Interviews – Page 18 – All Things Ick

‘Smile’ Writer/Director Parker Finn on the Film’s Practical Effects and Horror Influences [Interview]

September 29, 2022 Meagan Navarro Interviews, Movies, Parker Finn, Smile

Smile, out in theaters this Friday, is the “intensely creepy debut feature” from writer/director Parker Finn. His feature debut makes for an interesting spiritual successor to his 2020 short film, “Laura Hasn’t Slept,” which stars Caitlin Stasey as a woman seeking help from her therapist over her troubling nightmares. Ahead of Smile‘s release on September 30, Bloody Disgusting spoke […]

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From Iron Maiden to Pennywise the Clown: Canada’s Steve Newton and his Career in Film and Music Journalism [Interview]

September 20, 2022 John Campopiano Interviews, It!, Stephen King's It, Steve Newtown

As a documentary filmmaker and archivist, I rely on a few critical things when putting together a new film project. The first thing is patience; finding rare and rarely seen materials is often a marathon, not a sprint. The other thing I rely on is the cooperation from and collaboration with the holders of said […]

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‘Pearl’ Writer/Director Ti West Teases ‘MaXXXine’ and Explains How ‘X’ Became a Highly Unique Trilogy [Interview]

September 20, 2022 Meagan Navarro Interviews, Maxxxine, Mia Goth, Pearl, Ti West, X

Writer/Director Ti West reteams with X star and co-writer Mia Goth to explore a different side of her unhinged killer in Pearl, which is now playing in theaters nationwide. We met the eponymous killer earlier this year in the ’70s set slasher X. For the film’s brand new prequel, West rewinds the clock to 1918 for a psychological character study […]

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Manhattan On Mars – Horror Author Brian Keene Launches His Own Publishing Imprint [Interview]

September 19, 2022 Jason Jenkins Books, Brian Keene, Interviews, Manhattan On Mars Press

For over two decades, author Brian Keene has given fans stories filled with zombies (The Rising series), massive man-eating earthworms (the Earthworm Gods series), an occult detective (the Levi Stotzfus series), a well-meaning serial killer (“I Am An Exit”, The Complex and more), and numerous other tales of horror, dark fantasy and crime fiction. A […]

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‘Pearl’ Filmmaker Ti West Breaks Down That Incredible Mia Goth Monologue [Interview]

September 19, 2022 Meagan Navarro A24, Interviews, Maxxxine, Mia Goth, Movies, Pearl, Ti West, X

Writer/Director Ti West and co-writer/lead actor Mia Goth continue their exploration of cinema and the unhinged killer introduced in X with prequel Pearl, now in theaters. Set in 1918 at an isolated family farm, “Pearl (Mia Goth) must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen […]

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‘Goodnight Mommy’ Director Matt Sobel Talks Remake Reluctance and Updated Approach [Interview]

September 19, 2022 Meagan Navarro Goodnight Mommy, Interviews, Matt Sobel

Director Matt Sobel and screenwriter Kyle Warren take a different approach to the horror in their remake of 2014’s Goodnight Mommy, now available on Prime Video. In this update, “twin brothers (Cameron Crovetti and Nicholas Crovetti) arrive at their mother’s (Naomi Watts) country home to discover her face covered in bandages—the result, she explains, of recent cosmetic surgery—they immediately sense that something […]

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‘Sick’ Stars Gideon Adlon and Bethlehem Million on Bloody Kevin Williamson Slasher [TIFF Interview]

September 16, 2022 Meagan Navarro Bethlehem Million, Gideon Adlon, Interviews, Kevin Williamson, Sick, TIFF 2022, TIFF 22

Sick marks Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer writer Kevin Williamson’s return to the slasher arena. Co-written by Williamson and Katelyn Crabb, Sick is directed by John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, “Black Summer”). The COVID pandemic set thriller occurs during the early lockdown. It follows best friends Parker (Gideon Adlon, The Craft: Legacy) and Miri (Bethlehem Million, And Just Like That) quarantined alone at […]

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Conner Gossel aka The Haunted Historian Keeps Ghosts Alive by Spotlighting Most Haunted Locations in America [Interview]

September 15, 2022 Michelle Swope Conner Gossel, DEAD Time, Interviews, The Further

