"Earlier
this year, DOGWITCHcreator Dan Schaffer and
RAZORBLADE SMILEdirector
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
first studio album released by the legendary cult band in four years,“Bright
& Dark”isBETTY’s
most accessible pop project to date. Through the process of writing and
recording this album, lifelong friends and collaboratorsAmy Ziff, Elizabeth ZiffandAlyson
Palmercemented
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. LikeBETTYitself,
the result is a fun, sexy, sad, happy, hard-hitting, dramatic, fierce,
playful, tongue-in-cheek pop contradiction you can dance to. Produced byDavid
Maurice(Garbage,
Kerli), withKate
Pierson(theB-52’s)
as standout guest vocalist, and artwork byDan
Schaffer(UK’s
Dogwitch comix) songs from“Bright
& Dark”have
been placed already on Showtime TV’sThe
L Wordand
ABC TV’s hitUgly
Betty. BETTYtours
Europe in support of the release beginning in summer 2009. www.hellobetty.com
"DOGHOUSEis,
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."