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FromSoftware has made a name for itself by crafting brutally challenging, wildly atmospheric worlds that keep players up at night. But recently, it’s not just the punishing difficulty that’s causing a stir, it’s the small, sneaky breadcrumbs it has been dropping about Bloodborne.

The studio has stirred the fans once again. | Image Credit: FromSoftware

And let’s be real: the studio knows exactly what it’s doing. In a recent Elden Ring Nightreign survey, it decided to stir the pot once again by casually tossing in a question about Bloodborne, a game that’s still very much a ghost in Sony’s ecosystem.

The question hinted at a potential sequel, and fans? Well, they’re already in full-on speculation mode, convinced this is no happy accident. The result? A frenzy of anticipation, and the studio got the popcorn ready.

FromSoftware’s subtle tease sends fans into an...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu has seemingly landed his next big role. Reportedly, he is on board to take the lead in a new feature film based on the hit video game Sleeping Dogs.

Per IGN, a feature film adaptation of Sleeping Dogs is now in development. The report follows Liu recently teasing on social media that he was collaborating with the rights-holds to get an adaptation of the hit game off the ground. Liu is said to be serving as a producer on the project in addition to starring in the lead role as Wei Shen, the protagonist from the game. Square Enix has not yet offered an official comment about the report.

RelatedShang-Chi Star Simu Liu Seems to Agree With Fans Over Marvel Doing Him 'Dirty' With Stalled Sequel

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu seems unhappy...

Skyfall remains an iconic addition to the Bond franchise as it modernized several classic elements from the long-running series. Directed by Sam Mendes, the film remains the highest-grossing movie in the spy franchise and introduced Javier Bardem’s Raoul Silva, arguably the best villain Daniel Craig’s Agent 007 had to face.

Skyfall directed Daniel Craig’s Skyfall (Credit: Eon Productions).

Despite Bardem’s sinister villain, Mendes admitted that the acclaimed actor’s casting wasn’t the main issue faced by the film. Instead, the filmmaker revealed that the casting of one actress who plays a key supporting role in the movie had to be kept a secret for a long time and for understandable reasons. Here is why Naomie Harris’ Skyfall casting was difficult.

Skyfall director Sam Mendes kept Naomie Harris’ Moneypenny casting a secret

Skyfall is the twenty-third installment in the Eon-produced James Bond film series. It was...

Richard Simmons is getting a biopic with Pauly Shore playing the beloved fitness expert.

Per Deadline, it's been reported that a movie starring Shore as Simmons is officially in the works at The Wolper Organization, a Warner Bros. subsidiary. The project is in its early stages, so not much else is yet known about the project, such as a director or additional cast members. Mark Wolper, the president of The Wolper Organization, will be serving as a producer.

Related Hulk Hogan Reveals What Happened With Stalled Biopic Starring Chris Hemsworth Hulk Hogan shared a huge update on his planned biopic from Chris Hemsworth and Joker director Todd Phillips. Close

"[I'm] really excited about sharing Richard Simmons’s life with the world," Shore said of the new project in a statement. "We all need this biopic now more than ever. [Simmons represented] mental health, getting people in shape and being his authentic silly self!

Amidst the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Disney has reportedly been exploring various technologies designed to supplant workers.

According to a report from Reuters, entertainment giant Walt Disney has established a dedicated task force to investigate the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) within its various sectors. This move comes amidst ongoing concerns raised by Hollywood writers and actors over the potential misuse of AI technology in the industry.

Related: Writers' Strike to Continue Indefinitely After Stalled Negotiations

Launched earlier this year, the task force's objective is to develop AI applications in-house and forge partnerships with startups. Sources revealed that Disney has posted 11 job openings requiring expertise in AI and machine learning, spanning roles from animation studios to theme parks, advertising, and more. One internal source, preferring anonymity due to the topic's sensitivity, emphasized the necessity for legacy media companies like Disney to adapt to AI to remain relevant. They...

Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers 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 the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar, with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors. They also shoot the breeze about their new films, The Dare, World of Darkness,...

