Jake West (born 1972) is a British

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, known mostly for his horror films and for a series of documentaries looking at film censorship and interviewing well-known directors, actors and industry figures.

Biography

West's first feature film was '' Razor Blade Smile'', released in 1998. His second film, released in 2005, was '' Evil Aliens'', described as a 'British slapstick horror-comedy', in the tradition of films such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. It was the first full-length British horror film to be filmed using Sony HD cameras and contains over a hundred digital effect shots as well as many conventional gory special effects. Following the success of Evil Aliens, West directed a made-for-TV sequel to the 1988 film '' Pumpkinhead''. '' Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes'' was co-written by West with Barbara Werner. The film was shot in Romania for the American Sci Fi Channel. His next film ''

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'' was a horror-comedy starring

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and

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, whose 'magic ingredient' was a 'sly script' by British comic book creator Dan Schaffer, who is known for ''

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'' and '' The Scribbler''. The movie was released in 2009.

Filmography

*''Club Death'' (1994) *'' Razor Blade Smile'' (1998) * ''Whacked'' (2002) *'' Evil Aliens'' (2005) *'' Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes'' (2006) *''

'' (2009) *'' Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape'' (2010) *'' The ABCs of Death'' (2012) *'' Video Nasties: Draconian Days'' (2014) *''Xploring Xtro'' (2018) *''Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow'' (

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, 2023)

References

External links

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Jake West at the BFI
1972 births Living people British documentary film directors British horror film directors English film directors {{UK-film-director-stub English male screenwriters