Flickering Myth: the UK film site behind Flickering Myth Films

Overview

Flickering Myth is a UK film and pop-culture publication founded in 2009 by Gary Collinson, covering film, television and genre culture with news, reviews, interviews, features and opinion pieces (Flickering Myth). In 2025 it covered Jinga Films’ US Blu-ray and DVD reissue of The Bunny Game through Jinga’s Danse Macabre label (Flickering Myth). Beyond publishing, the brand has moved into actual film production via Flickering Myth Films, whose first feature, The Baby in the Basket, was acquired by Shudder for the US (Malevolent Dark).

Founding, scope and masthead

Gary Collinson founded Flickering Myth in 2009; the site describes itself as “an independent film and pop culture media brand combining editorial coverage with real-world filmmaking and industry experience” (Flickering Myth). Its editorial mix spans news, reviews, interviews, features and opinion across film, television and genre culture, and it calls itself “one of the UK’s longest-running film and entertainment websites,” claiming more than 150 million visitors since inception — both first-party claims, stated here with that attribution (Flickering Myth). Independent confirmation of the site’s identity comes from a 2012 WhatCulture review of Collinson’s book Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen (published by Robert Hale), which notes his craft was honed “through his own film website Flickering Myth” (WhatCulture). Collinson remains Editor-in-Chief, with producing credits on The Baby in the Basket, Death Among the Pines and Robert Returns, and a background that includes a decade teaching film and media (Flickering Myth).

From reviews to filmmaking

The masthead gives the site’s criticism its aggregation weight: Chief Film Critic Robert Kojder is Rotten Tomatoes-approved (Chicago Film Critics Association, Critics Choice Association, Online Film Critics Society); EJ Moreno (joined 2018, runs the FMTV YouTube channel, 27,000+ subscribers) is also RT-approved; Amie Cranswick has been Executive Editor for over a decade; Senior Staff Writer Tom Jolliffe doubles as a producer (Flickering Myth). RT-approved status is what puts an outlet’s reviews into the Tomatometer pool. Flickering Myth Films has taken the brand behind the camera: its first completed feature, the gothic horror The Baby in the Basket — directed by Nathan Shepka from a Jolliffe script, starring Amber Doig-Thorne, Maryam d’Abo, Paul Barber and Annabelle Lanyon — premiered in 2025, sold to more than 15 international territories, and joined Shudder’s US lineup on 20 July 2026 (Malevolent Dark). Follow-ups: Death Among the Pines (Tubi US) and the Robert the Doll reboot Robert Returns (4Digital Media, early 2027) (Malevolent Dark). The 15-territory sale is the number that counts: real distribution beyond the editorial audience.

Covering The Bunny Game’s US reissue

In 2025 Flickering Myth reported Jinga Films’ US home-video release of The Bunny Game with the news item “Controversial horror The Bunny Game gets Blu-ray release from Jinga Films”: a new Blu-ray and DVD edition of Adam Rehmeier’s 2011 exploitation horror, co-written by and starring Rodleen Getsic, issued in the United States through Jinga’s Danse Macabre label, with bonus materials including the “Caretaking the Monster” behind-the-scenes featurette, the trailer and the teaser (Flickering Myth). The article notes Jinga’s history as the global sales agent behind A Serbian Film and that The Bunny Game was refused a certificate by the BBFC, “effectively banning the film in the UK to this day” (Flickering Myth). It was not the site’s first encounter with the film: the 2021 “Extreme Cinema” feature by Liam Underwood argued against the BBFC’s ban while panning the film itself as a boring exercise in “torture porn,” unfavourably compared with Martyrs (Flickering Myth). The two pieces together show the outlet’s genre-press posture — distribution-milestone news plus long-form critical features with an explicit anti-censorship line.

