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In The Stoic, after a group of mercenaries raid a gang's den, they flee to a country hideout with two hostages. A Stoic, a member of a criminal clan, enraged about the women's capture, attacks the mercenaries.

The conflict escalates into an explosive showdown between the Stoic and the mercenaries' ruthless boss determined to kill him.

British actor Scott Wright leads a cast which also sees screen icon Jason Flemyng deliver a memorable supporting turn as the enigmatic Carlisle.

During our conversation, Flemyng talks candidly about what drew him to The Stoic and the fun of hopping into a movie in exchange for "a brown envelope full of cash." On a more serious note, the actor also explains why he takes pleasure in supporting independent projects like this one given his own start alongside then-up-and-coming filmmakers Matthew Vaughn and Guy Ritchie.

Finally, we hear from him on his role as...

In a quiet countryside farmhouse, Britain's vampires gather for their once-every-fifty-years meeting. Others will be joining them too; Sebastian Crockett, an unwitting Essex boy who thinks he's on a promise with sexy cougar Vanessa; and a detachment of Special Forces vampire killers who have bitten off more than they can chew. This is certainly going to be a night to remember...and for some of them it will be their last. Eat Locals, is available to watch on Digital Download and DVD/Blu-Ray from 30th October and we have 2 copies on Blu-ray plus tshirts and graphic novels to give away.. Contest Ends on Monday, November 13, 2017...

Review by Matthew Turner

Stars: Charlie Cox, Billy Cook, Freema Agyeman, Robert Portal, Mackenzie Crook, Eve Myles, Vincent Regan, Tony Curran, Dexter Fletcher, Ruth Jones, Annette Crosbie | Written by Danny King | Directed by Jason Flemyng

The directorial debut of actor Jason Flemyng, this low budget British horror-comedy has a solid cast and a moderately intriguing premise, but it can’t quite decide whether it wants to go for scares or laughs and ends up falling awkwardly between the two.

Written by Danny King (Wild Bill), Eat Locals (originally Eat Local, with an ‘s’ being added in the marketing stage) centres on a coven of centuries-old vampires – including Daredevil’s Charlie Cox, Doctor Who’s Freema Agyeman and One Foot in the Grave‘s Annette Crosbie – convening for their semi-centennial meeting at a remote country farmhouse. Also present is naïve orphan Sebastian (Billy Cook), who thinks he’s on a promise with vampish Vanessa (Eve Myles,...

The Lock, Stock actor makes his directorial debut with a charmingly no-budget horror-comedy that knows far better than to take itself seriously

I don’t like to get too particular about star ratings, but actor Jason Flemyng’s directorial debut Eat Locals is the kind of movie that lies right on the cusp between the two- and three-star astral plains. A larky, cheerfully trashy vampire romp, it was clearly made with a budget of next to nowt and a packet of crisps for the catering table. But it has the wisdom not to take itself seriously in the slightest, and there are moments when it rustles up a few properly amusing gags and well-turned one-liners.

It helps that the cast clearly enjoy sinking their prosthetic teeth into the silliness of playing a cadre of ancient, bickering undead having an away-day meeting at a remote farmhouse when a military unit tracks them to their lair.

A low-budget British vampire comedy with more bark than bite, Eat Locals feels like a school reunion project for survivors of Guy Ritchie’s early gangster films. The director is one-time Ritchie regular Jason Flemyng, the cast includes cameos from his former screen comrades Dexter Fletcher and Nick Moran, and the main fight sequence was guest-directed by breakout action star Jason Statham. But a much more obvious influence than Ritchie on this affectionate horror parody are the genre-spoofing comic-book antics of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, whose tongue-in-cheek signature style looms large enough here to invite some unflattering comparisons.

