Interviews

“If you believe you have something to say. You need to do it.” Jim Ojala Tell us about “Strange Nature” and how the idea manifest? Jim: Well I grew up in Minnesota and in 1995 they started having reports of these extremely deformed frogs being found in a couple ponds. Once they started looking it kind of spread across the …

Emmy award winning composer Jim Dooley has scored everything from Disney video games (Epic Mickey 1& 2) to hit television shows (Pushing Daisies, The Last Ship) and is now exploring the supernatural horror genre with SATANIC. SATANIC follows a van full of young, college-aged coeds who are visiting old Satanic Panic-era sites in Los Angeles. They end up following the …

Tell us about directing and writing “Fender Bender?” Mark: Well “Fender Bender” is really interesting because some movie ideas come to you just as an image and sometimes movie ideas come to you if you overhear something. The idea for “Fender Bender” actually came out of an incident. I was traveling around town in Los Angeles with a buddy of …

Please tell us how you got involved with “Strings?”  I booked “Strings” because my manager let me know about the audition I had. Then I videotaped myself with my friend Inge Uys. It was really cool because I actually booked the role right off the tape. They said that it was hard to cast for that role and they’d been looking for …

Joe Castro is a very talented-and busy-guy that has worn a hell of a lot of hats during his career. Not only has he done special effects and make -up effects for a slew of movies but he has also written and directed his share as well (and has been known to act from time-to-time as well). He’s been behind …

     How did you prepare to play Henry in “Ghosthunters?” My grandfather who was a silent film actor was my biggest influence. He is interned in a mausoleum in Los Angeles. To prepare for my screen tests for Pearry, I brought my fold out chair, a big cup of coffee and my scenes and grandpa Soldi and I hammered …

Please tell us about the release of “Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama” being released on bluray? David: This is back in 1987 and I had already directed a couple movies with Charles Band and he asked me to do a movie based on the title of a poster he had. There was no storyline. My producing partner at the …

    If there’s one thing horror fans love, it’s originality in our scares…if there’s another thing horror fans love just as much, it’s going behind the scenes. Whether we’re talking documentary films on the history of horror, or reference books going in depth on one specific genre or director, or just simply looking at the plethora of DVD extras so many …

Shahin Sean Solimon, Persian-American filmmaker known for writing, directing, producing, and starring in SINBAD: THE FIFTH VOYAGE (2014), a independently financed cinematic love-letter to the heroic sailor and to Ray Harryhausen’s timeless Dynamotion special effects wizardry that brought his adventures to life on-screen, is here today with HNN to shed light on his newest passion project: PLAN 9 FROM OUTER …

Tell us about “A Valley of Ditches” and how the idea came about for you to write and direct the film? Chris: So it is my third feature but it the first in the Horror genre before it was more uplifting dramas. Amanda for you writing “A Valley of Ditches,” what challenges did you face? You also star in the …

We talk to Jon Ford, who, alongside his brother Howard, took the zombie genre to new global heights with The Dead & The Dead 2. Here Jon talks about his first solo feature film, OFFENSIVE, a dark, violent tale of rage and revenge set in rural France, which receives its World Premiere at Horror Channel FrightFest 2016. Q: Firstly, congratulations …

Actress Madisen Beaty (“Aquarius,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Other People.”) stars alongside Chad Michael Murray, Teri Polo, Luke Wilson, Francis Fisher, Francesca Eastwood, Ben Browder and Steven Michael Quezada in “Outlaws and Angels,” Directed by JT Mollner. You did such a great job in “Outlaws and Angels” Madisen: Thank you so much. That makes me really happy to …

What was it like directing “Crossing Point?” Daniel: I love Mexico and I am very familiar with the location. I want to tell an authentic story. You have an incredible cast. What was it like working with Shawn Lock, Paulina Gaitan and Tom Sizemore etc.? Daniel: Tom Sizemore, I have known for many years. The more time I spent with …

Where did the idea for the film manifest? You wrote and directed “The Possessed?” Shawn: I wanted to do a possessed film that was a little more story-based as opposed to a person that was just possessed. There are so many possessed movies out there right now. People are doing the same thing over and over again. I didn’t want …

First off, please tell us about how the novels came to fruition? Tim Sulka, my writing partner and I first wrote a screenplay version of Prime Cuts. Tim moved from L.A. to NYC and partnered with producers who loved the idea. They thought turning it into a serialized graphic novel would be a great way to introduce the story, build …