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Horror Schlock! An Interview with Director Sarah Stephenson (Attack of the Cat People)

An Interview with Director Sarah Stephenson, Attack of the Cat People

Taking inspiration from 1940/50s creature features, Attack of the Cat People is an entertaining tribute to black and white horror schlock; a 45-minute labour of love following a scientific expedition to an unusual meteorite with mysterious inhabitants: anthropomorphic cat-like creatures!

“Every project brings its own learning experience. I do value and learn a lot from watching films made by other independent filmmakers…”

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An Interview with Actor Pat Cardi, Horror High, Let’s Kill Uncle

An Interview with Actor Pat Cardi, Horror High

Pat Cardi has kindly spoken with Attack from Planet B to discuss his acting career, his experience with Universal Studios – including working on William Castle’s Let’s Kill Uncle (1966) – and the independent cult classic Horror High (1973).

“For me as an actor, it made practical sense to leave acting because the money wasn’t there and it would have taken years for me to make it work… Horror High made plenty of money for the distributor we signed with, but we never got paid.”

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An Interview with Co-Creators John & Lotti Knowles, Chastity Bites

An Interview with Co-Creators John & Lotti Knowles, Chastity Bites

Attack from Planet B had the opportunity to interview the creators of Chastity Bites, John and Lotti Knowles, about their feature film and their various other film projects past and present.

“[Stuart Gordon] was an absolute delight to work with, and I cried when he left the set after filming his scene – I was just so overwhelmed with emotion.”

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An Interview with Co-Director Mark Williams, VHS Forever? Psychotronic People

An Interview with Co-Director Mark Williams, VHS Forever? Psychotronic People

A culturally significant part of the 70s and 80s was the rise of the independent VHS store. The story of the owners, clients, movie stars and producers that shaped the VHS era is captured perfectly by director and writer Mark Williams.

“We actually cover a lot of ground in just over 90 minutes which is quite a feat to achieve!”

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An Interview with Trash Arts Co-Directors Sam Mason-Bell and Jessica Hunt, The Truth Will Out

An Interview with Trash Arts Co-Directors Sam Mason-Bell and Jessica Hunt, The Truth Will Out

The Portsmouth based Trash Arts is becoming a prolific producer of low-budget, yet high quality films of the supernatural and horror genres. Low-key, intense and relying on skilled acting and filmmaking techniques rather than jump scares, the team of Sam Mason-Bell and Jessica Hunt give us subtle movies which true horror fans will cherish.

“As I got more into horror, I started to get more interested in films that could push social boundaries and truly disturb an audience…”

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An Interview with Director Teddy Grennan, Ravage

An Interview with Director Teddy Grennan, Ravage

If you are looking for a movie to watch, which combines the best of the golden days of exploitation with modern sensibilities, may I suggest Ravage? First time director, Teddy Grennan takes a common horror theme and elevates it to the sublime, with the assistance of a first-class cast and superior photography.

“When we pitched the story around, we were always asked about tone and it was always: it’s God’s green earth smashed up against man’s ill will.”

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Rogue Director MJ Bassett’s Top Five Action Movie Influences

Rogue Director MJ Bassett’s Top Five Action Movie Influences

With explosive set-pieces and a horde of rampaging wild animals, former wildlife photographer MJ Basset delivers a killer slice of action cinema, with a shrewd critique of poaching and the black-market animal trade. To celebrate the release of Rogue, director MJ Basset tells us her top five action movie influences.

“There’s no point blowing stuff up if the characters around the explosion aren’t of consequence.”

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An Interview with Director Giles Alderson, The Dare

An Interview with Director Giles Alderson, The Dare

If you are looking for a scary movie to watch All Hallows’ Eve, may I suggest The Dare? You may, however, want to look away during the inventive torture sequences that Director Giles Alderson and co-writer Jonny Grant have concocted! The Dare succeeds in shocking its audience with grisly, grotesque imagery.

“There’s a video… and I look frazzled! Proper done in. Nightmares for weeks. But it was worth it! Just.”

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An Interview with Screenwriter Jonny Grant, The Dare

An Interview with Screenwriter Jonny Grant, The Dare

The Dare succeeds in shocking its audience with grisly, grotesque imagery exploiting humanity’s most irrational fears; succeeding in its simplicity to leave you traumatised! Co-writing this blood-soaked horror, screenwriter Jonny Grant breathes new life into the art of splatter – The Dare is definitely not for the squeamish!

“I really didn’t want to go down the route of violence for violence sake. I wanted our villain to be conducting these acts because they resonated deeply with him; the violence was personal to him and his past.”

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FrightFest Halloween Digital Edition 2020 Interview with Director Liam O’Donnell, Skylin3s, Beyond Skyline

FrightFest Halloween Digital Edition 2020 Interview with Director Liam O’Donnell, Skylin3s, Beyond Skyline

In anticipation of Skylin3s‘ world premiere closing FrightFest Halloween Digital Edition 2020 on the 25th October, Attack from Planet B discussed with Liam O’Donnell his desire to create an Aliens-esque “international team of badasses” space movie.

“If we are going to do this, I’m going to lean all the way in, you know?”

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The Dare Director Giles Alderson’s Top Five Horror Movie Influences

THE DARE Director Giles Alderson's Top Five Horror Movie Influences

Unleashed in time for Halloween, The Dare is now available on Digital Download and DVD from Lionsgate UK, so what better time for Director Giles Alderson to give us a run-down of his top five horror movie influences.

“[Se7en] got so under my skin that the first time I attempted to watch it I had to walk out of the cinema I felt so sick!”

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An Interview with Director Michael Fausti, The Ingress Tapes, Dead Celebrities, EXIT (Part II: British Filmmaking, Brexit & Social Horror)

An Interview with Director Michael Fausti, The Ingress Tapes, Dead Celebrities, EXIT (Part II: British Filmmaking, Brexit & Social Horror)

Continuing from our previous interview, Attack from Planet B talked with Michael Fausti regarding his first feature film EXIT, and the various influences that have helped shape him as a filmmaker.

“The early stages of writing took place at the same time as the European Referendum, so inevitably this was always going to have an influence. Our original premise for a story set in a single, insular location, seemed the perfect starting point for a Brexit inspired horror film.”

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