INTERVIEW - HOWARD FORD - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - THE LOCKDOWN HAUNTINGS

 

A salute to everyone reading this interview. The interview I post today I made it last year in December, different situations made me publish it today, I said this because today's interviewee is HOWARD FORD and we talked about his movie THE LOCKDOWN HAUNTINGS, it was his latest movie by that time, but he released a few days ago his new latest movie THE LEDGE. The movie was released on October, 2021 on VOD format and on DVD format on November, 2021.

As I said this interview focuses on THE LOCKDOWN HAUNTINGS, a clever British movie crafted during the Covid Pandemic and thought as a reinvention by HOWARD FORD side, A proficient and artistic mind always is thinking about how to adapt himself to current situations and his mind bounced around the idea to shoot while all people were isolated and fearful due the pandemic conjuncture back then, it flourished his cleverness and decided shooting a movie taking advantage everyone had to stay back home, that's how was born THE LOCKDOWN HAUNTINGS, a movie that incorporates everything that independent filmmaker means, cause HOWARD FORD was director, cinematographer, cameraman, gaffer, everything. Because of that and much more, be able to have the possibility of having his words on this blog and reach it out to many indie filmmakers out there is truly priceless

We talked about his filmography, 8 feature films, more than 250 commercials, and 7 short films so far, what numbers ah! I know you'll like it a lot, come on indie filmmakers, just have to scroll down and read this plenty of valuable advice interview for you, come on!

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INTERVIEW - EVAN SPILIOTOPOULOS - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - THE UNHOLY

 

A salute to everyone reading this interview. Today's interviewee unwittingly after having written movies such as HERCULES (Starred by "The Rock"), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Starred by Emma Watson) and a few more broke in as a director with his latest movie THE UNHOLY, which was starred by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Cricket Brown, William Sadler and Carry Elwes among other more. I am talking about EVAN SPILIOTOPOULOS. The movie is an adaptation from the novel SHRINE by  James Herbert, but revolves around a hearing-impaired girl who after being "touched" by the holy spirit of Virgin Marie gets able to hear, as the  supposed myracle is spreading more and more, the girl gains congregation who flock to observe the miracles, but behind that miracle something evil is hiding. And I highlight the word "Unwittingly" because that's how things happened, as Evan told us and you will be about to read, He took the director baton out to direct this movie at last minute after seeing that his dream to see one of his favorite novel in a feature film adaption by him could fly away, he said, "ok, I'll direct the movie then". A not minor fact is that the movie was produced by SAM RAIMI.

The movie was released last year on April 2 theatrically, Digital formats on May 25 and through DVD and BLURAY on June 25, by Scream Gems and Sony Pictures, major leagues, ah. I truly appreciate when directors, cinematographer or any person allow me to take some of their free time out to answer my questions, that's why I will be for ever grateful with Evan, I can only imagine how tight can be his schedule and letting me talk to him and share his words with the newbie indie filmmakers that read this blog, figuratively is pure gold.

As always we talk about the background of the movie, how he got involved, his major setbacks, how he overcome them, his sensations during the making of this movie, his thoughts, advice in overall. So, you newbie, indie filmmaker, come on! Scroll down and read this blow mind interview. 

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INTERVIEW - FRITZ BOHM - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - WILDLING

A salute to everyone reading this interview. We've been utterly lucky having extraordinaries indie filmmakers aorund here lately, filmmakers shooting movies with micro, low and other not so low budget, I mean, diversity is what it is, that way so that people (I expect newbie filmmakers) who read them could be able to understand the vicissitudes a movie production has and what they may face while shooting their own, that is the goal.

Following with the above statement, today's interviewee is a Germany filmmaker, who spent most of his childhood in USA: FRITZ BOHM. As I wrote, he was born in Germany an there would live his first interactions with art, the feeling of creating something, from the moment he watched David Lynch's Eraserhead, the curio instinct erupted out of him and all begun. We talked about his latest work: WILDLING in 2018, a movie that revolves around the transformation both physical and personal that a teenager experiment spicy up with folklore story tale. The movie had wonderful ensemble cast: Bel Powley, Liv Tyler and Brad Dourif (The Exorcist III) among others. Entertainment Weekly described it as "Wildling is a clever, unsettling horror debut". The movie was distributed by IFC Midnight in the USA.

