Jake West

Director

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jake West (born 1972) is an English horror film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake West, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

5.0

The ABCs of Death

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

5.8

Doghouse

A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.

5.1

Evil Aliens

The sensationalist reporter Michelle Fox presents the TV show Weird World, with phony matters about UFOS and aliens. When she hears about Cat, a young woman that claims that have been abducted with her boyfriend and become pregnant by aliens, she convinces her chief to travel with a team to the remote Welsh island of Scalled to interview Cat. She invites the cameraman Ricky Anderson with his sound technician partner; the nerd expert in "ufology" and "ley lines" Gavin Gorman; the actress Candy Vixen and an obscure gay actor to prepare the matter. They get a van and wait for the low tide to reach the island, and when they find evidences that aliens are really landed in the location, the ambitious Michelle decides to film her way to fame and wealth.

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Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever

Documentary on '90s British vampire culture.

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Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes

He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.

6.8

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.

4.1

Razor Blade Smile

A 19th century woman, who has become one of the undead, acts as a hired killer in modern times. When she starts knocking off part of the elite businessmen, "The Illuminati", who secretly are taking over business and the government, she becomes the target of a hired Scotland Yard detective. Of course, the head of "The Illuminati" is the vampire who first gave her immortality.

8.0

Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow

Go back to the 1980s and discover the extraordinary true story of Cliff Twemlow! You’ve never heard of him… but polymath Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, novelist, composer, singer, screenwriter, producer and actor who was the most prolific indie filmmaker in the UK for a decade! Witness how this 20th-century Renaissance man created his own innovative micro-film industry in Manchester. Shooting his feature films on clunky early pioneering video technology, G.B.H. (1983) was even branded a Video Nasty! A warmly hilarious portrait that will take you back to an era where literally anything could happen. And did!

4.6

Midnight Peepshow

An unnamed madame operates a unique peep show that caters to its customers deepest desires, fears, and sins. Tonight, it welcomes a businessman with a unique connection to an extreme fantasy website. Soon he will become a witness to three stories of victims that found the website. It’s only a matter of time before he’s made to pay the ultimate price for dabbling in the dark side of desire.

4.0

Worst Fears

Seven nightmarish tales from legendary British horror film writer and producer David McGillivray.

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House of Cards

The Making of DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS

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Club Death

A man is killed at a fancy dress party. He has to choose between joining the Afterlife Corporation and reliving his life again or joining Club Death and accepting that his time is over.

7.4

Video Nasties: Draconian Days

The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.

10.0

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39

Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39 is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.

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Xploring Xtro

Feature-length documentary covering the making of the 1982 film XTRO.

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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Dropped 33

Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of dropped 33 titles is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.

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Bump ‘N Grind: Emily Booth Explores The World Of Grindhouse

A brief history of Grindhouse cinema presented by Emily Booth

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Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide Part 2 - The Section 3 List M-Z

The focus is on the eighty-two Section 3 titles, those advised by the DPP not to be obscene, but still known to have been seized. After a short introduction, each film is discussed in turn by an expert, followed by the film's trailer.

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Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story

An all-new 72 minute featurette including interviews with Director/Producer Stephen Weeks, Actors Larry Dann and Murray Melvin, British Horror Icon Barbara Shelley, and composer Ron Geesin.

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Feral

A TV crew, desperate to boost ratings, arrive on a remote Welsh farming island to investigate an intriguing incident.