Home-grown Horror at Frightfest

Two NZ films made the line-up for this year’s Frightfest, the UK’s leading fantasy and horror film festival. “Ovine horror comedy” Black Sheep and “the unclassifiable – and absolutely hilarious” The Devil Dared Me To both screened to packed houses at London’s Odeon West End theatre, August 23-27. Black Sheep is the debut feature from writer/director Jonathan King, while The Devil Dared Me To comes courtesy of Chris Stapp, the brains behind NZ comedy series Back of the Y.


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Pirate Comedy Deserves Another Season

Pirate Comedy Deserves Another Season

Cancelled after two season, Taika Waititi’s “silly comedy” Our Flag Means Death “deserves one more voyage”, according to Radio Times critic George White. “ was meant to be sacred…