So I asked on Twitter for you to send in your SHAUN OF THE DEAD costumes…
And you did.
This is so sweet for us to see.
More to come later.
You have all got red on you. Well done.
Oh and click this link for some suitable background music!
Thanks to all of you following me @edgarwright who sent in photos. Keep them coming!
Flickr gallery for people on mobiles/iphones or who want to comment on pictures directly.
Where in London is this?
And why does it sadden me so?
Well this is the former site of the London Astoria, which stood on this site until earlier this year. I had heard that it was demolished while I was in Toronto. But I still can’t quite believe that it’s not here anymore.
It was demolished to make way for a new rail link station.
Was it the grandest music venue of all time? No.
Was it the place where I saw the following bands? Yes.
Ash
Ben Folds Five
Bis
The Black Keys
The Bluetones
Blur
Boss Hog
Cake
80′s Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Florence And The Machine
Foo Fighters
Frank Black
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Justice
Late Of The Pier
MGMT
Presidents Of The United States Of America
Rocket From The Crypt
Supergrass
Tenacious D
They Might Be Giants
Teenage Fanclub
There’s probably a whole bunch more acts I’ve seen in that club.
The London Astoria is truly missed.
As is the LA2, the nearby Ghetto club and the much beloved Metro club, where I DJ’d many times at Mark Morris’ Rabbit Hole club. These were also demolished along with the main theatre.
Hell, I even miss ‘Piss Alley’, the street around the back by the stage door.
Apologies that it has taken so long to comment on it closure and demolition.
It better be one hell of a train station…
NB. Bizarrely it’s still on Street View…
This is a great Cliff Notes of the undead by Matt Zoller Seitz. Am especially pleased with the montage that crosscuts Penelope Wilton’s death with Roger’s resurrection in Dawn Of The Dead (’78 natch). The latter is one of my favourite zombie moments.
Also much respect for the clips from LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE – hugely underrated and my favourite non Romero zombie film.
“You know, I don’t think I’ve got it in me to shoot my flatmate, my mum, and my girlfriend all in the same night,” says Shaun, one of the beleaguered non-ghouls in Shaun of the Dead. That 2004 film is a send-up of zombie movies, but you know what they say about every joke containing truth.
Ever since director George A. Romero released his 1968 shocker Night of the Living Dead—which reimagined zombies, the dark magic-entranced slaves of voodoo folklore, as shambling fiends that crave warm flesh and can only be offed with a head shot—the zombie genre has displaced the western as cinema’s most popular and durable morality play. As the video essay “Zombie 101” demonstrates, while the genre’s superficial appeal is the spectacle of torn and mangled flesh—living and dead—its deeper resonance lies in its portrait of ordinary people struggling to survive in extreme circumstances.
Matt Zoller Seitz | http://www.movingimagesource.us/
UPDATE – Tomorrow I have a very special guest with me too. When it comes to horror themed music videos, this director is the main man. Don’t miss!
Hey everyone. BUG is being guest hosted by Corin Hardy (replacing Adam “Count Buckula” Buxton for the night) and I am his special guest.
I have known Corin since I was 15 and somewhere in the ether is footage of us both on ITV’s GIMME FIVE in 1992. Find it!
Anyhow, he’s a super talented, super nice and a ridiculously enthusiastic young chap.
Please join us for oodles of horror tinged music and film fun.
Saturday 31st October at 20:45 – Book Now
An extra freakishly special instalment of the acutely chilling kind, we invite you to a blood-curdling, big-screen scream-athon of the goriest, most horrifying, and monstrous music vids. Presented by top British music video director and horror fan Corin Hardy (director of videos for among others, appropriately, The Horrors and The Prodigy), we dig deep into the vaults to bring out the classics and unleash the newest creepy-creations. Ghosts, ghouls and vampires welcome.
- From: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
Edgar is the special guest in a show of the most enjoyably horrifying and monstrous vids from the annals of modern music video – from well-known classics to lesser-known gems. That’s immediately followed by a Halloween costume party in the BFI’s Benugo bar – the audience are invited to attend in appropriate Halloween garb for the show and the aftershow party.
Book now for tickets to BUG: The Evil-ution of Music Video at the BFI boxoffice on +44 (0)20 7928 3232 and online here.
- From: http://www.promonews.tv/
Scott Pilgrim fans can spot one unintentional, but quite ironic mistake in these character breakdowns.
This is pretty amazing.
The lovely fellow who is Andrew Macdonald (producer of Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, The Last King Of Scotland among many others) sent me and Nira Park this e-mail earlier today…
From: Andrew Macdonald
Date: 28 October 2009 14:59:48 GMT
To: Edgar And NiraI was in Soweto, South Africa last weekend.
I heard these kids laughing their heads off and went over to see what they were watching.
It was Hot Fuzz.
Hope all is well.
Andrew MacDonald
Photo Credit: My lovely assistant Leo.
From Empire’s ‘Icons of the Decade’ December 2009 Issue. Shaun being one of ten special covers.
My brother’s friend has a 13 year old son who, two years ago, came up with this amazing film idea as a school project.
I’m in. Simon’s in. Nick’s in.
Must call Jack Black…
Thanks to young Sam for this high concept pitch.
Here’s my ticket stub for the London Film Festival Surprise Film. And these are some of the wrong guesses that audience members shouted out when asked what they thought it was.
The actual film was Michael Moore’s CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY.
The legend that is Ray Harryhausen animates me.
The legend that is John Landis surprises us both.
This zombie wedding cake is really quite awesome.
But look closely and you’ll see that the groom is fighting off zombies with a cricket bat.
That is really quite amazing.
Found by Slashfilm via Neatorama.
Moon. Wright.
Wright. Noir.
Fossil. Wright.
Is this?
a) A Parker Brothers board game.
b) The set of Celebrity Squares.
c) An evil mainframe computer from the early 70′s.
d) The Sea Of Holes from Yellow Submarine.
e) The ceiling at the Curzon Mayfair, London.
Hey everyone. BUG is being guest hosted by Corin Hardy (replacing Adam “Count Buckula” Buxton for the night) and I am his special guest.
I have known Corin since I was 15 and somewhere in the ether is footage of us both on ITV’s GIMME FIVE in 1992. Find it!
Anyhow, he’s a super talented, super nice and a ridiculously enthusiastic young chap.
Please join us for oodles of horror tinged music and film fun.
Saturday 31st October at 20:45 – Book Now
An extra freakishly special instalment of the acutely chilling kind, we invite you to a blood-curdling, big-screen scream-athon of the goriest, most horrifying, and monstrous music vids. Presented by top British music video director and horror fan Corin Hardy (director of videos for among others, appropriately, The Horrors and The Prodigy), we dig deep into the vaults to bring out the classics and unleash the newest creepy-creations. Ghosts, ghouls and vampires welcome.
- From: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
Book now for tickets to BUG: The Evil-ution of Music Video at the BFI boxoffice on +44 (0)20 7928 3232 and online here.
- From: http://www.promonews.tv/
