Edinburgh Zombie Club

Fancy being a zombie in a book trailer? Well, you can!

On the 13th and 14th of August we will be filming a book trailer for Remy Porter’s zombie novel Dead Beat and we need extras. No experience required just enthusiasm.

There are a number of shots over the weekend and we’d be happy to hear from anyone who is interested in taking part.

Take a look at the five different scenes being shot and decide which ones you’d like to take part in. You’re not limited to just one you can take part in any or all.

Want to know more? Head on over to the website and tell them that we sent you.

SAVE THE GREEN PLANET (2003, dir. Jang Jun-Hwan)

This is a jaw-droppingly bizarre movie from Korea that mixes scenes of gruesome torture and violence with comedy and heartbreaking profundity.

Perhaps as a result of too many amphetamines and violent incidents in his past, beekeeper Lee Byeong Gu (Sin Ha-Gyun) has become convinced that an unscrupulous business tycoon (Kan Man-Shik) is actually an alien from the planet Andromeda. Lee’s frumpy acrobat girlfriend (Hwang Jung-Min) helps him abduct the ‘alien’ and torture him into confessing. Meanwhile, a hangdog detective is following a trail leading to Lee’s hideout high in the mountains.

Let the timid be warned: this is not the antipollution comedy that the title might indicate. Man’s inhumanity to man is certainly depicted–as in events like Korea’s 1980 Kwangju riots–but there’s more going on here than any one summation could describe: bees attack, a pet dog named Earth dines on human remains, alternate theories of evolution are posited (ie Noah’s Ark was a deep submarine carrying DNA samples); an entire lifetime of films, political turmoil, anime and manga are boiled down and distilled into one profound, multi-textual allegory.

Adventurous viewers will be in for one hell of a ride, as this film dares go where few have gone before, yet it does so with heart and intellect to match its wicked humor and headlong momentum.

RUNAWAY(1984, dir. Michael Crichton)

A police sergeant goes up against an evil electronics whiz in this fast-paced, futuristic thriller.

Ramsey is a widowed cop trying to raise his young son, Bobby. Although he suffers from a fear of heights, this condition hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the best officers on the force. His specialty is tracking down robots that have gone bad, rebelling against their owners. And because machines have taken over many regular tasks — even cooking — in this futuristic society, there’s always a need for Ramsey’s services. Now, however, he has his toughest assignment yet. Luther, a master criminal, is terrorizing the city by controlling robots everywhere to do his bidding. And, with the help of new, diabolical creations that include electronic spiders and heat-seeking, programmable bullets, Luther seems unstoppable. Will Ramsey and Thompson, his new, female partner, be able to stop the villain?

WEDNESDAY 28th JULY
THE BANSHEE LABYRINTH
NIDDRIE STREET
EDINBURGH
7.00PM, FREE!

I hope you all enjoyed Sunday’s event as much as we did. A good collection of films, a good crowd and a great director. Thanks to everyone for making Mr Warren feel so welcome, he sent us this message to let us know he’d had a good time.

Hi Pat,

Thanks again for inviting me to the Edinburgh Zombie Club and for making it all so easy for me. I really enjoyed every moment and its just a pity the time always goes by so fast. The members are great and I’m sure there could be interesting conversations (and a few drinks of course) going well into the evening.

Thanks again for inviting me and I hope to see you again sometime in the near future.

All the very best,
Norman

So there you have it. I’ll get that Q&A session up very soon.

The Norman J. Warren event is now sold out! Thanks to everyone who has bought tickets, if you’ve paid over PayPal then they’ll be on the door for you on Sunday.

The provisional running times are as follows;

12:45 – 14:20 – Night of the Demon

14:40 – 16:10 – Terror

16:10 – 16:40 – Q&A with Mr Warren

16:40 – 18:20 – Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly

19:30 – 21:00 – Frightmare

21:30 – 23:00 – The Devil Rides Out

And there you have it. I seem to have missed out on putting up more information about the films and so, without further ado, here it is;

Night Of The Demon (1957, dir. Jacques Tourneur)

Dr. John Holden ventures to London to attend a paranormal psychology symposium with the intention to expose devil cult leader, Julian Karswell. Holden is a skeptic and does not believe in Karswell’s power. Nonetheless, he accepts an invitation to stay at Karswell’s estate, along with Joanna Harrington, niece of Holden’s confidant who was electrocuted in a bizarre automobile accident. Karswell secretly slips a parchment into Holden’s papers that might possibly be a death curse. Recurring strange events finally strike fear into Holden, who believes that his only hope is to pass the parchment back to Karswell to break the demonic curse

Based on a MR James short short, Night Of The Demon is a bona fide classic atmospheric horror film.

Terror (1978, dir. Norman J. Warren)

A curse place spewed forth by an executed witch wreaks havoc among the descendants of her killers in 1970s London, who meet their ends in a variety of graphically brutal ways. Infamous for it’s death by celluloid scene, this giallo inspired shocker is generally regarded as one of the director’s best.

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly (1970, dir Freddy Francis)

A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.