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Sure it’s a variant of one you’ve already seen, but we like to keep you cats up to date! Eat Locals will premiere at FrightFest 2017. The film is directed by Jason Flemyng and stars Freema Agyeman, Charlie Cox, Mackenzie Crook,… Continue Reading →

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With only four weeks till the start of the festival, Frightfest organisers have announced not only some of the guests set to appear over the August Bank Holiday weekend, but also the addition of another film to the line-up! The 150 plus guest-list this year is as vibrant and eclectic as ever, with nearly 40 of the films represented… New to the film line-up is Jackals, Kevin Greutert’s potent blend of horror thriller, home invasion terror and murder cult chiller, which stars Stephen Dorff and Deborah Kara Unger. The film is scheduled for Saturday 25th August, 4pm and 4.30pm in the main screens at the Cineworld Leicester Square.

Check out the new festival trailer and guest details below:

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It’s been five years since Don Mancini and Fiona Dourif raised the Empire roof with Curse Of Chucky and this year they are joined by the irrepressible Jennifer Tilly...

Here’s the latest episode of the 365Flick podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on Podomatic and Libsyn, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

365Flicks Podcast – Episode 80: Spider-Man Homecoming, Top 5 Re-Watchable Movies, Eat Locals and more!

Well guys we have fixed our Audio and be sound bloody great so we decided to treat you all with another jam packed awesome show. Once we get done with the intro and Banter we bring you all the News that has taken our interest this last few weeks with Joe Pesci coming out of retirement and Ridley Scott hinting at Ripley in his Alien prequels.

Then its Just the Pilot time with Fox show Shots Fired, How did we feel?? and would we keep watching??? Its review...

The directorial debut of actor Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, X-Men: First Class), Eat Locals is an action-packed and darkly comic thriller of supernatural proportions, blending gut-busting laughs with blood-spattered shocks – which reunites the cast of Guy Ritchie’s crime comedy Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, with Nick Moran and Dexter Fletcher both starring and Jason Statham directing the fight scenes!

Billed as “Assault On Precinct 13 meets Interview With A Vampire,” Eat Locals is the story of a coven of bloodsuckers whose bark is almost as bad as their bite. The film stars a plethora of experience actors: Charlie Cox (Stardust, Daredevil), Freema Agyeman (Dr. Who, Sense 8), Mackenzie Crook (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Game of Thrones), Tony Curran (Underworld: Evolution, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen), Eve Myles (Torchwood), Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey, Stella), Annette Crosbie (One Foot In The Grave, Into The Woods) and Vincent Regan (300, Snow White & The Huntsman,...

Jason Flemyng, best known for his collaborations with Matthew Vaughn and roles in such pics as X-Men: First Class and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, recently sank his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Locals. Screening at the upcoming FrightFest in London, Bloody Disgusting has learned that the film will open in select UK cinemas and Pvod September 1st (iTunes […]...

Jason Flemyng, best known for his collaborations with Matthew Vaughn and roles in such pics as X-Men: First Class and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, recently sank his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Local. Screening at the upcoming FrightFest in London, we now have a handful of news images to go along with the previously released trailer. Eat Local […]...

The films will skip cinemas and instead launch on digital platforms.

Paris-based Marco Polo Production has acquired Jason Flemyng’s vampire black comedy Eat Local for its 2017 slate of films aimed at French digital and broadcast distribution.

Other new acquisitions include Gerard Butler-starrer A Family Man (aka The Headhunter’s Calling); the upcoming biopic Speed Kills starring John Travolta as murdered speed-boat maverick Donald Aronow, and Tuscany-set gothic mystery Voice From The Stone [pictured], starring Emilia Clarke.

The company invests around $4m each year in the acquisitions of 15 to 20 mainly action films and genre pictures often with name cast attached.

Flemyng’s directorial debut, reuniting the actor with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels cast members Dexter Fletcher and Nick Moran and also starring Charlie Cox and Freema Agyeman, is sold by London-based sales outfit Gfm evolution.

“It’s a lot of fun, very English and the Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels connection is a good...

