Category: Horror Interviews
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What happens when a BAFTA-winning editor swaps shorts for a no-distributor rave nightmare? I saw the answer when watching Game at Mayhem Film Festival a few weeks ago, and now I had the chance to find out from the director himself, John Minton. My teenager, Fern, had loved the film too, and couldn’t help gatecrashing right at…
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The menacing sound of a shark swimming slowly through water. The punctured, staccato shrieks of a knife as it tears into an unsuspecting woman’s flesh as she showers in a roadside motel. A repeated ghostly chant repeats itself as a hockey-masked killer stalks and slashes his way through the forest. These are the sounds of…
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Intelligent satire, humour, a demon and a cult actor or two: count me in. Portal to Hell was surprisingly deep and actually raised lots of questions, too, so I hardly knew which one to start with when I sat down at my laptop to talk to Woody Bess, its writer and director. The film’s tone…
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Kombucha is a satirical horror film about the dilemma many creative people face between work that satisfies their souls versus more commercial jobs that pay well. Oh and it’s about health fads and other issues too; a wild and potent mix, which made for a fascinating conversation with its director, Jake Myers. I asked him…
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I’ve admired found footage films for some time, always keen to discover different approaches to it, so pleased to see a film Grimmfest describes as “a twisty, disorientating and brilliant spin on the ‘found footage’ subgenre” in their 2025 programme. Once I watched Tribe, I was even more pleased to sit down and talk with the…
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I love a good revenge thriller: revenge often seems to give a rich tension to a film, and a motivation viewers can get behind. So I relished the chance to talk to Tom Botchii, whose film Syphon wasn’t quite so straightforward. Described as a “cat-and-mouse vigilante action”, I asked Tom how it came about that the…
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I’ve become very fond of Mayhem Film Festival, and it’s lovely to meet a filmmaker who feels the same. Recently, I had the pleasure of spending half an hour in the company of Marc Price, writer and director of The Arbiter, soon due to screen at this year’s Mayhem. “We’ve had two films there,” Marc…
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I’m going to tell you as little as possible about the film I See the Demon: when I saw it a few days ago, I kept thinking it reminded me of another film, but then, before a few minutes had passed, it turned out to be quite different. There was certainly a lot to talk about…
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There have been so many films and stories about vampires over the years that it’s always intriguing to find one that has a novel take. That’s where the new film, LandLord, has its hook: its central baddie is a vampire who doesn’t need to be invited in, as he owns the homes where his prey live.…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Today, we have a spectacular gift for you in interview form. Warren Skeels, director, producer, and co-writer of The Man in the White Van, sat down with us to discuss the theatrical release of his feature debut. The film is a harrowing slow-burn thriller that pits a fantastic…