Exclusive: Screen can reveal a first-look image from the comedy-horror.

Daniel O’Reilly, aka controversial comedy character Dapper Laughs, has wrapped shooting on his debut feature film as an actor, the vampire comedy Fanged Up.

Directed by Christian James (Stalled), the film’s cast also features Steven Berkoff (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Lauren Socha (E4 series Misfits), Danielle Harold (Eastenders), former WWE wrestler Stu Bennett, and Joe Egan (Sherlock Holmes).

The film was shot entirely on location in Portsmouth. It follows a young rogue (O’Reilly) who is thrown into prison for the weekened, unaware that the guards are blood-sucking vampires and the inmates are their victims.

Fanged Up was produced by Terry Stone (Anuvahood) and Richard Turner (Nativity!), with Chris Howard (The Messenger) as executive producer. It was financed by film financer Investor Profit Portfolio and The Wealth Advisory.

O’Reilly co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Nevern (The Hooligan Factory) and Dan Palmer ([link...

Kate Shenton – director of the well received film On Tender Hooks, which screened at festivals such as Fright Fest, PiFan, Lsff, RazorReel, Ravenna Nightmare, Grossman, Fantaspoa Fest and But Festival – has announced that her latest film, Egomaniac, is currently seeking sales and distribution at this years European Film Market. The second feature film by writer-director Kate Shenton has also unveiled it’s new poster ready for Efm.

Egomaniac is a quirky dark comedy about a female horror filmmaker who is determined to make her zombie-horror-romantic-comedy. However everyone in the industry keeps telling her to put a talking dog in it. Desperate for funding, Catherine does whatever it takes to get her film made, but compromises can kill…

Staring Nic Lamont and Adam Rhys-Davies and featuring horror favourites Laurence Harvey (Human Centipede 2 & 3) and Dan Palmer (Stalled), Egomaniac is the second feature film from writer-director Kate Shenton and is a semi-autobiographical tale...

The Horror Network anthology, directed by some of the horror genre's newest talents, will arrive on DVD and VOD on October 27th. Also in this round-up: details on the Film4 FrightFest Halloween event and a clip from the zombie film 6:15.

The Horror Network: Press Release: "New York, NY - Wild Eye Releasing has set loose the latest entry in the horror anthology genre, The Horror Network. Created by Brian Dorton and Douglas Conner, this first volume of terror tales features segments directed by Dorton, Conner, Joseph Graham, Manuel Marín, Lee Matthews and Ignacio Martín Lerma, the series has been hailed as "a collection of nightmares that scream for all horror fans to see." The film will be available on DVD and VOD October 27th.

Serial killers, ghostly phone calls, inner demons, otherworld monsters and creepy stalkers collide in this frightening anthology. Six of horror's most promising new directing talents...

Film4 FrightFest has announced their line-up for their big Halloween 2015 event with James Purefoy and Olga Kurylenko leading the guest line-up. The line-up includes a totally shocking threequel, a haunted house of horrors, demonic possession, claustrophobic tank terror, a head-spinning brutal thriller and a secret screening.

The Film4 FrightFest Halloween event is back at the Prince Charles Cinema on Saturday 24 Oct with six brand new movies, including two World premieres, a European and two UK premieres. This year’s Shockathon kicks off at 11am with the surprise movies which guarantees a sci-fi cocktail of weird creatures, crude humour and hilarious action. Here is the press release:

Next up is the UK Premiere of The Vatican Tapes, a dynamic, unusual and thrilling exorcism shocker by Crank director Mark Neveldine. This is followed by the World Premiere of The Unspoken, a chill-orientated sinister ghost story with an insidious sting in its tale.

Giving UK horror fans yet another reason to attend their scare-packed festival, the fine folks at Film4 FrightFest have announced their short film lineup that features over thirty shorts, including the cannibalistic wrestling tale, El Gigante:

Press Release: "Film4 FrightFest 2015 has expanded its Short Film Showcase event, with three strands and over thirty shorts from around the world, including eleven World Premieres and seven European Premieres. With films from thirteen countries, this is the most diverse and exciting shorts event yet programmed.

