Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Hear me, beings of Akir. I am Sador of the Malmori. I have come with my forces to conquer you. If you resist, I will crush you. I possess a stellar converter, the most powerful weapon in the universe. You cannot resist me. I want your planet to be my colony. Your harvest comes in seven risings of your red giant. I shall return then, and you will accept me as your master. If you do not submit, your planet and all life on it will be burned to ash...YOU ARE MINE!"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Rosemary's Baby (1968) dir. Roman Polanski

Rosemary Woodhouse: "You... you had me while I was out?"
Guy Woodhouse: "It was kinda fun in a necrophile sort of way"

Sick Pics from the weekend...

On the occasion of filmmaker & Sick Puppy friend Nick Scott's 30th birthday, I put on my best lounging suit and cravat and set forth with Sick Puppy Graham & Ester in a 1960s catalogue stylee to boogie and drink cocktails...who would survive and what would be left of them?*

*Thanks to the lovely Fiona for the extra pics...

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"You... you had me while I was out?"
"It was kinda fun in a necrophile sort of way"

[answer tomorrow]


Friday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth (1992) dir. Anthony Hickox

The Priest: "You'll burn in hell for this!"
Pinhead: "Burn? Oh, such a limited imagination!"

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"You'll burn in hell for this!"
"Burn? Oh, such a limited imagination!"

[answer Monday]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Dune (1984) dir. David Lynch

Paul Atreides: "What's in the box?"
Reverend Mother Mohiam: "Pain."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"What's in the box?"
"Pain."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Videodrome (1983) dir. David Cronenberg

Brian O'Blivion: "I believe that the growth in my head - this head - this one right here. I think that it is not really a tumor...not an uncontrolled, undirected little bubbling pot of flesh...but that it is in fact a new organ... a new part of the brain."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"I believe that the growth in my head - this head - this one right here. I think that it is not really a tumor...not an uncontrolled, undirected little bubbling pot of flesh...but that it is in fact a new organ... a new part of the brain."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (1957) dir. Herbert L. Strock

Prof. Frankenstein: "Speak. I know you have a civil tongue in your head because I sewed it back myself."

Last Chance to Vote for our music video: "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film"

The online voting part of the Shooting People/Robbie Williams competition closes on Monday December 11th - So if you haven't already watched or voted for our latest film - this is your last chance!


Starring Ashvin-Kumar Joshi and Laura Metcalfe, with Camerawork from Simon Aitken & Graham (no relation to Robbie) Williams, Make up from Ania Gastol, Colour grading by Rob Wickings, Produced by myself and Stephen Cartwright, and Edited and Directed by yours truly.

Entitled - "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film" - the completed 5 min 33 second music video can now be viewed online, and IF YOU ARE A http://www.shootingpeople.org/ member YOU CAN VOTE FOR IT.

To view the film:
1) Go to this website address - www.robbiewilliams.com/rudeboxshorts
2) Then from the sidebar choose the "Watch videos and vote" option.
3) Scroll down the list of films until you find - "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film".
4) Select the film, and once it's loaded - enjoy!

To VOTE FOR THE FILM:
Sadly, only Shooting People members can vote for my film. You can join by going to the website - http://www.shootingpeople.org/ - but it costs £30! (Although if you are a filmmaker, scriptwriter or actor, I think it's worth the dosh). If you are a member, you need to do the following:
1) Go to the Shooting People website - http://www.shootingpeople.org/
2) Login.
3) You should see a graphic advertising the Robbie Williams competition. Click on 'find out more'.
4) Then from the sidebar choose the 'Watch videos and vote' option.
5) Scroll down the list of films until you find - "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film".
6) Select the film, and once it's loaded - enjoy!
7) Then - please vote! You need to give the film a rating between 1 and 5 (5 being the best).

I hope you enjoy the film. Please vote if you are able...

Many Thanks,


Sick Puppy Clive

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Speak. I know you have a civil tongue in your head because I sewed it back myself."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Flesh + Blood (1985) dir. Paul Verhoeven

Steven: "My Father's half-dead. My bride has been captured. And you're babbling on about seedlings?"

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"My Father's half-dead. My bride has been captured. And you're babbling on about seedlings? "

[answer tomorrow]


Friday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Fright Night (1985) dir. Tom Holland

Evil Ed: "He got me, Charley! He bit me! You know what you're gonna have to do now, don't you? Kill me. Kill me, Charley...before I turn into a vampire, and...GIVE YOU A HICKEY!"

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"He got me, Charley! He bit me! You know what you're gonna have to do now, don't you? Kill me. Kill me, Charley...before I turn into a vampire, and...GIVE YOU A HICKEY!"

[answer Monday]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

The Legend Of Hell House (1973) dir. John Hough

Ann Barrett: "What did he do to make this house so evil, Mr. Fischer?"
Benjamin Franklin Fischer: "Drug addiction, alcoholism, sadism, beastiality, mutilation, murder, vampirism, necrophilia, cannibalism, not to mention a gamut of sexual goodies. Shall I go on?"

A Sick Puppy Book?

