"Book of monsters is a Fantastic Love Letter to old school 80’s horror that blends into a modern theme with a stellar cast, Fun kills and INCREDIBLE Creatures that are designed and made with incredible practical effects. I am preying they continue the story with not only a sequel but maybe a TV show too. 4.5/5 Arguably one of The Best Films of This years FrightFest" - http://thekillerspotlight.com/2018/08/25/book-of-monsters-review/
HouseOfMortalCinema: Book of Monsters Review
"There are monsters galore in director Stewart Sparke's follow up to THE CREATURE BELOW, which was a great little micro-budget British Lovecraftian horror picture of a couple of years ago. This one has more money, more production value, and a lot more monsters. It's also a lot lighter in tone with our central character's 18th birthday party being the scene for a monster rally that only she can sort out because her mum was some kind of monster slayer. Fun, bouncy and utterly charming, with all the monster stuff being real in camera effects, BOOK OF MONSTERS means Stewart Sparke and his team stay firmly on my radar to see what they all do next." - https://johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2018/08/frightfest-2018-day-three-saturday.html
Nerdly: Book of Monsters Review
"A film called Book of Monsters is obviously going to stand or fall on the quality of its malevolent menagerie and in that respect, Sparke scores very highly, with a number of original, creepy-looking creatures specially created for the film, using practical special effects. He also throws in some old favourites for good measure, with some sharp-teethed garden gnomes that come to life, allowing for a few knowing Gremlins references (gnome in a microwave and so on)..." - http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2018/08/30/frightfest-2018-book-of-monsters-review/
**** 4/5
Dread Central Presents: We’re Opening a BOOK OF MONSTERS!
"Dread Central Presents is incredibly excited to announce that we’ve acquired worldwide rights to Stewart Sparke’s Book of Monsters! The film had its world premiere earlier today at Arrow Video FrightFest to a sold-out audience.
We’ll be revealing our release strategy over the coming months but right now now we’re just so thrilled to finally announce that we’re bringing you this gore-heavy, practical FX-driven, party extravaganza!
Director Stewart Sparke explains, “It’s an incredible honor to be with the Dread Central Presents team. It’s more than we ever could have hoped for and we can’t wait to bring Book of Monsters to audiences all over the world!” - https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/281654/dread-central-presents-were-opening-a-book-of-monsters/
DreadCentral: Director Stewart Sparke on Reading a BOOK OF MONSTERS
"Having it’s world premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 is Stewart Sparke’s Book of Monsters, which I previously said is, “…exactly the kind of movie that should get audiences screaming and cheering!” The film follows a young girl who is celebrating her 18th birthday when demonic monsters are summoned and wreak havoc on everyone in reach...." - https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/281432/frightfest-2018-director-stewart-sparke-on-reading-a-book-of-monsters/
SciFiNow: ARROW VIDEO FRIGHTFEST 2018 ROUND-UP: BOOK OF MONSTERS, HERETIKS, OPEN 24 HOURS AND MORE
From the same creative team – director Stewart Sparke and writer Paul Butler – who brought us The Creatures Below, Book of Monsters transforms its coming of age tropes into an icky Eighties-style gorefest, conjuring the spirit of Evil Dead II with its own comic diabolism, its practical effects, its Necronomicon-like book of the title, and its hidden toolshed (complete with chainsaw, eventually Sophie’s weapon of choice). The sexual politics, though, are far more up to date, as Sophie’s sapphic inclinations are never exploited for cheap tits-out prurience, and despite the presence of ally Gary (Daniel Thrace) as well as policemen (both fake and real), the female characters here remain very much on top, whether as heroines or villains. - https://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/arrow-video-frightfest-2018-round-up-book-of-monsters-heretiks-and-more/
LiveForFilms: Arrow Video FrightFest 2018: Day 3 – Book of Monsters
"Book of Monsters is terrific fun and a total crowd pleaser. The non-CGI creatures look brilliant and the designs are fantastic, including a hideous wendigo, a saucy shapeshifter, and a trio of bloodthirsty gnomes – who were my favourite. A practical FX paradise that is also jammed full of Spaced-style humour and huge fountains of blood, I hope we get more in the form of a sequel or a TV show very soon and will definitely be keeping an eye out for whatever Sparke gets up to next." - http://www.liveforfilm.com/2018/09/01/arrow-video-frightfest-2018-day-3-book-of-monsters-heretiks-chuck-steel-what-keeps-you-alive-and-upgrade/
**** 4/5
FrightfestTV: Book Of Monsters On The Red Carpet
Luna Wolf is joined on the red carpet by Stewart Sparke, Nicholas Vince, Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden and Lizzie Stanton to discuss Book Of Monsters.
Premiere Scene: Book of Monsters Frightfest 2018 Interviews
After a successful Kickstarter campaign which monsters did you choose for the six kickass women to fight off at an 18th birthday party! At Arrow Video FrightFest Premiere Scene’s Claire Bueno and Anthony Bueno interview director Stewart Sparke and actors Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Lizzie Stanton, Nicholas Vince, Arron Dennis, Anna Dawson, Rose Muirhead, Johnny Vivash, Daniel Thrace.