Highlights include the London premiere of actress Karen Gillan’s intense directorial debut Coward, and the UK premiere of Shevenge, a darkly funny tale of revenge, directed by Buffy The Vampire Slayer alum Amber Benson. Local FrightFest alumni will also be returning: screenwriter and director James Moran is back with screams and laughter in Ghosting, and Dan Auty brings us nostalgia and magic children in his new...

Welcome to the latest edition of our regular crowdfunding feature here on Nerdly – Back This! – where we take a look at some of the cool content taking the crowdfunding route on sites such as Indiegogo, Sponsume and Kickstarter. This edition we’re spotlighting the new campaign from Damon Rickard, one of the directors behind the fantastic short horror film, The Tour.

Damon Rickard, one of the directors of The Tour, is back with a new project due to shoot in a few weeks called The Package, another short horror film – which he is writing and directing – about how far someone will go to get something back.

Written and directed by Damon Rickard, The Package wants to challenge your perception from the first minute to the last as all is not necessarily what it seems. The film is set to walk through those blurred lines that can exist between good and evil actions that men do.

Grimmfest 2014 takes place in Manchester, England, from the 2nd-5th October, and the opening night lineup has been announced. It includes two bloody fantastic features, an exclusive short film premiere, and some great special guests.

This year’s Grimmfest Opening Night will be headlined by the English Premiere of Brian O’Malley’s Scottish/Irish horror Let Us Prey starring Liam Cunningham ("Game of Thrones") and Pollyanna McIntosh (The Woman).

Synopsis:

We join Rachel (McIntosh), a rookie cop, as she is about to begin her first nightshift in a neglected police station in a Scottish backwater town... the kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter-and-twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they’re there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better.

Filmmaking is a process rife with uncertainty.

It devours a year or two of a filmmaker’s life, and is even capable of consuming an entire decade as Shockwave Darkside’s Jay Weismann testified to. For a multitude of filmmakers after the arduous challenge of achieving one’s vision, setting their tale into a coherent whole, the unfortunate fate or dance of making the rounds of festivals only to become one of the ghost films remembered by the minority is not outside of the realm of possibility.

The road to distribution is no set length. It can be either a short or long, with a propensity for ease of frustration.

To the case in point – Ryan Smith’s After, and Christian James and Dan Palmer’s Stalled. Two films separated by twelve months, graduates of FrightFest classes of 2012 and 2013, yet two films that both received a home entertainment release earlier this year.

Filmmaking is a process rife with uncertainty. It devours a year or two of a filmmaker’s life, and is even capable of consuming an entire decade as Shockwave Darkside’s Jay Weismann testified to.

For a multitude of filmmakers after the arduous challenge of achieving ones vision, setting their tale into a coherent whole, the unfortunate fate or dance of making the rounds of festivals only to become one of the ghost films remembered by the minority is not outside of the realm of possibility.

The road to distribution is no set length. It can be either a short or long, with a propensity for ease of frustration.

To the case in point – Ryan Smith’s After, and Christian James and Dan Palmer’s Stalled. Two films separated by twelve months, graduates of FrightFest classes of 2012 and 2013, yet two films that both received an home entertainment release earlier this year.

Stars: Dan Palmer, Antonia Bernath, Tamaryn Payne | Written by Dan Palmer | Directed by Christian James

One of the films high on my “must-see” Frightfest list last year, unfortunately work got in the way and I missed it. However I didn’t miss the furore surrounding its screenings, which – if memory serves, sold out on more than one occasion? Our man Jack Kirby did see it though and unfortunately he wasn’t too impressed, but I think he may have been suffering from zombie-movie fatigue having sat through opening night snoozefest The Dead 2.

Yet another example of the British zombie comedy, Stalled takes a more puerile route in pursuit of its laughs, but then when you set your film in a toilet where else is there for you to go? Essentially a one-man performance, the film sees hapless caretaker Wc (writer/actor Dan Palmer) trapped in the restroom when a zombie...

