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Blooded (film)
''Blooded'' is a 2011 British independent horror/thriller film written by James Walker, produced by Magma Pictures and Ptarmigan ACP and directed by Edward Boase, his first feature. The film premiered at the Bradford International Film Festival on 18 March 2011. The plot involves an animal rights action group calling themselves the "Real Animal League", which kidnaps five young deer hunters and then hunts them. It is filmed in a mockumentary style. As part of the promotion, distributor Revolver Entertainment created a website, realanimalleague.com, for the fictional Real Animal League (RAL), which mentions the film. An email statement to the real animal rights group, Animal Liberation Front (ALF), supposedly from the RAL claiming that the film misrepresented them, was reprinted on the ALF website. The ''Evening Standard'' reported that the film "caused outrage after graphic scenes showing activists attacking five deer-stalkers were posted on the internet, in a viral publicity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Walker (writer/filmmaker)
James Walker (born 19 June 1979) is a British writer and filmmaker. He lives in London and studied at Radley College and Trinity College, Cambridge University where he read English and received a 1st Class Honors Degree. He is a director of Magma Pictures and the Young Film Academy. His first feature film, ''Blooded (film), Blooded'', had a UK cinema release on 1 April 2011 and was released on the UK DVD market. ''Blooded'' caused a great deal of controversy at the time of the film's release, promotional viral videos were removed from video-sharing websites following action by animal rights protesters. Directing credits ''Into Swans'' (Short film: 15 mins, 16mm) Drama (2004). ''One Small Leap'' (Short film: 3 mins, 16mm) Comedy (2002). ''Taboo'' (Short film: 30 mins, BetaSP) Thriller (1998). ''Gemini'' (Theatre) Produced ADC Theatre, Cambridge (2000). ''On the Breast of a Woman'' (Theatre) Produced ADC Theatre, Cambridge (2001). Writing credits ''Blooded'' (Feature fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |