Bloody New Year
Shot on location at Butlin's Barry Island in Wales; the Delta and the Bannermen: Part One (1987) was also filmed there in the same year. That story, like Bloody New Year, has a 1950s theme.,When the tilt a whirl stops suddenly, the actors are obviously throwing themselves off the platform as opposed to it looking accidental.,Lesley: I wonder what it's like... doing it on a snooker table.
Tom: Doing what?
Tom: *realization* Lesley, we can't!,Featured in The Cinema Snob: Bloody New Year (2009),Recipe for Romance
Performed by Cry No More,If "Terror" was Norman J Warren's take on "Suspiria", then "Bloody New Year" is surely his version of "The Beyond". After a slow start, it changes from a British teens at the seaside affair, all big dippers and frustrated love triangles, to a delirious zombie movie - "Quadrophenia" crossed with Lucio Fulci.

Considering the extremely low-budget, this is a creditable piece of filmmaking, with Warren achieving some neat shock effects. The young and unknown cast acquit themselves reasonably and there is some groovy organ music to spice up the final reel mayhem. The unexpected arrival of the fairground yobs adds to the fun.

I do have two questions though! Norman is such a nice man so why does he go in for ultra-downbeat endings? And is there really a time-warp island,complete with drooling zombies, living lifts and ambulatory fishing nets,within sailing distance of Barry Island Funfair? Has the local Tourist Information Centre been informed? (Wait a minute, that's three questions).,