As is customary at Tadff, Saturday was Zombie Appreciation Night, which meant that the day’s programming consisted of two zombie-related films along with the International shorts program. Though I think zombies are by and large a bit played out, I still look forward to the night every year at the festival because they tend to choose interesting films that I might never have gotten to see in the theater otherwise.

The evening opened with a short called Montreal Zombie, which should give you a great idea of what it’s about. Essentially, three French-Canadian guys are holed up in an apartment, and one of them is filming their day-to-day interactions with what appears to be an old VHS camcorder. The film was actually very funny, with lots of outlandish humor, and the filmmakers did a lot with the very little they had to work with. This may be my...

Stalled (2013)

Starring: Dan Palmer, Antonia Bernath, Tamaryn Payne

Writer: Dan Palmer

Director: Christian James

Synopsis:

It’s Christmas eve and a soon to be shit-canned maintenance man is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets, instead of drinking eggnog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party.

Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper he chooses to use the ladies restroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or simply remain… Stalled?

He’s in the perfect place to be scared shitless.

Review:

Zombies, zombies, zombies! They aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, folks, so it’s best to get used to ‘em! If you’re tired of the more by-the-basics undead type flicks, there’s plenty of indie filmmakers out there trying to do different things within the sub-genre. Stalled comes to us from the dudes behind Freak Out.

Stalled

Written by Dan Palmer

Directed by Christian James

UK, 2013

Being trapped in a room full of zombies should be a bit more harrowing than the UK horror comedy Stalled would suggest. In the film, a hapless maintenance worker/janitor (Dan Palmer) gets trapped in the women’s lavatory during a company Christmas party. Things are exacerbated further when a slew of zombies start invading the loo, at which point the janitor realizes a woman named Heather (Antonia Bernath) is trapped with him a few stalls down.

With its low production qualities and lack of real story, Stalled doesn’t make for a very tense or scary zombie flick. Instead, the film functions more as a journey of introspection for the main character, with the faceless Heather as the pseudo-psychiatrist who helps him realize his emotional reclusion and personal failings. It’s all very schmaltzy, indeed (much like a bottle...

(Stalled plays as part of Toronto After Dark's Zombie Appreciation Night. It screens this Saturday, October 19th at 7:00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre) You may think to yourself "can an entire film play out within the confines of a workplace bathroom and not be some vain attempt by an indie filmmaker to show how cool they are?" More so, can an entire zombie film like Stalled do this? Within the brief history of the genre hapless and helpless victims have been trapped in homes, cellars and larger space alike. But a bathroom? I myself, doubtful as I was, am surprised to tell you that yes it does. It's Christmas Eve, and a soon-to-be-shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg...

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When a group of indie filmmakers set out to construct a "gimmick" flick, they should remember to not let the gimmick overwhelm the whole thing. (Lots of "found footage" horror films suffer from this problem: all set-up and no follow-through.) The low-budget British horror/comedy called Stalled, fortunately, strikes an amiable balance between not only horror and comedy, but also between simple-minded novelty and a legitimate "movie" movie.    Stalled, the latest genre combo from the British goofballs who made Freak Out back in 2004, is not a found footage presentation, but it does have a simple, amusing hook: the entire flick (it's a zombie movie) takes place inside of a bathroom. Indeed, most of the movie stays inside one specific bathroom stall. (Hence the title.) This sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch at best -- or perhaps a decent short film -- but to its credit, Stalled somehow manages to...

October has traditionally been a great month for fans of horror and genre films, with the leadup to Halloween providing an opening for several studio and independent productions in the genre to unveil their offerings. One such avenue for the past few years has been the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, which gives fans an opportunity to enjoy these films on the big screen, with some making their world and Canadian premieres at the Festival. With many thus eagerly anticipating the 2013 incarnation of Toronto After Dark, Festival organizers announced the lineup today, remaining true to form with several intriguing features. Among the films at this year’s festival are

- We Are What We Are, from director Jim Mickle, who co-wrote it with Nick Damici. This film also serves as the Opening Gala feature.

- Stalled, from director Christian James and writer Dan Palmer, making its Canadian premiere.

