I recently dug up some information on a new werewolf thriller entitled Bad Moon Rising that’s now in production in Britain. The found footage werewolf flick was written by actress Dani Thompson and is directed by Alasdair Mackay. Read on for more details on the project.
From The Press Release
Bad Moon Rising
A Production by
Blood, Sweat & Glitter Productions
Synopsis
‘Scream Team’ is a successful UK TV show, pretty much ‘The X Files’ meets ‘TOWIE’ it’s a structured reality show in which it’s three stars Lucy, Jordan and Pip go around the UK investigating unusual happenings and trying to discover the truth behind the phenomena. ‘Structured’ is the key word here though, scenarios are set up by the producers to make for a more interesting show and the girls don’t honestly believe in the supernatural.
A small Bulgarian village has a rapidly increasing mortality rate. The villagers are scared and one of the towns people Zhivko see’s the show and offers the producer James a large sum of money if he can get the girls to fly out to Bulgaria and try to find out what’s going on.
Not believing they’re in any danger, the girls along with the show’s crew get on a plane and fly out ready to make some easy money but once they land, things don’t go as planned.
Principal Cast
Lucy – Dani Thompson
Dani is a London based actress, model, writer and producer. Dani spent eight years modelling and appeared in most of the British lad’s mags and newspapers before letting modelling take a back seat and enrolling at London drama school ISSA in 2009. Since graduating Dani has built up an impressive list of credits mostly within the horror genre which has always been her favourite, she also did a stint of presenting for a horror show on Loaded TV.
Bad Moon Rising was written by Dani after she was inspired whilst filming Christmas Slay in Bulgaria in 2014.
Credits include:
Serial Kaller
Axe To Grind
Christmas Slay
Rockband Vs Vampires
Zombie Women Of Satan 2
Banjo
Convention Of The Dead
Cute Little Buggers
Jordan – Loren Peta
Loren is a London based actor, presenter and model originally from Perth, Western Australia. After a stint in the Australian Army and qualifying as a Personal Trainer, Loren planted her roots in London and begun her career as a Sky TV Presenter on Smart Live Casino. She has since presented various live and recorded shows, has featured in a range of films and commercials, and models regularly for various sport and clothing brands.
Credit’s include:
Rockband V’s Vampires
Pip – Angela Holmes
Angela grew up performing in drama group productions and aged 16 delivered newspapers around the stages at Shepperton Film Studios. After going on the gigantic and incredible sets and playing Frankenstein pinball machines with Kenneth Branagh and watching closely those performing on screen it wasn’t long before she caught the screen acting bug. As well as acting Angela is also a passionate dancer, she has trained at Studio 68 and Pineapple Studios and has appeared in music videos for the likes of Olly Murs, Wretch 32 and Agros Santos.
Credit’s include:
The Crypt
Rockband V’s Vampires
Crying Wolf
Cute Little Buggers
Supporting Cast
Zhivko – Ivo Dinkov
James – David Curtis
Also starring Allistair McNab, Lukas Michaelides, Dan Abrams, Shane Salter, Billy Chainsaw, Richard Gladman and Emma Dark.
Director
Alasdair Mackay
Alasdair Mackay was born and raised in the North of England, but has been living in London for over a decade. He has been writing and directing since 2011 and has had over 15 screenplays produced, including 3 short films that were screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 and 2014.
He first directed Siblings in 2011, before taking on The Interrogation and Nothing Personal in 2012. Last year he wrote and directed Refraction, which was filmed at 3MIlls film studios in East London.
Bad Moon Rising is his first feature film.
SFX
Dave Darko
Dave trained at the award winning CBMA make-up academy in all aspects of make-up and special effects, taught by top make-up artists who have worked on films such as Star Wars, Harry Potter and World War Z. A master in character creation and special effects make-up with an impressive work body including film and numerous music videos. Dave will be designing and creating the werewolves with a mix of body paint and prosthetics using a mix of old and new school make-up techniques.
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