6 July 2008

Pop quiz. Would My Chemical Romance lead to a Chemical Wedding? If that means nothing whatsoever then apologies for the pop culture drivel. If you're not familiar with the film title Chemical Wedding then know this – it's inspired by the life and works of occult scholar Aleister Crowley, it stars Simon Callow and was directed by Monty Python associate Julian Doyle, whose credits include stints as second unit director on Brazil, Time Bandits, Erik The Viking and as editor of Time Bandits, Brazil, Monty Python's The Life of Brian and The Meaning Of Life. If that doesn't peak your interest then take a look at the startlingly high user rating on IMDb. There has to be something here worth investigating...

In a laboratory at Cambridge University, a state-of-the-art virtual reality suit is being linked to the world's biggest super computer. Unknown to his colleagues, programmer and occult obsessive Victor Neumann has been secretly uploading all of the late Aleister Crowley's black magic ceremonies into the computer in binary form, intending to fuse science and magic with the help of his accomplice, the stuttering Classics lecturer Dr. Haddo. When Haddo enters the suit, the addition of a random chaos equation to the mix results in his apparent transformation into Crowley himself. Wreaking havoc with the students and faculty, the professor's new found arrogance and depraved appetites mirror the nature of his dead leader to the point where he believes himself to be the reincarnation of Crowley. Realising Haddo has knowledge that only the real Crowley could possibly possess, his colleagues finally accept that the incredible may be true and they are forced to focus their attentions on finding a way to send "The Beast" back to the hell from which he came.

Chemical Wedding will be released on UK DVD on 8th September 2008 by Warner Music Entertainment UK at the RRP of £17.99. Special features will include:

• "Making of Chemical Wedding" documentary;
• Commentary with Writer/Director Julian Doyle, Co-writer Bruce Dickinson and Producer Ben Timlett;
• Deleted Scenes
• UK theatrical trailer.