- Silent Retreat,...

Stalled is a horror comedy about a janitor that gets trapped in a womens restroom and encounters an allout attack by a hoard of zombies. The film will have a limited theatrical release beginning October 3 2013 and will be available on VOD starting October 3 2012. Stalled is directed by Christian James Produced by Richard James Kerrigan and Written by Dan Palmer. It stars Palmer (Freak Out) Tamaryn Payne (Hollyoaks) Antonia Bernath (Elvis St.Trinians) Mark Holden (Final Destination XFiles) Victoria Broom (Dead Cert) Giles Alderson (Damned Utd Harsh Light Of Day) and Chris R. Wright (Faintheart Small Town Folk). Synopsis Its Christmas Eve and a soon to be shitcanned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing...

Following its recent UK premiere at FrightFest, the zombie comedy, Stalled, has been acquired for Us distribution:

“Los Angeles, CA – Uncork’d Entertainment has inked North American theatrical, V.O.D., digital and home entertainment rights to the critically-acclaimed horror comedy Stalled. The film debuted recently at Film4/FrightFest in the U.K. to two sold-out screenings with a third being added due to the demand. Stalled was written by Dan Palmer and directed by Christian James. The film will have its North American theatrical premiere at the recently opened Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson, TX, followed by additional theaters in early October 2013. Uncork’d Entertainment’s Keith Leopard made today’s announcement.

“Stalled is one of those projects that people can’t seem to stop talking about,” commented Leopard. “It’s got a bit of everything – horror, comedy and zombies. Think ‘Evil Dead’ but in a restroom. We’re pleased...

Stalled is a new zombie feature from production company Cubicle Hero. This comedic title had a United Kingdom premiere August 24th and the reviews have been positive, so far. This film has been compared to another zombie comedy, Shaun of the Dead. And, fans can preview the film's promotional materials, here. Stalled involves a maintenance man, who is trapped in a washroom during a zombie apocalypse. W. C. (Dan Palmer) needs to find a way to escape, but his one man stall provides few exits. Can he find a way out, before the undead find a way in? Critic Luke Owen from Flickering Myth enjoyed the film: "Palmer's performance and willingness will lead to some really big laughs." Also, the trailer for the film offers hilarity as W.C. overreacts to his desperate situation. Horror and zombie fans can preview the film's trailer and official movie poster here. Director: Christian James.

Opening Night and Saturday

Frightfest 2013 opened on Thursday evening with Howard and John Ford’s The Dead 2: India, a sequel to their previous Africa-set zombie flick. To be honest, it wasn’t the most auspicious start to the weekend. A zombie epidemic reaches the Asian subcontinent and American engineer Nicholas (Joseph Millson) attempts to cross the country to reunite with his Indian girlfriend Ishani (Meenu Mishra), aided only by plucky orphan boy Javed (Anand Gopal). I didn’t catch The Dead, so the novelty of watching a Zombie film set anywhere other than Middle America (or Crouch End) was not lost on me.

The various locations around rural India are occasionally used rather well. Nicolas’s introductory scene is a slow pull out from extreme close up to a panoramic shot of him dangling from a wind turbine, which works really well and there several nicely implemented vistas. Much...

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes details on a zombie energy drink, trailers for Ditch Day Massacre and The Dead Inside, and much more:

Zombie Terrors #1 Animated Comic: ”Asylum Press and Visionborne have joined forces to produce a slate of animated comics based on popular Asylum Press titles for the Apple iPad and other mobile devices. After the successful launch of fan-favorite Fearless Dawn #1, Zombie Terrors is the next in the lineup to be released exclusively through the Visionborne app that uses Airmid technology, a process that converts static 2D art into a vibrant 3D animated format that can be read and “experienced” using a reader app on iOS and Android.

Zombie Terrors #1 is available the iTunes store now. It features a gory collection of zombie tales created by an international cast of artistic talent.

From the press release:

Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?

Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.

This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.

The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...

