Filmmaker, Matt Harlock on Movies That Changed Your Life: Videodrome, Being John Malkovich, Raw, Mandy from 3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart Wright

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Filmmaker, Matt Harlock on Movies That Changed Your Life: Videodrome, Being John Malkovich, Raw, Mandy

51 minutes Posted Aug 21, 2025 at 9:27 am.

] What was the kernel of the idea that led to film people are going to see at Frightfest?

] How cathartic was it to make a film about creative blocks?

] What were the storytelling challenges for Matt writing, shooting and editing Blockhead?

] What were your conversation like with cinematographer Stuart White about to get the look and feel you wanted for Blockhead?

] Something from the shoot you were dreading that went well

] Casting Blockhead

] About Frightfest and the world premiere

] What are most excited about for the Frightfest audience to see in Blockhead?

] 3 [horror] Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

] Matt Harlock shares how Videodrome was one of them films he was quite scared of before he saw because of the lurid cover art and how the open ended, emotional descent of James Woods was not like anything he had seen in films before then.

] Matt Harlock shares why he believes Being John Malkovich is a horror movie and the thing that most blew him away, was the idea is such a strange one but makes so much sense because of the authenticity they applied in the making of it.

] Dive into Raw, Mandy’s influence on Matt Harlock, reflecting on how London Film Festival 2016 felt like such a watershed year for 21st century horror movies and independent genre more widely. How both films gave him a sense of how far you could go if you set up the world right. You are not cheating. You are willing the audience to go all the way with you.

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into horror movies that changed your life with filmmaker Matt Harlock, in this engaging episode of 3 [horror] Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Videodrome’s analysis, Being John Malkovich influence, and Raw / Mandy impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Scott also discusses the making of his second feature film BLOCKHEAD, a dark, mind-bending thriller that will enjoy its world premiere at Frightfest 2025.

Movies That Changed Your Life

Find out about Matt Harlock’s world premiere of BLOCKHEAD at Frightfest 2025, a little about how he made the movie and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.

BLOCKHEAD – Making of and world premiere at Frightfest

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Videodrome Analysis

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Being John Malkovich impact

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Raw / Mandy double bill Influence

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Key Takeaways:

- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.

- Learn about how Matt Harlock wrote, shot and edited Blockhead

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Videodrome (1983), Being John Malkovich (1999), Raw (2016), Mandy (2019)

- Full show notes and transcript:

Frightfest

For tickets and details about the World Premiere at Frightfest

About the Guest:

Matt Harlock feature film Blockhead (2025) is a dark psychological thriller about creative obsession, and stars Danny Horn, Joe Sims & Richard Glover.

Matt’s previous project Deep Clean (2019) a sci-fi comedy horror starring Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones, Dennis Pennis) amassed 1.3M views online, won awards at numerous festivals (Frightfest, Aesthetica, Screamfest LA & London Short Film Festival) and was featured on the Britflicks Podcast

Matt's first feature film American The Bill Hicks Story was the 2nd most successful documentary released in UK cinemas in 2010

For more see https://www.halflifefilms.com/about

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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)

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