Eileen Daly
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Eileen Daly is an English actress, film producer, writer, model, poet and singer/songwriter. She is also a well-known contemporary scream queen
starring in numerous cult movies.
, England
. She has a younger brother. She attended drama school but, after a while, opted out to pursue private acting lessons instead. She was living for a time with Tim Pope
, who directed promos for The Cure
, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Soft Cell
, where her gothy good looks meant she was popular as an extra in several music promos. A variation on her Dark Angel character featured in a video for the band Cathedral
(Hopkins) directed by Nigel Wingrove
. Eileen left home quite young and started modelling to earn her keep, based mainly in South London
. She tried a number of jobs and did game shows, dancing, mud wrestling
, kissogram
s, TV parts (including roles in the most expensive BBC2 production ever produced at that time Our Friends in the North
with Daniel Craig
, Malcolm McDowell
, Mark Strong
and Christopher Ecclestone among others - unavailable for several years it will be re-released in the UK autumn 2010).
Eileen has taken part in playreadings at the Royal Court Theatre
in London.
Eileen was one of the first models for the Agent Provocateur range.
She is a keen contributor to and supporter of a range of animal charities and a lover of Pre Raphaelite art and Vintage clothing
.
Most of her efforts in recent years has been dedicated to developing her band The Courtesans, working on songs and videos and extending her fan base. The band, as well as having a distinctive sound, also has a strong design ethic featuring a "Courtesan's Woman" no doubt a product of her time at Redemption and her love of art. The Official band web-site launched in 2011 with a strong Gypsy theme.
Eileen is a supporter of a campaign to bring "Classic Horror Double Bills" to terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.
, Time Out, Bizarre (magazine)
, The Dark Side (magazine)
, The Chronicles, Redeemer, Bite Me and Bloodstone. Many of these magazines have included features on Eileen together with, on occasion, some of her poetry. She also contributed articles and wrote columns for several magazines in the 1990s.
where she would write about low budget film and interview directors, producers (she is herself associate producer on several projects) actors and technicians working in that field.
temporarily ceased publication in late 2009 Eileen transferred her column to DVD & Blu-ray World magazine starting with issue 79 (December 2009). Issue 80 (January 2010) featured an interview with her regular co-star and friend Joe Zaso
. Issue 81 (February 2010) featured an interview with musician and independent film director Jack Doyle (director of the film Peter and Nana). Issue 82 (March 2010) featured an interview with Finnish director Sami Haavisto. Issues 83, 84, 85, and 86 (April, May, June and August 2010) gave a candid history of "Redemption".
Articles include...
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 79
Eileen interviewed an obsessive compulsive movie collector and horror fan about what makes an avid fan tick and why they were obsessed with horror movies. This was her first article for DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD after she transferred from THE DARKSIDE magazine. Her column in the magazine was entitled THE DALY NEWS.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 80
An article about independent American actor producer JOE ZASO, working on the film BRAINCELL with IT CROWD actor and friend MATT BERRY and working on previous films DARKNESS SURROUNDS ROBERTA and MACHINES OF LOVE AND HATE together with the ups and downs of being a Scream Queen at the low budget end of the movie industry.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 81
An interview with up and coming film director and musician with the band SACRED JACK DOYLE whose short film PETER AND NANA delved into the realms of suburban madness and copyright issues in music and whose talents including the making of some very interesting music promo videos.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 82
An interview with SAMI HAAVISTO a one man Finnish horror industry about his movie BLACK BLOODED BRIDES OF SATAN his previous movie SUCCUBUS THE DEMON and future projects like CURSE OF THE WITCHES BLOOD.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 83
First part of a series looking into the creation of REDEMPTION films that brought European horrors and rare films into the high streets of England together with a look at the creation of the naughty sister label JEZEBEL and working on images for a new band called CRADLE OF FILTH. The article also talks about the creation of REDEMPTION and the fun of being in Soho in the early 90s.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 84
Part two of the history of REDEMPTION branching out into publishing books and the endless hours of topless photo-shoots and partying with SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES. Some words on NIGEL WINGROVEs long running battle with the UK government over his film VISIONS OF EXSTASY which was banned on the grounds of blasphemy and the creation of the REDEMPTION series on cable television.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 85
The third part of the history of REDEMPTION and the creation of a little movie called RAZOR BLADE SMILE and another little film called PERVIRELLA. The article also talks about the formation of the band JEZEBEL.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 86
The history of REDEMPTION moves on to 2000 and the battle to clarify the law regarding pornography in the United Kingdom. Eileen talks about promoting her band in Paris and helping JAKE WEST to promote RAZOR BLADE SMILE at Cannes.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 87
Eileen writes about working with TIMO ROSE German musician and film director and about playing a diva actress in UNRATED – THE MOVIE which involved two weeks of shooting near Hanover. In the film Eileen and a host of horror starlets battle a horde of gore soaked demons and she describes working on a low budget German gorefest.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 88
Eileen writes about working again with TIMO ROSE German musician and film director and about playing the leader of a group of ultra hard bitches in his apocalyptic film KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE where two legendary gore merchants Eileen again headed to Germany to film the blood soaked mayhem and describes the process of making a low budget gore effect extravaganza.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 89
Eileen talks zombies and nazies and low budget UK horror movie THE TURNING which combines the two. The article features an extensive interview with film creator JASON IMPEY with whom Eileen worked on this low budget movie.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 90
A return to Finland for the period vampire film CURSE OF THE WITCHES BLOOD and a further interview with SAMI HAAVISTO.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 91
Interview with KEMAL YILDIRIM about his up and coming drama ROSE. The article talks about the problems of low budget filming and the deals necessary to raise finances for movies made in the UK.
, Our Friends in the North
, Eastenders
, Vampyria (documentary), Sex & Shopping, Eurotrash (TV series)
, Beck, The Big Breakfast
, Kilroy, Fantasy By Gaslight and The Fast Show
.
Eileen also had uncredited roles as the "example" human female in a Desmond Morris
written and presented series on the Human Animal and body language a co-production of the BBC
and the Discovery channel
whic was filmwd in 1994.
movies when she starred in a number of specially shot introductions and promos for the television channel Bravo (at that stage going through a phase of showing mostly Science-Fiction and Horror programming).
The Bravo work was essentially a series of short films and intros where Eileen, in character as the "Dark Angel", would oversee short scenarios linking into the films shown on the channel.
, Chris Adamson, Morrigan Hel and Nosferatu (band)
. During the show Eileen would often take part in short skits or sketches with her interviewees. The programme was very light hearted and would often mock the style, or constant product placement, of other magazine shows. The show features early footage of The Courtesans Eileen's band.
and together they started up a company called Redemption Films. The recognition she got from the Redemption work became the turning point of her career.
Redemption Films used an image of Eileen as its company logo
and this became part of its marketing strategy with Eileen featuring as Redemption's Dark Angel in specially filmed intros to the many foreign and cult
films released on the label.
Many of the films released featured Eileen acting out scenes from the film on their covers and this together with the consistent design of their packaging gave the company a strong identity and made the films collectable. She also featured on a range of Redemption merchandise as diverse as mugs, T-shirts, posters, prints and even pin badges.
