In the meantime here’s a slew of Devil’s Rock stuff from the US DVD release:

First up, Shakefire.com have a competition for US residents to win a copy of the DVD here:  http://www.shakefire.com/contests/movie/the-devils-rock

Bobby Blakey at the Dallas Examiner has a review up here.

Andrew Parker reviews the film for the brilliantly named Dorkshelf.com here: http://dorkshelf.com/tag/the-devils-rock/

Earth-2.net has a great podcast review here http://earth-2.net/podcasts/dreadmedia/episodes/dreadmedia_233.mp3 The Devil’s Rock review comes in at 50mins.

Finally reelcreepy.blogspot.com has a great video review:

It’s always good to read a more balanced review, and in this case with hindsight I’d wholeheartedly agree the film could easily have done with a bit more editing down to trim the slower parts – I’d certainly go back and probably try and chop out 5 minutes of dialogue if I could, but that’s the nature of low budget filmmaking, you just don’t have the luxury of time or money in the edit and at a certain point you have to stop work on the film, even if you’re not 100% happy with it.  George Lucas’ quote : “Films are never finished, only abandoned” was never more true.

Always great to see the actors getting good reviews – generally people expect horror films to full of lower quality acting and it’s always nice to confound people’s expectations:

“The central trio of Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland, and Gina Varela really impress, with each delivering performances way above the level one would expect of a low-budget horror. Sunderland brings extra dimensions to the role of Col Klaus Meyer, ensuring we aren’t given just another one-dimensional Nazi. Sure, Meyer is evil, but Sunderland’s performance really plays on the deviousness of the character whilst also adding touches of humanity.”

First up, from Marc Patterson at http://www.brutalashell.com/2012/02/dvd-review-the-devils-rock/

“It’s simply four actors working through a script, in a rather straight-forward, yet highly competent way. As simple as it sounds, (and it is a simple film), it’s a film done well and I’d be hard press to not recommend it.”

And another at http://thewolfmancometh.com/2012/02/01/the-devils-rock-2011/

“Lady with sharp teeth. Nazis. Not much clothing. Blood. Brass knuckle/stabby knife combo thingy. The word “DEVIL” in the title. Of course I had to fucking see it!”

Next up, here’s the first official behind the scenes picture of myself and writer Paul Finch up in Manchester working on the story for The Devil’s Rock 2, the story of which I am sworn to secrecy, other than it contains more of everything expect talking!

Then with

“There’s a lot of gore in this outing and that may put some off but as a well researched horror which is based on a degree of fact, it really does offer something a little different to the genre and may impress more than you’d initially expect.”

- Frustratingly for a DVD review  it doesn’t including any info on the 1 hour behind the scenes documentary, edited by yours truly.

And another from Cinemarvellous.blogspot.com:

“”The Devil’s Rock” is an effective, gory and devilishly fun hidden gem of a horror movie.”

The US release is going to be chock full of extras:

16×9-enhanced 2.35:1 transfer (not entirely sure what a 16×9 enhanced 2-35:1 transfer is!)

• 5.1 Surround sound,
• Audio commentary by director/co-writer Campion
• Five behind-the-scenes featurettes
• Visual FX breakdown
• Two extended scenes
• Three alternate multicam takes
• Outtakes