Behind the Couch

2011 Dir. George Clarke A maintenance man is called on to ensure an old derelict house – formerly a psychiatric hospital, no less - is securely boarded up after a reported break-in. On what is supposed to be his last day on the job, he experiences increasingly chilling occurrences. Initially believing that wayward youngsters are playing a prank on him, it soon becomes evident that something much more sinister is afoot… The Last Light is director George Clarke’s third film and follows on from his low/no-budget gore-fests Battle of the Bone , (flesh hungry zombies descend on Belfast during the tumultuous ‘marching season’) and The Knackery (violent reality TV satire featuring genetically modified zombies picking off the contestants of a popular TV game show). In terms of tone and style, it's very different and sees the indie filmmaker mature as a storyteller, and in terms of technical expertise. A much more atmospheric and creepy affair, his latest film is based on unsettli...

Northern Ireland based writer/director/producer George Clarke specialises in micro-budgeted, high-energy, special effects-driven, gore-fests that have trail-blazed through independent film festivals around the world. His debut film, the ground-breaking Battle of the Bone , follows a group of friends stuck between warring communities and a horde of marauding zombies on the streets of Belfast during the tumultuous ‘marching season.’ Bloody carnage ensures. His follow up, the hyper-violent reality TV satire The Knackery , skulked along a similarly gore-drenched trail and boasted genetically modified zombies picking off the contestants of a TV game show. The indie filmmaker is following up these frenetic and blackly comic cult films with a drastic change of pace that should result in an altogether more unsettling affair. His latest film, The Last Light , is based on harrowing true-life events from the history of the reputedly haunted Cairndhu House , County Antrim. If that wasn’t enough,...