Melanie Hayward

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I’m an indie filmmaker and actor based in Brisbane.

I make stuff. I watch stuff.

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  • Tombstone

    ★★★★★

  • Death Becomes Her

    ★★★★½

  • Daniel's Gotta Die

  • Black and Blue

    ★★★½

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  • Tombstone

    Tombstone

    ★★★★★

    I feel like it’s so random that this was my favourite movie of all time. But like a lot of 90s flicks it’s full of quotable lines and good looking dudes so I guess it checks out. Rating 5 stars cos if I don’t, am I really a fan?

  • Death Becomes Her

    Death Becomes Her

    ★★★★½

    I must’ve watched this a thousand times in the 90s/early 00s after it came out and although I loved it I didn’t truly appreciate just how good and poignant it is. If you liked the substance and a fan of 90s nostalgia you’ll love Death Becomes Her. Still relevant today.

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  • Silent Zone

    Silent Zone

    ★★★

    Is this the world’s first epic zombie adventure movie? It kinda feels like it. These aren’t your regular brain-munching, feet-dragging slow ass zombies. They actually have intelligence, hunting and plotting like they had their own survival training. This movie has some serious eye roll moments especially with its tropes, but it all just works. I wasn’t expecting the jump scares, or the big action sequences on a tiny budget, nor how the elements at the end tied in, but I…

  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★★

    Amongst the hundreds of beavers (and other woodland life…and death) are hundreds of gags that are devilishly clever. 

    It’s a surprisingly violent and dark tale of survival, love and poetic vengeance. 

    It’s incredibly fast paced and you won’t want to miss a thing. Dare to look at your phone for a second and miss a moment of unique brilliance. 

    Hundreds of Beavers is a sophisticated piece of storytelling and for all the slapstick comedy (and drama, horror and even romance)…