We already knew that The Dead 2: India would have its world premiere as the opening film of FrightFest 2013 and now the full lineup has been revealed, including Curse of Chucky, You’re Next, and Frankenstein’s Army:

“2013 has already been a banner year for Film4 FrightFest. What with our sell-out American Mary UK tour and FrightFest Glasgow reaching stunning new capacity heights as the Scottish rendezvous for shock-loving high society, our August Bank Holiday main event in London had better deliver the goods…

So are you ready for an spine-chilling avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, horrific home invasions, vengeance-crazed Vikings, ghostly serial killers, vicious videotapes, liquidised corpses, Swedish mesmerists, mutant armies, Argentine undead, psycho vs. psychos, dead men in black, murderous wagers, crazed Mormons, hellish car journeys, grief tourists, conspiracy theories, human experiments, Barcelona panic, premature burials, Betamax memories, Irish telekinesis, swamp slashing, devil dolls, found footage fears,...

Sometimes the simplest of ideas can have the greatest impact, and this fact can only be made funnier when it hits the mark at another's expense. Check out this latest one-sheet for the upcoming horror comedy Stalled!

Written by and starring Dan Palmer and directed by Christian James, Stalled can be described as Evil Dead meets Phone Booth. For more on the film, follow Stalled on Twitter (@StalledMovie).

Uncork’d Entertainment and Odin’s Eye will be unleashing Stalled in U.S. theatres this October, although an exact date is yet to be confirmed.

Look for more on this one as we get it.

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve and a soon to be shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party. Unfortunately for this forlorn floor sweeper, he chooses to...

The latest comic horror venture from 'Freak Out' creators Christian James ('Kill Keith') and Dan Palmer ('Evil Aliens') is new British zombie flick 'Stalled'. The project will be hitting the Us courtesy of Uncork'd Entertainment and Odin's Eye this coming October where it'll be receiving a limited theatrical run. Which will in turn follow up with a home release during November. Exact dates are still to be nailed down but in the meantime the movie has managed to piggy-back onto another zombie movie that is enjoying success at the box office currently. The new teaser poster manages to parody and take a literal massive sh#t on the artwork of 'World War Z'. Antonia Bernath ('St Trinians', 'Lykke'), Dan Palmer, Tamaryn Payne ('Hollyoaks'), Mark Holden, Giles Alderson ('The Harsh Light of Day'), Victoria Broom, Mark Kelly and Victoria Eldon all star.

Soon to pop in at the European Film Market, Christian James' Stalled is proof that sometimes all you need to sell a movie is a good concept. And a man fighting off zombies while trapped in a women's toilet stall is just pretty damn funny.It's Christmas Eve, and a soon-to-be-shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party. Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper, he chooses to use the ladies restroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his pre-apocalypse life) simply remain ...Stalled? Watch the trailer below....

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One man. One toilet. And lots of zombies! Lol! Get ready for a completely weird horror movie titled Stalled, which comes from director Christian James and is currently in post production. Yeah, no official release date at this moment, but at least we have a completely fresh (well, if fresh is the right word for a story set in one toilet) teaser trailer for the whole thing. Make sure you check this out, and let us know what you think!

So, Christian James directed the movie from Dan Palmer‘s script which centers on a luckless maintenance gopher who finds himself stuck in a ladies restroom during the zombie apocalypse.

Dan Palmer also stars as the lead, character named W.C (yeah, that’s funny name, too) while the rest of the cast also includes Antonia Bernath, Tamaryn Payne, Mark Holden, Giles Alderson and Chris R. Wright.

Check out the...

The new teaser trailer for British toilet-based zomedy horror 'Stalled' is here and so its time to get scared shitless! The project comes from 'Freak Out' creators Christian James ('Kill Keith') and Dan Palmer ('Evil Aliens') who direct and write the new undead horror respectively. Palmer takes the lead role as W.C. the office maintenance guy whose Christmas plans soon take a back burner when he gets trapped inside a restroom and faces an apocalyptic zombie outbreak. The gorgeous Antonia Bernath ('St Trinians', 'Lykke') co-stars along with Tamaryn Payne ('Hollyoaks'), Mark Holden, Giles Alderson ('The Harsh Light of Day'), Victoria Broom, Mark Kelly and Victoria Eldon. Check out the new trailer below....

