Whatever happened to those 140 unreleased British horror films? (Part 4)

Two years ago I listed 140(ish) unreleased British horror films produced since 2000. Here's the final batch of 'whatever happened to' information:

1. Screen (d.David P Baker) - Although Baker is British, this is an American film so has been removed from the list. 
2. Season of the Witch (d.Peter Goddard) - Still unreleased but I was sent a screener so you can read my review.
3. Seven Crosses (d.Robbie Moffat) - This went online in August 2013 (give or take...). 
4. Showreel (d.Ross Birkbeck) - No show. 
5. Simon and Emily (d.Lee Isserow) - UK disc in Sptember 2009. 
6. Slasher House (d.MJ Dixon) - This made it to UK disc in April 2013. Check out my review. 
7. Slumber Party (d.Martin Marshall) - Still asleep. 
8. Sparrow (d.Shaun Troke) - This UK-Polish co-production actually played Warsaw cinemas in October 2010. No sign of a DVD yet though. 
9. Stag Hunt (d.James Shanks) - Still at bay, although it has definitely been completed because Jim invited me to a screening. 
10. Stitches aka The Killer Gloves (d.Trevor Fleming, Lee Isserow) - UK disc in August 2010. Not to be confused with the Ross Noble clown horror which is widely described as British but is actually 100% Irish. 
11. Strippers vs Werewolves (d. Jonathan Glendenning) - UK disc in May 2012 after a brief theatrical dalliance, with a US disc following in September. 
12. Telephone Detectives (d.Mark Reynaud) - No dial tone. 
13. Third Contact (d.Simon Horrocks) - No contact yet with this sci-fi/horror 
14. Three’s a Shroud (d.David VG Davies, Dan Brownlie, Andy Edwards) - I have seen this and reviewed it but there is still no sign of a release. 
15. Through the Looking Glass (d.Craig Griffith) - October 2012 saw this appear on UK disc. 
16. Tied in Blood (d.Kevin McDonagh) - Emerged on US disc in June 2012. 
17. Till Sunset (d.David Woods) - The US release in April 2013 seems to have been on blu-ray but not DVD, for some reason. 
18. Transylvanian Express (d.Kirby Leitko) - Still in the station. 
19. Truth or Dare (d.Robert Heath) - British theatrical/DVD release in August 2012, followed by a US disc in September which was for some reason retitled Truth or Die. 
20. Tuck Bushman and the Legend of Piddledown Dale (d.Chris Lumb) - Seems there had actually been a US disc in October 2010. Check out my review. 
21. UFO (d.Dominic Burns) - ‘Jean-Claude Van Damme vs aliens’ played theatrically (in Derby) in December 2012 when it was also released on DVD. The US disc followed 12 months later retitled Alien Uprising. Here's my review.
22. Unwelcome (d.Keith R Robinson) - There was a US disc in April 2012, retitled Aggresive Behavior.
23. The Urge (d.Chris Andrews) - Not urgent, apparently. 
24. Venus Drowning (d. Andrew Parkinson) - Eight years after I watched and reviewed this, Andrew Parkinson’s third feature will finally get a (US) DVD release in February 2014. 
25. A Very Grimm Fairy Tale (d.Scott Johnson) - No happy ever after. 
26. Voodoo Lagoon (d.Nick Cohen) - There was a UK disc in April 2011. 
27. Warhouse (d.Luke Massey) - Now called Armistice, this is set for VOD and US theatres in January 2014. 
28. Webkam (d.Ibraheem James Layton) - Shot in 2008, a teaser trailer finally appeared in August 2013. Could we see the film soon? 
29. When the Lights Went Out aka Speak No Evil (d.Pat Holden) - Played UK cinemas in September 2012, with a DVD in January 2013. 
30. Wilby Park (d.Ian Fielding) - US disc in December 2011. 
31. Within (d.John A Curtis, Merlin Ward) - Without. 
32. Within the Woods (d.Luke Massey) - There have been numerous films released called Within the Woods. This isn’t one of them. 
33. The Zombie King (d.Aidan Belizaire) - Released on German DVD in April 2013. 
34. Zombies of the Night (d.Stuart Brennan) - According to Stuart this will probably remain unreleased.

