Steven Sheil on 21 years of Mayhem Film Festival and Movies That Changed Your Life: Theatre Of Blood, Deep Red, Texas Chain Saw Massacre from 3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart Wright

3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart Wright

Stuart Wright

Steven Sheil on 21 years of Mayhem Film Festival and Movies That Changed Your Life: Theatre Of Blood, Deep Red, Texas Chain Saw Massacre

33 minutes Posted Oct 10, 2025 at 8:17 am.

] The origins and evolution of Mayhem Film Festival and horror cinema over the last 21 years.

] Three films to look forward to in 2025’s Mayhem Film Festival: 1) GAME directed by John Minton, 2) BULK directed by Ben Wheatley and 3) REDUX REDUX directed by Kevin & Matthew McManus

] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life

] Steven Sheil watched a lot of horror as a kid and Theatre Of Blood was one of the inappropriate films he saw back then that stuck with him. In particular the open scene where Michael Horden is stabbed to death by a bunch of homeless people.

] Steven Sheil shares how he’d moved to Nottingham in the early 1990s, had fallen in with a local group of burgeoning filmmakers where he met Chris Cooke co-founder of Mayhem Film Festiva. Chris lent Steven a DVD of Deep Red and that became his gateway to Dario Argento’s films. His favourite Argento is INFERNO, the sequel to SUSPIRIA.

] Steven Sheil talks about how Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the greatest horror film ever made. It was a huge influence on his debut feature, MUM & DAD. He even pitched that film as the Heathrow Airport Chain Saw Massacre showing how much it’s in the DNA of the film.

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Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker and film festival director Steven Sheil, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Theatre Of Blood impact, Deep Red analysis, and Texas Chain Saw Massacre influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Steven Sheil also discusses the origins and evolution of 21 years of Mayhem Film Festival and highlights three films to look forward to in 2025’s edition: 1) GAME directed by John Minton, 2) BULK directed by Ben Wheatley and 3) REDUX REDUX directed by Kevin & Matthew McManus

Mayhem Film Festival runs 16-19 October 2025 at the Broadway Cinema. For tickets and more details about https://www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/

Movies That Changed Your Life

Find out about 21 years of MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL with filmmaker and co-founder Steven Sheil and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.

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Key Take Aways:

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

- Learn about how Mayhem Film Festival grew from an evening of short films to a four day event

- Understand how horror has evolved over the first quarter of the 21st century

- Three films to look forward to in 2025’s edition: 1) GAME directed by John Minton, 2) BULK directed by Ben Wheatley and 3) REDUX REDUX directed by Kevin & Matthew McManus

- Understand cinema’s transformative power through Theatre Of Blood (1973), Deep Red (1975), Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

- Full show notes and transcript:

About the Guest:

Steven Sheil is a screenwriter and director. His first feature film, the microbudget Mum & Dad (2008) was described by Total Film as 'one of the defining British horrors of its generation'. His second feature, the Indonesia-set action-horror Dead Mine (2012) was HBO Asia's first home-grown production.

Mayhem Film Festival runs 16-19 October 2025 at the Broadway Cinema. For tickets and more details about https://www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/

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

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