Pat Higgins

Pat Higgins (born 30 March 1974[1] in Essex, England) is a film director, writer, producer and owner of independent production company Jinx Media Ltd.

For those of a similar name, see Patrick Higgins (disambiguation).

Pat Higgins
Pat Higgins, Horror-on-Sea Festival 2013
Born
Essex, United Kingdom
OccupationDirector, screenwriter, producer

Higgins' first feature from the company, Trash House, was filmed in 2004[2] and released on DVD in Europe in February 2006.[3] It was distributed by Screen Entertainment, the UK distributors of such controversial features as I Spit On Your Grave and Faces of Death.

Higgins' second feature, KillerKiller', was filmed in 2006 and completed in 2007.[4] All worldwide rights were licensed to York Entertainment, who released the film on DVD in August 2007.[5]

Higgins' third feature, Hellbride,[6] was publicly premiered at the Festival of Fantastic Films in the UK in September 2007, where it was awarded 'Commended' status.[7] It was released on DVD in the USA on 5 May 2009 via Midnight Releasing[8] and in the UK in March 2010.

Higgins' fourth feature, The Devil's Music, was listed as complete on 19 January 2008.[9] It premiered at the Festival of Fantastic Films, in 2008, where it was awarded winner of Independent Feature category[10] and was released on DVD in the US in December 2009.

In October 2008, Fangoria described Higgins as one of the "most promising British horror directors",[11] and announced his involvement in an anthology movie entitled Bordello Death Tales[12] for which Higgins directed a sequence titled Vice Day.

Higgins is also the original writer and creator of Strippers vs Werewolves,[13] a horror comedy produced by Black & Blue Films and starring Adele Silva, Barbara Nedeljáková, Sarah Douglas and Billy Murray. His original script was rewritten extensively during production.[13]

A Bordello Death Tales sequel, entitled Battlefield Death Tales, followed in 2012.[14] It was retitled Nazi Zombie Death Tales for UK release and then retitled again to Angry Nazi Zombies for US release.[14]

Higgins' appearance at the 2013 Horror-on-Sea festival was filmed and released online as Werewolves, Cheerleaders & Chainsaws.[15] This release was followed in 2015 by another show entitled How Not to Make a Horror Movie,[16] which also featured various other filmmakers sharing their worst on-set experiences.

On 23 January 2016 Higgins premiered a new film entitled The House on the Witchpit at the Horror-on-Sea festival without releasing any images, trailer, cast or plot details.[17] After the screening, he destroyed the master copy of the film onstage.[18]

Higgins gave a TEDx talk entitled 'Childhood Fears are Awesome' [19] in October 2017.

In October 2020, he was announced as writer and director of forthcoming horror-musical Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead.[20]

Filmography
  • Trash House (2006)
  • KillerKiller (2007)
  • Hellbride (2007)
  • The Devil's Music (2008)
  • Bordello Death Tales (2009)
  • Strippers vs Werewolves (2011)
  • Battlefield Death Tales (aka Angry Nazi Zombies) (2012)
  • The House on the Witchpit (2016)
  • Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead (2021)

References
  1. Pat Higgins at IMDb
  2. Trash House at IMDb
  3. "Comedy with guts – Mock horror film gets DVD release". Chortle. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. KillerKiller at IMDb
  5. New Independent Films | Independent Film Distributor | York Entertainment
  6. "Interview with Hellbride director Pat Higgins". Behind the Couch. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. "2007 Independent Film Award Results". Festival of Fantastic Films.
  8. Fangoria Chopping List Archived 20 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "The Devil's Music". Ain't It Cool News. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  10. "2008 Independent Film Award Results". Festival of Fantastic Films.
  11. Fangoria Article
  12. "Bordello Death Tales". Ain't It Cool News. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  13. "Sharknado vs Strippers vs Werewolves: The Power of Dumb". HuffPost. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  14. "Angry Nazi Zombies". Ain't It Cool News. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  15. "Crash Course in Indie Horror, anyone? Watch Pat Higgins' Werewolves, Cheerleaders & Chainsaws". Brutal as Hell. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  16. "How Not to Make a Horror Movie". Ain't It Cool News. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  17. "Why You Can't Watch my New Horror Movie". HuffPost. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  18. The House on the Witchpit at IMDb
  19. Higgins, Pat, Childhood fears are awesome, retrieved 22 November 2019
  20. "Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead". Scream. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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