PREVIEW: Sideshow (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Les Dennis (Intimate Relations), Anthony Head (Repo! The Genetic Opera), April Pearson (Tucked), Nathan Clarke (We Still Kill the Old Way), Pameli Benham (film debut), Owen Oldroyd (DJ), Adrian Harris (Crowhurst), Iorestina Florea (Chosen)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Adam Oldroyd (film debut), director, writer, producer; Michael Riley (Crowhurst), producer; Michael Csányi-Wills (The Thief Lord), composer; Stephen J. Brand (The Film-Maker’s Son), cinematographer; editor TBA

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Eva (Pearson) and Dom (Clarke) are two inept criminals who break into the home of washed-up psychic Pendrick (Dennis), known as “The All-Seeing Stupendo”, in search of hidden loot. However, they soon realise that Pendrick is an actual master of the dark arts, which makes their night a lot more difficult…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Les Dennis headlines this dark comedy that combines the attraction of the dark arts with a bumbling home invasion thriller, with often hilarious – and surprising – results.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH MARCH 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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