A new trailer is here for Jason Flemyng’s vampire opus, Eat Local, and it’s packing some heavy weaponry to go along with its fangs. Flemyng directs the film, which stars “Daredevil‘s” Charlie Cox alongside Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean,… Continue Reading →

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We told you the other that that Jason Flemyng, best known for his collaborations with Matthew Vaughn and roles in such pics as X-Men: First Class and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, recently sank his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Local. We now have have the vampire comedy’s first trailer, which carries a ton of laughs…and heavy machinery. Eat Local […]...

We told you the other that that Jason Flemyng, best known for his collaborations with Matthew Vaughn and roles in such pics as X-Men: First Class and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, recently sank his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Local. We now have then more images from the film (here’s the first batch), which features “Daredevil‘s” Charlie Cox starring […]...

We told you the other that that Jason Flemyng, best known for his collaborations with Matthew Vaughn and roles in such pics as X-Men: First Class and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, recently sank his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Local. We now have then more images from the film (here’s the first batch), which features “Daredevil‘s” Charlie […]...

Jason Flemyng, best known for his collaborations with Matthew Vaughn and roles in such pics as X-Men: First Class and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, recently sank his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Local. We now have the first ever images from the film, which features “Daredevil‘s” Charlie Cox starring alongside Mackenzie Crook (Pirates Of The Caribbean, “Game […]...

Exclusive: Two titles join previously announced co-pro with former Simpsons animation producer Bill Schultz and China Film Group.

UK sales outfit Gfm Films is to launch Gfm Animation, a dedicated sales and production label for animated films.

Existing Gfm animation development properties such as Hugo and Stonerunner will now fall under the banner of the sister company, which launches with a trio of projects in early stages.

Here Comes The Grump, a joint venture between UK VFX specialists Prime Focus World and Mexican studio Anima, will follow a boy who is transported to a far-away land where he must put a stop to the evil deeds of a mean spirited wizard called The Grump.

Dog’Y’Dog is the story of a teenage dog who longs to be a rock ‘n’roll guitarist but who finds his dreams put on hold when his famous ‘dogynaut’ father goes missing on his latest mission to the moon.

Helsinki based Leningrad Cowboys...

World premieres of the Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe sci-fi from Snd M6 Group and Gaumont’s animation featuring Elle Fanning will screen at the Santa Monica market next month.

Afm top brass said on Tuesday there will be 71 world premiere screenings and more than 250 market premiere screenings from November 2-9, with more likely to be confirmed in the weeks ahead.

Sc Films International’s Charming 3D featuring the voices of Demi Lovato, Ashley Tisdale and Avril Lavigne is also on the world premiere line-up with Vmi Worldwide’s Swing State with Taryn Manning, Billy Zane, Sean Astin and Angela Kinsey.

There are market debuts for: Protagonist Pictures’ recent Toronto hit Lady Macbeth starring Screen Star Of Tomorrow Florence Pugh; Little Film Company’s animation Ethel & Ernest voiced by Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn and Luke Treadaway; Bleiberg Entertainment’s coming-of-age drama Coming Through The Rye with Alex Wolff and Chris Cooper; and HanWay Films’ Their Finest from Lone Scherfig...

World premieres of the Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe sci-fi from Snd M6 Group and The Exchange’s crime mystery starring Benjamin Walker, Stephanie Sigman, Wyatt Russell and Rainn Wilson will screen at the Santa Monica market next month.

Afm top brass said on Tuesday there will be 71 world premiere screenings and more than 250 market premiere screenings from November 2-9, with more likely to be confirmed in the weeks ahead.

Gaumont’s animation Ballerina featuring Elle Fanning is also on the world premiere line-up, with Sc Films International’s Charming 3D featuring the voices of Demi Lovato, Ashley Tisdale and Avril Lavigne, and Vmi Worldwide’s Swing State with Taryn Manning, Billy Zane, Sean Astin and Angela Kinsey.

