Top billed cast

1. 

   Brian M. Clarke

   William Flagg

2. 

   Jacob Poole

   Danny Felt

3. 

   Kathryn Georghiou

   Margaret Sickle

4. 

   Gillian Shimwell

   Lily the Secretary

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Reviews

A review by Raymond Lesley

Written by Raymond Lesley on 2025-12-16

Alasdair Gretton brings us another gory, twisted tale. _«Dead on Distribution»_ is another psychedelic trip - this time a 15 minute short set in the world of 1980s "video nasty" production. True to the genre, this is a _bona fide_ "slasher".

The film begins with an 80s-style unauthorised distribution warning screen and a retro graphics title page. We see Danny Felt (Jacob Poole) trying to persuade the distributor William Flagg (Brian M. Clarke) to promote his film "Lead Rains Down at Midnight".

Shot almost entirely indoors in two locations - the Grand Pavillion in Matlock Bath, where t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• satire
• horror filmmaking
• video nasty
• shocking
• 1980s
• underground cinema
• horror
• intense