From pandemic pastime to screen reality: my first animated film
animation / Film / Victoriana / Writing

From pandemic pastime to screen reality: my first animated film

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, I’m sure many of us spent some of our unexpected free time writing. I took the opportunty to dabble in creating some flash fiction stories – tiny snippets of fiction – just for my own amusement. As I played around with them, they took on some commonalities – set in … Continue reading

Paranormal activity and nuclear war on Dartmoor – how ‘The Unfolding’ unfolded
Film / Horror

Paranormal activity and nuclear war on Dartmoor – how ‘The Unfolding’ unfolded

Eugene McGing’s debut feature The Unfolding is much more than your standard haunted house movie. It’s set in Devon (where I grew up, and which earns any film a few bonus points on the Pink Pie scale), it features Robert Daws (one of my favourite actors, ever since TV’s ’90s cricket comedy Outside Edge), and … Continue reading