DOGHOUSE will premiere on VOD under the new  IFC MIDNIGHT label.  IFC FILMS, one of the leading foreign and independent film distributors, will launch the new genre label in June. President of IFC Entertainment Jonathan Sehring said that many of the most successful VOD titles are, "...ones that shock audiences, push boundaries and stir up controversy." In addition, an IFC Midnight branded line of Blu-ray and DVD product will be released via a distribution arrangement with MPI Media Group.

Some of the titles that will play or premiere under the new label include:  THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE,  CELL 2211,  DOGHOUSE,  DON'T LOOK BACK,  VALHALLA RISING,  EXAM,  LA HORDE,  and   ENTER THE VOID.

Note regarding the Lesions In The Brain comic by Dan Schaffer and Katiejane Garside. Lots of queries coming through about this lately. The main question is "Where can I buy it?" Unfortunately, the answer is: Lesions was never published. It was commissioned for Image Comics' POPGUN anthology but was considered to be too subversive to include in the book (which ended up having a PG12 rating). As this comic is only twelve pages long, Dan and Katiejane haven't yet found anywhere else to put it (or anyone else who will publish it!).  You can view a few samples of Lesions on this website in the art section here.

"Earlier this year, DOGWITCH creator Dan Schaffer and RAZORBLADE SMILE director Jake West teamed up for Brit horror flick DOGHOUSE. We talked to them to find out more about the indie movie that satirizes British lad culture." - io9

Cult filmmaker Jake West (EVIL ALIENS, RAZOR BLADE SMILE) and comic book writer/illustrator Dan Schaffer (DOGWITCH, THE SCRIBBLER) unite for this distinctively British horror comedy. When a group of young men -- including Danny Dyer (THE BUSINESS, SEVERANCE), Noel Clarke (TV's DOCTOR WHO, ADULTHOOD) and Stephen Graham (THIS IS ENGLAND, PUBLIC ENEMIES) -- descends upon a remote rural village, the lads look forward to a weekend of high jinks and male bonding. But their fun-filled break soon segues into a living nightmare when they discover that the village's female populous has succumbed to a mysterious virus that has turned them into ravenous creatures with a penchant for male flesh.

"The funny and entertaining screenplay from Schaffer combined with the blood and gore of West make for a good combination." - Andrew Mack

Read the full review here. (contains spoilers)

The first studio album released by the legendary cult band in four years, “Bright & Dark” is BETTY’s most accessible pop project to date. Through the process of writing and recording this album, lifelong friends and collaborators Amy Ziff, Elizabeth Ziff and Alyson Palmer cemented their bond by undertaking the creative journey from the darkness of Elizabeth’s struggle through breast cancer to cathartic new heights of love and brightness. Like BETTYitself, the result is a fun, sexy, sad, happy, hard-hitting, dramatic, fierce, playful, tongue-in-cheek pop contradiction you can dance to. Produced by David Maurice (Garbage, Kerli), with Kate Pierson (the B-52’s) as standout guest vocalist, and artwork by Dan Schaffer (UK’s Dogwitch comix) songs from “Bright & Dark” have been placed already on Showtime TV’s The L Word and ABC TV’s hit Ugly Betty. 

BETTY tours Europe in support of the release beginning in summer 2009.
www.hellobetty.com

"DOGHOUSE is, at its heart, a satire on male behaviour, it just happens to use "zombies" to reflect that. Writing a satirical piece in this genre was always going to be risky. If your audience misses the irony or takes this film at face value as a celebration of laddism, then what they’re going to see is the opposite of what its really about."  

Read the full interview here.