Another year... another bastard candle that won't go out.

Hello pals and gals,

Been a couple of weeks since my last entry and a lot has gone down in that short time. First thing is first, I turned 28-years-old on March 18th - one step closer to the three zero. Had a wonderful day that involved WATCHMEN on a fifty-foot screen at the IMAX in Southbank (first time I've ever had to turn my head to see something happening in a scene) and a morning spent at the wonderfully hidden Ronald Grant Archive & Cinema Museum in Kennington, London.

Now The Cinema Museum is a MUST for anyone who claims to be a fan of all things celluloid! Situated at The Old Fire House just two minutes away from Kennington Underground station, the museum boasts one of the most impressive personal collections that I have ever seen in my life. With everything from old Kalee projectors, sandwich boards, posters, day bills, reels and reels of films and trailers dating back to the twenties... The Cinema Museum isn't so much an archive of the movies we love, but rather the place we experience them, the cinema!

To get your own private tour of The Cinema Museum, visit their official site at http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/. Tours are arranged by appointment only and if you're lucky you'll get to meet the owner of the collection, Ronald Grant, in person.

Recently I completed the Hall Of Fame entry for issue 17 of HorrorHound Magazine. The next issue will be in stores in the next few weeks - and I believe they're unveiling the new cover at HorrorHound Weekend convention this week - and although I can't outright say what the Hall Of Fame entry is this issue, I will leave you with a not so subtle teaser...



Easy I know. It's a movie I have wanted to induct for years and was extremely proud to be able to finally add it to the list of previous hall of fame inductees.

In three weeks time I'll be making a flying visit to Hollywood to meet with fellow horror fiends at the LA Fango convention as well as meet with Universal regarding PR for the Blu-Ray release of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON later this year. I have another reason for making the trip, but I will talk about that at another time. What I will say though is all the photos will turn up here first!

Been having really bad nightmares recently... an omen maybe?

Stay happy,

Paul

An American Werewolf In Bob's Basement

Waaaaaaay back in June of 2007, while in California to shoot interviews with the likes of John Landis and Rick Baker for BEWARE THE MOON, we were fortunate enough to meet with the wonderful Bob and Kathy Burns and be treated to a tour of Bob's infamous basement. For those of you who don't know, Bob's basement is literally a cave of Hollywood wonders, with original props from the ALIEN franchise, GREMLINS, THE FLY and of course AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON.

While at their home we thought it would be a great idea to shoot a mini piece on Bob and his collection, rather than just shoot B-Roll of the props and interview Bob as was originally planned. With this we figured we would be able to 'add value' to a potential DVD re-release of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON somewhere down the line. Well, we were lucky enough to get the documentary secured on the upcoming Blu-Ray release of the movie, but unfortunately the footage we shot at Bob and Kathy's place will not be included on the set.

As a thank you to Bob and Kathy and for all the fans who wouldn't otherwise get to go and see these amazing treasures in person, I've decided to release the footage ON THIS BLOG as an exclusive to all the fans of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and a thank you to all of you that have supported the project and helped us with it's eventual release later this year.

Enjoy!

Note: Apologies for the poor quality. I've had a ton of computer problems today and just wanted to get this online. Turn the speakers on your PC up.

How did I miss this?

Goes to show how good Google Alerts actually are. This is a video from the Q&A session with myself, John Landis and David Naughton that was recorded by someone in the crowd at HorrorHound Pittsburgh last June. I can only find this video, though it claims to be one of two parts. This only just came to my attention so it was fun to look back on it.

Enjoy!