British filmmakers Sean Cronin and Peter Stylianou’s latest feature, “Drained,” has wrapped post-production and is being sold by Cronin’s Magnificent Films at the Cannes Film Market.
Cronin is also an actor who has appeared in “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” He has played villains in some 89 films, besides directing several titles.
“Drained,” a vampire film, co-directed and produced by Cronin and Stylianou from a screenplay by Stylianou, follows Thomas, a jobless post-graduate artist who falls for Rhea, a mysterious woman who is revealed to be a vampire. As their dark romance progresses, Thomas’s health declines, plunging him into a chaotic spiral.
The cast features Ruaridh Aldington (“Dirty Boy”) and Madalina Bellariu Ion (“Dampyr”) as the doomed lovers. Supporting roles are filled by Craig Conway (“Dog Soldiers”), Angela Dixon (“Never Let Go”), Andrew Lyle-Pinnock, Natasha Patel (“The Witcher: Blood Origin...
Cronin is also an actor who has appeared in “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” He has played villains in some 89 films, besides directing several titles.
“Drained,” a vampire film, co-directed and produced by Cronin and Stylianou from a screenplay by Stylianou, follows Thomas, a jobless post-graduate artist who falls for Rhea, a mysterious woman who is revealed to be a vampire. As their dark romance progresses, Thomas’s health declines, plunging him into a chaotic spiral.
The cast features Ruaridh Aldington (“Dirty Boy”) and Madalina Bellariu Ion (“Dampyr”) as the doomed lovers. Supporting roles are filled by Craig Conway (“Dog Soldiers”), Angela Dixon (“Never Let Go”), Andrew Lyle-Pinnock, Natasha Patel (“The Witcher: Blood Origin...
- 5/20/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Having recently completed post-production, Sean Cronin and Peter Stylianou have taken their vampire film Drained to Cannes! We have an early look at the film, in the form of official photos, a still, and a teaser poster:
From the Press Release: British filmmakers’ Sean Cronin and Peter Stylianou’s London-based feature vampire film “Drained” has completed post-production and is headed to market at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
The supernatural horror film – which was co-directed and produced by Cronin and Peter Stylianou from a screenplay by the latter -- was filmed in London, England, and is a Magnificent Films/House 54/Red Guerilla Films co-production. Additional producers include Daniel Patrick Vaughan and Tony Currier. Cronin as an actor has portrayed villains in dozens of box office hits, as well as having directed several award-winning titles, including the upcoming feature ‘Bogieville.’ Peter Stylianou is a writer/director with two...
From the Press Release: British filmmakers’ Sean Cronin and Peter Stylianou’s London-based feature vampire film “Drained” has completed post-production and is headed to market at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
The supernatural horror film – which was co-directed and produced by Cronin and Peter Stylianou from a screenplay by the latter -- was filmed in London, England, and is a Magnificent Films/House 54/Red Guerilla Films co-production. Additional producers include Daniel Patrick Vaughan and Tony Currier. Cronin as an actor has portrayed villains in dozens of box office hits, as well as having directed several award-winning titles, including the upcoming feature ‘Bogieville.’ Peter Stylianou is a writer/director with two...
- 5/17/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Here’s another interview in Nerdly’s socially distanced series of chats with filmmakers and performers as part of the Nerdly Out Loud podcast for Nerdly.co.uk. This time Kevin sits down with writer/director Peter Stylianou to discuss his film The Lost, aka Bloodhound (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11428546)
Check out our review of The Lost here: http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2020/12/07/the-lost-review/
Detectives investigate the disappearance of a young girl who goes missing from her home during a family birthday party. As the detectives piece together the events of that fateful night they soon discover there’s more to the story than they first realized. A complex matrix of child trafficking, abuse and even murder begins to materialize, and one of the detectives finds himself dangerously entangled. In the United Kingdom, an estimated 112,853 children are reported missing every year and around 3% of those missing disappear from their homes.
Check out our review of The Lost here: http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2020/12/07/the-lost-review/
Detectives investigate the disappearance of a young girl who goes missing from her home during a family birthday party. As the detectives piece together the events of that fateful night they soon discover there’s more to the story than they first realized. A complex matrix of child trafficking, abuse and even murder begins to materialize, and one of the detectives finds himself dangerously entangled. In the United Kingdom, an estimated 112,853 children are reported missing every year and around 3% of those missing disappear from their homes.
