Interviews – Page 15 – All Things Ick

‘Scream VI’ Directors Couldn’t Resist Sneaking in a ‘Jason Takes Manhattan’ Easter Egg [Interview]

March 10, 2023 Meagan Navarro Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Interviews, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Movies, Scream, Scream VI, Tyler Gillett

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not) are back behind the camera for Scream VI, now playing in movie theaters nationwide. In the brand new movie, “The Scream saga continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.” That means we can expect themes and character arcs introduced in […]

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‘Scream VI’ – Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding Discuss the Evolution of Their Characters [Interview]

March 9, 2023 Meagan Navarro Interviews, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Scream, Scream VI

The Scream saga continues with Scream VI when the four survivors of last year’s film leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter. Two of those survivors being the Meeks-Martin twins, Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) and Chad (Mason Gooding). While 2022’s Scream introduced the siblings as the niece and nephew of the franchise’s resident cinephile Randy […]

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‘Scream VI’ Actor Dermot Mulroney Was Kept In the Dark While Filming the Slasher Sequel [Interview]

March 8, 2023 Meagan Navarro Dermot Mulroney, Interviews, Movies, Scream, Scream VI

Thanks to the whodunit nature of the Scream franchise and its devout fanbase, there’s a lengthy history of preserving secrecy to the point where not even the cast knows the killer’s identity. For franchise newcomer, veteran actor Dermot Mulroney, that’s especially the case with Scream VI. Mulroney is no stranger to horror. Throughout his career, he has amassed an […]

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Jenna Ortega Gives Surprising Giallo Movie Recommendation to Pair With ‘Scream VI’ [Interview]

March 6, 2023 Meagan Navarro Dario Argento, Deep Red, featured, Interviews, Jenna Ortega, Movies, Scream, Scream VI, topnews

Do you like scary movies? It turns out that the cast of Scream VI does. Protagonist Tara Carpenter gets introduced in Scream (2022) as a devoted fan of The Babadook just before a gruesome encounter with Ghostface, and it becomes a running gag throughout the film. Like her character, actress Jenna Ortega (“Wednesday”) also happens to be a horror fan, perhaps […]

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Interview: Bruce Campbell Talks ‘Evil Dead Rise’ and Potential Animated Ash Williams Return [Exclusive]

March 6, 2023 Alex DiVincenzo Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead Rise, Exclusives, Interviews

After grilling him about Bruce-O-Rama and his publishing ambitions, Bruce Campbell graciously discussed Evil Dead Rise and more with me. He seems genuinely proud of the latest installment in the Evil Dead saga, on which he serves as executive producer alongside Sam Raimi, with Rob Tapert producing. Written and directed by Lee Cronin, it hits theaters on […]

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“Wreck” Series Creator Ryan J. Brown Talks Killer Duck Mascot and Plans for Season Two [Interview]

March 3, 2023 Meagan Navarro Hulu, Interviews, Ryan J. Brown, Wreck

Created and written by Ryan J. Brown, season one of the cruise ship-set horror-comedy “Wreck” is now streaming exclusively on Hulu. The inaugural six-episode season, which first premiered last year in the UK on BBC Three, is described as a tense thriller, mixing comedy with a slice of slasher, set aboard The MS Sacramentum cruise ship. The series […]

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Paranormal Journalist and TV Host Aaron Sagers Discusses the Intersection of Pop Culture and the Unexplained [Interview]

February 27, 2023 Michelle Swope 28 Days Haunted, aaron sagers, DEAD Time, Interviews, The Further

Entertainment, news, and the paranormal are connected more than you might think. I find it interesting that every person in the paranormal community I’ve talked with is also a horror nerd like me—the horror genre and belief in the unexplained are undeniably intertwined. That’s why for this month’s DEAD Time, I wanted to talk with […]

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Interview: Bruce Campbell Previews This Spring’s 22-City “Bruce-O-Rama” Tour! [Exclusive]

February 27, 2023 Alex DiVincenzo Bruce Campbell, Bruce-O-Rama, Exclusives, Interviews

