Thank you

Thank you.

Yes, you. The person reading this. Thank you for reading it. Every unique hit on my Blog gives me a sense of self-satisfaction that can only be topped by someone important re-tweeting something you’ve said. It’s better than a birthday full of cake and Lego.

The real Thank You however, is long overdue, and it’s all about Don't Move.

For those who don’t know (what? You’re not following me religiously?! Ridiculous!) Don’t Move is a short film which I wrote and has been subsequently made by the brilliant people of Bloody Cuts.

Bloody Cuts have made some awesome short horror films. Check ‘em out here: http://www.bloodycuts.co.uk/films/

Don’t Move has been filmed, edited and now is in VFX / SFX / score stage. It’s almost ready to show the world.

But it couldn’t have been made without money.

It makes the world go around, apparently, that money stuff. In December we began a Kickstarter campaign to raise £2500 in order to create this bloody beast and the response was amazing.

Within the allotted month we smashed the target, hitting 125% of our intended budget – a whopping £3,125.

The people who contributed are awesome. Doesn’t matter if it was £10 or £175, every penny offered was pumped into this short film and utilized. We literally couldn’t have done it without you (if you funded us…).

Now, this list of names will appear on the credits of the short film – and already appear on the Bloody Cuts website – but I want to burn them permanently into my Blog.

Because I love them. Yes, you. I love you. Irrespective of gender, age or the fact you’re a total stranger.

The contributors include work colleagues, university friends, secondary school buddies, old work colleagues, strangers (to me, anyway), a man who looks like Van Persie, fellow writers, people I met at Frightfest (hey Trev! Maniac’s out soon!), my family, an entire horror film website, my brother’s mates, some Bloody Cutters, the Suckablood himself and one lady devoid of surname (no, not Madonna)…

Ready for the list? In surname order?

I am!

Here goes:

Paul Arends

Martin Ayling

Leaf Beinbridge

Robin Berry

Chelsey Burdon

Wendy Callaghan

Chris Carter

Shaun Carter

Ben Chapman

Cara Clarke

Tom Corrigan

Thomas Crittenden

Adam  Dickens

Andrew Dobell

Brendan & Lo Dodds

Jobel Fajardo

Nicola Fenton

Jonny Franklin

Robert A Franklin

Christopher Goodman

Matt Goodworth

Jay Hall

Mitch Harrod

Boston Haverland

Kim Hirst

Blair Hoyle

David Hughes

Jan Ove Jacobsen

Ben Jacobson

Adam Jewitt

Zachary Judge

Sophie Lee
Chris Lyons

John Mangino

Jeremy Marshall

Mac McSharry

Francis Melton

Michael Mensah-Bonsu

Steven Mitchell

Chris Morrissey

Paul Murphy

Ash Newman

Vincent Noinville

Lewis Osborne

Neil Patrick

Stef Pause

Darren Payne

Kevin Pritchett

David Puckridge

Keith Sammels

Freddie Sandilands

Andrew, Sally & Holly Scullion

George Scullion

Jo Scullion

Pat Scullion

Alan Simmons

Martin Skipper

Freddie Smith

Karen Spencer

Kris Talikowski

Jess Taylor

Martin Unsworth

Jason van Niekerk

Kate Walshe

James Webber

Catriona Whitefield

Lee Williams

Trev Williams

Richard Wood

Gorepress

Strangely, there were three people called Chris and three people called Martin who donated. Clearly Chris and Martin’s are the most awesome people in the world. There was only one person called Leaf, which was surprising. And ten people with a first name beginning with J.

This is exciting, isn’t it? Listing stuff followed by facts. I love it.

I’ll let you all know a little secret too. Huddle close. Listen carefully. One of the people in the list above is actually ME.

That’s right, to avoid looking desperate I added some much-needed cash to the Kickstarter early on (knocking the total up to £1000) under a cheeky pseudonym, not realizing we’d eventually obliterate the target like The Rock hitting a piñata.

But what alternative name did I use? Answers on a postcard to… erm… I dunno. Just write “Dave” on it and pop it in a letter box. It’ll get to me eventually.

And no, my pseudonym is not “Gorepress”.

So I deliver HUGE thanks to everyone who contributed to Don’t Move – every single penny has been used (and is currently still being used in VFX / SOUND etc…) and slapped on screen to make one of the slickest, bloodiest, boldest short horror films ever made.

Probably.

I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve been informed it’s “not shit. Not shit at all”.

I’d also like to thank those poor penniless folks who re-tweeted, shared and generally encouraged people to chuck money into this little short film, even if they couldn’t afford to contribute themselves.

Thank you – you rock.

In less than three weeks the culmination of months of hard work combined with your money and support will be unleashed on Scotland (more on this in a later post) and then – some time after – Don’t Move will be revealed to the world.

The official release date of Don't Move is a closely guarded secret. I snuck into Bloody Cuts towers and found a document that said '2013' on it. I think it's a clue! 

Trust me, once they have an official release date you'll know about it. You'll hear a really girly scream somewhere in London, possibly with the air being full of "squee", whatever the hell that is...

So, from the bottom of my dark and twisted heart –

THANK YOU