Whatever happened to those 140 unreleased British horror films? (Part 3)

And here are the next 35 entries in that list of unreleased British horrors from two years ago. Which ones were released? Which remain unseen?

1. Inbred (d.Alex Chandon) - Chandon’s long-awaited return proved to be a gloriously funny cannibal tale when it hit UK cinemas in September 2012, with a DVD shortly after. Check out my review.
2. In the Dark Half (d.Alastair Siddons) - UK theatrical release in August 2012, DVD four months later. 
3. Invisible Eyes (d.Olivier Cohen) - Not visible yet. 
4. Jacob’s Hammer aka Jacob (d.Angie Bojtler) - Still in Jacob’s toolbox, apparently. 
5. Lady of the Dark: Genesis of the Serpent Vampire (d.Philip Gardiner) - US release in May 2012. Gardiner has a deal with Chemical Burn so all his films tend to turn up eventually. 
6. The Last Blood Line (d.John Evans) - No sign of this yet. 
7. The Last Zombi Hunter (d.SN Sibley) - Or this. 
8. Legend of the Alleyman (d.Mike Jelves) - Nothing on this either. 
9. The Legend of the 5ive (d.James P Weatherall) - Nor this one. 
10. Lethal (d.Darcia Martin) - Crikey, we’re not have a good run under ‘L’ are we? 
11. Liberty Bleeds (d.Stuart Wood) - Ah, here’s one. This turned up online in March 2003. 
12. The Lost (d.Johan Neethling) - Still not been found, it seems. 
13. Martyr (d.Shaun Troke) - No sign of this, although Troke’s feature ‘untitled’ was released online at Halloween 2013. 
14. May I Kill U? (d.Stuart Urban) - A limited UK theatrical release in January 2013. 
15. Monitor (d.David VG Davies) - Has played festivals but I’m not aware of a release. 
16. Myth (d.John Aldridge) - Possibly aka Fable. Remains purely mythical. 
17. A Night in the Woods (d.Richard Parry) - There was a British DVD release in September 2012. 
18. Night is Day (d.Fraser Coull) - Released online in September 2012, I think this is a feature edit of a web serial. 
19. Occasional Monsters (d.Sam Addison, Michael Cox) - A UK disc in December 2008 means this should have just scraped into my book Urban Terrors if I had known about it. 
20. Old Blood (d.Sapphira Sen-Gupta, Denise Channing) - The sequel to Graveyard Shift: A Zomedy of Terrors remains equally unreleased. Channing is that goblin woman who appeared on Dragon’s Den in 2007. 
21. One Hour to Die (d.Philip Gardiner) - Chemical Burn released this in the States in August 2012. Gardiner’s unrelated Awesome Killer Audition was released in May 2013 as One Hour to Die 2! 
22. Patient 17 (d.Tuyet Le) - This may have had a VOD release in February 2013 but there is a question mark next to it on my list. 
23. The Perfect Burger (d.Todd Carty) - Tucker’s out of luck. 
24. Piggy (d.Kieron Hawks) - A UK release in May 2013. 
25. The Power (d.Paul Hills) - Power cut. 
26. Psychosomatic (d.Andrew C Tanner) - US disc in June 2009. Here’s my review.
27. Purgatory (d.Stuart Wood) - This is one of those where I don’t even known where I read about it... 
28. A Reckoning aka Straw Man (d. AD Barker) - Reckon it’s still on the shelf. 
29. Re-evolution (d.Andrew Walkington) - Hasn’t evolved into anything yet. 
30. The Reverend (d. Neil Jones) - UK theatrical/DVD release in August 2012. Check out my review.
31. Rising Tide (d.Dawn Furness, Philip Shotton) - VOD release in April 2012. 
32. Rock and Roll Fuck’n’Lovely (d.Josh Bagnall) - Turned up online in May 2013. 
33. Sacrificed (d.Keith Bradley) - There was a self-released DVD in July 2012, then five months later the film turned up again as The Download Horror with Bradley doing a sort of MST3K demolition of his own film. Truly bizarre! 
34. Sawney: Flesh of Man (d.Ricky Wood Jnr) The UK disc was released in August 2013 but a couple of months earlier it was released in the States as Lord of Darkness. 
35. Scopia (d.Chris Butler) - Nada.