Bruce Campbell: Horror icon. Self-proclaimed B-movie actor. New York Times best selling author. Consummate convention headliner. Game show host. Touring act? Campbell is hitting the road this spring for Bruce-O-Rama, a 22-city tour in which he hosts the pop culture game show Last Fan Standing before introducing a screening of one of his classic films. […]

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‘We Have a Ghost’ Stars Jahi Winston and Anthony Mackie Discuss Family Bonds and Horror Scares [Interview]

February 23, 2023 Meagan Navarro Christopher Landon, Interviews, Movies, Netflix, We Have a Ghost

Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon’s Amblin-style family adventure We Have a Ghost offers paranormal thrills to balance the heart. That heart comes via its central protagonist, Kevin Presley (Jahi Winston), a musically inclined teen at odds with his dad, Frank (Anthony Mackie). Kevin’s disillusioned with the family’s latest fresh start, including the fixer-upper Frank bought. The teen is the […]

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Angela Bettis Previews Animated Horror Movie ‘The Weird Kidz’ [Interview]

February 22, 2023 Michelle Swope Angela Bettis, Interviews, Movies, The Weird Kidz, Zach Passero

For the past few years, editor, director, and animator Zach Passero has been working on a hand-drawn, animated horror film called The Weird Kidz and it’s finally making the rounds at film festivals. Passero, who has frequently worked with Lucky McKee on films like May (2002) and Tales of Halloween (2015), created The Weird Kidz […]

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‘We Have a Ghost’ Actor David Harbour on How Genre Roles Made Him a Horror Fan [Interview]

February 22, 2023 Meagan Navarro Christopher Landon, David Harbour, Interviews, Movies, Netflix, We Have a Ghost

Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon’s Amblin-style family adventure We Have a Ghost premieres on Netflix on February 24. Written and directed by Landon, We Have a Ghost is an adaptation of a story written by Geoff Manaugh, published on Vice in October of that year. In the film, “Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin’s family into overnight social media sensations. But […]

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‘We Have a Ghost’ Director Christopher Landon Previews His Supernatural Gateway Movie [Interview]

February 16, 2023 Meagan Navarro Christopher Landon, David Harbour, Interviews, Movies, Netflix, We Have a Ghost

Up next from Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon is the Amblin-style family adventure We Have a Ghost, debuting on Netflix on February 24, 2023. In the film, “Finding a ghost named Ernest (David Harbour) haunting their new home turns Kevin’s family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin (Jahi Di’Allo Winston) and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery […]

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Matthew Costello Interview – Writer of ‘Child’s Play’ Sequel Novels Recalls Expanding Upon the Chucky Universe

February 15, 2023 Ike Oden Books, Child's Play, Chucky, Interviews, Matthew Costello

You think Blumhouse’s M3GAN is a big deal? From 1988 to 1991, Chucky was even bigger. From 7-Eleven to Spencer’s Gifts, American stores were crammed to the brim with Child’s Play comics, toys, posters, bumper stickers, magazines, books and t-shirts. For me, a tiny tot who lived in constant terror of the quote-unquote Good Guy, […]

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‘My Animal’ Sundance Interview – Director Jacqueline Castel on the Film’s Fresh Werewolf Metaphor

January 25, 2023 Meagan Navarro Interviews, Movies, My Animal, Sundance, Sundance 2023

Director Jacqueline Castel and screenwriter Jae Matthews (The Runner) give a new spin on the werewolf mythos with My Animal (read my review here). The feature debut by Castel, which made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, sees a teen outcast connect with and fall for a town newcomer, igniting a personal transformation. My Animal stars Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, […]

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The Horrors In-Between: Four Boundary-Pushing Directors Discuss Their Latest Liminal Horror Projects [Interview]

January 17, 2023 Ari Drew interview, Interviews, Kyle Edward Ball, Landlocked, liminal horror, news, Paul Owens, Robbie Banfitch, Skinamarink, The Outwaters, The Unknowable, Zach Donohue

These interviews have been edited for length and clarity. If you’re drawn to creepy and unsettling imagery like I am, odds are you have likely come across and fallen down the rabbit hole of images online known as “liminal spaces.” These images often portray typically bustling places—streets, malls, schools, sprawling corridors—in their most desolate states, […]

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