Event Reports

Horror Month: Horror Events in the UK (2015)

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Horror Month – June 2015

We take a look at some of the horror-related events and horror stars coming to the UK in 2015.

https://i0.wp.com/www.terrorattractions.co.uk/images/imgs/1420491628horrorcon2.jpgHorrorCon UK – Yorkshire, 11th-12th July

This is a brand new US style convention for the UK dedicated to horror.

Guests include Gunnar Hansen, Tom Savini, Bill Moseley, Ken Foree, Dacre Stoker, Caroline Munro, Martine Beswick; Writers; Presentations; Cosplay; a Market-Place and much more to be announced!

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Cardiff Film & Comic Con – March 2015

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Event Reporters – Ben Gummery & Lewis Mainwaring

This was our second ‘con’ as ‘Official Press’ thanks to Showmasters !!!!  Held at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena the home of South Wales geekery.

IMG_0748_Fotor_CollageGuests that attended this weekends event included:-

  • Ray Park (Star Wars: Episode One),
  • Samuel Anderson (Doctor Who – Revived Series),
  • Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3),
  • Terry Molloy (Doctor Who – Classic Series),
  • Jeff Rawle (Harry Potter),
  • Jack Donnelly (Atlantis).

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Review: Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands

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Written by Lewis Mainwaring

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff – 12th March 2015

Edward2014JP-07050Matthew Bourne‘s adaptation of the classic Tim Burton motion picture is a choreographic masterpiece.

This touching love-story tells the bitter-sweet tale of a boy created with only scissors for hands, left alone in the world. Edward struggles to find his place in a strange new suburban world where the mostly well-meaning community struggle to see past his strange appearance to the innocence and gentleness within. This struggle is not shared by one girl who Edward falls in love with.

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BAFTA Cymru, IRIS Prize & Cineworld

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We were lucky enough to attend a special screening at Cineworld Cardiff that was a joint venture between BAFTA Cymru and the IRIS Prize.

BAFTA Cymru has a remit to ‘champion film, television and games in Wales’ and their latest achievement has been partnering with Cineworld Cardiff with the launch of a BAFTA Cymru branded bar & screening events at the cinema; this being the first.

IRIS Prize is Cardiff’s international LGBT short film festival. 30 short films are in competition every year for a £30,000 prize fund that allows the winner to make another short film in the UK; this is a great initiative that brings interesting film-makers to make shorts in the UK. Continue reading →

Cardiff Film & Comic Con – Sunday 9th Nov ’14

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Event Reporters – Ben Gummery & Lewis Mainwaring

This was our first ‘con’ as ‘Official Press’ thanks to Showmasters !!!!  This was our third overall convention (having attended CFCC ’13 & LFCC Summer ’14). Held at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena for the third time in a row.

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Guests that attended today’s event included:- Harry Melling (Harry Potter Film Franchise), Catrin Stewart (Doctor Who – Revived series), Finn Jones (Game of Thrones), Jeremy Bulloch (Star Wars Film Franchise) & Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who – Classic series & The Hobbit Trilogy).
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