INTERVIEW - CASEY TEBO - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - BLACK FRIDAY

 

A salute to everyone reading this interview. The principal aim of this blog is provide valuable information at those newbies filmmakers out there, you know, filmmakers that haven't shot any movie yet because they feel trapped in doubts about concepts or practical tricks about something or they feel mentally blocked crafting their movie story. So, what they need are the testimonies from other more experienced filmmakers, who started out like them, from zero, or maybe some didn't commence from zero but have suffered they same doubts they are suffering now, all this with practical question regarding the moviemaking backgrounds, how to do certain things, advice about specific matters, no abstract issues but real matters.

Having said that, I've had the fortune to have talked with many indie filmmakers, there are  some who have been more open to share their thought than others but in overall all have been really helpful giving out advice and sharing their experiences, the setbacks faced and the most important how they solved them out. I've exposed the previous speech because I had the tremendous pleasure to talk with the talented and bright director CASEY TEBO. I have to say that he has been one of the most expressful directors I've ever talked before and knowing the level he usually moves around I am more than honoured. We talked about his latest work, the comedy - horror BLACK FRIDAY. The film was starred by Bruce Campbell, Devon sawa, Ivana Baquero, Ryan Lee, Stephen Peck and Michael Jai White. You can imagine the level the movie has, I mean, a dazzling cast. The movie was released on VOD and limited theaters in 2021 and had its DVD and Bluray release in January 2022, you can check here.

Casey is from Massachusetts and as he said himself, the curiousity for filmmaking was born thanks to a scene from Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, from that particula scene a world begun for him. Casey explained to us in a clear way how he approaches the creation of a movie, gave us really worthy advice and tips when shooting a scene and plenty more things. So, please, eager newbie filmmaker, scroll down and read this great interview with massive advice for you.

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INTERVIEW - JASON WILLIAM LEE - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - FUNHOUSE

A salute to everyone reading this interview. I had the chance to have a talk with JASON WILLIAM LEE, he's from Vancouver, Canada. We went throught the reasons he had to pursue a career into the filmmaking world, and as he said, he felt it when you he realized he could memorize the lines of his favorite movies rather than algebra, summing it up haha. JASON came onto stage in 2016 with the shocking movie THE EVIL IN US, but the theme if this interview is his latest movie FUNHOUSE, a movie about 8 celebrities around the globe that are invited to participate in a reality show hoping to earn 5 millions of dollars, but soon they realize that the price to pay to obtain that money would be with their lives...

FUNHOUSE movie had a theater and VOD released on MAY 28, 2021 in the USA by magnet releasing. and was released in Russia in 2019. The moviemaking process is always a winding road and while you walk that road, variety of feelings are arising constantly, happiness, restlessness, uncertainty, joyness and so others. The trick is be capable to canalize all of them and using them as a channel to concrete the movie, don't let dominate by them, by contrast, use them.

If you are interested to receive and read valuable, worthy and goldy advice from indie horror more experienced filmmakers, please stay  tuned and read this interview out, JASON will give you those words you are expecting for. So, please, eager newbie filmmaker, scroll down and read this great interview with massive advice for you.

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INTERVIEW - SAVVAS CHRISTOU - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - CAPTIVE

 

A salute to everyone reading this interview. Today we'd like to introduce you to SAVVAS CHRISTOUS. He is from Cyprus, the passion for the arts came from very young thanks to the reflex he had from his family, in other words, the love art is from inheritance right. Graduated from Aristoteleio University in Thessaloniki in fine arts, later on decided to shoot short films with friends and hone his directorial skills. IN 2020 was premiered his first feature film, the psychological-horror-thriller CAPTIVE, also known as “KATHERINE’S LULLABY”. The story centers on a struggling teenager trying to escape from her abusive father and decide to do it with the help of her boyfriend wandering in the woods, in a moment they decide to split up, but she lose her boyfriend and in her search to find him finds a cabin to ask for him, an old man hello her and from that moment her nightmares starts.

The movie had a north america and worldwide release by Vertical Entertainment and  High Octane. SAVVAS in very open-minded manner chat with us about the origin of the story, teach us that from simple and casual moments the stories emerges on, gave us advice regarding pre-production, principal photography and post-production, even we talked about his experience reaching a distribution deal and the ups and downs he experienced while creating this movie.  If you are and eager indie filmmaker, please, scroll down and read this great interview with massive advice for you.

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UPCOMING HORROR - THE LEGEND OF LA LLORONA - JANUARY 07, 2022 (THEATERS)

 

STORYLINE: A malevolent spirit bent on vengeance, stalks a young family visiting Mexico. Andrew, Carly and their son Danny travel to an isolated hacienda in Mexico for a much-needed vacation. As they enter the town, signs showing missing children set an ominous tone. The family learns of the legend of “La Llorona,” the evil spirit of a distraught mother who lurks near the water’s edge and strikes fear in the hearts of all who see her.

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UPCOMING 2021 HORROR - THE KINDRED - JANUARY 07, 2022 (LIMITED THEATER - VOD)

 

STORYLINE: A woman suffering from amnesia pieces together the events that led to her father's suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect were murdered by him.

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INTERVIEW - JESS NORVISGAARD - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - THE GOOD THINGS DEVILS DO

 

A salute to everyone reading this interview. First things first, I hope everyone had a fantastic new year day celebration and this 2022 brings you materialize the projects you aspire to. I had taken days off but this year the blog comes with a lot of new interesting interviews from a lots of indie filmmakers layers all level of budgets, all of them with problems to solve, doubts to beat and 

 a bunch of advice that newbie filmmakers out there could hold onto and set them out in practice for their upcoming project.

I had the chance to talk with JESS NORVISGAARD, from Asheville, NC. This indie filmmaker had his feature film debut in 2020 with the vampire creature - horror "THE GOOD THINGS DEVILS DO" as director and writer. The movies plot could be summed up as: "Richard and his daughter Mouse have one last clandestine job before he can retire which he desperately wants to do so that he can work on being the father he never was.  But they hit the wrong house, and it all goes upside down as the house is besieged by an ancient vampire hellbent on revenge" by the own director words. The movie condense an 80's style along with Argento composition with vivid colors that let the movie shine for itself.

JESS told us how the movie got green lit to be shooted, how the idea came out off ground and got jumped on the screen, the path he walked so his vision could be watched for millions of people, basically the dream of every wannabe-director. If you are one of those, please, scroll down and read this great interview with massive advice for you.

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