 I,
honestly, don’t know Greg
Russell Tiderington that well. We
have had a few phone calls to
discuss the Racks and Razors
website and a few quick emails,
back and forth, about the same.
What struck me, first, about
Greg, though, was his obvious
love for the B-Movie and indie
horror film culture and the
participants within it. Whether
discussing Brinke Stevens, a
personal favorite, or pondering
the question of whether Hollywood
Chainsaw Hookers ever had a
theatrical release, Greg has
shown a joy and overwhelming
eagerness about the movers and
shakers in this most bloody
(fake, I’m referring to)
profession. Next I observed his
impressive ambition. In a climate
where it must be incredibly hard
to succeed, with, most probably,
few like-minded individuals, Greg
has written, produced and
appeared in (or some combination
thereof) several shorts
(including Room for Rent
and Dusk) and one
full-length horror anthology, The
Horror Seasons. Besides,
working on a variety of websites
(such as this one) and pursuing
his passion for singing,
Tiderington has recently started
a film production company to
provide work, most naturally, for
himself, but also for others in
the area of Canada in which he
resides. If the beautiful job
Greg has done on Racks and
Razors is any indication, I
sure that he will have many more
full length films under his belt
before we can shake out our
beautifully fake titties –
imagined or no – and let out
a ceiling cracking, blood
curdling scream!More information on
Greg can be gleaned with his
interview with Owen Keehnen in
the interview section of this
site or at his acting website, www.gregtiderington.tk . In a
last piece of interesting news,
Greg has just informed me that The
Horror Seasons, profiled
below, is now available on DVD at
Amazon. An interesting future
begins to unfold!
| The
Horror Seasons: A Brief
Impression on
Tiderington’s film. |
 Despite its limited
budget, the creativity that went
into the The Horror Seasons
is obvious. The anthology unfolds
at a concert of Vivaldi’s The
Four Seasons, re-imagined as The
Horror Seasons, and it is a
very clever and effective
concept. There are some truly
good performances
–especially from the women
in the second Season segment- but
the thing that impressed me the
most was Tiderington’s story
concept for the third Season
story. Shot as a silent film,
this segment was the most clever
and original and truly showed off
Tiderington’s mental and
writing skills. This introductory
Tiderington extravaganza is
definitely worth a look as
evidence of what one can do when
one puts their creative mind to
it.
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