The Horror Channel “Movie Of The Month” is Drew Cullingham’s Umbrage: The First Vampire, which is broadcast on Friday 22nd June. The film stars legendary British actor Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) and concerns an unscrupulous antique dealer’s ancient mirror that serves as a portal for shadowy beings to be unleashed into the night with a thirst for blood.
Drew talks about his outstanding directorial debut and his plans for the future….
How did you start in the movie business?
DC: Slowly! There was a time when all the things I take for granted now, all the people (actors and crew) and all the facilities and so on, were a faraway dream. I worked a little in TV, mostly filming food related VTs for live shows, and I cut my teeth bit by bit on a few short films. Of course even then I was begging, borrowing and stealing in...
Drew talks about his outstanding directorial debut and his plans for the future….
How did you start in the movie business?
DC: Slowly! There was a time when all the things I take for granted now, all the people (actors and crew) and all the facilities and so on, were a faraway dream. I worked a little in TV, mostly filming food related VTs for live shows, and I cut my teeth bit by bit on a few short films. Of course even then I was begging, borrowing and stealing in...
- 6/18/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Directed by: Drew Cullingham
Written by: Drew Cullingham
Cast: Doug Bradley, Rita Ramnani, Jonnie Hurn, Natalie Celino, Grace Vallorani
"Umbrage is a dark fairytale, mixing mythology, horror, and western styles, to create a unique and intriguing film like no other."
So says the whoever wrote the liner notes on the dvd box, and they state the truth. Umbrage is like no other films I've seen, and I am very grateful for that.
Our dark fairy tale opens in the old west, where an unidentified gunslinger (Hurn) is a gunnin' for a mysterious stranger in a bar. It's interesting to note that these two seem to be the only ones in town. The gunslinger gets body checked by an unidentified woman, who proceeds to chow down on our hapless desperado, as mysterious stranger watches from the doorway.
Jump ahead to present day England. Jacob (Bradley) is bringing his pregnant wife (Vallorani) and 30-year-old 18-year-old assistant,...
Written by: Drew Cullingham
Cast: Doug Bradley, Rita Ramnani, Jonnie Hurn, Natalie Celino, Grace Vallorani
"Umbrage is a dark fairytale, mixing mythology, horror, and western styles, to create a unique and intriguing film like no other."
So says the whoever wrote the liner notes on the dvd box, and they state the truth. Umbrage is like no other films I've seen, and I am very grateful for that.
Our dark fairy tale opens in the old west, where an unidentified gunslinger (Hurn) is a gunnin' for a mysterious stranger in a bar. It's interesting to note that these two seem to be the only ones in town. The gunslinger gets body checked by an unidentified woman, who proceeds to chow down on our hapless desperado, as mysterious stranger watches from the doorway.
Jump ahead to present day England. Jacob (Bradley) is bringing his pregnant wife (Vallorani) and 30-year-old 18-year-old assistant,...
- 12/25/2011
- by Greg Bismarck
- Planet Fury
Okay, Spider-Man puns aside, what we're talking about here is the new flick The Power, which was originally announced at Cannes. Not that dealing with Satan or real life Satanists doesn't come with its own set of responsibilities of course.
According to Screen Daily Grace Vallorani, Jonnie Hurn, Valentine Pelka, Constance Carter, Rosie Fellner and Earl Ling all star in Moviehouse Entertainment's The Power, which is currently under way in Norwich, England under the direction of Paul Hills.
Look for more on this one as it comes.
Synopsis
Abducted and imprisoned by a cult, Magda awakens in a filthy cell. Despite hearing distant voices, her screams for help go unanswered. She's a prisoner, seemingly without hope... In time, she befriends another hostage, a girl who provides some comfort. However, as the weeks pass, the cult members prepare Magda for participation in a dark ritual with demonic, religious and sexual overtones; and her despair grows.
According to Screen Daily Grace Vallorani, Jonnie Hurn, Valentine Pelka, Constance Carter, Rosie Fellner and Earl Ling all star in Moviehouse Entertainment's The Power, which is currently under way in Norwich, England under the direction of Paul Hills.
Look for more on this one as it comes.
Synopsis
Abducted and imprisoned by a cult, Magda awakens in a filthy cell. Despite hearing distant voices, her screams for help go unanswered. She's a prisoner, seemingly without hope... In time, she befriends another hostage, a girl who provides some comfort. However, as the weeks pass, the cult members prepare Magda for participation in a dark ritual with demonic, religious and sexual overtones; and her despair grows.
- 8/23/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Umbrage is a horror styled vampire thriller set in the "Old West," and oddly enough this reviewer mentioned that there are very few horror themed Westerns released a few weeks ago (Umbrage). Now, with Revelation Trail, The Devil's Crossing, and Deadwalkers, there seems to be a wide range of films in this very unique sub-genre. Umbrage will add a vampire angle with tales of ancient antique deals, and mutilated corpses plus cowboys and six-shooters. Have a watch of a new clip for Umbrage, which has secured some international distribution, with domestic distro' forthcoming (London, England), inside.
A partial synopsis for Umbrage here:
"In the Old West, the assassination of an aging cowboy is thwarted by a sultry vampiress, the would-be killer left for dead in the dust…
A hundred years later an ancient obsidian mirror, long unearthed from the Mesopotamian desert, is liberated from an American collector’s vault and illegally transported to Europe.
A partial synopsis for Umbrage here:
"In the Old West, the assassination of an aging cowboy is thwarted by a sultry vampiress, the would-be killer left for dead in the dust…
A hundred years later an ancient obsidian mirror, long unearthed from the Mesopotamian desert, is liberated from an American collector’s vault and illegally transported to Europe.
- 6/15/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
UK writer / director, Drew Cullingham, makes his feature debut with Umbrage, a dark new indie vampire film that, through oodles of posturing, still looks like it might be pretty decent.
Synopsis:
"A family find themselves in the middle of a century old grudge between a vengeful undead cowboy and the re-awakened Lilith, mother to the Succubi, ruler of shadows, slaughterer of children, and consort to the devil himself.
Sometimes the only weapon against evil is evil itself...
Umbrage stars Doug Bradley of Hellraiser and Nightbreed fame along with Rita Ramnani, Jonnie Hurn (The Zombie Diaries), Natalie Celino, Grace Vallorani, James Fisher and Scott Thomas.
Trailer (via: Bd) after the break.
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Synopsis:
"A family find themselves in the middle of a century old grudge between a vengeful undead cowboy and the re-awakened Lilith, mother to the Succubi, ruler of shadows, slaughterer of children, and consort to the devil himself.
Sometimes the only weapon against evil is evil itself...
Umbrage stars Doug Bradley of Hellraiser and Nightbreed fame along with Rita Ramnani, Jonnie Hurn (The Zombie Diaries), Natalie Celino, Grace Vallorani, James Fisher and Scott Thomas.
Trailer (via: Bd) after the break.
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- 1/22/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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