Overshadowed by the director’s better known Hammer & Amicus output, this is a lost gem of black comedy.

Frightmare (1974, dir. Pete Walker)

After spending nearly twenty years in jail for a series of cannibalistic murders, Dorothy Yates and her husband Edmund, who was jailed for his attempted cover-up of his wife’s ghoulish tastes, are apparently cured and released back into society. Their two daughters are haunted by the fiendish deeds of their ghastly parents, and soon the killings begin again. But is it Dorothy this time, or someone else?

A tale of Home Counties cannibalism often compared to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The Devil Rides Out (1968, dir. Terence Fisher)

The Duc de Richeleau and his friend Rex discover their young charge Simon has fallen in with the powers of Darkness and is about to be baptized into the service of evil. The Duc is fortunately versed in such matters and finds himself locked in a duel with the deadly Mocata, disciple of the left-hand path.

What better way to end the day as we approach the witching hour with this classic slice of Satansplotation?

EZC Presents - Norman J. Warren

That’s right, folks, if you’ve listened to our latest podcast you’ll have heard that we’re bringing legendary director Norman J. Warren to our little club for an all day events of cult cinema. For your measly five pounds you’ll get the following;

• Night of the Demon
• Terror
• Q&A with Norman J. Warren
• Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly
• Frightmare
• The Devil Rides Out

As the poster says, just email tickets@edinburghzombieclub.com to book yourself a place.

Leith Short Film Festival

Many apologies for the very late notice on this one. While I was shambling my zombie way through Elvis Shakespeare this evening I noticed a poster for the Leith Short Film Festival. Maybe you live around the corner and get can there now, or maybe, like me, you’ll try and make it along tomorrow night.

How many zombies does it take to write an e-zine? Erm, we’re not sure, but some of them have done it! This just dropped into the inbox at Eidnburgh Zombie Club Headquarters.

Hi Zombie Lovers…

Welcome to another Zombie Times E-zine, packed with more zombie news, competitions and events than ever before, and once again being sent out to over 10,000 of you…. This issue contains our updated Make-Up artist Directory, recommended short films, the Horror Channels Zombie Films and lots of zombie news, reviews, competitions and events…

We hope you enjoy this issue and once again, tell us all about your zombie events, films or products as our next Zombie Times is out in a couple of months, so let us know ASAP all of the details and we will get this info in front of our subscribers..

Have fun, let us know what you think of this latest issue and keep zomming,

Keep on rotting in the Free World,

Zombie Ed and the Terror4fun Team
www.terror4fun.com

Rome Armed To The Teeth (aka Roma a mano armata) – dir. Umberto Lenzi, 1976

Inspector Leonardo Tanzi is a tough detective working the dangerous streets of Rome. His violent method of dealing with criminals is brutal but very effective. He becomes enraged that most of the criminals he catches are released within only a few hours, only to repeat their crimes shortly afterward. Soon Tanzi is taken off the gang-control squad and placed at a desk job by his boss who is not happy with Tanzi’s violent procedures. Consequently, with Tanzi off the streets the gangsters start a wild crime wave, causing widespread corruption and anarchy in the streets. Banks are robbed, children are kidnapped, people are killed, and it’s all up to Tanzi to set things straight. Super charismatic Tomas Milian is stupendous as the wisecracking hunchback psycho villain who occasionally likes to gratuitously machine gun innocent bystanders.

A true Eurocrime classic, Rome Armed To The Teeth delivers everything you could want from this sort of film- endless car chases, brutal violence and moustaches.

Contraband (aka Luca il Contrabbandiere) – dir. Lucio Fulci, 1980

Luca Di Angelo is an idealistic family man and dockside worker whom works for a shady underworld smuggler in hauling illegal merchandise, imported cigarettes and booze, down the coastal waterways of Naples, Italy. Things in his life become complicated when his brother and a number of fellow smugglers are murdered by a rival smuggler from France, known as the Marsigliese, whom is determined to become drug kingpin of Italy and wipe out all competition. Luca must join forces with rival Naples smugglers, a powerful Italian Mafia, as well as the local police to track down the French sadist when he abducts Luca’s wife.

What marks Contraband out from other films in the genre is its level of violence and gore. Like any good 70s crime flick, there are countless bullet wounds, bloody beatings and funky fistfights but Fulci ratchets the action up to an almost absurd level. Bullets rip out throats, shower the street with guts, punch big holes in peoples’ faces, and send brains rocketing out the back of skulls. It takes its time to get going, but once it does, there’s no let up, right up until the final, blood soaked shoot out.

Wednesday 28th April, Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddrie St, Edinburgh. Doors 7pm, first film starts 7.30pm. NOTE NEW VENUE!

The Edinburgh Zombie Club is shuffling its way to a new home. Leaving the good people of the GRV behind, we’re off to our new home at The Banshee Labyrinth! It’s on Niddry Street, it has beer and we’ll be showing movies on the last Wednesday of every month. There’s no change to the door policy; it’s still free and you’re all still welcome! Viva la zombie!