Redemption re-published the novelisation of the Hammer film Countess Dracula
and a photo shoot featuring Eileen was set up to add a series of images to the book and to provide its cover image; the images were later sold as a limited edition photo set and Eileen was interviewed for Video World magazine at the time and a video of the interview was given away as a cover mount. Eileen was hoping at that time to work with French Director Jean Rollin
, many of whose films were marketed by Redemption Films, after meeting with him in Paris but it was sadly not to be. a similar fate befell a possible Betty Page film to be directed by Richard Driscoll
originally scheduled for 2003.
She has appeared in films such as All About Anna
for Innocent Pictures
, Cradle of Fear
, Messages, Kannibal, Sentinels of Darkness, N(eon), Machines of Love & Hate, Razor Blade Smile
, Witchcraft X, Evil Calls: The Raven reuniting her with Kannibal director Richard Driscoll
, Sacred Flesh
and most recently a series of films with the American actor Joe Zaso
culminating in several films with German director and musician Timo Rose
. These later films include Darkness Surrounds Roberta, Timo Rose's Beast, Braincell, Unrated and Karl The Butcher Vs Axe. She has acted as associate producer on several of her latter films.
Eileen has undoubtedly portrayed a vampire onscreen more times than any other British actress with at least four different vampire characters. She has also provided voices for animated characters notably in Monsters Of The ID.
She has worked with Dave McKean
the artist behind The Sandman (Vertigo) and the film MirrorMask
on his short film N(eon) which is available on a DVD collection of short films entitled Keanoshow.
Some reviewers have dismissed some of Eileen's acting but they have tended to overlook the fact than many of her film roles are low, or micro, budget where rehearsal and re-takes of scenes are not always possible. In many of her roles she has shown an instinctive gift for comedy.
. The vampire's spirit then attempts to take over the young girl's body. Eileen plays the vampire's human servant/familiar who is attempting to bring her mistress back to life and who haunts the young girl's dreams. The film directed by Elisar Cabrera has effective imagery and Eileen looks wonderful. Unavailable in any other form than an American VHS cassette for several years this film was released on DVD in 2009.
was a low budget movie directed by Alex Chandon
and which featured Eileen as the queen of a tribe of Amazon women living in harmony with nature who aid the heroine Pervirella in her steampunk
quest to obtain a longevity formula for a horrific alternative version of Queen Victoria. The film had an eclectic cast list including Jonathan Ross
, Mark Lamar, David Warbeck
and Emily Booth
as the title character. The film commenced with a series of faux trailers that were actually introductions to the film proper and its characters.
of vampires. The coven falls in with a serial killer in an attempt to control the power of a demon
. Eileen has some great humorous dialogue and plays the vampire in a broad comic book style that is one of the better elements of the film. A white witch and an American detective attempt to stop the evil pair in their plot.
clad hitwoman and adventurer who also happens to be a vampire
. The role required a range of disciplines and included sword fights, gun battles, stunts and extensive fight scenes. Eileen is not only on-screen for, almost, the film's entire running time but provides narration for the film. The film, whilst being at the time, the cheapest ever film to receive a cinema distribution in the United Kingdom (with an initial budget of £12,000) marked a turning point in vampire cinema which had become something of a joke, with the exceptions being the Hollywood blockbusters of the mid-1990s Bram Stoker's Dracula
and Interview With the Vampire
, and created a number of much more action oriented and serious vampire films. The role of Lilith Silver, a catsuited vampire hitwoman, would influence Kate Beckinsale
in the Underworld (film series)
and the look of vampires in the Blade (film)
series among others.
Her performance garnered much praise in the press at the time and Eileen was awarded several awards for her performance in the film.
Eileen and the director Jake West
provided a commentary track for the "Special Edition" of the film.
Awards for Razor Blade Smile
include Grand Prize at the Gérardmer Film Festival (2000), Honorable Mention at the Sweden Fantastic Film Festival (1998), a "Vampire Oscar" for Eileen at Vampyria II in London and the film won most of the top awards in the first B-Movie Film Festival
(1999), including Best B-Movie, Director (Jake West
), Actress (Eileen Daly), Cinematography, and Special Effects.
SFX magazine
voted the character of Lilith Silver the 30th sexiest vampire
of all time.
this film united Eileen with American Scream Queen
Linnea Quigley
in a tale of the "Russian Mafia", cannibalism and revenge. Eileen portrayed a Russian dealer in drugs and pornography and the lesbian lover of the character played by Quigley. The entire role called for Eileen to adopt a "Russian" accent. This is the second film in which Eileen's character would be crucified onscreen (the first being Sentinels Of Darkness).
A 2D and 3D version of the film is sceduled to be released under the name "Headhunter" in 2011 following the re-release of another Eileen Daly film re-titled as "The Legend Of Harrow Woods".
, wanted to create a horror anthology film in the style of the old Amicus Productions
of the 1960s and 1970s the gory, violent and entertaining anthology Cradle of Fear
is the result. Dani Filth
, the voice of Dominator and lead singer of goth metal band Cradle of Filth
(for whom Chandon directed two very dark and disturbing promo videos), is The Man, an enigmatic figure working for an imprisoned child killer who provides the link between four stories in which not terribly pleasant people are each killed in a gruesome manner and, in a break from traditional anthology films, a lot of innocent people also meet terrible ends for no particular reason.
The third segment features Eileen as the girlfriend of a man who has lost a leg and has lost his sex drive. The boyfriend then kills another man so that his missing limb (and libido) can be replaced. A large Cradle of Filth
poster is onscreen during the murder as are some other, probably quite rare, movie posters. Essentially a spin on the old transplant-from-a-murderer scenario. The role is essentially a straight one with Eileen playing well a girlfriend trying to console her partner and being rebuffed due to his own obsession with his missing limb. She delivers without doubt the best line of dialogue in the feature and injects just the right amount of gravitas into her role to make that line all the more hilarious. There is a wonderful montage of scenes showing the couple in a park as the man works on getting used to his new limb. A version of Eileen's song "Plastic Surgery" is included in one scene during Eileen's segment.
and features remarkably good cinematography. Eileen showed her versatility again by playing different variations on her character almost from scene to scene due to fragmented nature of the story. This film also features a wonderful argument scene where she rants against her on screen husband. The film also includes an amazing knife sharpening scene that is truly inspired. Eileen plays the mother of the character played by Tina Krause
despite only actually being seven years her senior.
, directed by Jessica Nilsson
, is a film from a company associated with the director Lars Von Trier
and is one of several films made to appeal to a female audience featuring hardcore sex scenes and scenes of a very adult nature. The film complies with a "Puzzy Power Manifesto" which lays down strict guidelines of what should and should not be included in the film in order that it be tailored for female rather than male sensibilities. As Camilla, the flatmate of the Anna of the title played by Gry Bay
, Eileen plays her role for laughs (and was directed to do so) however there is an emotional arc to her character who starts the film treating sex "as men do" as disposable fun and then finds that she has fallen in love with one of her boyfriends. Notable scenes are her failed seduction of Johan (unknown to her Anna's true love) and scenes where she drunkenly tries to initiate sex with her equally drunken boyfriend whilst covered in cotton buds. She expertly performs fellatio on Johan, concluding with his ejaculating on her face. The scene also reveals that she keeps her vagina shaved.
Both Eileen and actor Adrian Bouchet (aka Mark Stevens) provided an entertaining commentary to the film when it was released on DVD. The film is available in a "soft" version from Germany
.
The film had a limited theatrical run in 2009 as a double bill with Lars Von Trier
's Antichrist (film)
.