Whatever happened to those 140 unreleased British horror films? (Part 2)

Continuing my look at the various fates of the unreleased 21st century British horror features which I listed two years ago. Here is the second batch of 35 titles.

1. Every Picture (d.Tobias Tobbell) - Tobell is still making movies but this 2005 feature remains unreleased.
2. Expiry Date (d.Karen Bird) - Seems there was a UK disc of this in November 2007, making it another refugee from my book. (Seriously, I did find 114 films - give me a break.)
3. The Fallow Field (d.Leigh Dovey) - It took four years but I was delighted that this terrific film eventually hit UK disc in March 2013. Check out my review.
4. A Fantastic Fear of Everything (d.Chris Hopewell, Crispian Mills) - Savaged by critics when it was released to UK cinemas in June 2012.
5. Le Fear (d.Jason Croot) - Released online in February 2012.
6. Forest of the Damned 2 (d.Ernest Riera) - Still no sign of this sequel.
7. For One Night Only (d.Belinda Greensmith) - Now here’s an odd one. Although not officially ‘released’, the full film was made available in an ‘online film market’ so it’s there to watch if you want. I did - here’s my review.
8. The Found Not Missing (d.Luke Massey) - Missing not found.
9. Fragments (d.Ross Dickson) - Still no sign of this one, but I did find this sort-of-update from June 2013.
10. Furor: Rage of the Innocent (d.Victor Marke) - Not entirely sure how much this is ‘horror’ or whether it’s just action. Unless it ever gets a release, I think we’ll have to keep on wondering...
11. The Glass Man (d.Cristian Solimeno) - This really puzzles me. This Andy Nyman-starrer got good word-of-mouth when it played festivals in 2011 but since then, nada.
12. Gozo (d. Miranda Bowen) - Scripted by Mum and Dad helmer Steven Shiel but as yet unseen by anyone.
13. Grabbers (d.Jon Wright) - Although this UK/Irish monster movie did get a release, I’ve taken it off my list because it seems to be more Irish than British. But I may change my mind again.
14. Graders (d.David Hutchison) - Released online in August 2012
15. A Grave for the Corpses (d.SN Sibley) - Still on Steve Sibley’s shelf, as far as I can tell.
16. Grave Tales (d. Don Fearney) - Retro anthology had a UK release in June 2013.
17. Graveyard Shift: A Zomedy of Terrors (d.Sapphira Sen-Gupta, Denise Channing) - Still nothing...
18. The Great Ghost Rescue (d.Yann Samuell) - There was a US disc in November 2011.
19. Guinea Pigs (d.Ian Clark) - Retitled The Facility, this had a well publicised British DVD release in May 2013.
20. Hacked Off (d.Andrew Weild) - Another one that passed us all by. Apparently this came out in October 2004. Of course, that doesn’t mean anyone has actually seen it.
21. Hard Shoulder (d.Nicholas David Lean) - February 2013 was the UK release date for this one under the new title Dead End.
22. Harmony’s Requiem aka Silent Terror (d.Mark McDermott) - Released online in March 2011.
23. Harold’s Going Stiff (d.Keith Wright) - Keith scored a big festival success with his second feature which was released in the UK in September 2012. Check out my review.
24. The Harrowing (d.Tim Burke) - Aka The Lucifer Effect. As far as I know, it remains unreleased under either title.
25. Haunted (d.Steven M Smith) - VOD release in October 2013.
26. The Haunting of Harry Payne (d.Martyn Pick) - This is set for a UK release in January 2014 although, as noted, it has been retitled Evil Never Dies and marketed as a straight gangster film.
27. The Haven (dir.Ray Kilby) - Unfinished 2001 feature from the director of Never Play with the Dead. Doubt we’ll ever see this.
28. HellBilly 58 (d.Russ Diaper) - I don’t honestly think this ever got made and have now taken it off my list.
29. Heretic (d.Peter Handford) - Catch it on UK DVD in January 2014.
30. High Stakes (d.Peter Ferris) - This Welsh vampire picture finally turned up online in September 2011. I reviewed it back in 2008.
31. The Holding (d.Susan Jacobson) - Seems I had missed the British theatrical/DVD release in September 2011.
32. Hollow (d.Michael Axelgaard) - American DVD/VOD release in February 2013.
33. Horrorcide (d.Rakie Keig) - I can’t find any trace of this anywhere! Keig is now a horror author.
34. The Horror of the Dolls (d.Shane Davey) - Released online in October 2012. Check out my review.
35. The Hounds (d.Maurizio & Roberto Del Piccolo) - This seems to have been released online in July 2011, with a UK disc in November 2012 and a US one in January 2013.

