Bien Cuit

Pulp Modern is back. Five cryptid tales. One malevolent cockatoo. An urban werewolf, killer badgers, zombies, frog monsters, and a giant demon of mass destruction. Award-winning short cuts ripped from the pages of the most enduring, underground pulp fiction digest magazine.

Steve Hayes is required to make an audition tape for a role he is trying out for. His brief from the director is to 'Tell me about yourself'. It sounds simple, in theory.

A young man ignorant of everything, including his own name, arrives at the Kingdom of the Holy Grail. Is he the ‘pure fool, enlightened by compassion’, who, it has been prophesied, will purify the kingdom?

A documentary about Giovanni Simonelli - an Italian screenwriter who worked on Biblical epics, Spaghetti Westerns, Thrillers, Horrors (Giallo), Peplums and more during the golden age of Italian Cinema's most prolific period. Giovanni's career is a microcosm of the wider industry from the late 50s all the way to the 90s.