Filth (novel) Stork Nightmares" and "Porno". Other minor characters mentioned in passing throughout "Filth" include: Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson (from "Trainspotting", "Skagboys" and "Porno"), "Juice" Terry Lawson (from "Glue" and "Porno"), Danny "Spud" Murphy (from "Trainspotting", "Skagboys" and "Porno"), and "Post" Alec Connolly, a recurring character in "Glue". A film adaptation of "Filth" was released on 27 September 2013. It is directed by Jon S. Baird, from a script he also wrote. Filth (novel) Filth is a 1998 novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. A sequel, "Crime", was published in 2008. It was adapted into a 2013 film of the same name,
Irvine Welsh A sequel to "The Blade Artist", entitled "Dead Men's Trousers", was released on 29 March 2018, and sees Mark Renton, Sick Boy, and Spud reuniting with Francis Begbie. As well as fiction, Irvine Welsh has written several stage plays, including "Headstate", "You'll Have Had Your Hole", and the musical "Blackpool", which featured original songs by Vic Godard of the Subway Sect. He co-authored "Babylon Heights" with his screen writing partner Dean Cavanagh. The play premiered in San Francisco at the Exit Theatre and made its European première in Dublin, at The Mill Theatre Dundrum, directed by Graham Cantwell. The plot