Project Detail

Blockhead

Name: Blockhead
Director: Matt Harlock
Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Released: 2025
Duration: 82 min

Synopsis

Will, a timid writer struggling creatively after the success of his first novel some years ago, is psychologically manipulated by Mikey, a mysterious decorator, into a committing a series of escalating criminal acts that form the inspiration for his new work. However as the line between fiction reality begins to blur, Will is forced to confront his past and discover the truth about who he really is. What price is he prepared to pay to finish his novel?

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Features
Running time: 82 min
Format: 4K - UHD (3840x2160 Pixel)
Director: Matt Harlock 1st Feature
Producer: Oliver Kendall, Matt Harlock
Executive Producer: Evrim Ersoy, Mike Chapman, Josh Barnes, Fatima Heywood, Daniel Hewitt-Teale, Matt Harlock, Oliver Kendall, Laura Kirby, Carl Pappenheim, Paul, Harry Thomas
Editor: Chris Blaine
Screenwriter: Matt Harlock
Director of Photography: Stuart White
Production Designer: Jason Synott
Sound: Graeme Willetts, David Yapp
Composer: Adam Stafford
Principal cast: Joe Sims, Danny Horn, Kellie Shirley, Hussina Raja, Michele Moran, Charlotte Pyke, Richard Glover, Jake Mavis

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Halflife films

Matt Harlock

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Sales Company

Blue Finch Films Releasing

16 Beaufort Court
Admirals Way
Canary Wharf
London
E14 9XL

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