, Joe Zaso
, Yasmin Pucci and Raine Brown
filmed in the style of an Italian Giallo
and with location filming in Florence
and Naples
the film is a stylish thriller. Zaso plays a blind American policeman relocated to Italy and Eileen plays the manager of an escort/model agency three girls from which have been murdered. In a counterpoint to the blind character played by Zaso Eileen plays a game, at one point in the film, where she is touched by different people whilst her eyes are closed and has to guess their identity. At the time of the production Eileen was treated in hospital but her dedication meant that she still reported to work and completed her role in the film.
) returns home after he and his girlfriend are attacked and she is murdered. Reuniting with his sister Raine Brown
and stepmother, played by Eileen, he is plagued by guilt and also deeply affected by his experience. Meanwhile a pair of monster hunters are tracking a werewolf which is heading in the direction of Alex's home. The film features surprisingly good effects using suggestion rather than extensive make-up and an excellent music score by Marco Werba. The film was filmed mostly on location in Germany
with some inserts shot in other countries. As well as featuring in this film Eileen acted as an associate producer.
the film features an amazing cast including Jason Donovan
, Rick Mayall and Robin Askwith
. The film borrows heavily elements from The Shining
, Blair Witch and Evil Dead and is currently unavailable in any format. It has confusingly been announced that the film is both the first film in a trilogy and the first film in a trilogy of two. Eileen plays a psychic who accompanies a group of people into woods that have been cursed and may herself be a serial killer.
and perverse fairy tales. The first CD, Forbidden Fruit was released on 26 March 2007 on the record label Triple Silence a music label linked to Redemption. A track off Forbidden Fruit, entitled "Plastic Surgery" was featured on the Cradle of Fear
movie soundtrack CD. Another track off Forbidden Fruit, retitled You're So Cute, is featured in the film All About Anna
, performed onscreen by Eileen Daly. Before the Forbidden Fruit CD in 1998, but also under the name Jezebel, Eileen released a single entitled "Persuasion". Eileen performed on Eurotrash
and was interviewed about her career to date. Eileen worked with producer and musician Steven Severin
who had provided music for the film Visions of Ecstasy
for Nigel Wingrove
.
All of their songs have a strong narrative usually from the point of view of a female protagonist and the songs are often sung in character.
The promotional literature for the band and their releases to date features differing versions of a "Courtesans Woman" an illustration based on Eileen by John Gallagher.
The band has been busy building up a fan following in and around London and the South of England together with appearances at festivals in Glastonbury
and Italy
. They have changed their lineup several times since their formation and have performed both Electric and Acoustic sets to a good reception.
Webcam Girl and Burnout were released on iTunes
.
Two further videos have been created one for Doll and one for Mazeltof the first of these was released to Youtube
and the second is currently in post production, both videos were filmed and edited by the same production team as Peckham Rolex.
A track by the band features in the forthcoming film ROSE-THE MOVIE and the band will provide the title track for the film which is scheduled to premier at Cannes in 2012.
In 2011 the band's line up comprised Eileen Daly (vocals and percussion), Ben Thirkettle (Lead guitar), Sindy Dumanowska (backing vocals and percussion) and various guest musicians.
The band launched their Official web-site in late Summer 2011 and performed at the prestigious Bram Stoker international Film Festival in 2011.
As of 2011 the band were at work on their first full CD "GYPSOPHILIA".
Scream queen
A scream queen is an actress who has become associated with horror films, either through an appearance in a notable entry in the genre as a frequent victim or through constant appearances as the female protagonist...
starring in numerous cult movies.
Early life
Eileen Daly was born on 1 June 1963 in SurreySurrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. She has a younger brother. She attended drama school but, after a while, opted out to pursue private acting lessons instead. She was living for a time with Tim Pope
Tim Pope
Timothy Michael Pope is a film director most famous for his music videos, having directed feature films, and for a brief pop career.-Early life and career:...
, who directed promos for The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Soft Cell
Soft Cell
Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo is most widely known for their 1981 worldwide hit version of "Tainted Love" and platinum debut Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret...
, where her gothy good looks meant she was popular as an extra in several music promos. A variation on her Dark Angel character featured in a video for the band Cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
(Hopkins) directed by Nigel Wingrove
Nigel Wingrove
Nigel Wingrove , is the founder of the horror film company Redemption Films and the Salvation Group and creator of the online alternative female collective, Satanic Sluts...
. Eileen left home quite young and started modelling to earn her keep, based mainly in South London
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
. She tried a number of jobs and did game shows, dancing, mud wrestling
Mud wrestling
Mud wrestling is defined as physical confrontation that occurs in mud or a mud pit. The popular modern interpretation specifies that participants wrestle while wearing minimal clothing and usually going barefoot, with the emphasis on presenting an entertaining spectacle as opposed to physically...
, kissogram
Kissogram
A kissogram, also called kissagram , is a message delivered along with a kiss usually arranged as a fun surprise for a person for a special occasion...
s, TV parts (including roles in the most expensive BBC2 production ever produced at that time Our Friends in the North
Our Friends in the North
Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC Two in early 1996...
with Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig
Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. His early film roles include Elizabeth, The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's Eagle, Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert...
, Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years.McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If...., O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange and Caligula...
, Mark Strong
Mark Strong
Mark Strong is an English actor, with a body of work in both films and television. He has performed in films as varied as Body of Lies, Syriana, The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, RocknRolla, Stardust, and Kick-Ass...
and Christopher Ecclestone among others - unavailable for several years it will be re-released in the UK autumn 2010).
Eileen has taken part in playreadings at the Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
in London.
Eileen was one of the first models for the Agent Provocateur range.
She is a keen contributor to and supporter of a range of animal charities and a lover of Pre Raphaelite art and Vintage clothing
Vintage clothing
Vintage clothing is a generic term for new or second hand garments originating from a previous era. The phrase is also used in connection with a retail outlet, e.g...
.
Most of her efforts in recent years has been dedicated to developing her band The Courtesans, working on songs and videos and extending her fan base. The band, as well as having a distinctive sound, also has a strong design ethic featuring a "Courtesan's Woman" no doubt a product of her time at Redemption and her love of art. The Official band web-site launched in 2011 with a strong Gypsy theme.
Eileen is a supporter of a campaign to bring "Classic Horror Double Bills" to terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.
Magazines
Eileen Daly has been a cover model for a range of magazines including Skin TwoSkin Two
Skin Two is a fetish magazine covering aspects of the worldwide fetish subculture.The name is a reference to fetish clothing as a "second skin".The magazine was founded in 1983 by the publisher Tim Woodward and the photographer Grace Lau....
, Time Out, Bizarre (magazine)
Bizarre (magazine)
Bizarre is a British alternative magazine published from 1997 to the present. It is currently published by Dennis Publishing; it is a sister publication to the Fortean Times.-Content:...
, The Dark Side (magazine)
The Dark Side (magazine)
The Dark Side is a bi-monthly UK magazine. covering the field of horror cinema. It generally offers a mix of reviews of new releases and interviews with directors and actors, and has been edited throughout its run by Allan Bryce...
, The Chronicles, Redeemer, Bite Me and Bloodstone. Many of these magazines have included features on Eileen together with, on occasion, some of her poetry. She also contributed articles and wrote columns for several magazines in the 1990s.
