Elfie Hopkins And The Gammons - Teaser Trailer for Jaime Winstones new horror film

Yesterday I mentioned the new film, Elfie Hopkins And The Gammons, starring Jaime Winstone. She plays Hopkins "a teenage misfit and 'wannabe detective' Elfie Hopkins, whose investigations are limited to annoying small-minded residents of the rural village where she lives, until the charismatic but suspicious Gammons family arrive."

Now Quiet Earth have dug up a teaser trailer for the first British 3D horror film.

Have a look - what do you reckon? Good or bad? I'm not sure if it will just be a lot of style over substance. Seems a little too self aware from the trailer.

Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons teaser
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Jaime Winstone to star in first British 3D horror film

Jaime Winstone (Donkey Punch, Dead Set) will star in Elfie Hopkins And The Gammons.

Ryan Andrews is directing for producers Michael Wiggs and Steve Matthews of Size 9.

Andrews tells the site that his film will be "a quirky horror and an eclectic mix of comic book characters, British pop culture and fantasy setting in an unusual and twisted world."

The film is the first UK horror production to be shot in 3-D. According to Screen Daily, Winstone "will play a teenage misfit and 'wannabe detective' Elfie Hopkins, whose investigations are limited to annoying small-minded residents of the rural village where she lives, until the charismatic but suspicious Gammons family arrive."

Judging by the description this will either be really good or absolutely embarrasing. Which way do you think it will go?

Source: ScreenDaily

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Dead Set - Your thoughts on episode one?

The Wife and I have just watched the first episode of Dead Set, E4's new 5 part zombie apocalypse meets Big Brother and I must say I rather enjoyed it.

It started off with a Big Brother group of housemates arguing on eviction night and then cut to behind the scenes at the staff working on the show. As they near broadcast time we see news reports of violence spreading in Britain and we, the viewer, get to see the zombie-ness slowly spread.

The virus gets to the Big Brother studio and the zombies lay waste to the staff and fans of the show. Only Jaime Winston's characters, the director of the show and the housemates are still breathing by the end of the show.

The zombies are of the fast type and you could tie it in with Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead remake. Kind of what happened in Britain while that was going down.

The effects are really good and it did keep you gripped for the 70 minutes it was on. The housemates are suitably obnoxious and the few kills you see are suitable gory, especially the second death of the zombies (good use of a fire extinguisher).

I also liked how the zombies still watch the housemates on the TV or through the 2 way mirror or their own reflection. Not too subtle a way of saying that the viewers of reality TV are just zombies without the blood lust, but effective nonetheless. It wasn't cheesy as I thought it was going to be and played it as a proper zombie story.

Now that the initial set up is out the way I look forward to seeing how they survive the apocalypse.

What did you think of the series opener? Let me know in the comments below.

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Dead Set starts tonight - Big Brother v Zombies

Charlie Brooker's Dead Set begins on E4 at 10pm tonight. When I first heard about this I thought it was going to be absolutely dreadful. I'm still not sure whether it will be any good but the zombies look pretty convincing and it does feature the actor Kevin Eldon (Big Train, TMWRNJ). The above photo is of a zombie Davina McCall.

Britain has a big problem. The dead are returning to life and attacking the living. The people they kill get up and kill – and it’s spreading like wildfire. Curiously, there are a few people left in Britain who aren’t worried about any of this – that’s because they’re the remaining contestants in Big Brother. Cocooned in the safety of the Big Brother house, they’re blissfully unaware of the horrific events unfolding outside. Until an eviction night when all hell breaks loose.

Kelly, (Jaime Winstone) the production runner working on Big Brother finds herself caught in the impossible position of trying to fend off the walking dead alongside the remaining housemates, Davina herself, a host of former Big Brother housemates, her producer boss Patrick (Andy Nyman) and boyfriend Riq (Riz Ahmed).

Over the ensuing days, in a cruel reflection of the game show they thought they were entering, the contestants fall victim, one by one, to the hungry masses outside. Staying alive requires teamwork – which is tricky when you’re a group specifically selected by TV producers to wind each other up.

So the jury is still out on this one. I'll be watching the first episode tonight to see whether it works or not and it runs all this week. Below is the latest trailer for it. What do you think of it? Let me know if you watch it tonight and whether you enjoyed it or not.

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