Interestingly, I've never talked to the Daily Star. But it's flattering to know they read this blog and now follow the Twitter feed.
Rest assured the movie is being released on 3rd May under the title KILLER BITCH.
www.killerbitch.co.uk
Thursday 25 March 2010
Tuesday 23 March 2010
KILLER BITCH passed uncut by British Film Censors
Well, despite Sunday newspaper reports at the weekend, the BBFC has now passed KILLER BITCH uncut, although only just. At one point we were told it was "more likely than not" that there would be cuts demanded.
The movie was passed after a normal screening by a BBFC Examiner; an abnormal second screening by more than one Examiner; a special screening for the BBFC Director; a special screening for the BBFC Chairman; and a letter from the movie's director defending what is shown in KILLER BITCH.
There were two scenes that were said to be of special concern. One was the much-commented-on Alex Reid sex scene which has been widely referred to in the press (but never by us) as a 'rape' scene. The other cause for BBFC concern was, we were told, a scene involving porn megastar Ben Dover, who Hustler magazine named as one of the 'Top 50 Most Influential People In Porn'.
www.killerbitch.co.uk
Sunday 21 March 2010
KILLER BITCH: Alex Reid was paid £50,000 ?
I see, as well as today's News of the World piece, the Daily Star Sunday is also carrying a piece (on page 3) about the possible (they claim certain) censorship of "Killer Bitch" by the BBFC, the British film censors. Sadly, it's not in the online edition of the Star. Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
Meanwhile, as per normal, other websites and newspapers around the world have started to pick up on the News of the World story, including:
http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2010/0
3/rape-scenes-alex-reids-film-axed.html
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http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/reality-tv/
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http://www.glam.com/blogs/unreality_tv/a
Again, they have the release date incorrect - it is Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May in the UK and Ireland. And no comment on their claim that we paid Alex Reid £50,000 for his role in the movie...
News of the World to win Booker Prize?
I see today's News of the World is going up-market with a spirited bid to get nominated for the Booker Prize for fiction. At least they could get the scheduled release date right - The "Killer Bitch" DVD is actually now scheduled for release on Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May...
Thursday 18 March 2010
"KILLER BITCH" - the first review - FIVE STARS
The only media people to have seen the full, finished version of KILLER BITCH - in fact, the only media people so far to have seen any part of the edited version of KILLER BITCH are GoreZone magazine and their rave review is in the April edition of the magazine on sale now:
FIVE STAR REVIEW
“This is Grand Theft Auto meets I Spit on your Grave... A violent 21st century British pantomime for the MTV generation… A middle finger in your face attitude… This is a must-see… This film is in a league of its own and has to be seen to be believed… You may read this review and think the film sounds vile, disgusting and morally depraved and you’d be wrong - you forgot to add bloody fantastic as well”
GoreZone is on sale in HMV, supermarkets and newsagents.
www.killerbitch.co.uk
www.gorezone.co.uk
Wednesday 17 March 2010
THE "KILLER BITCH" IS BACK - and The Censors Don't Know What to Say
Our upcoming KILLER BITCH film had to change its title to "Killer Babe" to satisfy a major UK retailer who objected to the word "Bitch" or "B***h" or "B****". Apparently "bitch" was considered offensively sexist but "babe" was/is not. That retailer has now seen what is in the actual movie itself and has backed out of stocking it.
So we are reverting to the original title KILLER BITCH, known and loved by many including, I can only presume, Joan Collins.
Meanwhile, indecision still reigns in the labyrinthine corridors of the BBFC (the British Film Censors). They had their normal screening of the movie by a single Examiner... then an uncommon second screening for other Examiners... then a third screening for the BBFC's Director... and they still couldn't reach a decision... So now there will be a fourth screening for the BBFC Chairman this week and, allegedly they will then decide on Friday or Monday. Frankly, if they are going to have this many screenings to this many people, I think the least they could do is buy a copy.
But, as a result of all this delay, the release of the DVD has been put back to Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May, coincidentally 24 hours after the British Erotic Awards Film Day on 2nd May.
The people I feel sorry for, though, are the poor souls at the BBFC. If the content of KILLER BITCH is so close to the edge of what is acceptable in a British feature film, I am worried about the moral health of the poor peeps at the BBFC who are continually being subjected to this apparently shocking and soul-degrading attack on the moral senses. Four screenings!
They recently passed with an 18 certificate the Willem Dafoe movie "Antichrist" which, I understand, showed close-ups of a penis ejaculating blood and, in extreme close-up, a shot of a woman cutting off her clitoris with a pair of scissors - as filmed by the Oscar-winning cinematographer of "Slumdog Millionaire".
But maybe that was Art aimed at readers of upmarket newspapers whereas KILLER BITCH is roundly aimed at ordinary people with a taste for straightforward entertainment and without an Oxbridge degree in Classics. We have always seen KILLER BITCH as an over-the-top British pantomime with blood and breasts. No more offensive than an Eminem stage show.
I suppose we should feel honoured that the BBFC is worried that KILLER BITCH might be more morally corrupting and closer to the edge of acceptability than "Antichrist". After all, we know exactly how small our budget was! But I have a slight worry there might be elitism creeping in - one rule for the Arts graduates who read the Guardian and the Independent; another rule for 'the plebs' who read the Daily Mirror, Star and Sun.
www.killerbitch.co.uk
Tuesday 9 March 2010
KILLER BABE band release debut single
One of our "Killer Babe" soundtrack bands - THE HYADS - are releasing their debut single "Didn't Want It This Way" next Monday (15th March)
Their MySpace page is
Monday 8 March 2010
LANGUAGE! LANGUAGE!
The BBC News channel today is reporting that the Best Supporting Actor Oscar went to a bloke in Quentin Tarentino's "Inglourious".
Mark Kermode, discussing the Oscars in the same BBC News channel bulletins, quite happily talks about "Inglourious Basterds".
Our title "Killer Bitch" changed to "Killer Babe" because a major UK retailer felt "Bitch" was sexist but "Babe" was not.
We live in interesting times.
Mark Kermode, discussing the Oscars in the same BBC News channel bulletins, quite happily talks about "Inglourious Basterds".
Our title "Killer Bitch" changed to "Killer Babe" because a major UK retailer felt "Bitch" was sexist but "Babe" was not.
We live in interesting times.
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