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07/02/2026

Producer Renato Pires Chats with Phill about our upcoming Feature Film Charlie Shaws Revenge! Renato is on Fire! 🤣🤣

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06/02/2026

Another Article on DROP DEAD FILMS upcoming Feature Film Charlie Shaws Revenge!

Now UK indie production company is preparing to launch Charlie Shaw’s Revenge, a psychologically driven thriller-horror.

Sponsors for industry the screening next Friday 13th for the film are Olive Pine Accountancy, Pxl Wave Graphics, SwitchPlane, Lighting Fibre, Gianni’s Restaurant, Knockhatch Adventure Park and Acting Moon Events.

Renato Pires from Eastbourne is the joint producer so it’s a real local event.

It is written and directed by John Langridge and produced by Renato Pires and Justin Hayward, and the film follows a group of workers tasked with preparing a struggling adventure park for reopening

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03/02/2026

East Sussex killer-clown horror film unveiled

01/01/2026

Big announcement time — now Christmas and New Year are out of the way, it’s time...

With only SIX WEEKS to go until our World Premiere for our new feature lands in London this February - Here’s the official poster for Charlie Shaw’s Revenge.

We’ve got more videos, clips, images and updates coming very soon.

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Theatrical release info coming soon.

08/06/2023

So here's 'fun' - the main shoot for Charlie Shaw's Revenge was 25 days long (including days off) during which it rained nearly every other day.

Today marks exactly 25 days since we wrapped during which it hasn't rained once!

That's filmmaking. In the UK, anyway! 😂

(Photograph of Actress Cerys Knighton and costume designer Anastasia Jardin gamely braving the elements on a particularly miserable night's shooting by Sarah Olivier Photography)

15/05/2023

DROP DEAD FILMS RELEASES FIRST PICTURE OF OTTO THE CLOWN TO CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON 'CHARLIE SHAW'S REVENGE'

Drop Dead Films Ltd, the Eastbourne-based award-winning film production company, celebrated the completion of principal photography on its latest feature film 'Charlie Shaw's Revenge' by releasing a first-look image of the eponymous character of the film.

Charlie Shaw's alter ego, a clown called Otto, played by 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' and 'Captain America: The First Avenger' actor James Payton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1246512/), is featured in this iconic image taken by Sarah Olivier Photography. Make-up is by Kate Griffiths (http://www.theatricalmakeupartist.com/) and costume is by Anastasia Jardin (https://linktr.ee/anastasiajardin).

The plot of the film is being kept under wraps for the time being, but Charlie Shaw and Otto play a key role in the film, which completed principal photography at the weekend.

Director John Langridge and Producer Justin Hayward will be taking news of the production to the Cannes Film Festival this week, along with their plans for other intellectual property around the film and Drop Dead Films Ltd's up-coming slate.

14/05/2023

And so, we wrap. We have finished principal photography, unit base is being emptied of kit (and blood. Lots of blood).

Keep an eye out on here tomorrow for the very first character shot which will be a doozie.

Thanks for following along and thanks especially for our hard working cast and crew. And remember…

12/05/2023

Hello all. Today, we rest. Tomorrow, we are in the woods. Last night, there was blood. Lots of it. And the night before. So the camera crew were suitably prepared. They must have watched a lot of Blue Peter when they were growing up.

Featured is our amazing Amelie Leroy, with Keri Hinna Martin in the background.