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| Vacant Possession |
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| Filmed: 1993 |
| Made by: Adlib Productions in association with Moonshine Productions |
| Written by: Ian Taylor &John Hatfield |
| Directed by: Ian Taylor |
| Produced by: Eric Davies & John Hatfield |
| Camerawork: John Hatfield, Eric Davies, Graham Forbes |
| Artistes: Sarah Enright, Ian Taylor, Tina Forbes, Sharon McClean, Graham Forbes, Susan Schofield, Steven Duerden, Stephen Bell, Hylton Collins, John Field |
| Certificate: 15 |
| Edited by: Mike Hardman & Ian Taylor |
| Music by: Graham Forbes |
| Filmed on location at: Heckmondwike and Gomersal, West Yorkshire |
| Factoids: Tame Giant gerbils were used to set the scene in the cellar. All the shower footage originates from an incomplete movie called "Imagine", but was deemed so good that a place had to be found for it. The film was made over an entire bank holiday weekend, with the Sunday starting at 9a.m. and finishing at 1.15 a.m., 16 hours later! Never again! This was Sharon's first time at meeting other Adlib members. She was very releuctant at first. The film wasn't planned to be a sequel to Reunion, but the writers were stuck on how it should end and so resurrected Peter the Angel. The crew went topless for Tina's bed scene, when she felt slightly exposed! Ian also took a dip in the bath, clothed, prior to Tina, as he was insane in those days... The glass of water scene took 16 takes due to hysterics. The address of the property is actually Eric's home road. And the name of the owner? Eric! |
| It's odd, but... This is one of the rare appearances of Hylton Collins were he isn't a woman, a transvestite, or a stripper. The true start of his legendary career. He was a Dingle, you know... |
| The best bit: Ironically, probably the scene which wasn't meant to be there! The shower scene stands up as tense, well executed, classy looking, and a great tribute to the original sequence in Psycho. |
| Dialogue Disasters: "er..nine..yeh,yes, s'fine" (well YOU try saying it!) |
| Double Entendre's: (footnote. We swear that for a film that contains possibly the most ever, none were intentional!) "He's hung up" "Will you come?" "I think I've got everything I need" " I'd just like to take down a few particulars" "Could you just get on with whatever you have to do" " Shall we go upstairs?" " Could you hold this for me please, it'll make the job so much easier" |
| I love Tina Forbes because... I cut her throat, I drowned her, attacked her with a knife, strangled her, and buried in a cellar...with Steve Duerden. And at the end of it all, she still could smile. |
| Personal Glimpse by Ian Taylor Starting at the end....by the last scene, we hated each other. We knew it was going to be a challenging project, but the problem was, EVERYONE wanted to direct. Hence I found it a particularly tiresome project to do, though I'm well pleased with the end product. This must be mainly due to a good plot, a nice twist, and the performance of Tina. Her drowning still gives me a chill today. This was a huge venture to do, which followed on from Reunion, a comparatively trouble free film, and the confines of so many people in one house, in one weekend, was a recipe for trouble. I know that because of this, I mentally decided that one person should have the reigns of each film, with complete control. What made it equally challenging was I had reluctantly stepped into Stuart Glazebrook's well worn shoes, who had pulled out of the project at the final |
| hour. The part was only really known by myself, and so I launched into my first ever straight role, uncomfortably. The gerbils out-acted me. Ah well.... In the end, we were proud of our efforts, though we vowed never to attempt anything so complex again... Pity we had no foresight for we would have seen Overalls & Hairgel coming, and run a mile... |
| The Bottom Line: It looks great. The music is fantastic, an original score for once. The acting is a little flat, save for Tina, Colin and Dr John. But it was our baby, a unique joint venture, and it was a medium in which we seemed to be comfortable. Ghost stories with a pinch of morality. The best of its kind. |
| A menace unseen lurks in the cellar |
| Real? Or just an illusion? |
| Glazebrook, no. Glazed look? Yes |
| Can you remember a line? |
| Okay, okay! I'll get you a better part! |
| Will it ever end? |
| Shower power. Sarah slips away |
| Tina dies,,,again & again & again... |
| Colin method acts with a mug (Ian!) |
| Look at that! Orange tiles! Yeuk! |
| The finest scene in the film... |
| Steve's car rusts away, literally |
| Er...fancy doing Take 16, Ian? |
| Tina gets cut off on the phone |
| Happy? Yes, its the final scene! |
| Can someone giz a push to heaven? |
| ...and that's my usual fee... |
| Nice room, John. New bricks? |
| Perhaps I COULD bury Eric here.. |
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