Published Date:
08 December 2007
MENTION iconic "Scottish" films, and responses will range from Braveheart through Greyfriars Bobby to Brigadoon. But a new Caledonian film reputation is now being forged: Scotland as the backdrop to scary horror movies, putting us up there with Transylvania. Filming has begun in Edinburgh of an adaptation of the first in Clive Barker's Books of Blood series.
It is the latest in a line of major horror films to be shot in Scotland in recent years. These include Neil Marshall's 2002 cult hit Dog Soldiers, the "combat horror" set in the Highlands. And next year comes Doomsday, a post-apocalyptic horror film ...
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Last Updated:
07 December 2007 9:38 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
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