The 88 Films Thread

[Creativ Studios]

I'm always totally honest about our output - quite happy to admit that "Annie Dyer" was a terrible affair which was never intended for release in the UK (but the chaps at 88 thought it was worth a punt).

HELLRISER is a whole different kettle of fish and is already getting good reviews. Seriously, it's a great fun supernatural slasher with loads of boobs, giallo-style kills, humour and Argento-influenced lighting.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Creativ Studios

I'm always totally honest about our output - quite happy to admit that "Annie Dyer" was a terrible affair which was never intended for release in the UK (but the chaps at 88 thought it was worth a punt).

HELLRISER is a whole different kettle of fish and is already getting good reviews. Seriously, it's a great fun supernatural slasher with loads of boobs, giallo-style kills, humour and Argento-influenced lighting.

Can i ask? Are you Steve Lawson?

If so i listened to your commentary on Annie Dyer on Friday night and have to say it was the best and most informative and interesting talk on low budget film making i've ever listened to.

One room, actors who never meet even though they seem to be in the same room. I thought it was so creative.

[Creativ Studios]

Well, I had to put SOMETHING on the DVD to make it worth watching! Glad you enjoyed it. People are very quick to dump on low budget films (unless they were made 30 years ago in Italian!) but when you learn what goes into making even a lousy film like "Annie Dyer" I think it can be quite interesting.

You'll be glad to know the HELLRISER DVD has a commentary and some other featurettes showing how it was made.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Creativ Studios

Well, I had to put SOMETHING on the DVD to make it worth watching! Glad you enjoyed it. People are very quick to dump on low budget films (unless they were made 30 years ago in Italian!) but when you learn what goes into making even a lousy film like "Annie Dyer" I think it can be quite interesting.

You'll be glad to know the HELLRISER DVD has a commentary and some other featurettes showing how it was made.

You've sold it to me now.

Annie Dyer would have benefited had the majority of scenes not been obscured by CGI mist. That was my main gripe.

I just found what you had to say and how creative you had to be due to lack of budget extraordinary stuff.

Welcome to Cult Labs by the way.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Creativ Studios

HELLRISER is a whole different kettle of fish and is already getting good reviews. Seriously, it's a great fun supernatural slasher with loads of boobs, giallo-style kills, humour and Argento-influenced lighting.

Just out of interest, in the cause of equality, are there loads of penises as well?

[Creativ Studios]

Funnily enough that wasn't high on the list of things that 88 suggested should be in the movie.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Creativ Studios

Funnily enough that wasn't high on the list of things that 88 suggested should be in the movie.

Welcome to 1977, 88Films!

I see a slight problem with their thinking! Times change and so do attitudes and what people want



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[Creativ Studios]

Well, to be fair the film IS purposefully retro and is designed to look like a 70s/80s horror since that's what 88 Films specialise in releasing.

Actually, you'd be surprised just how many "likes" The Haunting Of Annie Dyer gets from female viewers, I would say equal to or more than ones from men (and it also has female nudity).

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Just out of interest, in the cause of equality, are there loads of penises as well?

In fairness, boobs are not exactly the same, because they are not genitals and everyone, regardless of gender has them in some shape or form!

A bare chest is a bare chest, only the female one has been increasingly sexualised in many areas of the world.

[Creativ Studios]

Actually Nosferatu, I have to confess there's a lot more on display than just boobs in HELLRISER...