Pat Higgins

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Pat Higgins (born March 30, 1974[1] in Essex, England) is a film director, writer, producer and owner of independent production company Jinx Media Ltd.

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 licenced 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[7] 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",[10] and announced his involvement in an anthology movie entitled Bordello Death Tales[11] for which Higgins directed a sequence titled Vice Day.

Higgins is also the writer of Strippers vs Werewolves, [12] a horror comedy produced by Black & Blue Films and starring Adele Silva, Barbara Nedeljáková, Sarah Douglas and Billy Murray

Filmography

  • Trash House (2006)
  • KillerKiller (2007)
  • Hellbride (2007)
  • The Devil's Music (2008)
  • Bordello Death Tales (2009)
  • Strippers vs Werewolves (Writer only)(2011)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Pat Higgins at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Pat Higgins at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Fangoria - America's Horror Magazine
  4. ↑ Pat Higgins at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ New Independent Films | Independent Film Distributor | York Entertainment
  6. ↑ Pat Higgins at the Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Festival of Fantastic Films
  8. ↑ Fangoria Chopping List
  9. ↑ Pat Higgins at the Internet Movie Database
  10. ↑ Fangoria Article
  11. ↑ Pat Higgins at the Internet Movie Database
  12. ↑ Pat Higgins at the Internet Movie Database

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