Interviews

Janel- What motivated you to tell your story on School Spirits? You know what? I was terrified of telling my story. At the time, I was in college, and I was really scared that telling the world, “HEY! I see ghosts,” would discredit me in my future endeavors. I’m not going to lie. I almost didn’t do it. My old …

Thanks to the great staff at HorrorNews.net, I got the opportunity to speak to director Kieran Parker for OUTPOST: RISE OF THE SPETSNAZ. Take my word for it, this is a much watch for horror action/lovers. This interview personally stuck out for me because of the honesty that Kieran gives with his answers. lets get on it with it! Here’s …

One of the pre-eminent character actors of this generation, Ray Wise is a familiar and friendly face to all genre film fans. With appearances in films ranging from Swamp Thing (1982), Robocop (1987), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992), Powder (1995), Dead End & Jeepers Creepers II (2003), One Missed Call (2008), Infestation (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), Excision …

She’s gorgeous, she’s talented, she’s charismatic…she’s Barbara Crampton! After making her first film appearance in Brian De Palma’s Body Double (1984) she made a much bigger (& bloodier) splash in director Stuart Gordon’s seminal shocker Re-Animator (1985). She continued on to appear in films such as From Beyond (1986), Castle Freak (1995) & Space Truckers (1996) all directed by Mr. …

Mike Mendez, the director of such goofy, gory fare as “The Gravedancers” and “Convent” , has recently stepped behind the camera again, this time orchestrating there mayhem wrought on the City of Angels by one hell of a bug in Epic Pictures “Big Ass Spider!”  He took the time to talk to HorrorNews.net about defying expectations, the joy of killing …

Throughout his career Richard Schenkman has been at the helm of a host of films encompassing different genres. He’s directed romantic comedies (The Pompatus Of Love – 1995), Dramas w/ a Sci Fi bend to them (The Man From Earth – 2007) & horror films (Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies -2012). His latest film, MISCHIEF NIGHT, is a home invasion thriller …

Interview with Sara Karloff: 1. My father would be utterly amazed and gratified by the fan following he has today. He was a very modest man and felt he was very lucky to be able to spend his life doing something he genuinely loved. He would be very grateful to his fans for their appreciation of his work.

First time director Blair Erickson has managed to do what a lot of other far more established directors failed to do this year, he scared the bejeezus outta me with his debut feature BANSHEE CHAPTER! The kind of film that just really gets under your skin and freaks you out, BANSHEE CHAPTER is the story of a young woman looking …

He may be new to the acting scene, but Deron Miller has been a heavy hitter in the rock and metal scene for close to 20 years now. He may be best known as frontman and head songwriter for CKY. After leaving the band in 2010, Deron made the jump to film. He’s a self-proclaimed horror junkie (you can read …

Exclusive HorrorNews.net Interview: Jared Cohn (director, actor) Jail Bait DEAD afterlife Pernicious Here is an interview that I conducted with Jared Cohn. He talks about his recent trip to Thailand for the filming of the new James Cullen Bressack movie, Pernicious ! Lots of great stories, Prison Fights and Lady Boys… etc. We also talked about Jail Bate that just …

With his upcoming book, Confessions of the Impaler, getting a lot of buzz lately, I thought I’d take a couple minutes to pick the brain of the author, Vincenzo Bilof. HorrorNews: Let’s start with the basics. Tell us a little about Vincenzo Bilof. What should we know? Vincenzo Bilof: The Tale of Vincenzo begins in the in the colorful world …

With the release of Caesar & Otto’s Deadly Xmas just a few weeks away, I felt it was time to talk to Caesar and Otto themselves, Dave Campfield and Paul Chomicki. Last year I talked to Dave pretty extensively about his film and career (you can read that interview here) so much of this interview will focus on Paul but …

Today exclusively for “HNN” I got to speak with the the genius behind “All Hallows Eve”! He is such an interesting guy to talk to since not only did he direct his film but also did all the special effects and even wrote it. He actually found a way to put all of his short film revolved around a bloodthirsty …

The road an independent film must travel is a long and hard one. It could take years for it to find a distributor and once it does, it still must find an audience. It’s been almost a year and a half since I first saw Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas and it finally finds its way to home video on …

I caught my first DieMonsterDie live show back on Halloween of 2009. I’d spoken with the band in their practice space a few days before the show while I was on assignment for a different writing gig I had at the time. However, this Halloween show was the first time I’d actually seen them live. Let me tell you, what …