Daniel Craig Does His Own Stunts
There is a video on the BBC, where Daniel Craig speaks to Bill Turnbull and Kate Silverton about being James Bond in the latest Bond movie, Quantum of Solace and how they create his amazing stunts.
Watch it here.
Lisa Tuttle from The Timesreviews horror at Hallowe'en
With Hallowe'en on the horizon, now is the perfect time to enjoy a healthy dose of horror. Why scaring ourselves should be such fun is a mystery. But sometimes vengeful ghosts, an ancient curse or a horde of flesh-eating zombies provide welcome relief from endless bad news about the financial crisis, global warming, terrorists - or even the thought of your electricity bill.
She reviews the following books...
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
- The Sweet Scent of Blood
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Glyphotech
- The Book of Lists: Horror
- The Beetle
- The Virgin of the Seven Daggers
- The Spook House and many more.
To read her reviews click here.
Film preview-Nov 1st: Halloween horror, London and Nottingham
AKA Christmas for goths, Halloween is a time when the streets are full of freaks and fools, geeks and ghouls after your blood, or at the very least, some sweets. Looks like there's no escape to be had by popping out to the cinema either, as horror fills the nation's screens.
London's ICA goes for fancy dress and scary movies (including A Bloody Aria, pictured) on Friday, with FrightFest hosting their annual all-nighter on Saturday, with the cannibal fun of Gnaw and the literary gore of Clive Barker's Book Of Blood, among others. Big scares, literally, as the BFI IMAX presents a gruelling five-movie Saw all-nighter on its 20 metre-high screen, while BFI Southbank has a sinister double bill of ventriloquism horror. Upping the atmospherics considerably is the Chiller In The Chapel fundraiser at the candlelit Union Chapel - perfect for enjoying the classier scares of Nosferatu and Hammer's Dracula. Screen On The Green shows George A Romero's grave-busting zombie trilogy as nature intended, and League Of Gentlemen members come out to play, with Jeremy Dyson hosting a night at the Curzon Soho that includes Hammer's Night Of The Eagle and the dreamy I Walked With A Zombie, while Mark Gatiss attends the Mayhem Horror Festival at the Nottingham Broadway, discussing his horror influences, and presenting some new additions to our horror heritage such as the grim, Fred West-inspired Mum & Dad.
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How to make a zombie
There's a great article on the Guardian online about what goes into making a real life zombie. Click here to see.
The Music Of Dead Space
Music 4 Games has a great interview with composer Jason Graves on the bold and bloody sci-fi survival horror game, Dead Space. It has plenty of imagery and is worth a read.
Click here to go straight to it.
A Scottish Yeti?
A ghosthunter rescued from Scotland's second highest peak was claimed he was attacked by a mysterious yeti. Tom Robertson, 68, was led to safety by mountain rescuers after a ten-hour ordeal on Ben MacDhui in the Cairngorms.
He and a pal had been hunting for the legendary Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui - Mountain of the Black Pig in Gaelic.
But yesterday he insisted a 12ft high yeti-type creature attacked the tent he was sleeping in near the 4,296ft summit.He maintains he may have strong evidence of its existence - a series of pots showed 2ft long footprints in gravel at their camp site.
Mr Robertson said; "At about 1am after we climbed in to our sleeping bags we heard the footsteps of something coming to the tent and heard mumbling noises outside."
Moments later the side of the two-man tent, perched 4,000ft up the peak, caved in.
"I looked up through the air vent in the roof and saw a large arm crashing down.
"The figure of what seemed like a yeti was standing over the tent, then all hell broke lose and it was trying to get on at us.
"I remember something landed on my foot. My toes are black, kind of bruised.
"I have never been so scared in all the 60 years I have been interested in such things.
"I don't know what it is but it wasn't human. I reckon it could be the Grey Man or something from outer space."
The pair were soaking wet after heavy rain poured into the damaged tent overnight.
At 4am they set off down the hill but almost two miles on Tom was too exhausted and fell ill half-way down. He was wrapped up in sleeping bags and left to rest.
Pal Derek Blake, 32, battled on and raised the alarm three miles away at the Cairngorm Ski centre.
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