There are market debuts for: Protagonist Pictures’ recent Toronto hit Lady Macbeth starring Screen Star Of Tomorrow Florence Pugh; Little Film Company’s animation Ethel & Ernest voiced by Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn and Luke Treadaway; Bleiberg Entertainment’s coming-of-age...

World premieres of the Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe sci-fi from Snd M6 Group and The Exchange’s crime mystery starring Benjamin Walker, Stephanie Sigman, Wyatt Russell and Rainn Wilson will screen at the Santa Monica market next month.

Afm top brass said on Tuesday there will be 71 world premiere screenings and more than 250 market premiere screenings from November 2-9, with more likely to be confirmed in the weeks ahead.

Gaumont’s animation Ballerina featuring Elle Fanning is also on the world premiere line-up, with Sc Films International’s Charming 3D featuring the voices of Demi Lovato, Ashley Tisdale and Avril Lavigne, and Vmi Worldwide’s Swing State with Taryn Manning, Billy Zane, Sean Astin and Angela Kinsey.

There are market debuts for: Protagonist Pictures’ recent Toronto hit Lady Macbeth starring Screen Star Of Tomorrow Florence Pugh; Little Film Company’s animation Ethel & Ernest voiced by Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn and Luke Treadaway; Bleiberg Entertainment’s coming-of-age...

That’s a Wrap for Jason Flemyng’s Directorial Debut Eat Local Here’s something to sink your teeth into: Ten years in the making, and having adopted as many different guises in the process, principal photography has wrapped on Eat Local, the volatile vampire venture from veteran actor-cum-debut director Jason Flemyng (X-men: First Class, Mirrors). Penned by…

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Exclusive: Gfm Evolution will launch its initial slate in Berlin with Eat Local, starring Daredevil’s Charlie Cox.

UK production outfit Gfm Films is launching a new sales division, Gfm Evolution, which will focus on selling low-budget commercial genre films.

The company is launching with a three-strong Efm slate that includes Eat Local, a vampire thriller starring Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Mackenzie Crook (Pirates Of The Caribbean) and Dexter Fletcher (Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels).

The film, which is in production, see a young man caught between a coven of hungry vampires and a heavily armed band of vampire hunters.

Gfm Evolution is also launching with two completed films: Gangland, a sequel to 2010’s Bonded By Blood, and We Still Steal The Old Way, a sequel to 2014’s We Still Kill The Old Way.

Both of the original titles were directed by Sacha Bennett, who will return for the latter, while [link=tt...

"Daredevil" star Charlie Cox has joined the cast of the upcoming vampire feature "Eat Local" which will serve as the directorial debut of actor Jason Flemyng.

Danny King ("Wild Bill") is penning the script for the story which revolves around unwitting Essex boy Sebastian (Billy Cook) whose promise of passion with ravishing cougar Vanessa turns into a fight for survival after she introduces him to some of her friends – a coven of hungry vampires – at a remote farmhouse.

At the same time a heavily armed band of mercenary vampire hunters, led by the steadfast Captain Bingham, crashes the party and is out for blood. Mackenzie Crook, Dexter Fletcher, Freema Agyeman, Eve Myles, Ruth Jones, Annette Crosbie and Vincent Regan also star.

Rod Smith, Jonathan Sothcott and Neil Jones are producing the low-budget feature which is currently in the midst of a four-week shoot in Hertfordshire.

Source: Deadline...

Jason Flemyng has long been in front of the camera bringing characters to life, and now he’s ready to get behind it as Deadline is reporting that he’ll be sinking his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Local. Filming… Continue Reading →

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Exclusive: Jason Flemyng, best known for his collaborations with Matthew Vaughn and roles in such pics as X-Men: First Class and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, is sinking his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Local. Filming began this week with Daredevil‘s Charlie Cox starring alongside Mackenzie Crook (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Game Of Thrones), actor-writer-director Dexter Fletcher (Eddie The Eagle), Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who) and Eve Myles (Doctor Wh…...