Dark Side Magazine
Eileen was a regular contributor and columnist for The Dark Side (magazine)The Dark Side (magazine)
The Dark Side is a bi-monthly UK magazine. covering the field of horror cinema. It generally offers a mix of reviews of new releases and interviews with directors and actors, and has been edited throughout its run by Allan Bryce...
where she would write about low budget film and interview directors, producers (she is herself associate producer on several projects) actors and technicians working in that field.
DVD & Blu-Ray World Magazine
When The Dark Side (magazine)The Dark Side (magazine)
The Dark Side is a bi-monthly UK magazine. covering the field of horror cinema. It generally offers a mix of reviews of new releases and interviews with directors and actors, and has been edited throughout its run by Allan Bryce...
temporarily ceased publication in late 2009 Eileen transferred her column to DVD & Blu-ray World magazine starting with issue 79 (December 2009). Issue 80 (January 2010) featured an interview with her regular co-star and friend Joe Zaso
Joe Zaso
Joseph Zaso is an American actor and filmmaker.He is a b-movie regular and has been involved in the low budget science fiction and horror industry since 1990...
. Issue 81 (February 2010) featured an interview with musician and independent film director Jack Doyle (director of the film Peter and Nana). Issue 82 (March 2010) featured an interview with Finnish director Sami Haavisto. Issues 83, 84, 85, and 86 (April, May, June and August 2010) gave a candid history of "Redemption".
Articles include...
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 79
Eileen interviewed an obsessive compulsive movie collector and horror fan about what makes an avid fan tick and why they were obsessed with horror movies. This was her first article for DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD after she transferred from THE DARKSIDE magazine. Her column in the magazine was entitled THE DALY NEWS.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 80
An article about independent American actor producer JOE ZASO, working on the film BRAINCELL with IT CROWD actor and friend MATT BERRY and working on previous films DARKNESS SURROUNDS ROBERTA and MACHINES OF LOVE AND HATE together with the ups and downs of being a Scream Queen at the low budget end of the movie industry.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 81
An interview with up and coming film director and musician with the band SACRED JACK DOYLE whose short film PETER AND NANA delved into the realms of suburban madness and copyright issues in music and whose talents including the making of some very interesting music promo videos.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 82
An interview with SAMI HAAVISTO a one man Finnish horror industry about his movie BLACK BLOODED BRIDES OF SATAN his previous movie SUCCUBUS THE DEMON and future projects like CURSE OF THE WITCHES BLOOD.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 83
First part of a series looking into the creation of REDEMPTION films that brought European horrors and rare films into the high streets of England together with a look at the creation of the naughty sister label JEZEBEL and working on images for a new band called CRADLE OF FILTH. The article also talks about the creation of REDEMPTION and the fun of being in Soho in the early 90s.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 84
Part two of the history of REDEMPTION branching out into publishing books and the endless hours of topless photo-shoots and partying with SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES. Some words on NIGEL WINGROVEs long running battle with the UK government over his film VISIONS OF EXSTASY which was banned on the grounds of blasphemy and the creation of the REDEMPTION series on cable television.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 85
The third part of the history of REDEMPTION and the creation of a little movie called RAZOR BLADE SMILE and another little film called PERVIRELLA. The article also talks about the formation of the band JEZEBEL.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 86
The history of REDEMPTION moves on to 2000 and the battle to clarify the law regarding pornography in the United Kingdom. Eileen talks about promoting her band in Paris and helping JAKE WEST to promote RAZOR BLADE SMILE at Cannes.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 87
Eileen writes about working with TIMO ROSE German musician and film director and about playing a diva actress in UNRATED – THE MOVIE which involved two weeks of shooting near Hanover. In the film Eileen and a host of horror starlets battle a horde of gore soaked demons and she describes working on a low budget German gorefest.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 88
Eileen writes about working again with TIMO ROSE German musician and film director and about playing the leader of a group of ultra hard bitches in his apocalyptic film KARL THE BUTCHER VS. AXE where two legendary gore merchants Eileen again headed to Germany to film the blood soaked mayhem and describes the process of making a low budget gore effect extravaganza.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 89
Eileen talks zombies and nazies and low budget UK horror movie THE TURNING which combines the two. The article features an extensive interview with film creator JASON IMPEY with whom Eileen worked on this low budget movie.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 90
A return to Finland for the period vampire film CURSE OF THE WITCHES BLOOD and a further interview with SAMI HAAVISTO.
DVD and BLU-RAY WORLD issue 91
Interview with KEMAL YILDIRIM about his up and coming drama ROSE. The article talks about the problems of low budget filming and the deals necessary to raise finances for movies made in the UK.
Overview
Eileen has acted in a number of television shows and adverts (Toyota and First Choice among them), usually between movie roles, and has been seen in programmes as diverse as Snuff BoxSnuff Box
Snuff Box is a BBC Three British dark comedy starring and written by Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher with additional material by Nick Gargano. It first aired on Monday 27 February 2006....
, Our Friends in the North
Our Friends in the North
Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC Two in early 1996...
, Eastenders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
, Vampyria (documentary), Sex & Shopping, Eurotrash (TV series)
Eurotrash (TV series)
Eurotrash is a 30-minute magazine-format programme in English produced by Rapido Television. It was shown in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 from 1993 and was a late-night comical review of weird and wonderful topics from around the world...
, Beck, The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 and S4C each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002 during which period 2,482 shows were produced. The Big Breakfast was produced by Planet 24, the production company co-owned by former...
, Kilroy, Fantasy By Gaslight and The Fast Show
The Fast Show
The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 with a special Last Fast Show Ever in 2000. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and...
.
Eileen also had uncredited roles as the "example" human female in a Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris
Desmond John Morris, born 24 January 1928 in Purton, north Wiltshire, is a British zoologist and ethologist, as well as a popular anthropologist. He is also known as a painter, television presenter and popular author.-Life:...
written and presented series on the Human Animal and body language a co-production of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and the Discovery channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
whic was filmwd in 1994.
Bravo
Eileen had already filmed several introductions to Redemption released European horror and cultCult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
movies when she starred in a number of specially shot introductions and promos for the television channel Bravo (at that stage going through a phase of showing mostly Science-Fiction and Horror programming).
The Bravo work was essentially a series of short films and intros where Eileen, in character as the "Dark Angel", would oversee short scenarios linking into the films shown on the channel.
Eileen Daly Peek A Boo (The Peekaboo Show)
With the formation of Redemption TV Eileen was given the chance to shine in her own magazine show where she would interview musicians, actors, friends and celebrities. People interviewed included the actor and comedian Matt BerryMatt Berry
Matthew Charles "Matt" Berry is an English actor, writer, comedian and musician. Berry is perhaps best known for his appearances in The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and The Mighty Boosh; he also had his own series, Snuff Box...
, Chris Adamson, Morrigan Hel and Nosferatu (band)
Nosferatu (band)
Nosferatu is an English gothic rock band formed in March 1988 by Damien DeVille, Vlad Janicek, and Sapphire Aurora. Their albums, singles, and DVD have sold over 100,000 copies worldwide, making them one of the most successful second wave gothic rock groups....
. During the show Eileen would often take part in short skits or sketches with her interviewees. The programme was very light hearted and would often mock the style, or constant product placement, of other magazine shows. The show features early footage of The Courtesans Eileen's band.
