Back in the early '90's I linked up with an accountant/solicitor
called Greg Hurlstone who had a similar interest in
horror to myself. Looking around for something to do,
we hit on the idea of producing a horror magazine -
but one with a difference. The resulting "
Nailbiter"
was one of those good ideas that never quite came off.
Now we're all familiar with magazines such as: "
Fangoria,"
"
Fear," "
Shivers,"
"
Darkside" and "
Samhain,"
etc, etc... Well, the difference with "
Nailbiter"
was to be that the magazine would actually appear on
video rather than the printed page. We managed to cobble
together the first episode which included in depth interviews
with Doug Bradley (Hellraiser's Pinhead), author Stephen
Gallagher and Image Animation boss - and now movie director
- Bob Keen.
The programme also gave us the chance to put together
a couple of music videos, one for a Middlesborough based
band called Warfare and another for Cancer. (The
Cancer
video is described in greater depth in its own section
of the 'site).
Being as young and inexperienced as we were, problems
naturally occured for which we were unprepared. The
ridiculous burden placed upon us by companies we were
supposedly promoting - thousands of pounds in royalties
for movie and music clips meant that there was no way
we could proceed with the project and unfortunately
it bit the dust.
Aahh... what might have been....
