Wednesday, October 1, 2008
By: MrDisgusting
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This morning SpookyDan had the chance to chat with Director M. Night Shyamalan about his forthcoming DVD/Blu-ray release of The Happening, which arrives in stores October 7th from Fox Home Entertainment. During the interview he revealed that he has ideas for three more scary movies, one of which he hopes to be shooting by 2010.
Currently prepping for his upcoming live-action fantasy film AVATAR, Director M. Night Shyamalan spoke with SpookyDan (that’s me!) this morning about the forthcoming release of THE HAPPENING and revealed that he has a few ideas brewing for a new scary film!
THE HAPPENING was touted as an R-rated M. Night Shyamalan film - the violence certainly makes its mark early on in the film...
"As a filmmaker, there are two parts to me. One is the filmmaker that I have been, and the other is the filmmakers that inspire me," says Shyamalan. "If you look at the movie posters around my house or my office, they are all these super intense movies; The Exorcist and The Godfather, both very strong and visceral movies. From the '90s it's Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas. It's so funny that I never really tapped that love of the more visceral, and with the violence in The Happening, it is my first little baby step in that direction. I don’t know if I am capable, but I hope to make a movie that is as moving as E.T. and as visceral as Pulp Fiction."
Shyamalan continues talking about the violence and the gore levels in the film and how he needs to keep himself from going over the deep end...
"We had a first cut of the movie and I think you would have loved it! For me there are two kinds of horror, first there is trauma horror, like a Korean ghost movie, and then there is entertainment horror, you have to be real careful that it doesn’t tip to far into trauma horror. I am capable of trauma horror, so I have to watch myself. In the movie Tale of Two Sisters, an amazing movie, its very scary, but basically, you feel traumatized after watching it. I remember taking notes after watching it about how powerful the experience was.
"I am lucky enough to get very broad audiences that come to my movies, from 12-year-olds to moms, and its always a dance. If you go into the more emotional side you lose the younger audience who would say; Aw its corny. If I am to go more the other way, like your (horrific) way, you get the older group going; Oh my gosh I can’t even watch this! I am willing to lose a little on either end to get the balance correct. Yet, sometimes I feel edgier than others, but I tend to lean younger in my tastes."
For those of you dying to see more gore, you can catch a little exra on the DVD release.
"You see some of the extra gore and stuff on the DVD extras. I didn’t put it into the cut of the movie because I am kind of anal about keeping the film (frame for frame) the same experience. But on the DVD extras, I really wanted you to see the sequences that felt (to me) more like trauma."
The big news, though, is that Shyamalan has some new ideas for more horror in the future.
"In my head I have three ideas that are fighting to be the next spec," Shyamalan explains. "One is more straight up scary, one is more light hearted scary - kind of more in the Signs vein, which I had a great time doing the lighter end on that one - the other one isn’t… well, it's not Gothic… but I am always in that world when I am working on original ideas. I will be shooting that one in 2010, so I have some time to decide."
"I vote for the scary film!," exclaims SpookyDan.
"You got it, your vote is in and everyone influences me!"
Catch THE HAPPENING on DVD next week.
Read 24 User Comments
M. Night Shmorgasbored? *yawn* |
I'd think after the failure of The Village, Lady in the Water and The Happening this guy would get a clue. With the exception of Signs, he's gotten worst with every movie he's made. And more gore isn't going to fix a mess of a movie like The Happening any more than more violence would fix any Ed Wood movie. I also don't think pandering to 12 year olds is the best place to begin when making a horror movie. Stick to Disney or Nickelodeon movies if that's your goal. |
M. Night is doing AVATAR?! Wait, what the hell? Is it a different movie than Cameron's "Avatar"? |
I've enjoyed everything he's done, but I won't see Avatar unless a trailer really wows me.. |
Each movie painfully made after "Unbreakable" seemed pretentious and over-rated; however, this director still has a major fan base all around the world. Quite paradoxical, isn't it? |
3 more scary movies?? Yeah, right, just deliver ONE and I might believe you, you overrated HACK!!! |
TheDeadMayTasteBad, no it's not Camerons Avatar, its something else, based on a fantasy book, whereas, to the best of my knowledge, Camerons has no previous baggage. I really want to not have to regret paying to see his movies again. I LOVE unbreakable and like signs a lot, and even thought the village was pretty cool (though as more of an offbeat drama than horror pic). But the Happening was wretched. Lady in the Water wasn't much better. . . but I'll be hopefully following probably most of his projects, because the odds are against him to make only wretched movies, I mean, if he keeps doing this, he's bound to get it right again. right? |
Why are all of his movies so fucking boring?!! Even in "Unbreakable" Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson play their parts as if they are about to fall asleep. |
He is a bad director IMO. I only liked Signs and I feel that The Sixth Sense is more of a thriller than a horror film. Mass Hysteria pretty much summed it up... |
Bollywood's gone on strike...why can't this guy? |
....god m night just stop with the horror waiting until AVATAR: THE LAST AIR BENDER LIVE ACTION MOVE(the move he's directing no relation to James Cameron's avatar expect in name) comes out |
HINT #2043 STOP TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE |
Gee I hope it will have a lame twist ending that you can see coming from a mile away. All his movies are the same. He is like Paul Schrader, only he is not cool, or a good writer. |
HE NEEDS TO GIVE IT UP...
THE HAPPENING WAS THE DUMBEST PIECE OF SH*% MOVIE OF THE YEAR...
It kind of like...HUM.. MY MOVIE IS CRAP..so lets maket it as a Horror movie and see if people come.. PLEASE...
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cool, Thanks for the update! I've liked all of Shyamalan's movies (including The Happening!) |
The Last Airbender is the name of M Night Shyamalan's next movie, not Avatar which is what James Cameron's next movie is called!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0938283/ |
Funny how people say everything since Unbreakable has gone downhill! Unbreakable was UNBEARABLE it was so damn boring! His other stuff is good, even enjoy Lady in the Water for what it was (a fairy tale). The Village wasn't so hot, but I still enjoyed it until the last twenty minutes or so. But The Happening? Dear god...what was he thinking? Stupidest plot/explanation I've ever heard. |
i liked someof his movies. (signs, sixth sense, the villiage), but didnt care to see lady in the water. and didnt see the happening which i know that majority of the people on here thought that it was stupid ill judge for myself. unbreakable wasnt that bad it had its moments i guess.....hopefully his next one WILL be scary and original. |
Eeh-gagh! 3 more 'scary' movies. Fuck me.... I wish I could go back in time and kill M. Night before he had a chance to make the happening... wait no, back before lady and the water... no wait, back before the village. |
i love the happening and the village, my favorite m night films!, hope he make another in that vein! |
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