Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"De-crucify the angel!"
"What?"
"De-crucify him or I'll melt your face!"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

The Cat And The Canary (1939) dir. Elliott Nugent

Wally Campbell: "I'm so scared, even my goose pimples have goose pimples."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"I'm so scared, even my goose pimples have goose pimples."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

Jason X (2001) dir. James Isaac

Crutch: "Hey, you're lucky you weren't alive during the Microsoft Conflict. Hell - we were beating each other with our own severed limbs."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Hey, you're lucky you weren't alive during the Microsoft Conflict. Hell - we were beating each other with our own severed limbs."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

The Hitcher (1986) dir. Robert Harmon

John Ryder: "He couldn't have walked very far."
Jim Halsey: "Why's that?"
John Ryder: "Because I cut off his legs...and his arms...and his head. And I'm going to do the same to you."

Photos From The "Roleslay" Summit

Here are some pix from the star-studded gala event on Tuesday (oh, OK, a beer at Steve's local in Southgate) where the Puppies welcomed the mighty Scott Hinds to the fold.

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"He couldn't have walked very far."
"Why's that?"
"Because I cut off his legs...and his arms...and his head. And I'm going to do the same to you."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

The Last Detail (1973) dir. Hal Ashby

Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky: "I would like to drink a toast to Batman...Shhuperman...and the Human Torch. Ah-Ha-Ha!"

There's Always Someone Worse Off Than Yourself

We might lose power at any minute here, but things could be worse. At sister company Rushes, they're closed due to a "serious fire" at a neighbouring restaurant, which spread to Rushes. Anecdotal evidence suggests nobody was seriously hurt, but there is a lot of smoke damage.

Help Me...I'm Melting!

photo courtesy of One sandwich short at flickr

Another baking hot day (30 degrees C) in London, and here in sunny Soho we're being threatened with powercuts - again. We lost power three times last week here at St. Anne's Post, and all of Oxford Street was out yesterday, so who knows. When I'm not doing Sick Puppy stuff I work at St. Anne's as part of the editing department. We're kind of reliant on electricity here to run all the machines and computers. Last week something burnt out at a local substation, this week they're doing 'controlled blackouts' while they try and deall with the effects of the heat.

So there may be an interruption in our normal Sick Puppy blogging.

In the meantime, I feel like an extra in a remake of "The Day The Earth Caught Fire". Thank God for air conditioning...

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"I would like to drink a toast to Batman...Shhuperman...and the Human Torch. Ah-Ha-Ha!"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

The Pearl Of Death (1944) dir. Roy William Neill

Sherlock Holmes: "I don't like the smell of you - an underground smell, the sick sweetness of decay. You haven't robbed and killed merely for the game like any ordinary halfway decent thug. No, you're in love with cruelty for it's own sake."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"I don't like the smell of you - an underground smell, the sick sweetness of decay. You haven't robbed and killed merely for the game like any ordinary halfway decent thug. No, you're in love with cruelty for it's own sake."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

Series 7: The Contenders (2001) dir. Daniel Minahan

Male Promo Voice: "These cats...don't have...nine lives!"

"Roleslay": And Then There Were Four

Scott Hinds

Sick Puppy Films, perveyor[sic] of fine horror products for the thinking freak, are delighted to announce their first casting decision for the upcoming horror cavalcade "Roleslay". Snatching Time's own SCOTT HINDS has shaken hands on a deal that sees him in a dual role as male lead and fight co-ordinator - a highly important role given the heavy emphasis on action and thrills that the writers are somehow aiming to squeeze into this low budget production.

At the Gala event to announce the deal, Clive Ashenden, Sick Puppy Prime Mover said: "I couldn't be happier that Scott has decided to join us. His positive energy, sense of fun and sheer talent made "Snatching Time" a highly enjoyable experience, and I have no doubt he'll be a major factor in making "Roleslay" a success." Scott said, "I always said I'd jump at the chance to work with these guys again."

Big "Roleslay" meeting tonight

"Roleslay"

At Steve's house, with Me, Steve, Rob and special guest Scott.

Details and hopefully a special announcement tomorrow...

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"These cats...don't have...nine lives!"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

Manhunter (1986) dir. Michael Mann

Dr. Hannibal Lecktor: "Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight, Will? It appears quite black"

"Snatching Time" has Secret Sneak Preview!

