Interviews

Fantasia Fest 2023: Interview With Mike Cheslik And Ryland Tews For ‘HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS’

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Hundreds of Beavers being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival time! …

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Interview With Carter Smith, Director Of ‘THE PASSENGER’

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, The Passenger being covered here wouldn’t exist. Last summer I watched a little indie gem called Swallowed for the Overlook Film Festival. Written and directed by Carter Smith …

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Interview With Storytellers Brad and Josephina Sykes For ‘HI-FEAR’ (2022)

Hi-Fear (2022)

Earlier this year, we had an opportunity to review a unique anthology Hi-Fear (2022) for the Horror-On-Sea Film Festival 2023. You may read our review HERE. Recently, we had an opportunity to speak with Brad and Josephina Sykes. Both were writers for various segments of this anthology, Brad also directed …

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Fantasia Fest 2023: Interview With Jared Moshé, Director Of ‘Aporia’

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Aporia being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival time! …

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Interview With Stephen Scarlata, Director Of ‘Sharksploitation’

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Sharksploitation being covered here wouldn’t exist. Over the last few years there has been a plethora of silly shark movies released. Sharknado, Sharktopus, Sharks of the Corn… …

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Interview With Danielle Valentine, Author Of ‘Delicate Condition’

A few months ago, I stumbled upon a book called How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine (pen name for author Danielle Vega) and hot damn. It was so fucking good. So when I got an offer for her latest book, Delicate Condition – which is being called the …

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Horror, Hops, and Hot Sauce: An Interview With Indie Filmmaker D. Ryan Mowry

Passionate indie filmmaker, craft beer connoisseur, and home garden guru, D. Ryan Mowry has made it his goal to bring fans a movie teeming with nostalgic backwoods horror – There’s Something Inhuman in the Woods. After ditching his corporate ball and chain, Mowry has become laser-focused on fulfilling the creative …

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Interview With Jonathan Piche-Delorme and Gabriel Beauvais, The VFX Pros Behind ‘THE BOOGEYMAN’ (2023)

NOTE: This interview was conducted before the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. Earlier this summer, another film adaptation of a Stephen King …

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Interview With Author Nick Cutter For The Film Adaptation Of His Book, ‘The Breach’

If you read horror books, then you’ve heard of author Nick Cutter (pen name for Craig Davidson). Nick’s book The Breach, released on October 22, 2020 as an Audible exclusive (which means there is no print edition, it is audiobook only) has recently been adapted into a film directed by …

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Roddy Bogawa, Director of Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd Doc ‘Have You Got It Yet?’ – Interview

“Fame requires every kind of excess. I mean, true fame. A devouring neon. Long journeys across grey space. Danger. The edge of every void. Understand the man who must inhabit these extreme regions. Even if half mad, he’s absorbed into the public’s total madness. Even if fully rational, a bureaucrat …

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