- 2/5/2021
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Stars: Kris Johnson, Terri Dwyer, David Partridge, Dana Rogoz, Farah Ahmed, Rebecca Calienda | Written and Directed by Peter Stylianou
“In the United Kingdom, an estimated 112,853 children are reported missing every year and around 3% of those missing disappear from their homes. This is a story about one of those children”
The story of Madeline McCann is one that has held the attention of the world since her disappearance. Everyone has an opinion on what happened, some believe the narrative given by the family and friends while others believe the countless conspiracies. There has been and undoubtedly will continue to be countless documentaries and mini-series on the case and well… it’s not going anywhere soon (rightly so by the way). One thing I think we can all agree on and I mean everyone, is that it is absolutely every parents worst nightmare.
Having three daughters of my own I find it...
“In the United Kingdom, an estimated 112,853 children are reported missing every year and around 3% of those missing disappear from their homes. This is a story about one of those children”
The story of Madeline McCann is one that has held the attention of the world since her disappearance. Everyone has an opinion on what happened, some believe the narrative given by the family and friends while others believe the countless conspiracies. There has been and undoubtedly will continue to be countless documentaries and mini-series on the case and well… it’s not going anywhere soon (rightly so by the way). One thing I think we can all agree on and I mean everyone, is that it is absolutely every parents worst nightmare.
Having three daughters of my own I find it...
- 12/7/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Leviathan | Saving Mr Banks | Carrie | Jeune & Jolie | Marius, Fanny | Saving Santa | The Best Man Holiday | Free Birds | Day Of The Flowers | Life's A Breeze
Leviathan (12A)
(Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel, 2012, Fra/UK/Us) 87 mins
An arthouse fishing-trawler documentary sounds like a practical joke, but this takes us to places we've never before – into the ocean depths and back out on to the decks with the catch. It's a series of dark, semi-abstract tableaux full of flapping fish, clanking machinery and tattooed fishermen doing wet, gory work. It's easy to forget this is real life you're watching.
Saving Mr Banks (PG)
(John Lee Hancock, 2013, Us) Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson. 125 mins
How Walt Disney came to make Mary Poppins was hardly a pressing movie mystery, and one suspects a spoonful of drama has been added, but the leads are eminently watchable.
Carrie (15)
(Kimberly Peirce, 2013, Us) Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore. 100 mins
Brian De Palma...
Leviathan (12A)
(Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel, 2012, Fra/UK/Us) 87 mins
An arthouse fishing-trawler documentary sounds like a practical joke, but this takes us to places we've never before – into the ocean depths and back out on to the decks with the catch. It's a series of dark, semi-abstract tableaux full of flapping fish, clanking machinery and tattooed fishermen doing wet, gory work. It's easy to forget this is real life you're watching.
Saving Mr Banks (PG)
(John Lee Hancock, 2013, Us) Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson. 125 mins
How Walt Disney came to make Mary Poppins was hardly a pressing movie mystery, and one suspects a spoonful of drama has been added, but the leads are eminently watchable.
Carrie (15)
(Kimberly Peirce, 2013, Us) Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore. 100 mins
Brian De Palma...
- 11/30/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The gangster film is a staple part of the British cinema diet. Who can resist watching a few dodgy geezers shooting each other, whilst trading witty insults and still finding time for some banter and birds in between? Whilst the format of the genre has remained largely the same over the years, it was refreshed in the modern day through Guy Ritchie, who made a few solid films that have a fond place in the heart of many a cinema goer. The downside of this, however, is that it inspired an array of copycat films, from filmmakers who simply thought that jumping on the band wagon by adopting a certain style meant instant success. Enter Who Needs Enemies, perhaps the biggest culprit of them all.
This atrociously written, lazy film may as well be a collection of outtakes from every gangster film ever made, with scenes thought too poor to...
This atrociously written, lazy film may as well be a collection of outtakes from every gangster film ever made, with scenes thought too poor to...
- 11/29/2013
- by Nia Childs
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Another week, another set of mouthy geezers in suits mugging one another off
Another week, another set of mouthy geezers in suits mugging one another off. Peter Stylianou's microbudget thriller strives to rejuvenate the tired honour-among-thieves narrative with some grim business about child sex abuse, the detail of which is obscured from us less out of discretion than indifferent storytelling. Events are wrapped in a certain low-level flash – wardrobe from Burton's, ominous chapter headings, narcissistic slo-mo – but it's fundamentally alienating: you have to cheer yourself up by reasoning the grizzled faces drafted in to cameo as pederasts are those of retired newsagents and market traders, sweet-talked into making a less-than-wise investment of time and/or money.