Overview
Seeing the filming of many music promos and mixing with actresses and people working in the film industry whetted her appetite for acting even more and strengthened her resolve to get into the film industry proper. Eileen always loved horror films and had wanted to star in them so when she started getting parts in a few independent horror films, it changed her focus on what she wanted to do. It was around this time that she met Nigel WingroveNigel Wingrove
Nigel Wingrove , is the founder of the horror film company Redemption Films and the Salvation Group and creator of the online alternative female collective, Satanic Sluts...
and together they started up a company called Redemption Films. The recognition she got from the Redemption work became the turning point of her career.
Redemption Films used an image of Eileen as its company logo
Logo
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition...
and this became part of its marketing strategy with Eileen featuring as Redemption's Dark Angel in specially filmed intros to the many foreign and cult
Cult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
films released on the label.
Many of the films released featured Eileen acting out scenes from the film on their covers and this together with the consistent design of their packaging gave the company a strong identity and made the films collectable. She also featured on a range of Redemption merchandise as diverse as mugs, T-shirts, posters, prints and even pin badges.
Redemption re-published the novelisation of the Hammer film Countess Dracula
Countess Dracula
Countess Dracula is a 1971 Hammer horror film based on the legends surrounding the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory. It is in many ways atypical of Hammer's canon, attempting to broaden Hammer's output from Dracula and Frankenstein sequels....
and a photo shoot featuring Eileen was set up to add a series of images to the book and to provide its cover image; the images were later sold as a limited edition photo set and Eileen was interviewed for Video World magazine at the time and a video of the interview was given away as a cover mount. Eileen was hoping at that time to work with French Director Jean Rollin
Jean Rollin
Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his films in the fantastique genre such as the vampire film Le Viol du Vampire and the first French gore film Les Raisins de la Mort .-Early life:Jean Rollin was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France to...
, many of whose films were marketed by Redemption Films, after meeting with him in Paris but it was sadly not to be. a similar fate befell a possible Betty Page film to be directed by Richard Driscoll
Richard Driscoll
Richard Driscoll is a Welsh screenwriter, film producer, actor and film director.-Director:* The Comic * Silent Heroes * Kannibal...
originally scheduled for 2003.
She has appeared in films such as All About Anna
All About Anna
All About Anna is a Danish pornographic film released in 2005, directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay and Mark Stevens. The film is explicit in its exploration of sexual relationships...
for Innocent Pictures
Innocent Pictures
Innocent Pictures ApS is a Danish independent film company founded in 2001, originally as a subsidiary of Lars von Trier's film company Zentropa.Innocent pictures best known production is the erotic feature film All About Anna , starring Gry Bay....
, Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear is a 2001 horror film directed by Alex Chandon. Taking inspiration from the portmanteau films produced by Amicus in the 1970s it features three separate half-hour segments, linked by a fourth story. The main narrative involves imprisoned serial-killer Kemper wreaking vengeance on...
, Messages, Kannibal, Sentinels of Darkness, N(eon), Machines of Love & Hate, Razor Blade Smile
Razor Blade Smile
Razor Blade Smile is an independent British vampire film directed by Jake West and stars Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson and Heidi James.-Plot:...
, Witchcraft X, Evil Calls: The Raven reuniting her with Kannibal director Richard Driscoll
Richard Driscoll
Richard Driscoll is a Welsh screenwriter, film producer, actor and film director.-Director:* The Comic * Silent Heroes * Kannibal...
, Sacred Flesh
Sacred Flesh
Sacred Flesh is a 1999 British nunsploitation film. It is set in an indeterminate past, and consists of a series of loosely connected vignettes that depict pseudo-lesbian sexuality and some sado-masochistic activity.-Synopsis:...
and most recently a series of films with the American actor Joe Zaso
Joe Zaso
Joseph Zaso is an American actor and filmmaker.He is a b-movie regular and has been involved in the low budget science fiction and horror industry since 1990...
culminating in several films with German director and musician Timo Rose
Timo Rose
Timo Rose is a German horror and science fiction filmmaker, rapper, and founder of the production company Sword of Independence Filmworks .-Films:...
. These later films include Darkness Surrounds Roberta, Timo Rose's Beast, Braincell, Unrated and Karl The Butcher Vs Axe. She has acted as associate producer on several of her latter films.
Eileen has undoubtedly portrayed a vampire onscreen more times than any other British actress with at least four different vampire characters. She has also provided voices for animated characters notably in Monsters Of The ID.
She has worked with Dave McKean
Dave McKean
David McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....
the artist behind The Sandman (Vertigo) and the film MirrorMask
MirrorMask
Mirrormask is a 2005 fantasy film from Jim Henson Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Destination Films. It stars Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, and Gina McKee. It is designed and directed by Dave McKean, written by Neil Gaiman from a story they developed together...
on his short film N(eon) which is available on a DVD collection of short films entitled Keanoshow.
Some reviewers have dismissed some of Eileen's acting but they have tended to overlook the fact than many of her film roles are low, or micro, budget where rehearsal and re-takes of scenes are not always possible. In many of her roles she has shown an instinctive gift for comedy.
"But she has something more than great acting skill, she’s got charm and an undeniable chemistry with the camera." M. J. SimpsonM. J. SimpsonMike "Simo" Simpson, professionally known as MJ Simpson, is a former deputy editor of the British science fiction magazine SFX. The Leicester-based freelance journalist is the author of two books on the television writer and novelist Douglas Adams and his work:* The Pocket Essentials Hitchhiker's...
writing about Eileen in Razor Blade SmileRazor Blade SmileRazor Blade Smile is an independent British vampire film directed by Jake West and stars Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson and Heidi James.-Plot:...
.
Demonsoul
A young girl is troubled by bad dreams and visits a seedy hypnotherapist, who is a bit more "hypno the rapist" than therapist, and unwittingly releases the spirit of a vampire trapped within her. This is a case of Past life regressionPast life regression
Past life regression is a technique that uses hypnosis to recover what practitioners believe are memories of past lives or incarnations, though others regard them as fantasies or delusions. Past life regression is typically undertaken either in pursuit of a spiritual experience, or in a...
. The vampire's spirit then attempts to take over the young girl's body. Eileen plays the vampire's human servant/familiar who is attempting to bring her mistress back to life and who haunts the young girl's dreams. The film directed by Elisar Cabrera has effective imagery and Eileen looks wonderful. Unavailable in any other form than an American VHS cassette for several years this film was released on DVD in 2009.
Pervirella
PervirellaPervirella
Pervirella is a 1997 Adventure-Comedy film which was directed by Alex Chandon, the film stars Emily Booth in the lead role and featured brief cameos from Jonathan Ross and Mark Lamarr.Pervirella harbors a sex demon within her.-Plot:...
was a low budget movie directed by Alex Chandon
Alex Chandon
Alexis Chandon is a film director, writer and digital artist.-Directing career:His early films, Drillbit and Bad Karma featured many musicians from the UK anarcho punk scene, notably Ben Bethell, Dan MacCintyre, William 'Bill' Corbett and Julian Portinari from, The Apostles and Pallor,...
and which featured Eileen as the queen of a tribe of Amazon women living in harmony with nature who aid the heroine Pervirella in her steampunk
Steampunk
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United...
quest to obtain a longevity formula for a horrific alternative version of Queen Victoria. The film had an eclectic cast list including Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross may refer to:* Jonathan Ross , English television and radio personality* Jonathan Ross , United States Senator, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court* Jonathon Ross , former Australian rules footballer...