On the evening of Friday 21st July, there was held a secret pre-Frightfest sneak preview of the Director's Cut of "Snatching Time". So secret in fact that I didn't even know about until the next day!

The Film Showcase party of the Summer, screening and networking event was held at the Rex bar and cinema - 21 Rupert Street, Soho, London UK. And amongst the short films and actor's showreels screened was "Snatching Time".

The mastermind behind this was Sick Puppy Producer, Composer and (in all senses) Sound Bloke - Stephen Cartwright. Steve tells me that "Snatching Time" went down a storm, or as he put it: "Afterwards there was whooping and clapping and one very audible 'I love that!' from the audience."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight, Will? It appears quite black"

[answer tomorrow]


Friday's Quote of the day was from:

Die Hard (1988) dir. John McTiernan

John McClane: "A hundred million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister."

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"A hundred million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister."

[answer Monday]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

Cube (1997) dir. Vincenzo Natali

Quentin: "Do it! Show us you have some backbone and jump into the sushi machine. Be a man!"

More Making Of "Snatching Time" Pictures...

Must...have...sleep...

(Laura Metcalfe)

I'm sure it'll be fine if we frame it tight enough...

(from l-r: Hugo Myatt, Scott Hinds, Clive Ashenden)

More Blood!

(Scott Hinds)

At 4.30am, the only thing holding Steve up was the boom pole...

(from l-r: Hugo Myatt, Amerita Banger, Scott Hinds, Clive Ashenden, Stephen Cartwright)

A Saturday night out - Sick Puppy style!

(from l-r: Clive Ashenden, Laura Metcalfe, David Maddison)

As Requested - More Pictures...

Scott Hinds as Dick Bacon

Hugo Myatt as Bob Snatcher

Laura Metcalfe as Jane Lamb

Dick and Jane feel the wrath of Bob!

Don't Forget!

"Snatching Time" is screening at the Zone Horror Frightfest

Sunday 27th August - 11.15am

Odeon West End Cinema, London

Sick Puppy says: Thanks! to Skullduggery LARP

"Roleslay" (the feature length horror movie that Sick Puppy Films Ltd is now in the early stages of pre-production with) is set in the world of Live Action Roleplayers (aka LARP or LRP).

So naturally, as part of our research, Steve Cartwright contacted Skullduggery, one of the UK's leading LARP outfits. Thanks to Steve 'Sugarlump' Bradshaw and his team at Skullduggery for their continuing help and for allowing us to post LARP information from their website on our "Roleslay" website.

What is Live Action RolePlaying (LARP)?
Wikipedia defines it as follows:

"A live action role-playing game (LARP or LRP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants perform some or all of the physical actions of the characters they are playing within a pre-determined space for a pre-determined span of time. LARP may be considered a form of improvisational theatre."

You can now read the Skullduggery LARP handbook (on pdf) and view pictures of past LARP events on the "Roleslay" website.

Skullduggery runs regular LARP events at Ross Wood Scout Camp near Herne Bay in Kent. To find out more about LARP or about upcoming events, consult the Skullduggery website or call 01843 836104 during office hours only.

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Do it! Show us you have some backbone and jump into the sushi machine. Be a man!

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote of the day was from:

Audition [Ôdishon -Japan] (1999) dir. Takashi Miike

Asami Yamazaki: "Kiri-kiri-kiri-kiri-kiri-kiri!"

"Sick Puppy's A to Z of Horror Links" - now online!

"Sick Puppy's A to Z of Horror Links"

is now online.

You can find it on the Sick Puppy Films website or via the "Roleslay" website here. Check it out for all your horror film needs - news sites, fan sites, official sites...

If you know of any great horror links we've missed off then please email me at:

primethemovie@hotmail.com

or post a comment here.

Thanks to Stephen Hyde from the Portsmouth branch of the Sick Puppy Films Appreciation Society (S.P.F.A.S.) who sent in the following links:

www.forteantimes.com/
www.moviecitynews.com/
www.thedraculasociety.org.uk/
www.whitbydraculasociety.org/
www.jonathancarroll.com/
www.neilgaiman.com/

Enjoy!