From Canada capital, Ottawa; is the director who I had the pleasure to talk this time, a director with a variety of movies on a various kind of genres, but most of them centered its core in thriller, mystery or horror, and as you know, here we like horror or scifi things, Andrew Erin took some time out to answer our inquires about his latest horror movie "HAVENHURST" a movie made it over its basis in "Dr Holmes", this film talks about a mysterious, strange building where something strange happens. Stay There! And read out this meaty interview.
EFF: Andrew really
grateful for your time, I know you are busy person. Where are you from and when
did you realize you wanted to be a film director or at least to be into movie
makers guild?
AE: I'm from Ottawa,
Canada. I discovered film making in my early twenties while living in Toronto.
Once I got the taste for directing, that was it, I knew that it was what I
wanted to do for the rest of my life.
EFF: Now first off, let me congratulate you for
your film "HAVENHURST", I want you give me your thoughts about what
is "Havenhurst", how could you describe it?
AE: It’s a movie
inspired by H.H.Holmes with a slightly twisted morality play. The owner of
Havenhurst, Eleanor, feels like she is doing the city and the world a favour by
taking in people who struggle through life with various forms of addiction.
There is really only one rule, live a clean moral life and you can stay in
Havenhurst as long as you like. Go back to your old ways and you will be
EVICTED. Eviction takes on a whole new meaning in this movie.
EFF: Where it was filmed this movie? What location
did you use?
AE: Most of the movie
was shot in Los Angeles and we did a few days in New York City.
EFF: Almost in
the middle or a little before of it, it appears a picture hanging up on the
wall, man, when I saw it I said myself, "I know that guy, where have I
seen him" jaja and then all comes to light to audience, well and obviously
you inspired in "Dr Holmes" at the moment to create this film, but
let me ask you, why you decided to take this person to base a film?
AE: Right from the
beginning, we were inspired to tell a story that incorporated some of his
twisted antics. We liked the idea that Dr. Holmes could have started in this
building and moved on, leaving his descendants to carry on his work.
EFF: "Havenhurst"
shows great stunts scenes, how were these executed and anything else to tell
about them?
AE: I had an amazing
stunt team because of John Moio, an incredibly experienced stunt coordinator.
All of the stunts were done practically, we threw people across rooms and into
walls, it was a lot of fun.
EFF: What did you try to state in this film as a writer and as a director?
AE:Nothing too deep, we
wanted to have fun, make something scary and hopefully not offend anyone.
EFF: How was the
pitching process? After you got the script and you had to sell it to producers,
tell us all that process.
AE: Dan Farrands and
I had come up with the idea a while ago and as time went on I put the project
forward to try and get it funded. It was even sold to Lionsgate as a tv series
at one point. As time went on I got into producing and it became a priority for
me so I was able to secure the funding before we wrote the script. I edited
together a teaser trailer for the movie, which really helped people see my
vision for it.
Scenes from Havenhurst
EFF: This film to me is not bloody, it has a particular scene very gore and very outstanding but tell us about that creation process and another thing, what was the building you shot in on those aerial shots?
AE: That scene was
done with a combination of practical FX and VFX. It really turned out well. The
building we used for the exterior was one of the Tudor City buildings in New
York.
EFF: What were those problems, setbacks
you faced in during the film shooting?
AE: No real setbacks
other than trying to cram a very difficult movie into the budget and time that
we had to make it in. Which is the classic struggle for most indie filmmakers.
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EFF: You are
co-writer alongside Daniel Farrands in this film, I want to ask you, when you
were developing the characters, how did you deal the "Likable
character" thing?
AE: We tried to make
Jackie very accessible and grounded hoping that she would connect to the
audience. When we cast Julie Benz and I felt like that really helped accomplish
our goal.
EFF: How was worked alongside these such
great actors crew? How was the casting process?
AE: The actors were
amazing to work with, we got very lucky during the casting process. Its all a
director can hope for is to have very positive and professional actors and
crew.
EFF: What horror movies you like the most?
AE: I love all kinds,
The Conjuring, The Exorcist, The Strangers, the list goes on and on.
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EFF: What
director has inspired you on your directing style?
AE: I have been
influenced by many directors from M. Night Shyamalan to Steven Spielburg,
Robert Redford to Stanley Kubrick.
EFF: Your first film was on horror genre "Sam's Lake" and now, your
last one so far is on horror genre too, why it took you so long time to embrace
another horror movie?
AE: Its hard getting
movies made so it took me a long time to get the second one off the ground.
Sam's Lake | Imdb |
EFF: What equipments, cameras you used for this film making?
AE: We shot on the Arri
Alexa and the Red Epic.
EFF: What advice would you give for those want-to-be filmmakers who are undecided
about how to shoot their first story?
AE: I would say that
now is the best time in history to go out there and tell your story. Technology
is readily available to shoot and post a movie. Use a DSLR, use an iPhone, just
get out there and tell your story.
EFF: And now if somebody gives you the chance to makes a horror remake
what would you choose and why?
AE: I would make
Havenhurst 2!
EFF: What is your opinion about the
different funding platforms that exists right now via web, have you used one of
them? Do you think newbies filmmakers must to use them?
AE: I think its
great, I haven’t used them yet myself but I know that it’s helped many people
get their stories told.
EFF: What is new on your career, what do
you have in mind?
AE: I have a number
of different projects in development, hopefully I will go to camera on one
soon.
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