Tag: Director interview
Bud Cooper is a visionary director known for his compelling storytelling and innovative cinematic techniques. Most notable as the writer/director of the cult classic 1984 slasher horror, The Mutilator, Bud’s addition of unique elements to the formulaic nature of slashers, in addition to the incredibly gory kill sequences, became beloved by audiences–leaving a lasting mark
Born in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, USA, Justin Powers is a versatile filmmaker who has worked on multiple aspects of the film creation process. Beginning his career as a grip, Justin went on to work on a multitude of different films over the years such as Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre: The Movie
Most notable as the director behind the smash-hit horror comedy, Motel Hell, Kevin Connor is an English director born in King’s Cross, London. Beginning his career as an assistant film editor for British Films Ltd., his directorial break came from Amicus Films producer, Milton Subotsky, with the horror film – Tales from Beyond the Grave
Known for his recent, boundary-pushing entries in the extreme cinema genre, Jonathan Doe is a writer/director/producer most notable for his Erotic Grotesque Nonsense series of films, including Barf Bunny (2021), The Degenerates (2021), and Defilement of a Porcelain Doll (2022), which explore a whole host of different paraphilia in a bold and unflinching manner. Jonathan
Dick Dale is an Australian writer/director/producer with a strong focus on video nasties and splatter films. Dick is most notable for directing the short dark comedy Creamy Love (2001) and the upcoming splatter horror Ribspreader (2022). Excited about his upcoming release, we decided to reach out to Dick and ask him some questions we were
Joe Badon is an American writer, director, and producer known for the feature-length films The God Inside My Ear (2017) and Sister Tempest (2020) as well as the short horror Blood of the Dinosaurs (2022). Starting out working in the art department of the documentary My Name Is Jonah (2014) and crime thriller The Chemist
No stranger to the horror genre, Chad Ferrin found his footing in the film industry as a production assistant on such films as Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers and Hellraiser: Bloodline. He soon moved on to directing himself, working on episodes of the television series Troma’s Edge TV, produced by Troma Entertainment. After participating
Writer/director and the founder and artistic director of monochrom, Johannes Grenzfurthner is one of the most unique voices in cinema today. We were lucky enough to catch both Masking Threshold and Razzennest on the festival circuit, and it was off of his recent showing of Razzennest at the 2022 Fantastic Fest line-up that we were
Adrian Țofei is a renowned Romanian filmmaker, best known as the writer/director/lead actor behind the independent found footage horror Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015). Since then, Adrian spent the next seven years working on his next project, apocalyptic found footage horror We Put the World to Sleep, along with co-star Duru Yücel,
As part of this year’s FrightFest, we got a chance to speak with director Andy Edwards, who was featured in the segment, “FMK”, in the horror anthology Mightnight Peepshow, as well as a writer on The Ghosts of Monday by Francesco Cinquemani. His most recent feature-length, Graphic Desires, is a highly enjoyable erotic thriller. We