, Mark Lamar, David Warbeck
David Warbeck
David Warbeck was a New Zealand actor best known for his film roles in Europe.-Career and move into Italian cinema:...
and Emily Booth
Emily Booth
Emily Katherine Booth , also known by her stage name Emily "Bouff" Bouffante, is an English actress and television presenter.- Early life :...
as the title character. The film commenced with a series of faux trailers that were actually introductions to the film proper and its characters.
Witchcraft X: Mistress of The Craft
Tenth film in the variable Witchcraft series (the series currently runs to 13 films) directed by Elisar Cabrera in which Eileen plays the leader of a covenCoven
A coven or covan is a name used to describe a gathering of witches or in some cases vampires. Due to the word's association with witches, a gathering of Wiccans, followers of the witchcraft-based neopagan religion of Wicca, is also described as a coven....
of vampires. The coven falls in with a serial killer in an attempt to control the power of a demon
Demon
call - 1347 531 7769 for more infoIn Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, to be addressed with an act of exorcism...
. Eileen has some great humorous dialogue and plays the vampire in a broad comic book style that is one of the better elements of the film. A white witch and an American detective attempt to stop the evil pair in their plot.
Razor Blade Smile
This film was probably the last great independent British horror film of the 1990s and certainly one of the last to be filmed on celuloid before the changeover to video for most low budget independent films. Eileen was given the principal role of Lilith Silver, the protagonist of the film, a frequently fetishFetish fashion
Fetish fashion is any style or appearance in the form of atype of clothing or accessory, created to be extreme or provocative. These styles are not usually worn by the majority of people on any regular basis. They are usually made of materials such as leather, latex or synthetic rubber or plastic,...
clad hitwoman and adventurer who also happens to be a vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
. The role required a range of disciplines and included sword fights, gun battles, stunts and extensive fight scenes. Eileen is not only on-screen for, almost, the film's entire running time but provides narration for the film. The film, whilst being at the time, the cheapest ever film to receive a cinema distribution in the United Kingdom (with an initial budget of £12,000) marked a turning point in vampire cinema which had become something of a joke, with the exceptions being the Hollywood blockbusters of the mid-1990s Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dracula is a 1992 American Gothic horror-romance film directed and co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker...
and Interview With the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire is a vampire novel by Anne Rice written in 1973 and published in 1976. It was the first novel to feature the enigmatic vampire Lestat, and was followed by several sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles...
, and created a number of much more action oriented and serious vampire films. The role of Lilith Silver, a catsuited vampire hitwoman, would influence Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale
Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale is an English actress. After some minor television roles, she made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing while still a student at Oxford University...
in the Underworld (film series)
Underworld (film series)
Underworld is a series of vampire/werewolf films directed by Len Wiseman and Patrick Tatopoulos. The first film, Underworld, was released in 2003, and the second film, Underworld: Evolution, was released in 2006. A prequel, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, was released on January 23, 2009...
and the look of vampires in the Blade (film)
Blade (film)
Blade is a 1998 vampire superhero action horror starring Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff, loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Blade. The film was directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Blade grossed $70 million at the U.S. box office, and $131.2 million worldwide...
series among others.
Her performance garnered much praise in the press at the time and Eileen was awarded several awards for her performance in the film.
Eileen and the director Jake West
Jake West
-Biography:He directed a movie called "Doghouse", a horror comedy starring Danny Dyer , Noel Clarke and Stephen Graham -Biography:He directed a movie called "Doghouse", a horror comedy starring Danny Dyer (Severance, The Football Factory"), Noel Clarke ("Adulthood", "Kidulthood", "Dr. Who") and...
provided a commentary track for the "Special Edition" of the film.
Awards for Razor Blade Smile
Razor Blade Smile
Razor Blade Smile is an independent British vampire film directed by Jake West and stars Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson and Heidi James.-Plot:...
include Grand Prize at the Gérardmer Film Festival (2000), Honorable Mention at the Sweden Fantastic Film Festival (1998), a "Vampire Oscar" for Eileen at Vampyria II in London and the film won most of the top awards in the first B-Movie Film Festival
B-Movie Film Festival
The B-Movie Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Syracuse, United States.The festival was founded in 1999 by local filmmaker Ron Bonk to promote the art of B-movie making. It was canceled in its third year due to the effects of September 11 attacks...
(1999), including Best B-Movie, Director (Jake West
Jake West
-Biography:He directed a movie called "Doghouse", a horror comedy starring Danny Dyer , Noel Clarke and Stephen Graham -Biography:He directed a movie called "Doghouse", a horror comedy starring Danny Dyer (Severance, The Football Factory"), Noel Clarke ("Adulthood", "Kidulthood", "Dr. Who") and...
), Actress (Eileen Daly), Cinematography, and Special Effects.
SFX magazine
SFX magazine
SFX is a British magazine covering the topics of science fiction and fantasy.-Description:SFX magazine is published every four weeks by Future Publishing and was founded in 1995. The magazine covers topics in the genres of popular science fiction, fantasy and horror, within the media of films,...
voted the character of Lilith Silver the 30th sexiest vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
of all time.
Box Office 09/01/1999 "...Striking cinematography....Intense editing....Sometimes style is everything..."
Kannibal (Headhunter)
Directed and written by Richard DriscollRichard Driscoll
Richard Driscoll is a Welsh screenwriter, film producer, actor and film director.-Director:* The Comic * Silent Heroes * Kannibal...
this film united Eileen with American Scream Queen
Scream queen
A scream queen is an actress who has become associated with horror films, either through an appearance in a notable entry in the genre as a frequent victim or through constant appearances as the female protagonist...
Linnea Quigley
Linnea Quigley
Linnea Barbara Quigley is an American scream queen, B movie actress, and film producer.-Early life:Quigley was born in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Dorothy and W. Heath Quigley, a chiropractor and psychologist. She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s to pursue her dreams of acting...
in a tale of the "Russian Mafia", cannibalism and revenge. Eileen portrayed a Russian dealer in drugs and pornography and the lesbian lover of the character played by Quigley. The entire role called for Eileen to adopt a "Russian" accent. This is the second film in which Eileen's character would be crucified onscreen (the first being Sentinels Of Darkness).
A 2D and 3D version of the film is sceduled to be released under the name "Headhunter" in 2011 following the re-release of another Eileen Daly film re-titled as "The Legend Of Harrow Woods".
Cradle of Fear
Alex ChandonAlex Chandon
Alexis Chandon is a film director, writer and digital artist.-Directing career:His early films, Drillbit and Bad Karma featured many musicians from the UK anarcho punk scene, notably Ben Bethell, Dan MacCintyre, William 'Bill' Corbett and Julian Portinari from, The Apostles and Pallor,...
, wanted to create a horror anthology film in the style of the old Amicus Productions
Amicus Productions
Amicus Productions is a British film production company, based at Shepperton Studios, England. It was founded by American producer and screenwriter Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg.-Horror:...
of the 1960s and 1970s the gory, violent and entertaining anthology Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear is a 2001 horror film directed by Alex Chandon. Taking inspiration from the portmanteau films produced by Amicus in the 1970s it features three separate half-hour segments, linked by a fourth story. The main narrative involves imprisoned serial-killer Kemper wreaking vengeance on...
is the result. Dani Filth
Dani Filth
Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist and founding member of the metal band Cradle of Filth.-Personal life:...
