What is this?
‘Daddy Cross’ is an attempt to recreate the golden era of British exploitation where the streets of Soho ran with blood.
Focusing on the murderous rampage of a deluded, confused and clearly angry priest named Father Macguire (aka 'Daddy Cross') ; the shorts try to keep as close to the style and content of the original British exploitation films which we all love and cherish as much as possible.
Spread over 10 months, ‘Daddy Cross’ presents 10 vignettes based on the 10 commandments, with each short each having a unique story to tell in a varied and colourful period style.
‘Daddy Cross’ is also an attempt to explore British exploitation lore as well as re-unite modern audiences with some of the talent and styles from the period.
In short, ‘Daddy Cross’ is a love letter dedicated to a sometimes underappreciated and forgotten genre of British film history.
Who are we?
Evrim Ersoy, James Pearcey and Russell Would have two serious loves: exploitation and filmmaking.
The combination of these two elements has come together in the form of ‘Daddy Cross’.
Although under the banner fo Ne’er Do Well Films the trio juggle all the possible jobs amongst themselves, their basic roles are as follows.
Armed with an endless love for film and a desire to write Evrim works in making sure whatever ends up on the screen is as loyal to the period as possible. He hopes that ‘Daddy Cross’ will be appreciated by the people who love the genre and may even make one or two others laugh.
James’ background in production have helped ease the technical processes through and helps to make sure that any money being spent is being spent in the right places and that everyone gets to the right place at the right time. He also steps behind the camera from time to time to make sure the look of the film is as arresting as it can be.
Russell is a producer, a writer, an actor AND the brains behind the post-production process. When not wearing his Parish outfit, he can be found in his office obsessing over the smallest dirt-stains to apply on the frames as well as arguing for more crap jokes to be inserted into the film. Most of the time he loses.
The trio are supported by a network of other creative people: musicians, artists, writers, directors but most importantly genre fans who come out to help with the look, feel, sound and direction of each episode.
What are we after?
We’re after your support to help finish the ‘restoration’ project in a number of ways.
The first and most obvious way is financially: we have created a number of tiers at which you can donate and each of them has a cool piece of memorabilia as a way of showing our gratitude for your support.. From badges to props to a one of a kind painting our goal is to make sure you get something to remember ‘Daddy Cross’ by and know how much your involvement is appreciated (postage to Mainland UK is included, international will have to be added/arranged).
Secondly we are also after your assistance to help spread the word around as much as possible.
You can connect with us online in a variety of ways and we would appreciate any recommendations to friends, family, colleagues and anyone you think may enjoy ‘Daddy Cross’.
Additionally as we hit our financial targets we'll be uploading entertaining items both new and old from the 'Daddy Cross' archives to say thank you to our supporters.
The Story So Far...
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfU5Vdq7BIQ
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXlYJWdauz0
Teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEjUZ89dx_U
Original Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzb0fa4uDE
Making Of Video's:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxD5Kdz14Js
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZiEFwNjACc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ISXETmfII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQQROFNLMU
The Daddy Cross EP:
http://neerdowellfilms.bandcamp.com/album/daddy-cross-sampler-ep
How Do We Find You?
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/neerdowellfilms/videos
Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/neerdowellfilms
Facebook
www.facebook.com/pages/Daddy-Cross/114764678603879
Tumblr
http://daddycross.tumblr.com/
Twitter
@Rvd_DaddyCross
@neerdowellfilms
Personal
@evrimersoy
@jimmythenut
@RussWould
Well hello you fine people,
Thanks to you all for helping us achieve our goal we are over the moon that we not only hit our target but in fact smashed right through it!
We’ll be getting in contact over the weekend with more details so we can get things like shirt sizes and other bits and pieces of information.
You’ll be pleased to know that the next two parts are already in production and rolling along well and to be blunt your support has kept them rolling.
To be business like for a moment, the merchandise will all be sent out in the second week of August (but we’ll be in touch with you before then as mentioned), so expect the goodies to be with you at some point that month depending on where we’re posting to.
The DVD/BluRay’s will of course be going out once the series is finished, but so you know the preparations for those are already under way and looking damned nice. We’re endeavouring to pack as much information as we can on the discs so expect some weird stuff once we’re all the way through.
We’ll also be keeping you updated through this system with information on how we’re doing production wise and with any other information that might be relevant.
But to keep up on what we’re doing day to day be sure to keep an eye on our Tumblr.
http://daddycross.tumblr.com/
Once again we would like to say a huge thank you to all of you for helping us, not just financially but also for supporting us through the various ups and downs of the process.
It’s been tough but ultimately rewarding as we have discovered our audience likes us, you really like us!
Thank you
Evrim
James
Russ
Hello everyone thats helped so far,
So we broke £1000 yesterday and we promised a video of us dancing in thanks, so here it is.
https://vimeo.com/45339555
We thank you all again for your continued support.
The Daddy Cross Team
Hello one and all,
So we managed to get to 75%, huzzah!
Thank you so much to you wonderful people that have donated and to everyone that has been helping spread the good word.
As an odd sort of thank you here is a lovely collection of Screw ups featuring James Pearcey and Evrim Ersoy making right fools of themselves
Uncut Version
https://vimeo.com/45216129
Bleeped Version
https://vimeo.com/45216128
Do spread it about and let people know that these fools are making the series and that they only need a little bit more to hit that target.
We couldn’t have got here without your help and we’re excited about the possibility of actually hitting our target!
Warmest regards
Daddy Cross team
Hello to all those that have donated and to those that might want to,
We're sending out a quick update email to say thank you to everyone that has helped us get to the stage we’re currently at.
50% is a great mark to hit and we are grateful to everyone for their support over the past two weeks.
As a thank you to everyone we said that at 50% we would put up the Daddy Cross EP, a collection of tracks composed for the various Daddy Cross shorts by ‘Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Kinght’ so here it is
http://neerdowellfilms.bandcamp.com/album/daddy-cross-sampler-ep
We hope you enjoy it and feel free to pass the link around - we want the world listening to the aural delights of Father Macguire.
Now there’s still a way to go and we need all the help we can get so if you can continue to pass this around and ask anyone you might know to pass it around or donate a little.
As an added incentive for everyone that has donated or is thinking about donating, at the end of the production when we have all ten episodes we will hold a screening of all of them as well as a number of never before seen material that we will collate and present.
This will only be for people available and in or around London or who can get to the cinema on their own transport, but it will be a great event and we’ll keep everyone updated as we go along.
That’s the lot for now, please like our Facebook page if you haven’t already and check out our Tumblr for behind the scenes still and bits and pieces from the production.
With 15 days to go and just under a half of our target to raise, we appreciate any help you can give us: be it a donation, a tweet or even an article on a blog or website. 'Daddy Cross' means so much to us and it heartens us to see him mean so much to many other people as well.
Best wishes;
'Daddy Cross' Team
