My guest on this week's podcast is Dan Brownlie, producer-director of the independent horror movie,
Three's A Shroud. I met Dan at a screening of the atrocious
Wrong Turn 4, and was immediately impressed with his achievement in producing a horror film shot in London on a tiny budget. Dan reveals how he did it in this week's
Friday Night Frights, so why not head over there for a listen.
Three's A Shroud has just won The British Horror Film Festival Award so congratulations to Dan!
While you're over at the
Starburst website, why not order the latest copy of
Starburst Magazine. In this month's issue there is a great retrospective of Curtis Harrington's films by Martin Unsworth; Part One of
Hammer and the Stake by Robin Pearce which looks at the vampire sagas of Hammer; an interview with Frank Henenlotter and a retrospective of Peter Jackson's early work by myself.
I am honoured to have Gunnar Hansen (who played Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre) as my guest on Friday Night Frights this week. Gunnar also features in the latest retread of TCM (in 3D) and shares memories, thoughts and insights on the cultural phenomenon that is Chain Saw. Thank you, Gunnar.
The festival got off to a great start last night with Frank Khalfoun's remake of the infamous 1980s sleazefest Maniac. I found it a formally quite brilliant and fascinating piece of work.
On Friday Night Frights this week I talk to Return of the Living Dead star Brian Peck. Brian has the distinction of appearing in the first three of the ROTLD films and talks about his experiences of working with directors Dan O'Bannon and Brian Yuzna, as well as working behing the scenes with the SFX crew, and has some fascinating personal recollections of the films!