, the voice of Dominator and lead singer of goth metal band Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
(for whom Chandon directed two very dark and disturbing promo videos), is The Man, an enigmatic figure working for an imprisoned child killer who provides the link between four stories in which not terribly pleasant people are each killed in a gruesome manner and, in a break from traditional anthology films, a lot of innocent people also meet terrible ends for no particular reason.
The third segment features Eileen as the girlfriend of a man who has lost a leg and has lost his sex drive. The boyfriend then kills another man so that his missing limb (and libido) can be replaced. A large Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
poster is onscreen during the murder as are some other, probably quite rare, movie posters. Essentially a spin on the old transplant-from-a-murderer scenario. The role is essentially a straight one with Eileen playing well a girlfriend trying to console her partner and being rebuffed due to his own obsession with his missing limb. She delivers without doubt the best line of dialogue in the feature and injects just the right amount of gravitas into her role to make that line all the more hilarious. There is a wonderful montage of scenes showing the couple in a park as the man works on getting used to his new limb. A version of Eileen's song "Plastic Surgery" is included in one scene during Eileen's segment.
Machines Of Love And Hate
A young woman accidentally runs down a hitchhiker who has a fragmented memory of his past and takes him to her isolated family home to recover. There he meets her disabled father and her mother played by Eileen and a cycle of horror and nightmare scenes begins where dreams and reality intertwine. This film features David Runco, Devon Mikolas and Tina KrauseTina Krause
Tina Krause Tina Krause Tina Krause (born July 29, 1970, Queens, New York, is an American film actress, producer, director, and model.-Career:Referred to as a 'B Movie Queen', and an 'Indie Horror Queen', the bulk of her film work has been with shoestring-budget independent producers of horror...
and features remarkably good cinematography. Eileen showed her versatility again by playing different variations on her character almost from scene to scene due to fragmented nature of the story. This film also features a wonderful argument scene where she rants against her on screen husband. The film also includes an amazing knife sharpening scene that is truly inspired. Eileen plays the mother of the character played by Tina Krause
Tina Krause
Tina Krause Tina Krause Tina Krause (born July 29, 1970, Queens, New York, is an American film actress, producer, director, and model.-Career:Referred to as a 'B Movie Queen', and an 'Indie Horror Queen', the bulk of her film work has been with shoestring-budget independent producers of horror...
despite only actually being seven years her senior.
All About Anna
All About AnnaAll About Anna
All About Anna is a Danish pornographic film released in 2005, directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay and Mark Stevens. The film is explicit in its exploration of sexual relationships...
, directed by Jessica Nilsson
Jessica Nilsson
Jessica Nilsson is a Swedish director based in Denmark; she is perhaps best known for the feature film All About Anna .She studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and later graduated from the Danish Film School....
, is a film from a company associated with the director Lars Von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
and is one of several films made to appeal to a female audience featuring hardcore sex scenes and scenes of a very adult nature. The film complies with a "Puzzy Power Manifesto" which lays down strict guidelines of what should and should not be included in the film in order that it be tailored for female rather than male sensibilities. As Camilla, the flatmate of the Anna of the title played by Gry Bay
Gry Bay
Gry Wernberg Bay is a Danish actress and singer. Gry Bay is best known for her sexually provocative starring role in the feature film All About Anna .- Biography :...
, Eileen plays her role for laughs (and was directed to do so) however there is an emotional arc to her character who starts the film treating sex "as men do" as disposable fun and then finds that she has fallen in love with one of her boyfriends. Notable scenes are her failed seduction of Johan (unknown to her Anna's true love) and scenes where she drunkenly tries to initiate sex with her equally drunken boyfriend whilst covered in cotton buds. She expertly performs fellatio on Johan, concluding with his ejaculating on her face. The scene also reveals that she keeps her vagina shaved.
Both Eileen and actor Adrian Bouchet (aka Mark Stevens) provided an entertaining commentary to the film when it was released on DVD. The film is available in a "soft" version from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
The film had a limited theatrical run in 2009 as a double bill with Lars Von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
's Antichrist (film)
Antichrist (film)
Antichrist is a 2009 arthouse-horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It follows horror film conventions and tells the story of a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange...
.
Darkness Surrounds Roberta
Starring Eileen, Timo RoseTimo Rose
Timo Rose is a German horror and science fiction filmmaker, rapper, and founder of the production company Sword of Independence Filmworks .-Films:...
, Joe Zaso
Joe Zaso
Joseph Zaso is an American actor and filmmaker.He is a b-movie regular and has been involved in the low budget science fiction and horror industry since 1990...
, Yasmin Pucci and Raine Brown
Raine Brown
Raine Brown is a New Jersey-based actress. She is best known as a scream queen and indie film star.- Career :She made her first major media appearance in a 2000 episode of the HBO series Sex in the City titled "Where There's Smoke..." and then, in 2002, appeared in Dante Tomaselli's surreal terror...
filmed in the style of an Italian Giallo
Giallo
Giallo is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language it refers to a genre similar to the French fantastique genre and includes elements of horror fiction and eroticism...
and with location filming in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
and Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
the film is a stylish thriller. Zaso plays a blind American policeman relocated to Italy and Eileen plays the manager of an escort/model agency three girls from which have been murdered. In a counterpoint to the blind character played by Zaso Eileen plays a game, at one point in the film, where she is touched by different people whilst her eyes are closed and has to guess their identity. At the time of the production Eileen was treated in hospital but her dedication meant that she still reported to work and completed her role in the film.
Timo Rose's Beast
Alex (Joe ZasoJoe Zaso
Joseph Zaso is an American actor and filmmaker.He is a b-movie regular and has been involved in the low budget science fiction and horror industry since 1990...
) returns home after he and his girlfriend are attacked and she is murdered. Reuniting with his sister Raine Brown
Raine Brown
Raine Brown is a New Jersey-based actress. She is best known as a scream queen and indie film star.- Career :She made her first major media appearance in a 2000 episode of the HBO series Sex in the City titled "Where There's Smoke..." and then, in 2002, appeared in Dante Tomaselli's surreal terror...
and stepmother, played by Eileen, he is plagued by guilt and also deeply affected by his experience. Meanwhile a pair of monster hunters are tracking a werewolf which is heading in the direction of Alex's home. The film features surprisingly good effects using suggestion rather than extensive make-up and an excellent music score by Marco Werba. The film was filmed mostly on location in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
with some inserts shot in other countries. As well as featuring in this film Eileen acted as an associate producer.
Darkness Calls: the Raven (The Legend Of Harrow Woods)
Originally titled "Alone in the Dark" the title of this film was altered in order not to clash with the film of the popular videogame. Directed by Richard DriscollRichard Driscoll
Richard Driscoll is a Welsh screenwriter, film producer, actor and film director.-Director:* The Comic * Silent Heroes * Kannibal...
the film features an amazing cast including Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
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, Rick Mayall and Robin Askwith
Robin Askwith
Robin Askwith , is an English film actor, most famous for his role as Timmy Lea in the Confessions... sex comedies.-Confessions...:...
. The film borrows heavily elements from The Shining
The Shining (film)
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, Blair Witch and Evil Dead and is currently unavailable in any format. It has confusingly been announced that the film is both the first film in a trilogy and the first film in a trilogy of two. Eileen plays a psychic who accompanies a group of people into woods that have been cursed and may herself be a serial killer.
