A quick message to remind you that THE SPELL is released on DVD this week.
Initially, it will be available in HMV stores and through most online DVD retailers such as Amazon as well as from iTunes. Hopefully, it will also be available later through other high street retail shops and possibly a supermarket chain.
And, if you need to, this is where you can see the trailer on YouTube: THE SPELL Trailer.
Here’s an update on The Spell (Carey Films), but if you would like to see the full version click on this link: www.careyfilms.com/thespell.html and then click on NEWSLETTER.
Anyway, having secured a theatrical release for The Spell, it is now eligible for the BAFTAs and so a full-blooded BAFTA campaign is underway. Exciting stuff!
Also, as a result of The Spell’s nationwide theatrical release, it has secured a UK distribution deal with Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment, a dynamic up and coming UK distributor.
The Spell will now be released on DVD in the UK on Monday 22nd February. Initially, the DVD will be available in HMV stores and from most online retailers such as Amazon and LoveFilm.
The film will also be available for download from iTunes from 22nd February and will then be released on Video on Demand through Virgin Media’s FilmFlex channel in March.
Reviews of the film are coming in thick and fast. Here are a few of the latest:
“Admirably, Carey Jones has avoided creating a ridiculous paranormal plot.” – (The Sun)
“Genuinely scary moments.” (Eye For Film)
“Pitkin displays plenty of torment.” (The Sun)
“Jones has to be congratulated for making a genuine exhibitable feature on comparatively little money.” (Cine7)
“If you like films laced with suspense and psychological horror then you will enjoy this title.” (GoreZone Magazine)
If you’d like to keep up to date with the progress of the film, download the newsletter (link at the top of this post) and you’ll find details of how to get added to the list.
If you haven’t seen the film yet, why not? I’d be interested to hear your thoughts about my score.
The Spell will soon open in 17 cinemas across the country. New to the list are the Showcase cinemas in Derby, Peterborough and Dudley.
The National Press show screening for the film took place today and 17 film critics from the national daily and Sunday papers attended, including one very famous television film critic whose favourite film of all time is, allegedly, The Exorcist!
I hope you get the chance to listen to my soundtrack and the 3 songs specially written for the film.
If you’d like to see the film and make an evening of it, here’s a link to the screening times:
This post’s title is the new tagline for Carey Film’s new feature, The Spell.
From Friday 2nd October, The Spell is to be shown at 14 cinemas across the country from Paisley in Scotland to the West End of London and from Sunderland in the North East to Bristol in the South West.
Carey Films will be working flat out to get press and television coverage and will also be distributing around 500 small posters and 30,000 flyers in the cities where the film is to be shown (London, Leeds, Sunderland, Cwmbran, Leicester, Bristol, Coventry, Liverpool, Manchester, Newham, Paisley Reading and Hull).
If anyone wants to help with this, please do let me know – we need all the help we can get as the plan is to distribute these promotional materials in shops, offices, universities, etc. Drop me a line and I’ll pass it on to the film’s producer/director, Owen.
Meanwhile, keep popping back to the site as I’ll be putting up screening times as soon as I have them. Oh, and go and see the film – obviously!
The Yorkshire Post’s Arts Reporter, Nick Ahad, has just made his first short film – Where You From? – and it can be seen on my showreel page (http://www.alanjmoore.com/rave/myWimpy.html).
The film stars Deborah McAndrew from Coronation Street.
This was an enjoyable project and had one of the shortest deadlines I’ve ever worked to (a couple of nights!). It goes to show just what can be achieved without a budget but an enthusiastic and talented cast and crew.
Hope you like my piano-based soundtrack too, of course
Download the latest newsletter by clicking the link below and don’t forget to vote for the film’s closing song (Moving On) on YouTube (details in the newsletter):
If you’d like a pdf version of The Spell Newsletter (with pictures!), then click the link below to download it (and don’t forget to forward it to friends, colleagues, rivals, etc).
Here’s an update on what’s going on in the world of ‘The Spell’ from Carey Films (original music by Yours Truly, of course!).
Please feel free to pass this newsletter/post on to interested parties and if you want any further information about the film, please get in touch at any time…
The first Spell Newsletter is ready! The first of what I hope will be many newsletters as the film begins it’s journey into the world. Below are the main points but if you would like to read the full version of the newsletter (with pretty pictures!) click on this link:www.careyfilms.com/thespell.html and then click on NEWSLETTER
TRAILER
So, moving on to the headlines, the first thing to mention is that the trailer for The Spell is now on YouTube and you can see it (and vote for it – anything less than 5 stars will not be considered acceptable!) by following this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alK1s6Kj-X4
OK, so that’s not mentioned in the newsletter but it only just happened!
IT’S EMMA’S STORY
For those of you that don’t know this, the story we tell in The Spell is based on a true story, the story of Emma Whale, a girl who phoned me about six or seven years ago wondering whether her story
would make a good film.
CINEMA RELEASE
The Spell opens in cinemas on 18th September, following its world premiere (assuming nothing changes between now and then!) and we will get our first taste of public reaction to the film. Getting a psychological thriller like The Spell to work is notoriously difficult but with three of the UK’s major cinema chains now saying they want to show the film in some of their cinemas, it clearly does work.
*CANNES*
Following our attendance at Cannes and screening The Spell there, we have received invitations to submit the film to two quite important film festivals (their Artistic Directors were at our first screening), so we’ve done that, no surprise there!
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