Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Straight8 2007: Join us - become a Sick Puppy!


Hi,

Having signed up for this year's straight8 competition - we need help!

the challenge: to shoot a film on a single cartridge of super 8mm film which we can only edit in-camera. Then to hand back the un-developed film to the organisers for processing, together with an original soundtrack.

We, The Sick Puppies are a multi-skilled team of writers/producers/directors/sound designer & composer.

So far, we have a script, a camera and have provisionally cast three of the four main roles. But in order to achieve everything set out in the script, we need people with specific skills who are excited about the challenges of making a straight8 film.

Do you have a love for 1950s Sci-Fi films, especially B-Movies? Are you passionate about rock n roll music, 1950s fashions and dance crazes? Are you interested in the look and design of Soviet Russian propaganda posters and films? Do you want to make new contacts with London based independent filmmakers?

If your answer to any of the above questions was yes, we need people with the following skills to join our Sick Puppy team:

Model Making/Model FX (no CGI, all effects must be done in camera)
Costume Designer
Make-up artist
Wig/Hair Stylist
Dance Choreographer (with experience of 1950s style dancing - jitterbug etc)
Set Designer
Graphic Designer

The deadline for the competition is April 2nd - so all filming will be completed by the end of March. All expenses and materials costs will be covered by us.
If you are interested, please email me at:

primethemovie@hotmail.com

Many Thanks,

Clive Ashenden
Producer/Director
Sick Puppy Films


For more information on straight8, check out their website - http://www.straight8.net/

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"But...we're such little creatures. Poor humanity's so fragile, so weak. Little...little animals."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

The Creeping Flesh (1973) dir. Freddie Francis

James Hildern: "Unfortunately, in the state of society as it exists today, we are not permitted to experiment on human beings. Normal human beings."

Sick Puppies enter Straight8

I can now announce that the next Sick Puppy film project will be a short for this year's Straight8 competition. More details to follow soon, including - how you could get involved...

Monday, February 26, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Unfortunately, in the state of society as it exists today, we are not permitted to experiment on human beings. Normal human beings."

[answer tomorrow]


Friday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Dead & Buried (1981) dir. Gary Sherman

Dobbs: "You can try to kill me, Dan. But you can't. You can only make me dead."

Friday, February 23, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"You can try to kill me, Dan. But you can't. You can only make me dead."

[answer Monday]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Death Mask (1998) dir. Steve Latshaw

Swamp Lady: "This mask harbors the soul of a vengeful monster!"

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"This mask harbors the soul of a vengeful monster!"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

The Atomic Submarine (1959) dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet

Voice of Spaceman: "At last Commander, we meet as your people say... face to face!"
Cmdr. Richard 'Reef' Holloway: "That's a face?"

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"At last Commander, we meet as your people say... face to face!"
"That's a face?"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

The Masque Of The Red Death (1964) dir. Roger Corman

Prospero: "The way is not easy, I know, but I will take you by the hand and lead you through the cruel light into the velvet darkness."

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"The way is not easy, I know, but I will take you by the hand and lead you through the cruel light into the velvet darkness."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

La Maschera Del Demonio [aka. Black Sunday/Mask Of The Demon] (1960) dir. Mario Bava

Princess Asa Vajda: "You, too, can feel the joy and happiness of hating."

Monday, February 19, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"You, too, can feel the joy and happiness of hating."

[answer tomorrow]


Friday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Hellboy (2004) dir. Guillermo del Toro

Abe Sapien: "If there's trouble, all us freaks have is each other."

Sunday, February 18, 2007

More Horror Than You Can Shake A Gore-streaked Stick At!

Lots of public domain horror can be found here!
Well worth a look, as long as your cheese filter is set to "tolerant"...
However, they missed one out that should be required viewing for any Sick Puppy...

Friday, February 16, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"If there's trouble, all us freaks have is each other."

[answer Monday]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Innocent Blood (1992) dir. John Landis

Marie: "I take lives."
Joe: "Ya well, if you were perfect you wouldn't still be single."

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"I take lives."
"Ya well, if you were perfect you wouldn't still be single."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Wizards (1977) dir. Ralph Bakshi

Avatar: "I'm too old for this sort of thing. Just wake me up when the planet's destroyed."

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"I'm too old for this sort of thing. Just wake me up when the planet's destroyed."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Death Race 2000 (1975) dir. Paul Bartel

Junior Bruce: "Well America, there you have it, Frankenstein has just been attacked by the French Air Force and he's whipped their derrieres!"

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Well America, there you have it, Frankenstein has just been attacked by the French Air Force and he's whipped their derrieres!"

[answer tomorrow]


Friday's Quote Of The Day was from:

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) dir. W.D. Richter

Lord John Whorfin: "Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life."

Friday, February 09, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life."

[answer Tuesday]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Screamers (1995) dir. Christian Duguay

Jessica: "We can laugh, we can cry. We can bleed...we can f*ck."

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"We can laugh, we can cry. We can bleed...we can f*ck."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Blade Runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott

Roy Batty: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

The Monster Squad (1987) dir. Fred Dekker

Eugene: "Creature stole my twinkie!"

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Creature stole my twinkie!"

[answer tomorrow]


Friday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Child's Play (1988) dir. Tom Holland

Chucky: "We're friends 'til the end, remember?"
Andy: "This is the end, friend."

Friday, February 02, 2007

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"We're friends 'til the end, remember?"
"This is the end, friend."

[answer Tuesday]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Night Of The Lepus (1972) dir. William F. Claxton

Officer Lopez: "Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help!"

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Sick Puppy Tales (see what we did there?)


Mmmmm...reading goodness.

To celebrate National Storytelling Week, Sick Puppy Rob (that's his glowing visage above) has been publishing some stories on his blog. So why not check out:


For short stories and other mind nourishing (and warping) treats...

Update: Robbie Williams Competition Results

They have announced the results of the Robbie Williams/Shooting People Competition and... drumroll... we didn't win anything! Ah well, thanks again to everyone who worked on, helped out on or just voted for:

"The 80s: A Sick Puppy Film". Cheers.

The audience award was won by: "12,50 Pounds" - so congratulations to Nahuel Lerena, Pato Byrne & Paula Alvarez Vaccaro.

They are still waiting for the judges to choose a winner of the judges award, but they have now published a shortlist of ten films they will choose from. We didn't make the shortlist (no indication of who actually chose the shortlisted films) - but if you are curious you can watch the shortlisted films on the competition website:

http://www.robbiewilliams.com/rudeboxshorts/

Right - time for the next cinematic adventure to begin! More news on that later...

Sick Puppy's Quote Of The Day

"Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help!"

[answer tomorrow]


Yesterday's Quote Of The Day was from:

Koroshiya 1 [aka. Ichi The Killer] (2001) dir. Takashi Miike

Kakihara: "Listen, when you're giving pain to someone, don't think about the pain that person is feeling. Just concentrate on how good it feels to be causing someone pain. That's the best thing you can do for a true masochist!"