Bicycle Day

Bicycle Day is a small independent horror/thriller set in the Yorkshire countryside. A group of friends back up their things and head off for a camping trip (not that we haven't read this synopsis before, but the film does become less clichéd). During the evening one of the group, a quiet, moody character who comes across quite pathetic to begin with poisons the others with a drug called LSD for personal vengeance and soon the night spirals out of control...

I thought the film was good, the story was intense and the performances were really believable. It was actually refreshing to watch a film that relied on storytelling and atmosphere rather than buckets of blood and special effects. Its good to see new British talent pulling off solid work with no money invested...well done!

I had no idea what to expect when I sat down to watch Bicycle Day. I was not expecting to be gripped for the next hour and twenty minutes right until the credits rolled. The dialogue, characters and FX left me thoroughly entertained. The sound and soundtrack were exceptional. The fact that there was a £90 budget is testament to what has been achieved here. This film holds it own with the Shallow Graves of this world and I must say I was throughly impressed.

This is the classic story of the lads weekend gone horribly wrong. The plot snakes and delivers a well put together story and plenty of drug induced action and a body count. It delivers what it promises and you will not be disappointed.

The rise of the independent film has been underlined the achievements of people like Damian Morter in this film. If anything a film like this should act as an inspiration to the many film makers out there.

Bicycle Day is an independent feature film from the director Damian Morter who I believe has a very promising future in the film industry. The company Safehouse Pictures are a small but branching company who are promising more low budget features which I will be looking forward too watching. Bicycle Day is about a group of friends who take an annual camping trip into the countryside of Yorkshire only to find the bitter truth about each other with a little help form LSD. It did have an unexpected twisted end which was welcomed and quite honestly a little disturbing. It was refreshing to see the beautiful side of Sheffield rather then the usual dirty urban side I might add and good to watch a decent British film. I was impressed by the story and felt the start had a great character building structure and was captivated into the story from the minute go. The acting was very good and believable, Paul Collin-Thomas did however stand out for me. The soundtrack from the film was great and very fitting, some catching tunes too. I am always a little dubious about reviewing ultra "low" budget films but it is really not that obvious how little the production had spent on it. A few shaky shots but overall not a bad effort at all! A very promising first feature from Damian Morter which I think will do very well in the smaller festivals and open a few doors for the inspiring filmmaker. However I would be intrigued in what Morter could do with a budget!

Bicycle Day by Damian Morter contains the type of content that would usually loose my attention in a short space of time.

However this was not the case, in fact being the exact opposite, it had me captivated throughout.

The story is built at a slowly escalating pace without any irrelevant side plots or yawning voids.

A truly professional piece of work throughout, an excellently crafted story line, good cast, well acted, intelligent camera work and an atmospheric sound track.

Be prepared to be impressed.

Hats off to Damian Morter and the whole team. Watch this space.

I was lucky enough to meet up with Damian Morter not long back. Although I had seen the trailer I had no idea of what the whole plot was for his movie Bicycle Day. I loved the trailer so when I was given the opportunity to watch the whole thing I jumped at the chance.

Its difficult to describe the movie any more than what has already been released publicly by Safehouse Pictures without giving too much away but what I can say is I was not disappointed. This movie is gripping stuff and at times very shocking and its easy to forget that it is a very low budget independent film because you really do want to know what happens next. Never a dull moment.

Check this film out. I was lucky enough to watch this as an outsider and I'm more than certain that Damian Morter is a name we'll be hearing much more of in the future.

Don't take my word for it, see it for yourself!