Whether you enjoy watching paranormal television shows like Ghost Adventures or you’re an experienced paranormal investigator, learning about the history behind some of the most haunted locations in America is not just educational, it can be fun. For this month’s DEAD Time, I talked with an expert on haunted history, who not only tells the […]

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Doug Morrow: The Mastermind Behind ‘Orphan: First Kill’s Miraculous Transformation [Interview]

September 14, 2022 Jenn Adams Doug Morrow, Interviews, Isabelle Fuhrman, Movies, Orphan, Orphan: First Kill

When news broke that Isabelle Fuhrman would be reprising her role as Esther in a surprise prequel to the 2009 film Orphan, many were skeptical that the now 23 year old actress would be able to convincingly play a young child. At just ten years old, Fuhrman shocked audiences with her terrifying performance as a […]

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‘Barbarian’ Director Zach Cregger Teases His “Weird” and “Ambitious” Next Horror Movie [Exclusive]

September 9, 2022 John Squires Barbarian, Exclusives, Interviews, Movies, Zach Cregger

Now playing in theaters, Barbarian has been earning rave reviews from critics – including our own Meagan Navarro, who awarded the film 4.5/5 stars – and the horror movie debut from writer/director Zach Cregger is sure to shock and surprise horror audiences for many years to come. Read nothing. Have nothing spoiled for you. Just […]

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‘Barbarian’ – Justin Long and Georgina Campbell on What Drew Them to the Wild Horror Movie [Interview]

September 8, 2022 Meagan Navarro Barbarian, Georgina Campbell, Interviews, Justin Long, Movies, Zach Cregger

Writer/Director Zach Cregger’s Barbarian goes full-throttle on unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat horror (read my review here). Releasing in theaters on September 9, Barbarian stars Georgina Campbell as Tess and Justin Long (Drag Me to Hell, Tusk) as AJ. Both characters get caught up in a rental nightmare beyond imagination. Ahead of the release, Bloody Disgusting spoke with the actors about joining the cast of one visceral, […]

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‘Sisu’: ‘Rare Exports’ Filmmaker Jalmari Helander on Hyper-Violent and Bloody Crowd Pleaser [TIFF Preview]

September 7, 2022 Meagan Navarro Interviews, Jalmari Helander, Movies, Rare Exports, Sisu, TIFF 2022

Writer/Director Jalmari Helander’s Rare Exports quickly became requisite holiday viewing among horror fans for its delightfully twisted take on Santa Claus and his not-so-merry elves. Helander is upping the ante on genre-bending mayhem for his latest, Sisu, set to make its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022. The filmmaker reteams with Rare Exports actor Jorma Tommila for one epic […]

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‘Barbarian’: Writer/Director Zach Cregger on Horror Influences and Mixing Terror with Comedy [Interview]

September 5, 2022 Meagan Navarro Barbarian, Interviews, Justin Long, Movies, Zach Cregger

Perhaps best known as one of the founding members of “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” writer/director Zach Cregger has had an enduring comedy career. While Cregger’s latest, Barbarian, features a darkly funny streak, it’s the type of horror that goes for the jugular. Barbarian, out in theaters on September 9, stars Georgina Campbell as Tess. When Tess arrives at her […]

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“Night of the Living Dead: The Series” – The Late ’90s George A. Romero Project We Never Saw [Exclusive]

September 2, 2022 Jason Jenkins Exclusives, featured, Interviews, Movies, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead: The Series, Phantom Limbs, topnews

This installment of Phantom Limbs finds us digging up George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead: The Series, a proposed television show set within the world of the celebrated horror filmmaker’s signature Dead franchise. Though it exists now only as an unproduced twenty-seven page treatment, NOTLD: The Series nevertheless displays Romero’s patented blend of […]

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‘Men’: Visual Effects Supervisor David Simpson Breaks Down the Shocking Body Horror Climax [Interview]

August 30, 2022 Meagan Navarro A24, Framestore, Interviews, Men, Rory Kinnear

This article contains significant spoilers for Men. Alex Garland’s A24 horror movie Men, available now on Digital and Blu-ray, takes viewers from slow-simmering folk horror to full-blown surrealistic body horror insanity. The film stars Jessie Buckley as Harper, who retreats to a countryside rental estate to start fresh after her husband’s (Paapa Essiedu) untimely death. The estate’s owner, Geoffrey (Rory […]

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