FRITZ walked us through his first steps in the film industry, how was his enterprise to watch his longed for first movie screen out, the path to craft the script, advice about each of the stages a movie production has and wealthy wealthy information that I know would help any filmmaker out there, so, come on! Scroll down and read this blow mind interview.

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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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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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INTERVIEW - PAUL CATALANOTTO - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - THE THING INSIDE US

 

A salute to everyone reading this interview. First things first, I hope each of the person reading this reading this interview has had a merry christmas with your loved ones. OK, now regariding our subject, I want to indtroduce you people today's interviewee: PAUL CATALANOTTO, an indie filmmaker, director of films such as Proof Of The Devil, Scrilege and his latest work THE THING INSIDE US, which is the matter of our talk. As I always write,  this blog and these interviews specifically seeks to provide valuable info to beginners or budding filmmakers from people who have lived the experience to make a movie and know what things to prioritize and what not when making a limited budget film in all its differentes phases.

PAUL fits in this goal because he knows perfectly those things, in each of his movies he has experienced situations that has forced him to dig deep to look for creative solutions. His latest film has been made with no crew, only he and his actors and all this came to surface because of the suggestion of one of his students, ah, I had not said yet, PAUL teaches film production at the university, so in one of his classes that challenge turned into a  goal for his career and the result was THE THING INSIDE US, a movie that tells the story of a married couple that during the strike of a strange disease in the world, the wife experiment a "sleepwalking" condition and doctors can't help her, so the husband decide to document her condition through video record all her steps... What he finds could not only destroy his relationship, but the world itself.

The movie had its VOD and DIGITAL release on October 19, 2021 by High Octane Pictures. PAUL let me talk with him about the obstacles he faced off during the making of, the doubt moments that arise in every film production, how to focus on the goals, he gave us advice regarding how to shoot a movie with no crew and with no money practically. I know you will like this interview, come on! Scroll down and read it.

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INTERVIEW - TIMOTHY COVELL / CHRISTINA BEHNKE - INDIE HORROR FILMMAKERS - BLOOD CONSCIOUS

A salute to everyone reading this interview. Today's interviewees are a couple f indie filmmakers who decided to embark into the sinuous, mysterious, sometimes bleak, but always interesting and gratifying world of making a feature film, and they are TIMOTHY COVELL and CHRISTINA BEHNKE, this year was premiered their first feature film called BLOOD CONSCIOUS. TIMOTHY as the director and writer and CHRISTINA as the producer, they together brought in a riveting horror film about a brother, sister and her fiancé are planning to spend some time at their parent's lakeside cottage, but when arrived to the cottage they find their parents and neighbours haven been murdered, the killer reached them out but he claims he had to kill them because they were demons, is it true or not? This movie is "What happens after a typically horror movie ends". The movie had the THEATRICAL, DIGITAL and VOD release on August 20, 2021 and the DVD release on September 28, 2021 distributed by Dark Sky Films.

TIMOTHY and CHRISTINA were open to discuss and talk about the hard journey they had making the movie  and watch it "on screen" finally, I tried to take the opportunity and ask about everything in terms of making of and emotions flourish during the movie making, the setbacks, the way the destroyed their obstacles and how others indie filmmakers can read their experiences and take in out of the advice.

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INTERVIEW - KOHL GLASS - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - BABYSITTER MUST DIE

A salute to everyone reading this interview. A couple months ago I was able to chat with KOHL GLASS, a talented director from Mesa, Arizona. On june 21 of this year was released on VOD paltforms his latest movie: BABYSITTER MUST DIE, distributed by Blue Fox Entertainment. A horror-thriller movie that has pinches of comedy in it. The story centers on a babysitter that must to defend the family hired her from some cultists, but she's not just any babysitter, she is the babysitter the cultists need to kill to succeed in their plans, but soon they find things won't go as easy as they planned before. The movie has received praise from critics and audience, for example www.heavenofhorror.com wrote: "...it reminded me quite a lot of movies like Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse or Tucker and Dale vs Evil. Both are movies I really love so this is a huge compliment.".