Kim Newman: FrightFest review – Book of Monsters
The British team of director Stewart Sparke and writer Paul Butler made The Creature Below, a low-key Lovecraftian mood piece, but lighten up here with another all-purpose ‘80s homage. The stated aim is to homage the likes of The Thing and Gremlins, but of course the more meagre resources available to this crew and the mere fact that it’s a homage rather than an original mean that the results are more likely to be compared with The Deadly Spawn and Ghoulies – which is no bad thing, especially since this has a proudly British, Northern feel to it that contrasts with Yanxploitation efforts.
- https://johnnyalucard.com/2018/08/29/frightfest-review-book-of-monsters/
HeyUGuys: Book of Monsters Review – FrightFest 2018
Whatever you’re expecting from a British horror comedy called Book of Monsters you’ll get it here, in Stewart Sparke’s totally madcap micro-budget monster mash. A lovingly-made and naturally funny crowd-pleaser, it’s the sort of balls-to-the-wall low-rent genre filmmaking that’s kept the scene alive for so long, bathed in practical blood and guts and huge, physical puppets.
**** 4/5
YorkPress: Why York is becoming the new house of horror as Book Of Monsters launches at FrightFest
This 86-minute follow-up to their £12,000 2016 debut, The Creature Below – also premiered at the annual FrightFest film festival – can be seen at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square at 11am as part of the First Blood scheme, with tickets on sale at frightfest.co.uk.
Book of Monsters is front and centre in new Frightfest Poster
LiveForFilms: Dare you open the Book of Monsters? Watch the trailer here
"Directed by Stewart Sparke and based on a script by Paul Butler, the film stars Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Lizzie Stanton, Anna Dawson, Rose Muirhead, Steph Mossman, Nicholas Vince, Daniel Thrace, and Arron Dennis." - http://www.liveforfilm.com/2018/07/06/dare-you-open-the-book-of-monsters-watch-the-trailer-here/
HorrorFuel: Horror Comedy ‘Book Of Monsters’ Releases Gore Filled Trailer Ahead Of FrightFest
"Ahead of its world premiere at this year’s FrightFest, the trailer for the horror comedy Book of Monsters has released its first gore-filled trailer.
Filled with gore, sex, and supernatural entities, the film, directed by Stewart Sparke and written by Paul Butler, stars Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Lizzie Stanton, Daniel S. Thrace, Anna Dawson, Rose Muirhead, Arron Dennis, Steph Mossman, and Nicholas Vince (Hellraiser)"
SYFYWire: HORROR PARODY BOOK OF MONSTERS JUST DID A CHESTBURSTER SCENE WITH...GARDEN GNOMES
"With FrightFest creeping up on us next month, fang-flashing, shapeshifting, Dark Rift Films’ chainsaw-raising horror spoof Book of Monsters has decided to freak us out ahead of time and just unleashed a new trailer and poster—with a chest-bursting surprise." - http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/horror-parody-book-of-monsters-just-did-a-chestburster-scene-withgarden-gnomes
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HorrorDomain: Teaser Trailer Arrives For BOOK OF MONSTERS!
" Director Stewart Sparke prepares for the debut of his upcoming Horror flick BOOK OF MONSTERS, which will make it’s World Premiere at the Frightfest 2018 film festival in London, UK this August. In anticipation of the premiere screening, Dark Rift films have released the first teaser trailer and a new poster for the monster filled flick. Head on down below to check that out" - http://horrordomain.com/forums/topics/posts/index.cfm?f=256&t=28351
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Fantascienzaitalia: “Book of Monsters”: la parodia dell’ horror sci-fi anni ’80
"“Book of Monsters” è un horror movie low budget dai toni decisamente splatter diretto dal veterano dell’indie horror Stewart Sparke, basato sulla sceneggiatura di Paul Butler. La sceneggiatura del film è firmata da Paul Butler." - http://fantascienzaitalia.com/book-of-monsters-la-parodia-dell-horror-sci-fi-anni-80/
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Movies.com: Book of Monsters trailer looks fun
"Dark Rift Films’ new horror comedy Book of Monsters is slated to make its world premiere at Frightfest later this year, but today we’ve got the first teaser trailer for the film and it looks pretty great." - http://www.movies.com/movie-news/last-horror-blog-39child39s-play39-reboot-on-its-way/23917?wssac=164&wssaffid=news
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PopHorror: Dark Rift’s ‘Book of Monsters’ Trailer, World Premiere Info
"In Book of Monsters, six kick-ass women must fight off a horde of terrifying monsters at an 18th birthday party. The film was funded on Kickstarter in 2017 as one of the year’s highest funded horror films in the U.K. Frightfest 2018 film festival in London, U.K. is the venue for the world premiere. In anticipation, Dark Rift films has released the first teaser trailer and a new poster for this highly anticipated monster flick.
Check out the trailer, then read on for all the details!" - https://www.pophorror.com/book-of-monsters-trailer-premiere/
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