David McGillivray

David McGillivray

Born: September 7, 1947
in London, England, UK
David McGillivray has contributed to radio, TV, films and theatre, began as a film journalist and bit player. His stints as a contributor to the magazine "Films and Filming" and assistant editor of the British Film Institute's "Monthly Film Bulletin" resulted first in him writing screenplays for director Pete Walker and later writing the book "Doing Rude Things". The films were not commercially successful and McGillivray's scripts attracted mostly hostile reviews. He moved to theatre, co-writing lowbrow farces for his own company. During this period he met Julian Clary, who was starting out as a stand-up comic. McGillivray has continued to this day to write for Clary.

Movies for David McGillivray...

Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
Title: Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
Character: Self
Released: July 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship restricted Britain. When the home video boom hit in the 80s he was one of the first to capitalize on the initially far less regulated format... but he would pay the price. Then things get really dark and strange.
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Loops
Title: Loops
Character: Kenneth
Released: January 16, 2022
Type: Movie
A troubled man battles his mental illness as he attempts to fix an issue from his past in a bid to save his future.
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Tales of the Uncanny
Title: Tales of the Uncanny
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2020
Type: Movie
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
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The Emmanuelle Effect
Title: The Emmanuelle Effect
Character: Self
Released: May 8, 2020
Type: Movie
The very first feature-length discussion and breakdown of the entire "Emmanuelle" phenomenon - the atmosphere in Europe that led to the production of the original and its subsequent impact across the continent and indeed the world.
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Horror Icon
Title: Horror Icon
Character: himself
Released: August 28, 2016
Type: Movie
FrightFest premiered this never-before-seen documentary HORROR ICON in honour of legendary genre personality David McGillivray, to celebrate the release of WORST FEARS, a collection of seven nightmare tales in the Amicus style written and produced by McGillivray, which will form part of the DVD release & was shown theatrically as part of its promotion.
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Mark of the Times
Title: Mark of the Times
Character: Himself
Released: September 29, 2014
Type: Movie
A documentary about the 'new wave' of British horror directors and their films in the 1960s and 1970s.
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VHS Forever? Psychotronic People
Title: VHS Forever? Psychotronic People
Character: Himself
Released: September 20, 2014
Type: Movie
A feature length documentary shot over 9 months taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in the UK.
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Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost
Title: Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost
Character: Impolite Phone Man
Released: August 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Short produced for FrightFest, starring Warren, Sun, and David McGillivray.
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From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
Title: From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
Character: Himself
Released: December 3, 2012
Type: Movie
The history of Italian zombie cinema, beginning with the breakout worldwide influence and success of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and continuing through to Lucio Fulci's trend-setting Zombie Flesh-Eaters (Zombi 2) and its many imitators.
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Abracadaver!
Title: Abracadaver!
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A demented magician seeks a new assistant in this gruesome tale of magic and mutilation. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."
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Contact
Title: Contact
Character: Headwaiter
Released: September 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Director-choreographer Susan Stroman and librettist John Weidman construct an evening of three dance plays. The first deals with a "swinger" couple and their servant, whose sexual games suddenly change; the second finds an unhappy 1950s wife imagining herself the belle of a restaurant she attends with her abusive husband; and the final piece allows a suicidal executive to find life again chasing after a mysterious girl in a dance bar.
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Sex and Fame: The Mary Millington Story
Title: Sex and Fame: The Mary Millington Story
Character: Self / Interviewee
Released: October 12, 1996
Type: Movie
Channel 4 documentary charting the meteoric rise and equally swift decline of Mary Millington, the girl-next-door who became one of the most famous porn stars of the 1970s.
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Doing Rude Things
Title: Doing Rude Things
Released: May 29, 1995
Type: Movie
A light-hearted celebration of British sex films from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Presented by Angus Deayton, the programme includes interviews with movie veterans Robin Askwith and Pamela Green, as well as featuring clips from popular X-rated movies like “Come Play with Me” (1977). (IMDb)
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Satan's Slave
Title: Satan's Slave
Character: Priest
Released: August 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes back to haunt her.
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I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
Title: I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 15, 1976
Type: Movie
Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon, manages to secure a job in a sex research institute where the patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are encouraged and no man is safe from the crotch-grabbing tea lady. In his attempts to seduce pretty office secretary Cheryl, Pigeon invents a machine called Agnes that emits a 'sonic aphrodisiac' guaranteed to turn any man or woman into an slathering sex maniac. Although his attempts to zap Cheryl are singularly unsuccessful, Pigeon gets some interesting results when he accidentally turns the 'sex ray' on his bullying boss Nutbrown and the prudish Mary Watchtower.
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House of Whipcord
Title: House of Whipcord
Character: Caven (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1974
Type: Movie
Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their crimes. Here they mete out their own form of justice and ensure that the girls never return to their old ways.
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Carry On Girls
Title: Carry On Girls
Character: Man at Beauty Contest (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
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The Highgate Vampyre
Title: The Highgate Vampyre
Character: Tyrone Delany
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Documentary filmmakers investigate reports of a vampire at Highgate Cemetery in London. They witness paranormal activity and encounter the legendary Vampyre of Highgate while filming at the graveyard.
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The Estrogen Gospel
Title: The Estrogen Gospel
Character: The Beast (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A young transgender woman takes a hike through the English countryside in an attempt to resolve her spiritual crisis - but an ancient evil strives to ensure that she never completes her journey.