SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2007 FULL REPORT "She’s either retarded or was on something, either way she’s still stunning. Justin and I are huge fans and tried to score a picture with her (since she’s a recluse and it was a rare opportunity) and lost out – it was our first failure of the week." By: Mr Disgusting
Dead Silence: On Set With Director James Wan "Well, this one is actually about ventriloquism. You know, with Saw it was just me scratching the surface. I find the act of ventriloquism really macabre and creepy. Think about it: It's a grown man playing with a doll and pretending to give life to this inanimate object. I don't know, I guess I just find that split personality thing pretty fucked up." By: Mike Pereira
Dead Silence: On Set With Star Donnie Wahlberg! "Even my character is a little creepy and annoying, you know? I liked that. I like that this guy is sort of on his own track, and he doesn't know where to turn, he doesn't know who he can trust, there's a danger out there, a real danger..." By: Mike Pereira
The Signal (Sundance '07): Director Jacob Gentry "As a storyteller nothing is more exciting than getting that reaction that only a horror movie can pull from an audience. If you do it right It’s like this scream-laugh-chill-jump combo that really knocks people out." By: Mr. Disgusting
The Signal (Sundance '07): Director Dan Bush "In truth I did hear that to get a horror movie sold we’d have to average 1 killing every 8 minutes. But I think we took it as a challenge. Horror is a filmmaker’s mythic playground. With a horror film, I have direct access the to the labyrinth." By: Mr. Disgusting
The Signal (Sundance '07): Director David Bruckner "They all connect. Each story focuses on a separate character; containing its own beginning, middle, and end. But the stories put together create a larger arc that involves the outcome of all three characters and the hope of the entire city." By: Mr. Disgusting
The Hitcher: On Set With Director Dave Meyers "It felt safe, and I watched The Hitcher and saw a lot of potential not only in the hitcher himself, John Ryder, and maybe taking it a little further and answering a few more questions that the original didn’t answer. Still not really talking too much about him but having more fun with him, you know?" By: Slice
Black Christmas: Director Bob Clark Speaks On Original! "I had creative control of Black Christmas; no one ever suggested that Chris might be the killer; Peter (Keir Dullea) maybe. Warner Brothers suggested Peter as the killer. Believing this would satisfy the audience. I disagreed." By: Loomis7
The Abandoned: Cult Fav Director Nacho Cerda! "When I got to the set and I couldn’t get those 30 shots because I only had a couple of hours then I had to think and see what was going on in front of my eyes and to be able to adapt and play with it. That’s something I’m really proud of." By: Solarburnite
Cannibal Flesh Riot! Writer/Director Gris Grimly! "As far as this film goes, it was inspired by old Roger Corman drive-in films as well as other black & white B-horror films, William Castle, silent films like Dr. Caligari, Forbidden Zone and the Evil Dead Trilogy." By: Mr. Disgusting
The Damned Thing: Master of Horror Tobe Hooper "First, I have to say that Jon Joffin is the greatest living DP in the world and I hope I can have him DP everything I do in the future. And Vancouver is really an extraordinary place to shoot. There are little wedges all over that can substitute for almost any place in the world." By: Elaine Lamkin
Header: Star Elliot V. Kotek "I remember doing a couple of push-ups, and maybe having a friendly sparring session with some immovable objects prior to those scenes. A header is something you do to someone who has done you wrong… in that mental and physical environment it’s easier to justify a header than some might think." By: Elaine Lamkin
The Hitcher: On Set With Star Sophia Bush "Well, under this bruise is a real bruise and the one on my knee has healed since I got it but the skin is still kind of scraped off but I’ve got a couple of bruises from shooting so far..." By: Slice
Masters of Horror: Creator Mick Garris "I love to read but usually end up reading a bunch of shitty scripts. I do love King, Barker, Tom Piccirilli, Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale and I really need to check out Edward Lee!"" By: Elaine Lamkin
Rest Stop: Star Jaimie Alexander "That character was the big thing that attracted me to the project. She’s not one of those screamy horror movie chicks. Nicole is a strong, dominant female. She’s stubborn, she’s brave, she doesn’t give up, she says what’s on her mind." By: Elaine Lamkin
The Screening: Director Cameron Romero "I remember when I was a kid, my dad was on a pay phone and handed me the receiver and told me to say hello... he was talking to John “fucking” Carpenter! Even then I told him that he was one of my gods! I think I was like 9 or 10 or something." By: Elaine Lamkin
Rest Stop: Director John Shiban "Aside from the obvious comparisons to the classic “Duel”, when I went on a road trip to Yosemite not too long ago, I had some “experiences” with some pretty creepy rest stops." By: Elaine Lamkin
The Tripper: Actor/Writer/Director David Arquette "There are gory moments, some over-the-top, but the movie isn’t like “Hostel”. It’s a tribute to the 1970s and 1980s slasher films. The tone is more like “Scream”. It’s more funny than scary but it’s not a spoof like the “Scary Movie” films. There are more drugs, more naked hippies meeting nasty ends (laughs)." By: Elaine Lamkin
Calvaire: Director Fabrice Du Welz "The Christmas dinner scene was very obviously an homage to “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” but as the madness escalates and the camera angle dramatically changes, I wanted the audience to feel as though they are falling into this world of insanity." By: Elaine Lamkin
The Pumpkin Karver: Director Robert Mann "Okay, you want me to tell you about myself, right? I actually think I’m a pretty normal guy, that is, for someone who thinks up creative ways on how to kill people in movies. I mean I’m a true romantic at heart."" By: Elaine Lamkin
Trapped Ashes: Director Monte Hellman "Well, I had to watch them just because I had to cannibalize certain scenes for my movie, but it had nothing to do with the other two. Really, it was the complete opposite. Instead of Santa Claus being the killer, Santa Claus became the red flag that made the killer go crazy." By: Jonathan Doyle
Black Sheep: Jonathan King & Actor Oliver Driver "It was great because a lot of films these days, they're all digital so you're acting with a ping pong ball on a fishing rod. But this was all animatronics so the creature crawling up your back is actually a creature crawling up your back." By: Jonathan Doyle and Sarah Duda
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane: Director Jonathan Levine "It was completely overwhelming and completely amazing. We'd heard stories about the audience here and how people come out for a movie at midnight. And they have energy and shit. And they exceeded our expectations. For the first time seeing your first movie, it couldn't be better." By: Sarah Duda
The Host: Co-Writer-Director Bong Joon-ho "Monster movies have a basic thrill for a director and they challenge a director. I was always interested in the idea that monsters are supposed to be alive somewhere -- like Nessie in Loch Ness..." By: Jonathan Doyle
Automaton Transfusion: Director Steven C. Miller "It’s an action packed, punch you in the throat gore fest. It’s not a “hold up in a one location and wait it out”-type zombie film, which most indie zombie flicks are. I tried to make something that had a death every five min and was as action packed as the first 10 min of the ‘Dawn of the Dead’ remake." By: Elaine Lamkin
Ultimate Chainsaw DVD: Gunnar Hansen The transfer is SO much better although I haven’t seen it on an HD television yet – just a big Sony. My walk-through of the Leatherface house, the US release of the UK documentary “The Shocking Truth”, the excellent new documentary, “Flesh Wounds” as well as the second commentary with Paul Partain, Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger and Bob Burns. By: Elaine Lamkin
