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First Look: Evil Grows In The New The ‘Dragon Knight’ Trailer

Best known for horror offerings such as Lord of Tears and The Devil’s Machine, Scottish genre house Hex Studios announced today their first venture into the realm of fantasy with Dragon Knight. We get a glimpse of dragons, knights, and the terror they both bestow on struggling realm in the first trailer that teases an action-packed journey back in time to when kings ruled from their thrones through terror. Hex Studios has also shared with us the retro illustrated poster from artist Neil Fraser. Based on an original concept by Hex Studios’ own Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly, Dragon Knight is a gritty fantasy epic, set in the dystopian lands of Agonos, where a lone knight must embark on a perilous quest to save the world from a great and growing evil. According to director/producer Lawrie Brewster: “Dragon Knight takes inspiration from the fantasy films of the 70s and 80s, and classic fantasy literature, like the Conan the Barbarian series

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2021
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Gothic Horror ‘Automata’ Breaks Kickstarter Record

Automata, the latest horror from Scottish genre house Hex Studios, has obliterated its £80K ($108K) Kickstarter goal days before the campaign‘s end. Horror fans from all over the world have flocked to support the Gothic style Lovecraftian film, which has earned the film a place in Kickstarter history as the UK’s most funded narrative film EVER. The film centers on the story of antique “expert Brendan Cole who is sent to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notorious history, known as ‘The Infernal Princess’. In the remote Scottish mansion where it has been discovered, Brendan soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse.” Along with genre fans, the film has received support from horror heavy-hitters such as Doomsday actor Craig Conway, Fashionista director Simon Rumley, Ghost Stories actor-director Andy Nyman, and StudioADI, the Academy Award-winning creature effects company behind Starship Troopers, Tremors, and Stephen King’s It. The team has announced a new set of stretch goals to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2018
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Hex Studios Releases Trailer For Gothic Film ‘Automata’

Following the success of their film The Black Gloves, director Lawrie Brewster and writer Sarah Daly are back with a new Gothic tale, Automata. The film centers on an antique dealer sent to authenticate the “Infernal Princess”, a three-hundred-year-old clockwork doll with a notorious history. He soon comes under its corrupting influence along with his stepdaughter Rose. Jamie Scott Gordon (The Black Gloves, Bonejangles), Alexandra Nicole Hulme (The Black Gloves, Lord of Tears), Erich Redman (The Danish Girl), Jonathan Hansler (The Devil’s Business), and Victoria Lucie (Dartmoor Killing). Director Lawrie Brewster said, “Automata is a wild, Gothic thrill-ride inspired by the decadence of Ken Russell’s Gothic, as well as the sensual expressionism of Argento’s Suspiria and Bava’s Black Sabbath.” The film is produced by Hex Studios and their partners Dark Dunes Productions along with Needle’s Eye Productions. Nick Ford, Greg Orsi, and Richard Pate executive produce. Automata has begun its Kickstarter campaign and offer pre-orders of the film as well

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 10, 2018

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First Look: Evil Grows In The New The ‘Dragon Knight’ Trailer

Best known for horror offerings such as Lord of Tears and The Devil’s Machine, Scottish genre house Hex Studios announced today their first venture into the realm of fantasy with Dragon Knight. We get a glimpse of dragons, knights, and the terror they both bestow on struggling realm in the first trailer that teases an action-packed journey back in time to when kings ruled from their thrones through terror. Hex Studios has also shared with us the retro illustrated poster from artist Neil Fraser. Based on an original concept by Hex Studios’ own Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly, Dragon Knight is a gritty fantasy epic, set in the dystopian lands of Agonos, where a lone knight must embark on a perilous quest to save the world from a great and growing evil. According to director/producer Lawrie Brewster: “Dragon Knight takes inspiration from the fantasy films of the 70s and 80s, and classic fantasy literature, like the Conan the Barbarian series

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2021
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Gothic Horror ‘Automata’ Breaks Kickstarter Record

Automata, the latest horror from Scottish genre house Hex Studios, has obliterated its £80K ($108K) Kickstarter goal days before the campaign‘s end. Horror fans from all over the world have flocked to support the Gothic style Lovecraftian film, which has earned the film a place in Kickstarter history as the UK’s most funded narrative film EVER. The film centers on the story of antique “expert Brendan Cole who is sent to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notorious history, known as ‘The Infernal Princess’. In the remote Scottish mansion where it has been discovered, Brendan soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse.” Along with genre fans, the film has received support from horror heavy-hitters such as Doomsday actor Craig Conway, Fashionista director Simon Rumley, Ghost Stories actor-director Andy Nyman, and StudioADI, the Academy Award-winning creature effects company behind Starship Troopers, Tremors, and Stephen King’s It. The team has announced a new set of stretch goals to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2018
Horror Fuel

Hex Studios Releases Trailer For Gothic Film ‘Automata’

Following the success of their film The Black Gloves, director Lawrie Brewster and writer Sarah Daly are back with a new Gothic tale, Automata. The film centers on an antique dealer sent to authenticate the “Infernal Princess”, a three-hundred-year-old clockwork doll with a notorious history. He soon comes under its corrupting influence along with his stepdaughter Rose. Jamie Scott Gordon (The Black Gloves, Bonejangles), Alexandra Nicole Hulme (The Black Gloves, Lord of Tears), Erich Redman (The Danish Girl), Jonathan Hansler (The Devil’s Business), and Victoria Lucie (Dartmoor Killing). Director Lawrie Brewster said, “Automata is a wild, Gothic thrill-ride inspired by the decadence of Ken Russell’s Gothic, as well as the sensual expressionism of Argento’s Suspiria and Bava’s Black Sabbath.” The film is produced by Hex Studios and their partners Dark Dunes Productions along with Needle’s Eye Productions. Nick Ford, Greg Orsi, and Richard Pate executive produce. Automata has begun its Kickstarter campaign and offer pre-orders of the film as well

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 10, 2018