KOHL told us about why chose filmmaking as a life thing, the ins and outs during the shooting of his film, anecdote and advice for all those newbie filmmakers out there tryng to figure out how to make their first movie. Come out! Scrowl down and read a worthy interview.

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INTERVIEW - MAXI CONTENTI - INDIE HORROR DIRECTOR - THE LAST MATINEE (AL MORIR A LA MATINÉE)

A salute to everyone reading this interview. To Return to the 90's when cinemas were the recint where our imagination could fly off watching the renaissance of sci fi movies or be frightened by the monsters or killers from horror movies and sometimes drop out a shy tear watching the drama or comedy stories, all that and more represented the cinemas back in the 90's, time where THE LAST MATINEE takes place, a story about that, vivid experiences in a cinema, but in this particular movie that "vivid" experiences gets another level, a too real level. The movies tells the story of a hooded serial killer that gets in a cinema and inside of it unleashes all his evil and commit a serie of murders all this meanwhile a group of teenagers trying to escape from him.

This uruguayan Movie is directed by MAXI CONTENTI, and I had the chance to cha with him about the behind of the movie making, the methods, the techniques, the obstacles, the disillusions, the happiness, the doubts, all those "normal" sensations when approaching the building up of a movie. MAXI CONTENTI is from uruguay and from a very young age he knew he wanted to be in the film industry and become a great movie director.

THE LAST MATINEE was released on August 24,21 on VOD and Digital by Dark Star Pictures, but since December first you can watch it on ARROW, you can check out HERE. Come out! Scrowl down and read a worthy interview where newbie filmmakers out there can learn a lot from MAXI and his experience. 

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INTERVIEW - LEVIN GARBISCH - INDIE HORROR FILMMAKER - MIRANDA VEIL

 

A salute to everyone reading this interview. I had the opportunity to chat with LEVIN GARBISCH, director and writer of "MIRANDA VEIL" his latest filmmaking work, an mystery - horror film that tells the story of a wannabe serial killer in search of his first victim but stumbles upon with a woman that apparently can't die... from that, the movie develops over a mystery relationship with both of them. You can check out our upcoming note HERE, the movie arrived on Digital HD on June 22 and DVD on July 6 from Indican Pictures.

This represents his second title, he'd shot previously "I SHALL NEVER RETURN". Levin and I spoke about why he decided to get into the film world, his films passions, how he approaches the different stages of a movie creation, from pre to post production and many more things, if you wanna hear practical advice to put on practice when trying to make your first film, well, don't hesitate anymore, scroll down and read this interview.

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INTERVIEW - AARON FJELLMAN - INDIE HORROR FILMMAKER - CAGED

 

A salute to everyone reading this interview. Grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, got a sweet candy taste from Horror movies when he was just a boy roaming around in the local video store, he wanted to shoot a high-level budgeted indie horror film first, but the stumbings lead him out to his feature film directorial debut and word-worthy film: "CAGED". I am talking about AARON FJELLMAN.

"CAGED" is the story of a man who is wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife, locked in his cell he must fight against his inner demons and a prison guard unchaining delusional passes in his mind. You can check out the note HERE.

We had a well-worthy chat about the in and outs to try to shoot his first feature film, why he decides to shoot it in certain particular  style, the whys, those little bit goldy details about why a filmmaker does what he does on his movie, That information my friends is bread freshly baked, there are filmmakers that are reserved about giving extra details, just the enough, but there are others that draw you the entire landscape, one of them is AARON. Widely he exposed to us why made this movie, with this particular plot, with this particular mood, how he was blessed to have that amazing cast and crew, the handicaps found during all the stages to create a movie, I mean, you have gold at your disposal, is up to you to take it.

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