Interviews | Horror Cult Films

Interview: 10 Questions With ALEXIS KENDRA

June 15, 2021 Bat 0

Ahead of Horror Channel’s premiere of THE CLEANING LADY on June 26th 2021, the film’s star, writer and producer Alexis Kendra talks about playing a ‘Goddess’, coping with lockdown and why she can’t watch horror […]

Interview: Seth Breedlove – On The Trail Of Bigfoot: The Journey

June 4, 2021 david.s.smith 0

Nobody does local legends like the Americans. While we Brits have some cannibals, ogres and murderers on the moors, our friends across the pond have them in every town. Small Town Monsters are all about […]

HCF exclusive interview with Jamie Blanks on Urban Legend

April 11, 2021 david.s.smith 0

The HorrorCultFilms Podcast – Episode 7: Jamie Blanks and Urban Legend In this episode, David and Ross were thrilled to speak with Jamie Blanks: the director of Valentine, Storm Warning and, of course, Urban Legend. […]

HCF: Exclusive interview with Justin McConnell on Clapboard Jungle

April 3, 2021 david.s.smith 0

In a very special episode, The HorrorCultFilms Podcast is delighted to host Canadian genre filmmaker Justin McConnell (Lifechanger, Broken Mile) to talk about his new documentary: Clapboard Jungle – available from Arrow on April 12th. […]

Interview: 10 Questions With CANDIS NERGAARD

March 11, 2021 Bat 0

Ahead of the UK Digital release of THE HEIRESS on March 15, 2021, actress Candis Nergaard talks about the harrowing research for her lead role, causing a stir on Newsnight, her Romany roots and coping […]

Interview with Director William Grefé

December 29, 2020 Bat 0

In November, Arrow Video released a series of films from director William Grefé in their HE CAME FROM THE SWAMP boxset, which myself and Dr Lenera reviewed. In the interview below, William Grefé talks about […]

Interview: Francesco Giannini on Hall (FrightFest 2020)

August 29, 2020 david.s.smith 0

Hall is a small-scale film about a virus, and how it infects the guests at a hotel. The story follows Japanese runaway wife Naomi, who we meet crawling her way through a corridor of people […]

Interview: Ruben Pla on The Horror Crowd (FrightFest 2020)

August 24, 2020 david.s.smith 0

Every year, FrightFest gives us some great documentaries on top of the latest slashers, stalkers and monster movies. This year, one of them is The Horror Crowd: an affectionate documentary that gives an intimate glimpse […]

INTERVIEW: Director Alastair Orr Discusses Retro Gaming Inspiration And More For Cat-And-Mouse Slasher TRIGGERED

August 18, 2020 Bat 0

Ahead of the UK premiere of TRIGGERED, his cat-and-mouse slasher, Alastair Orr talks about being inspired by old console games and why he loves working in South Africa. We last saw you at FrightFest with FROM […]

INTERVIEW: Director Brea Grant Discusses New Movie 12 HOUR SHIFT Ahead of FrightFest UK Premiere

August 17, 2020 Bat 0

Ahead of the FrightFest UK premiere of 12 HOUR SHIFT, director Brea Grant talks about her ‘Valentine to East Texas’, the heroism of nurses and being a child of the 90s. You’ve said 12 […]

INTERVIEW: Director Paul Hyett Talks About Creative Freedom, Lockdown and Future Projects

August 16, 2020 Bat 0

With the Digital release on Aug 3 of his latest film PERIPHERAL, director Paul Hyett talks about the importance of creative freedom, the lockdown and future projects Peripheral is your fourth feature as director. […]

Interview: Rob Savage on Host

August 6, 2020 david.s.smith 0

Horror movies have always been topical and used the genre to address real-world anxieties. Still, I can’t think of any that have been this darn topical. Host is a movie made in lockdown for people […]

Interview: Graham Hughes on Death of a Vlogger

July 4, 2020 david.s.smith 0

I bet by now you’re probably bored of reading features about found footage films that start with “this one’s different” – but trust me, this one actually is. Death of a Vlogger is micro-budget film […]

HCF Exclusive Interview With Writer/Director DAVID MARMOR on APARTMENT 1BR

June 13, 2020 Bat 0

In our exclusive interview with David Marmor, writer and director of 1BR (known in the UK as Apartment 1BR), we discuss what it was like directing his first feature film and the inspiration behind the […]

HCF Exclusive Interview with POLLYANNA MCINTOSH on Directorial Debut Feature Film DARLIN’

June 8, 2020 Bat 0

Last year at Grimmfest 2019 film festival in Manchester, I had the great fortune to sit down with actress Pollyanna McIntosh to discuss her directorial debut feature film, DARLIN’ – the third film in […]

Interview With Adam Stovall On His Film A GHOST WAITS

February 8, 2020 Bat 0

Ahead of the World premiere of A GHOST WAITS at Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow 2020, director Adam Stovall reflects on getting through depression, creating paranormal romance and the influence of Tom Waits… You have an […]

Interview with Brian Hanson and Richard Handley on The Black String

August 31, 2019 david.s.smith 0

Of the many oddities that I saw at FrightFest this year, including Stiffler being a killer, maybe the weirdest was watching Agent Cody Banks grown up and calling a sex-line. This is how The Black […]

Interview with Zach Lipovsky on Freaks

August 29, 2019 david.s.smith 0

This interview contains possible spoilers I saw a lot of movies I loved at the London leg of FrightFest, though none quite topped Freaks for me – which I caught during the Glasgow event. The […]