06th Feb2025

‘The Baby in the Basket’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Maryam d’Abo, Elle O’Hara, Amber Doig-Thorne, Michaela Longden, Lisa Riesner, Annabelle Lanyon, Paul Barber | Written by Nathan Shepka, Tom Jolliffe | Directed by Nathan Shepka, Andy Crane [DISCLAIMER: Nerdly have been involved with The Baby in the Basket behind the scenes for some time now, with our own Phil and Kevin credited as […]

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06th Jan2025

‘Dead Before They Wake’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Nathan Shepka, Grace Cordell, Sylvester McCoy, Rebekah Clark, Manjot Sumal, Patrick Bergin | Written by Nathan Shepka | Directed by Andy Crane, Nathan Shepka Nathan Shepka’s been a busy man, over the past couple of years and working in various combinations of actor/writer/director/producer, has given us a trio of solid, if rather low budget […]

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22nd Nov2024

Brit gothic horror ‘The Baby in the Basket’ gets a release date!

by Phil Wheat

Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth have officially announced the upcoming UK release of their gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, which will arrive on Digital and DVD in on February 17th 2025 from High Fliers Films. A baby in a basket is left on the steps of an isolated monastery on a Scottish […]

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08th Aug2023

Exclusive Interview: Cast & Crew of ‘Lock & Load’

by Kevin Haldon

Director Nathan Shepka’s Lock & Load, the sequel to Holiday Monday, had its UK Premiere – hosted by Nerdly’s very own Kevin – last month in Glasgow. And Kev being Kev, he couldn’t miss out on grabbing Shepka and the rest of the cast in attendance for an exclusive interview from the event! Private security […]

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26th Jul2023

‘Lock & Load’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Nathan Shepka, Colin MacDougall, Graeme MacPherson, Tony Macdonald, Laura MacDougall, Stephen Kerr | Written by Nathan Shepka, Tom Jolliffe | Directed by Nathan Shepka Lock & Load, the sequel to 2021’s Holiday Monday, is once again directed and written by Nathan Shepka (When Darkness Falls, Hunting Season), though this time with a little additional […]

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24th Jul2023

Exclusive Clip from Nathan Shepka’s ‘Lock & Load’

by Phil Wheat

Check out this clip, exclusive to Nerdly.co.uk, from Lock & Load – the sequel to writer/director Nathan Shepka’s Holiday Monday – entitled “Bank Holiday Barbecue”. Private security personnel Nick (Nathan Shepka) and Derek (Colin MacDougall) investigate the disappearance of their friend Agent Stokes, after an undercover sting operation goes wrong. Lock & Load had its […]

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19th Jun2023

Actress Maryam d’Abo joins the cast of Brit horror ‘The Baby in the Basket’

by Phil Wheat

Actress Maryam d’Abo is set to make her return to British horror, having joined the cast of the upcoming gothic horror feature film The Baby in the Basket. In 1940s, the nuns of a remote Scottish island convent ready for an impending storm, but when a baby is left on their doorstep, Sister Agnes becomes […]

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11th May2023

Nerdly joins British Gothic Horror ‘The Baby in the Basket’

by Kevin Haldon

Yes folks you read that title right…Nerdly has joined British Gothic Horror The Baby in the Basket, which stars Amber Doig-Thorne (Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey), teaming with Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth on the production. Some years back our Managing Editor Phil put together a project called Nerdly Presents. This was with the […]

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03rd May2023

‘The Full Monty’ & ‘Legend’ stars join the cast of British horror ‘The Baby in the Basket’

by Phil Wheat

Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth have announced that veteran British actors Paul Barber (Only Fools and Horses, The Full Monty) and Annabelle Lanyon (Legend, Dream Demon) have joined the cast of the upcoming gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket. Paul Barber is best known for portraying Denzil in the iconic sitcom Only Fools […]

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21st Apr2023

Exclusive Interview: Nathan Shepka & Tom Joliffe on ‘The Baby in the Basket’

by Kevin Haldon

In his latest interview, Kevin sits down to discuss horror The Baby in the Basket and its current Kickstarter campaign with director Nathan Shepka and writer Tom Joliffe. The Baby in the Basket is a gothic horror feature inspired by 1960s horror movies, film noir and some of the classics across the ages! In short, […]

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13th Jul2022

‘When Darkness Falls’ Video Review

by Kevin Haldon

Kev is back in the booth for another video review. This time he’s talking about Nathan (Holiday Monday) Shepka’s new psychological hiking in the Scottish Highlands flick When Darkness Falls and boy is Kev excited to be reviewing this one. Whilst trekking across the Highlands, Jess and Andrea separate and Andrea goes missing. Jess searches […]

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17th Sep2021

Video Review: ‘Holiday Monday’ – Banking on a Hit?!

by Kevin Haldon

Here’s Kev with a video review of action thriller Holiday Monday which is available on Amazon Prime now. Two men are hired to protect a man who is fleeing a drug syndicate. The initial meeting turns into chaos and with a dead body, briefcase of stolen money and an assassin on their tail, Nick and […]

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