Rose - The Movie
Currently in post production, after principal photography finished in July 2011, this is a gritty urban drama and a change of genre where Eileen plays the matriach in a nightmare workld of criminals, drug dealers, street-fighters and pimps. Apart from acting in the film Eileen Daly also performed a song in the feature and will be supplying the title track for the film due to premiere in Cannes in 2012.Jezebel
Eileen Daly also had a strong love of music, where she felt she had more control of her career and was essentially "working for herself", and formed a band called Jezebel which played in her own words an eclectic mix of rock, GothGothic rock
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and perverse fairy tales. The first CD, Forbidden Fruit was released on 26 March 2007 on the record label Triple Silence a music label linked to Redemption. A track off Forbidden Fruit, entitled "Plastic Surgery" was featured on the Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear is a 2001 horror film directed by Alex Chandon. Taking inspiration from the portmanteau films produced by Amicus in the 1970s it features three separate half-hour segments, linked by a fourth story. The main narrative involves imprisoned serial-killer Kemper wreaking vengeance on...
movie soundtrack CD. Another track off Forbidden Fruit, retitled You're So Cute, is featured in the film All About Anna
All About Anna
All About Anna is a Danish pornographic film released in 2005, directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay and Mark Stevens. The film is explicit in its exploration of sexual relationships...
, performed onscreen by Eileen Daly. Before the Forbidden Fruit CD in 1998, but also under the name Jezebel, Eileen released a single entitled "Persuasion". Eileen performed on Eurotrash
Eurotrash (TV series)
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and was interviewed about her career to date. Eileen worked with producer and musician Steven Severin
Steven Severin
Steven Severin , is an English musician, composer, bassist and co-founding member of Siouxsie and the Banshees....
who had provided music for the film Visions of Ecstasy
Visions of Ecstasy
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for Nigel Wingrove
Nigel Wingrove
Nigel Wingrove , is the founder of the horror film company Redemption Films and the Salvation Group and creator of the online alternative female collective, Satanic Sluts...
.
The Courtesans
Her most recent musical project The Courtesans (also credited as Eileen Daly and the Courtesans) features Eileen Daly (vocals and percussion), Ben Thirkettle (Lead guitar), Barry Gill (guitar) and Aurelio Gargiulo (Bass Guitar). The band plays a combination of what they describe as gypsy, glam and rock and are currently working on their first album. Their first single featuring Webcam Girl and Burnout was released on distinctive pink vinyl and a follow up EP Elfing About featured three tracks Mazeltof, Doll and Peckham Rolex and a video to their song Peckham Rolex directed and filmed by Jack Doyle, lit by Daniel Land and edited by James Brady.All of their songs have a strong narrative usually from the point of view of a female protagonist and the songs are often sung in character.
The promotional literature for the band and their releases to date features differing versions of a "Courtesans Woman" an illustration based on Eileen by John Gallagher.
The band has been busy building up a fan following in and around London and the South of England together with appearances at festivals in Glastonbury
Glastonbury Festival
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and Italy
Italy
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. They have changed their lineup several times since their formation and have performed both Electric and Acoustic sets to a good reception.
Webcam Girl and Burnout were released on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
.
Two further videos have been created one for Doll and one for Mazeltof the first of these was released to Youtube
YouTube
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and the second is currently in post production, both videos were filmed and edited by the same production team as Peckham Rolex.
A track by the band features in the forthcoming film ROSE-THE MOVIE and the band will provide the title track for the film which is scheduled to premier at Cannes in 2012.
In 2011 the band's line up comprised Eileen Daly (vocals and percussion), Ben Thirkettle (Lead guitar), Sindy Dumanowska (backing vocals and percussion) and various guest musicians.
The band launched their Official web-site in late Summer 2011 and performed at the prestigious Bram Stoker international Film Festival in 2011.
As of 2011 the band were at work on their first full CD "GYPSOPHILIA".
Selected Film and TV Appearances
- Rose-The Movie (Post Production)
- The Turning (Post Production)
- The Curse Of The Witches Blood (2010)
- The Horror Vault 3 (2010) .... Missing Woman (segment "A Christmas Haunting")
- Karl The Butcher Vs Axe (2010) ... Queen Scarar
- Unrated (2010) .... Samantha
- Braincell (2010) .... Nurse Audra
- Evil Calls: The Raven (aka 'Alone in the Dark') (2008) .... Victoria
- Timo Rose's Beast (2009) .... Lydia
- Darkness Surrounds Roberta (2007) .... Eleanor Maynard
- Monsters of the Id (V) .... Jetstream Jenny (an animated feature)
- Messages (2007) .... Denise
- Peekaboo Show (2006) (TV) .... Herself (on her own show)
- Snuff BoxSnuff BoxSnuff Box is a BBC Three British dark comedy starring and written by Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher with additional material by Nick Gargano. It first aired on Monday 27 February 2006....
(2006) (TV) .... Rich Fulcher's date - All About AnnaAll About AnnaAll About Anna is a Danish pornographic film released in 2005, directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay and Mark Stevens. The film is explicit in its exploration of sexual relationships...
(2005) .... Camilla - Machines of Love and Hate (2003) .... Cynthia Marks
- N[eon] (2002) .... The Ghost
- Sentinels of Darkness (2002) .... Velislava
- Cradle of FearCradle of FearCradle of Fear is a 2001 horror film directed by Alex Chandon. Taking inspiration from the portmanteau films produced by Amicus in the 1970s it features three separate half-hour segments, linked by a fourth story. The main narrative involves imprisoned serial-killer Kemper wreaking vengeance on...
(2001) .... Natalie - Kannibal (2001) .... Tanya Sloveig
- Sacred FleshSacred FleshSacred Flesh is a 1999 British nunsploitation film. It is set in an indeterminate past, and consists of a series of loosely connected vignettes that depict pseudo-lesbian sexuality and some sado-masochistic activity.-Synopsis:...
(2000) .... Repression (but credited as CatechismCatechismA catechism , i.e. to indoctrinate) is a summary or exposition of doctrine, traditionally used in Christian religious teaching from New Testament times to the present...
) - Razor Blade SmileRazor Blade SmileRazor Blade Smile is an independent British vampire film directed by Jake West and stars Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson and Heidi James.-Plot:...
(1998) .... Lilith Silver - Archangel Thunderbird (1998) .... Miki Manson
- Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft (1997) .... Raven
- PervirellaPervirellaPervirella is a 1997 Adventure-Comedy film which was directed by Alex Chandon, the film stars Emily Booth in the lead role and featured brief cameos from Jonathan Ross and Mark Lamarr.Pervirella harbors a sex demon within her.-Plot:...
(1997) .... Cu-Rare - Our Friends in the North (1996) (TV) .... Dancer
- Redemption Films (1995) ... The Dark Angel
- Demonsoul (1995) .... Selena
- Sweet Nothing (1990) (TV) .... Stripogram
External links
- The Courtesans Official Web Site, latest news on Eileen and her music
- Eileen Daly at InnocentPictures.com
- Jezebel: Forbidden Fruit
- The Courtesans on Myspace
- Eileen Daly on Myspace
- Darkview - Photographs and Images
- MJ Simpson interview
- DVD & Blu-Ray World Magazine
- Monsters of the ID - Official site
- Eileen Daly New Official Site (Under Construction)
- Cinema Image Productions, owned and operated by Joe Zaso