Let's face it, when the zombie apocalypse breaks you could be anywhere. At church. At the laundromat. Or even in the shitter. With the latter being the case for the indie zombie flick Stalled. Check out the brand new teaser trailer below which just plopped on the scene and splashed a spritz of water on our ass cheeks. Stalled is written by Dan Palmer, who also stars in the film. Christian James directs. In the film, "It's Christmas Eve, an…...

Imagine if you will dropping a deuce in a public bathroom when all of a sudden a zombie outbreak begins. That's what happens in the upcoming zombie comedy Stalled, and the first teaser trailer has arrived! Dig it!

Written by and starring Dan Palmer and directed by Christian James, Stalled can be described as Evil Dead meets Phone Booth. For more on the film, follow Stalled on Twitter (@StalledMovie).

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve, and a soon-to-be-shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party.

Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper, he chooses to use the ladies restroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his pre-apocalypse life) simply remain ...Stalled?

Look for more on this one as we get it.

Being stuck in a public bathroom stall during a zombie outbreak sounds like the perfect bit of groundwork for an entertaining movie to us, and that's the issue at hand in the upcoming horror-comedy Stalled. Check out the second poster.

Written by and starring Dan Palmer and directed by Christian James, Stalled can be described as Evil Dead meets Phone Booth. For more on the film, follow Stalled on Twitter (@StalledMovie).

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve, and a soon-to-be-shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party.

Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper, he chooses to use the ladies restroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his pre-apocalypse life) simply remain ...Stalled?

Look for more on this one as we get it.

We got our first look at the latest entry into the UK horror comedy genre yesterday, with the first poster for Stalled, and now we’ve had three great behind the scenes images from the production sent our way, giving us a look at some of the blood and festivities we have to look forward to.

Christian James (Freak Out) is back behind the camera once more, directing from a script by frequent collaborator Dan Palmer (Freak Out), who also stars.

“It’s Christmas Eve and a soon to be shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg-nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party. Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper he chooses to use the Ladies’ Restroom the very second a Zombie Outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his...

Currently in post-productions, Stalled is the latest entry into the UK horror comedy genre that British filmmakers often seem to have a handle on better than most. (Naturally, I point you towards Shaun of the Dead as a good starting point if you’re new to the genre.)

We’ve had the first poster for the film sent over, giving us a tease of its intriguing premise:

“It’s Christmas Eve and a soon to be shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg-nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party. Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper he chooses to use the Ladies’ Restroom the very second a Zombie Outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his pre-apocalypse life) simply remain …’Stalled’?

This British horror/comedy is Directed by Christian James,...

What could be worse than a zombie outbreak? How about being stuck in a ladies room shitter when the outbreak occurs? That's the issue at hand in the upcoming horror-comedy Stalled. Check out the new poster.

Written by and starring Dan Palmer and directed by Christian James, Stalled can be described as Evil Dead meets Phone Booth. For more on the film, follow Stalled on Twitter (@StalledMovie).

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve, and a soon-to-be-shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party.

Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper, he chooses to use the ladies restroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his pre-apocalypse life) simply remain ...Stalled?

Look for more on this one as we get it.

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Back in 2004 a new British comedy horror flick arrived out of nowhere and landed our desks. The parody-esque slasher feature was called 'Freak Out' and was a great little low-budget production which kept our team chuckling away. Now 8 years on Brit duo Christian James and Dan Palmer are back with their new comedy horror effort 'Stalled'. It's Christmas time zombies, with guaranteed toilet humour all the way and we have caught an early glimpse at the new bloody one-sheet from the project. James helms from a script penned by Dan Palmer who also stars as the suitably named maintenance man W.C. Antonia Bernath ('Lykke'), Tamaryn Payne ('Hollyoaks'), Mark Holden, Giles Alderson, Victoria Broom, Mark Kelly and Victoria Eldon all co-star. Check out the plot into and fresh new one-sheet below....