Melbourne Underground Film Festival screening confirmed!

That's right.

If you missed out on the premiere of 'When Evil Reigns', or if you caught it the first time around and want to see it again, we're going to be making an appearance at M.U.F.F. With International guest Lloyd Kaufman (Director of 'The Toxic Avenger' series) and a raft of exciting Indie events, it looks like the festival's going to be terrific ... and we're thrilled to be part of it.

'When Evil Reigns' will screen at The Spanish Club, 59-61 Johnston Street Fitzroy, on JULY 16, at 5.00pm. Phone 9417 4059 for bookings. We'd recommend you get there at least fifteen minutes early to make sure you get a seat ... and remember to leave time for parking.

From the official brochure: Dir. Luke and Alix Jackson | 92 mins. | 2006 | Horror | Australia
”Friday the 13th” meets “Night of the living dead” in this Aussie horror film made on a $5000 budget. A mismatched group must lock themselves inside and fight off the murderous hordes attacking the building in this homage to slasher flicks and epidemic classics! Needless to say, a chilling and terrifying time is guaranteed for all!

Sounds great, huh? See you there!

Download free stuff

We've received a number of requests, over the last couple of weeks, for copies of the DVD. Well, the DVD hasn't been released just yet, but in the meantime we'd like to give you something to tide you over.

Our first offering is some wallpaper that you might like to adorn your computer screen with. Just click the relevant size below, and you will be taken to a page containing the image alone. Place your mouse over the image, then right-click and choose 'Set as background'. When you minimise the windows that are currently open, you should be looking at this handsome image from your favorite no-budget horror movie:



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The Melbourne Premiere is a hit!

After a couple of months of planning, the Melbourne premiere is now over ... and it went even better than we'd expected. As Mark Smith reports for Horrorscope, '...An entertained crowd laughed and jumped in delight as the film played out, cheering on the various deaths.'


On a cold night, at a venue that was described politely by a close friend as 'a little out of the way', 'When Evil Reigns' premiered to an overwhelmingly postive response. And, with friends, family, and members of the burgeoning Australian Horror community there as we viewed the film on the screen for the first time, how could we feel anything but supported?


Thank you from the filmmakers to everybody who contributed.

To read 'Horrorscope' editor Mark Smith's complete write-up of the premiere's success, click here.

Let's put this in context

Some of you may have already seen this: when visiting the ABC News Online homepage this afternoon, I noticed this shot selection on the right-hand side of my screen. It's cool for a number of reasons.

Firstly, we've actually finished the film; here's the proof. That's still kind of hard to believe.

Secondly, it's great to see Shannon's face plastered on the ABC News Online homepage. He represents everything that was great about making this film: for no promise of reward or even recognition, he showed up time and time again, to stand under hose-induced 'rain' and basically do whatever we asked of him ... and he never complained. I'd work with him again anytime.

Third, as you can see, the story about 'When Evil Reigns' falls directly below an image of the delightful Mrs Spears. To put into context the time involved in making 'When Evil Reigns', I'll say this: when we began writing the script, Britney Spears' song 'Hit Me Baby' had just made Number 1. That's right; then a little-known, ex-Mickey Mouse Club star, Britney's first song accompanied us throughout the writing process and into production. And now we meet again.

Whether Britney's been a blessing or a curse for the production, I'm still not sure.

ABC News Online reports, 'When Evil Reigns: horror on a budget'

There's something incredible about seeing your name in print, particularly when it's associated with a project you love.

This morning, I woke up to find that Gary Kemble from ABC News Online had posted his article entitled 'When Evil Reigns: Horror on a budget'. My brother Alix and I spoke to Gary a couple of weeks ago, and were really happy with the perceptiveness of his questions (being a horror fan, he wanted to know all the things about the film that we, as horror fans, wanted to tell him). And the result doesn't disappoint. Read the article to see our reflections on the filmmaking process, and learn what we advise you to do (and not do) when making your own film in 'Alix and Luke's 10-step film school'.

If, after reading the article, your interest in the film is piqued, you will be happy to know that there are still tickets left for the premiere on the 13th of May - this Saturday - the details as below.

When: Saturday 13th May.
Where: McKinnon Secondary College theatre, Melways reference 68, G10.
Cost: $10, with all proceeds contributing towards the 'mastering' of a DVD for distribution.
To book: Email Alix with the number of tickets you would like at whenevilreigns@optusnet.com.au

We look forward to seeing you there!