As part of the National Novel Writing Month, Sick Puppy Rob has pulled on his writing trousers (loose at the knees, padded bottom, fluid retention system for those times when you really can't pull yourself away from the keyboard) and hammered out 50,000 words of a book based on one of his script pitches.
Satan's School For Girls (yes, yes, I know) is a twisted mix of genres crashing together in new and ugly ways. I've taken themes as different as the St. Trinian's films, the girl's comic Misty and the nunsploitation (NSFW link) work of directors such as Jess Franco and Walerian Borowczyk to create a heady brew of horror and weirdness in the far northern reaches of Scotland.
The first draft should be completed by the end of next week, with a polish soon after. The final product should be ready for the new year. Who knows, the first imprint of the Sick Puppy Press?
Read an extract here.

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"What did he do to make this house so evil, Mr. Fischer?"
"Drug addiction, alcoholism, sadism, beastiality, mutilation, murder, vampirism, necrophilia, cannibalism, not to mention a gamut of sexual goodies. Shall I go on?"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

The Night Of The Hunter (1955) dir. Charles Laughton

Rev. Harry Powell: "There are things you do hate, Lord. Perfume-smellin' things...lacy things...things with curly hair."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"There are things you do hate, Lord. Perfume-smellin' things...lacy things...things with curly hair."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Martin (1977) dir. George A. Romero

Tada Cuda: "Nosferatu. Vampire! First I will save your soul, then I will destroy you. I will show you your room."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Nosferatu. Vampire! First I will save your soul, then I will destroy you. I will show you your room."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Road Kill [aka. Joy Ride] (2001) dir. John Dahl

Rusty Nail: "Now they know what it feels like...to be the butt-end of the joke. Your palms sweating, your face burning up. Now they know what it's like...to be the f**king punch line."

I'm sorry...the Sick Puppy Films website is currently unavailable...please leave your message after the beep. BEEP!

Thanks to all those friends who kindly pointed out that our website is down. I think I know what the problem is - hopefully we can sort it out and be back online very shortly.

In the meantime, stay tuned to this blog for all the latest Sick Puppy news...

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Now they know what it feels like...to be the butt-end of the joke. Your palms sweating, your face burning up. Now they know what it's like...to be the f**king punch line."

[answer tomorrow]


Friday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Society (1989) dir. Brian Yuzna

Bill Whitney: "We're just one big happy family...except for a little incest and psychosis."

Watch and VOTE for our film! "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film" is now ONLINE!

Ashvin-Kumar Joshi in "THE 80S: Sick Puppy Film"

The waiting is over, everyone can now watch our Robbie Williams music video online (and if you are a Shooting People member you can vote too). For those of you who have not been following recent blog entries, here's the lowdown:

I have recently completed my latest film project - a music video for Robbie Williams. Well, to be completely accurate, a music video for the current Robbie Williams/Shooting People competition. The brief was to download an specific ("The 80s") from his new album "Rudebox" and create a short film or music video using some or all of the track. There are two prizes for the competition: the first is awarded by judges including Robbie Williams, Jonathan Ross and Lord Puttnam, the second IS VOTED FOR ONLINE BY YOU!

Starring Ashvin-Kumar Joshi and Laura Metcalfe, with Camerawork from Simon Aitken & Graham (no relation to Robbie) Williams, Make up from Ania Gastol, Colour grading by Rob Wickings, Produced by myself and Stephen Cartwright, and Edited and Directed by yours truly.
Entitled - "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film" - the completed 5 min 33 second music video can now be viewed online, and IF YOU ARE A www.shootingpeople.org member YOU CAN VOTE FOR IT.

To view the film:

1) Go to this website address - www.robbiewilliams.com/rudeboxshorts

2) Then from the sidebar choose the "Watch videos and vote" option.

3) Scroll down the list of films until you find - "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film".

4) Select the film, and once it's loaded - enjoy!

To VOTE FOR THE FILM:

Sadly, only Shooting People members can vote for my film. You can join by going to the website - www.shootingpeople.org - but it costs £30! (Although if you are a filmmaker, scriptwriter or actor, I think it's worth the dosh). If you are a member, you need to do the following:

1) Go to the Shooting People website - www.shootingpeople.org

2) Login.

3) You should see a graphic advertising the Robbie Williams competition. Click on 'find out more'.

4) Then from the sidebar choose the 'Watch videos and vote' option.

5) Scroll down the list of films until you find - "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film".

6) Select the film, and once it's loaded - enjoy!

7) Then - please vote! You need to give the film a rating between 1 and 5 (5 being the best).

I hope you enjoy the film. I think even the most extreme of Robbie Williams haters will get a chuckle out of it. Please vote if you are able...

Many Thanks,

Sick Puppy Clive

PS. The more eagle-eyed/technically astute will notice that the film is not being presented in the correct aspect ratio. It was shot 16:9 and is being presented anamorphic (stretched) in a 4:3 box. I have contacted Shooting People and hopefully a corrected letterbox version will be uploaded soon. In the meantime, please pretend it's deliberate 'special effect'. ;-)

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"We're just one big happy family...except for a little incest and psychosis."

[answer Monday]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Mad Max 2 [aka. The Road Warrior] (1981) dir. George Miller

Toadie: "Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!"

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

Ash: "You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility."
Lambert: "You admire it."
Ash: "I admire its purity. A survivor...unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."

The Waiting Game...

Those lovely folks at Shooting People have had a DVD copy of our completed Robbie Williams competition music video "THE 80S: A Sick Puppy Film" for a week now, and it's still not online. I chased them earlier this week and was promised it would be uploaded Tuesday. It's Thursday night and still nothing online. I have sent them another email - hopefully nothing's wrong.

Fingers crossed, touch wood, it'll be online before the weekend. Here's hoping...