Whatever happened to those 140 unreleased British horror films? (Part 1)

Two years ago I posted a list of 140 unreleased British horror films produced since 2000 (actually there were only 139 films but I wanted a snappy headline). So I got to wondering: how many of these have now had a release? I'm going to split this over five daily posts.

1. Airborne (d.Dominic Burns) - Released on UK disc in July 2012, US disc October 2012. 
2. Alien Rising (d.Nigel Moran) - Turns out this had an uncertificated UK release in July 2007 through the director’s own website. I found this out just in time to squeeze it into my book Urban Terrors. 
3. Ambition (d.Nicolas Forzy) - There was a US disc in May 2009. 
4. Animal Soup (d.David VG Davies) - It seems there was an uncertificated UK release in November 2008 so it should have just scraped into Urban Terrors but I found out too late. 
5. Bad Place (d.Darren Winter) - Released online in August 2012. 
6. The Battersea Ripper aka Manilla Envelopes (d.Nick Tyrone) - Remains unreleased, possibly uncompleted. Here’s some more details.
7. Beast in the Basement aka Conquering Heroes (d.Robbie Moffat) - Most of Moffat’s films are available online through his euroflix website. It’s hard to determine when they were posted but my best guess for this is that it’s been up there since July 2013. 
8. Before Dawn (d.Dominic Brunt) - A terrific film released in the UK theatrically and on disc in February 2012. Check out my review. 
9. Bicycle Day aka Bad Trip (d.Damian Morter) - Remains unreleased but Damian kindly sent me a screener so you can read my review. He is currently planning a remake. 
10. Blood Army aka Nephilim (d.Will Moore) - Shot in 2009 and remains unseen. I don’t think this has ever even had a festival screening. Possibly uncompleted? 
11. The Box (d.Jason Wilcox) - Never been opened. 
12. Cockneys vs Zombies (d.Matthias Hoene) - This had a fairly high profile UK theatrical release in August 2012 and also played some US screens one year later. Now available on DVD. 
13. Collateral Consequences (d.Paul TT Easter) - Camcorder auteur Easter remains a mysterious figure. The IMDB lists this as horror but the trailer and synopsis suggest otherwise so I’ve taken it off my list. 
14. Comedown (d.Menhaj Juda) - This saw a UK release in January 2013. 
15. Community aka Final Project (d.Jason Ford) - Released on UK disc in February 2013 - check out my review. 
16. Creepsville (d.Michael J Dixon) - Back in March Mike told me this was “a couple of months away” from completion. The Facebook page still says ‘Coming soon.’ I guess we get it when we get it. 
17. The Dark Hunter (d.Duncan Cowan, Mark Jackson) - This had a UK DVD release in October 2006 which everyone missed. Shame I found out too late to get it into my book. 
18. Dark Journey aka Parkside Hell House (d.James White) - Released online in March 2011. 
19. Dark Night (d.Daniel Grant) - Can’t see anything. 
20. Dead Crazy (d.Frank Scantori) - Dear old Frank passed away recently leaving this unfinished but one of his friends is hoping to complete it. 
21. Dead Dog Blues (d.Aimee Stephenson) - Another one which would have been in Urban Terrors had I found it in time, this had a US release way back in March 2004! 
22. Dead Frequency (d.Rob Burrows) - Probably the first British horror film to premiere on Spanish television (in June 2011). No sign of a disc yet though. 
23. The Dead Inside (d.Andrew Gilbert) - Finally made it to UK DVD in October 2013.
24. Deadtime (d.Tony Jopia) - I watched this on telly the other night! Released on UK disc in May 2012 and in the States two months later. 
25. Dead Time (d.Jason Wilcox) - Another film from the director of The Box which has likewise disappeared completely. 
26. Death (d.Martin Gooch) - Now retitled After Death, this was released online in June 2012. 
27. Demon (d.Mark Duffield) - Despite a few festival screenings, this gothic horror from the director of The Ghost of Mae Nak remains unreleased. 
28. The Demon Within (d.Harold Gasnier) - Lost in limbo, but I did get to see a screener a few years ago and reviewed the film. 
29. The Devil’s Business (d.Sean Hogan) - August 2012 saw this playing a few UK theatres before its DVD release. 
30. Dreaming of Screaming (d. Lee Burgess, John Ninnis, Tuesday Burgess) - Still dreaming of a release. 
31. The Dungeon Moor Killings (d.Jim Hickey) - No sign of life. 
32. A Dying Breed (d.Katharine Collins) - VOD release in April 2010. 
33. Eldorado (d.Richard Driscoll) - This one got released twice! In January 2012 and again a few months later in a different edit as Highway to Hell. The director is currently serving three years at Her Majesty’s Pleasure... 
34. Ellie Rose aka Not Alone (d.Tristan Versluis) - Disagreement between the director and the producers means we’re unlikely to see this 2009 feature debut from my mate Tris anytime soon. 
35. Entity (d.Steve Stone) - A UK disc in June 2013.