Flickering Myth Films slate

Project	Status	Source
The Baby in the Basket (gothic horror)	Premiered 2025; 15+ international territories; Shudder US premiere 20 July 2026	Malevolent Dark
Death Among the Pines (suspense thriller)	Streaming on Tubi (US); UK release September 2026	Malevolent Dark
Robert Returns (Robert the Doll reboot)	Slated early 2027 from 4Digital Media	Malevolent Dark

Frequently asked questions

Who founded Flickering Myth and when? Film writer and producer Gary Collinson founded Flickering Myth in 2009 as an online film and entertainment publication. He remains Editor-in-Chief, has over 20 years of industry experience including a decade teaching film and media, and authored Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen (Robert Hale), per the site’s about page.

What does Flickering Myth cover? The site covers film, television and genre culture, publishing news, reviews, interviews, features and opinion pieces. It describes itself as one of the UK’s longest-running film and entertainment websites and claims a global audience of more than 150 million visitors since 2009 — both the site’s own figures.

What is Flickering Myth Films? It is the brand’s film-production arm, developing commercially oriented features for international audiences. Its first completed feature, the gothic horror The Baby in the Basket (2025), sold to 15-plus territories and joined Shudder’s US lineup in July 2026. Follow-ups are Death Among the Pines and Robert Returns.

How did Flickering Myth cover The Bunny Game’s 2025 US reissue? With a 2025 news item on Jinga Films’ US Blu-ray and DVD release through its Danse Macabre label — noting Jinga’s A Serbian Film history, the BBFC’s ongoing UK ban, and the disc’s bonus materials. The site had already covered the film in a 2021 “Extreme Cinema” feature opposing the BBFC ban while criticising the movie.

Who are the key people at Flickering Myth? Founder and Editor-in-Chief Gary Collinson; Executive Editor Amie Cranswick; Senior Staff Writer and producer Tom Jolliffe; Chief Film Critic Robert Kojder (Rotten Tomatoes-approved, Chicago Film Critics Association, Critics Choice, Online Film Critics Society); and FMTV executive producer EJ Moreno — across editorial and production.

Timeline

• 2009 — Gary Collinson founds Flickering Myth (site’s own about page).
• 2012 — Holy Franchise, Batman! published by Robert Hale; WhatCulture’s review identifies Flickering Myth as Collinson’s own film website.
• 2018 — EJ Moreno joins the site; he now runs FMTV, its YouTube channel (site’s own about page).
• 2021-08 — “Extreme Cinema – The Bunny Game” feature originally published (site’s own page).
• 2025 — the site covers Jinga Films’ US Blu-ray/DVD release of The Bunny Game (Danse Macabre); The Baby in the Basket premieres (Malevolent Dark).
• 2026-07-20 — The Baby in the Basket premieres on Shudder in the US (Malevolent Dark).
• 2027 (announced) — Robert Returns slated from 4Digital Media (Malevolent Dark).

What we could not verify

• The “more than 150 million visitors since inception” audience figure: asserted on the site’s own about page; no independent traffic data was found in this pass.
• The “one of the UK’s longest-running film and entertainment websites” description: the site’s own wording, not an independently adjudicated ranking.
• The exact publication date of the Bunny Game news item: the fetched page shows no byline date; 2025 is inferred from the article URL and image upload paths.
• Whether Flickering Myth holds formal press accreditation with festivals or studios: not stated by any source read in full.
• Financial details of Flickering Myth Films (budgets, revenue): not published in the sources read.

Sources

• Flickering Myth — About Flickering Myth (first-party; founding, scope, staff, production arm, audience claims)
• WhatCulture — Holy Franchise Batman! - A Bat Fan’s Delight (tier2; independent confirmation of the site as Collinson’s own)
• Malevolent Dark — Baby in the Basket Joins the July Lineup at Shudder (tier3; Shudder acquisition, territories, film slate)
• Flickering Myth — Controversial horror The Bunny Game gets Blu-ray release from Jinga Films (first-party; the 2025 Bunny Game reissue coverage)
• Flickering Myth — Extreme Cinema - The Bunny Game (2010) (first-party; the 2021 long-form feature)