need cold hard, documented facts. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion. The slasher film forever doesnt offer much in the way of verifiable facts. With emily booth, tom holland, fred olen ray, mick garris.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. The slasher film forever cuts its way onto dvd in a splatterpacked twodisc set on may 20 through the all new and exciting horror specialist distributor 88 films. The film had its world premiere at the sitges film festival in october, 2012. The slasher film forever is an unashamed salutation to the arterialspraying excellence of norman bates, leatherface, jason voorhees, michael myers, freddy krueger, chucky and their many plasmapacked proteges. The slasher film forever is an unashamed salutation to the arterialspraying excellence of norman bates, leatherface, jason. The slasher film forever from zavvi, the home of pop culture. May 22, 20 over the past few years, the documentary film has gone from being a tacked on dvd extra to the more standard longform. Made on a nonexistent budget by calum waddell and naomi holwill, slice and dice has been a crowd pleaser and award winner at the annual south african horror film festival, and had its premiere at the prestigious sitges. David cholewas dead shadows, a film that i acted in, will be screening there get info and tickets here and so will calum waddells documentary slice and dice. The slasher film forever, 2012 directed by callum waddell. The slasher film forever as soon as you can, you wont regret it. Slice and dice caters for everyone by talking to actors, actresses, directors, etc who are all fans of these films themselves.
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