Rating: 1/5
ThrillerMike McCahill
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Another week, another set of mouthy geezers in suits mugging one another off. Peter Stylianou's microbudget thriller strives to rejuvenate the tired honour-among-thieves narrative with some grim business about child sex abuse, the detail of which is obscured from us less out of discretion than indifferent storytelling. Events are wrapped in a certain low-level flash – wardrobe from Burton's, ominous chapter headings, narcissistic slo-mo – but it's fundamentally alienating: you have to cheer yourself up by reasoning the grizzled faces drafted in to cameo as pederasts are those of retired newsagents and market traders, sweet-talked into making a less-than-wise investment of time and/or money.
Rating: 1/5
ThrillerMike McCahill
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- 11/28/2013
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
UK documentary set to premiere at Cambridge Film Festival.
Ballpark Film Distributors has secured an agreement to distribute documentary Folie à Deux - A Madness Made of Two in the UK from Oct 4, 2013.
Produced by Labor of Love Films and shot over five years, it follows a self-made, single mother of seven, who risks everything to turn the oldest house in England into an exclusive hotel. But when the credit crunch hits the gamble fails and the family find themselves on benefits.
The film will receive its UK premiere at the Cambridge Film Festival tomorrow [Sept 20], where directors Kim Hopkins, subject Helen Heraty and executive producer Simon Beaufoy, the screenwriter behind The Full Monty, Slumdog Millionaire and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, will attend the screening and talk about the film.
Kim Hopkins, who directed the film, said: “I started filming in late 2007 when everyone was ‘up-sizing’ and house prices were going through the roof. I set out...
Ballpark Film Distributors has secured an agreement to distribute documentary Folie à Deux - A Madness Made of Two in the UK from Oct 4, 2013.
Produced by Labor of Love Films and shot over five years, it follows a self-made, single mother of seven, who risks everything to turn the oldest house in England into an exclusive hotel. But when the credit crunch hits the gamble fails and the family find themselves on benefits.
The film will receive its UK premiere at the Cambridge Film Festival tomorrow [Sept 20], where directors Kim Hopkins, subject Helen Heraty and executive producer Simon Beaufoy, the screenwriter behind The Full Monty, Slumdog Millionaire and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, will attend the screening and talk about the film.
Kim Hopkins, who directed the film, said: “I started filming in late 2007 when everyone was ‘up-sizing’ and house prices were going through the roof. I set out...
- 9/19/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Ballpark Film Distributors takes all UK rights to British crime thriller; sets release date.
Ballpark Film Distributors has taken all rights in the UK and Eire to Who Needs Enemies, the debut feature from writer/director Peter Stylianou of Red Guerrilla Films.
The British crime thriller tells the story of strip club owner Tom Sheridan (Ian Pirie) who takes revenge on an old friend Ian Levine (Michael McKell) when he discovers he’s using his club is to entertain wealthy paedophiles.
Writer/director Peter Stylianou said: “‘Who Needs Enemies’ is an intelligent gangster drama that focuses on storytelling rather than thrills. We are excited to be working with Ballpark Film Distributors in releasing this film and many more to come.”
Ballpark will release Who Needs Enemies on Nov 15.
Sheffield-based Ballpark are currently distributing Jonathan Holiff’s Johnny Cash documentary My Father and The Man In Black and will release four more films this autumn including No Fixed...
Ballpark Film Distributors has taken all rights in the UK and Eire to Who Needs Enemies, the debut feature from writer/director Peter Stylianou of Red Guerrilla Films.
The British crime thriller tells the story of strip club owner Tom Sheridan (Ian Pirie) who takes revenge on an old friend Ian Levine (Michael McKell) when he discovers he’s using his club is to entertain wealthy paedophiles.
Writer/director Peter Stylianou said: “‘Who Needs Enemies’ is an intelligent gangster drama that focuses on storytelling rather than thrills. We are excited to be working with Ballpark Film Distributors in releasing this film and many more to come.”
Ballpark will release Who Needs Enemies on Nov 15.
Sheffield-based Ballpark are currently distributing Jonathan Holiff’s Johnny Cash documentary My Father and The Man In Black and will release four more films this autumn including No Fixed...
- 8/30/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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