Pat Higgins | |
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 Pat Higgins, Horror-on-Sea Festival 2013 | |
| Born | March 30, 1974 Essex, England, UK |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, producer |
Pat Higgins (born 30 March 1974 [1] in Essex, England) is a film director, writer, producer and owner of independent production company Jinx Media Ltd.
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Higgins' first feature from the company, Trash House , was filmed in 2004 [2] and released on DVD in Europe in February 2006. [3] It was distributed by Screen Entertainment, the UK distributors of such controversial features as I Spit On Your Grave and Faces of Death .
Higgins' second feature, KillerKiller', was filmed in 2006 and completed in 2007. [4] All worldwide rights were licensed to York Entertainment, who released the film on DVD in August 2007. [5]
Higgins' third feature, Hellbride, [6] was publicly premiered at the Festival of Fantastic Films in the UK in September 2007, where it was awarded 'Commended' status. [7] It was released on DVD in the USA on 5 May 2009 via Midnight Releasing [8] and in the UK in March 2010.
Higgins' fourth feature, The Devil's Music, was listed as complete on 19 January 2008. [9] It premiered at the Festival of Fantastic Films, in 2008, where it was awarded winner of Independent Feature category [10] and was released on DVD in the US in December 2009.
In October 2008, Fangoria described Higgins as one of the "most promising British horror directors", [11] and announced his involvement in an anthology movie entitled Bordello Death Tales [12] for which Higgins directed a sequence titled Vice Day.
Higgins is also the original writer and creator of Strippers vs Werewolves , [13] a horror comedy produced by Black & Blue Films and starring Adele Silva, Barbara Nedeljáková, Sarah Douglas and Billy Murray. His original script was rewritten extensively during production. [13]
A Bordello Death Tales sequel, entitled Battlefield Death Tales, followed in 2012. [14] It was retitled Nazi Zombie Death Tales for UK release and then retitled again to Angry Nazi Zombies for US release. [14]
Higgins' appearance at the 2013 Horror-on-Sea festival was filmed and released online as Werewolves, Cheerleaders & Chainsaws. [15] This release was followed in 2015 by another show entitled How Not to Make a Horror Movie, [16] which also featured various other filmmakers sharing their worst on-set experiences.
On 23 January 2016 Higgins premiered a new film entitled The House on the Witchpit at the Horror-on-Sea festival without releasing any images, trailer, cast or plot details. [17] After the screening, he destroyed the master copy of the film onstage. [18]
Higgins gave a TEDx talk entitled 'Childhood Fears are Awesome' [19] in October 2017.
In October 2020, he was announced as writer and director of horror-musical Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead. [20] The film premiered at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square, London, on the closing night of the FrightFest festival in August 2022. [21]