I'll post the fate of films 36-70 tomorrow.

Supernatural horror film Haunting of Harry Payne marketed as generic gangster film

Martyn Pick's horror/gangster mash-up The Haunting of Harry Payne was originally scheduled for a UK DVD release in August 2013 with this rather groovy cover.

But someone has decided that more people buy gangster films than horror movies so it has been bumped to January 2014, given the generic new title Evil Never Dies and packaged as a straightforward gangster geezer picture in a generic sleeve design that gives no clues at all that this is a supernatural horror film. Thus ensuring that anyone who buys it will be pissed off and the sort of punters who might actually want to see this sort of film will pass it by. Smart marketing.

Synopsis: Ex-London gangster Harry Payne retires to Norfolk to be close to his wife, driven mad when he was forced to kill his best friend, psychopathic gang boss Eugene McCann. Immediately he is drawn into a murder mystery in which an obsessive local police detective targets him as the killer. Unknown to anyone, Harry has psychic abilities he has always suppressed with alcohol. Now he must confront the supernatural and his own personal demons to save his wife and free the tormented souls of the ghosts that haunt him.

Sleeves for 'The Andrew Parkinson Trilogy'

That's how it's being billed in the blurb on Amazon.com: 'Part 1/2/3 of the Andrew Parkinson Trilogy. Here are the sleeves for the US re-releases of I, Zombie and Dead Creatures and the first ever release anywhere of Andy Parkinson's extraordinary Venus Drowning. All three are out on 18th February next year.

The Addicted becomes Rehab, March release

Sean J Vincent's The Addicted is lined up for a UK DVD release next March under a new title. Safecracker Pictures will put the film out as Rehab and it's up for pre-order on Amazon now.

Vincent is in post-production on his horror/gangster feature Seven Cases, starring the unlikely pairing of top thesp Steven Berkoff and page 3 stunna Samantha Fox(!), and is planning to shoot his next film after that early next year. With the working title The Chronos File, this will be a sci-fi-conspiracy-thriller.

[Now pushed to August and retitled again - MJS, June 2014]