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"Meat cleaver in shoulder" effect
Ouch! Don’t you just hate it when somebody comes up to you and sticks a meat cleaver in your shoulder? What’s the world coming to? Obviously this is one of Midnight Pictures’ special effects, courtesy...
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Saul’s Pupils II screenplay by Michael Quayle
I have the pleasure of sharing with you a screenplay for a sequel to our film Saul’s Pupils, written by Michael Quayle. It gave Andrew and I a real buzz to think that someone out there was impressed...
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The poor man’s dolly
A dolly is a piece of equipment that allows you mount a camera on a set of tracks and push it along, creating super-smooth movement. Naturally, Midnight Pictures doesn’t have one, so we improvise. On...
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Dark Light reviewed at Taliesin Meets the Vampires
Dark Light, the vampire movie we made in 2000, has just received a very lengthy and fairly positive review at Taliesin Meets the Vampires, a vampire-related blog.
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Everybody loves Zombie Genocide
Andy came across this thread at All Things Zombie. It’s a nice feeling when you unexpectedly hear people chatting about your work and appreciating it.
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Plotting a movie: Two heads are better than one, especially when you’re spooked
Something amazing happened on Sunday evening. Andy was at my house. We were in the living room chatting, while the sun was going down. When it was dark, Andy looked out of the window and said, “There’s...
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Saul’s Pupils causes offense at festival
Last Friday evening, Andrew and I were invited to participate in a Halloween Festitval at the seaside town of Ballycastle. The first evening consisted of a large-screen showing of our 2002 film, Saul’s...
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Welcome to The Dead Club
Last weekend, Midnight Pictures was invited to travel up north to the seaside town of Ballycastle, to do a one-day filmmaking workshop with the town’s already established Film Club run by our friend...
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The Ballycastle sea monster – on camera
Andrew Harrison and I spent Saturday up at the north coast, where our friend Harry Hamill runs Ballycastle Film Club. Nine kids, aged ten to fifteen, showed up, and we filmed a short monster movie that...
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The Ballycastle sea monster arrives
On Friday evening Andrew Harrison and I travelled up to Ballycastle for the premiere of The Siren, a movie we made a few weeks earlier with the town’s filmmaking club. We had a brilliant turnout – over...
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Fun with a meat cleaver
Andrew and I are heading for a film festival in Ballycastle this Satuday, to deliver a presentation about our filmmaking exploits – specifically the area of doing special effects with little or no...
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Ballycastle Film Club presents Do Not Disturb
On 1 March Andrew Harrison and I headed up to the north coast to make our third film with Ballycastle Film Club. In preparation, my mind had drifted to a memorable short story that I read about ten...
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Ballycastle Film Festival
Andrew Harrison and I spent a very enjoyable weekend on the north coast of Ireland at Ballycastle Film Festival. On Saturday morning we hosted a 90-minute presentation on doing special effects with...
View ArticleZombie Genocide on Wikipedia
Wikipedia is one of the coolest resources in the web for information. It’s a constantly growing encyclopedia written by the general public. A short article on Zombie Genocide has suddenly appeared,...
View ArticleZombie Genocide for your Halloween viewing pleasure
Happy Halloween, folks. Here’s a little seasonal gift for you. Zombie Genocide is the first of six films that I made with Andrew Harrison (as Midnight Pictures) between the years 1991 and 2005. It was...
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