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Your upcoming movie Echoes from the Midnight Mansion - in a
few words, what's it going to be about? József Gallai:
Echoes from the Midnight Mansion tells six bone-chilling short
stories that the protagonist finds in an abandoned mansion that unleash
horror, pushing the boundaries of suspense, mystery and fear to the
extreme. I like to treat it as the intellectual little brother of the
V/H/S series. What inspired you to make
an anthology movie in the first place, and how easy or difficult was it to
get other directors to come on board with you?
József: I had never made an anthology before, and I had always liked films with this
structure. What's more, I thought it would be interesting to see different
styles in one and the same film, and how they would ultimately come
together to form a coherent whole. It wasn't difficult to bring the
directors together, so to speak. I've been working with Gergő Elekes
[Gergö Elekes
interview - click here]for more than a decade, we understand each other practically without saying a
word; I consider Bálint Szántó a very talented storyteller, and executive
producer/writer Roy McClurg has been an indispensable help since my
international career began, and now he's trying his hand at directing,
which I'm excited to see. AAre
there any rigid guidelines concerning style and story of the individual
segments? Roy McClurg jr: I think that we’re spring-boarding off of the themes visited in
The Final Frame, regarding voyeurism and the trouble that can come from
being too involved with other people’s lives… lurking in the shadows. We
wanted to explore the various shapes that this practice can take and the
ways it can ruin lives. So let's talk about your segment for a
bit, what's it going to be about, and what were your sources of
inspiration for that particular story?
József Gallai |
Roy: My segment came from stories I have heard from my sister, who loves to go to
the woods and camp, several times a year. My experiences of camping have
been minimal, but it has fascinated me hearing stories about “shared” camp
sites, where other people set up closer to you than you might like. What
would happen if a young couple got too curious about their temporary
neighbors. Do talk about your segment's approach to horror!
Roy: In trying to achieve horror in a relatively short amount of time, I’m
approaching it from a point of view that the characters are pretty self
explanatory, so there doesn’t need to be too much exposition…getting
directly into the actions that will generate the horror.
A few words about your segment's intended look and feel?
Roy: It is intended to be an extremely handheld, character filmed segment. Just like
anyone who has ever tried to film their own home movies. The lighting
should not be perfect and, I hope, the wooded area will look slightly
ominous as the tension grows.
Anything you can tell us about your tentative cast yet, and why exactly
them? József: We have gone through a lengthy casting process, and I will be working with
most of them for the first time. They are all very professional and,
perhaps more importantly, they are genuine individuals with exciting
personalities. I am delighted to be working with Academy Award nominee
Larry Hankin again and to be directing Aljona Yakimenko once more after
The Final Frame and The B2ack-Eyed Children. I am also very much looking
forward to working with the rest of the cast.
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So what can you tell us about the other
segments of Echoes from the Midnight Mansion as well as their
directors, writers and cast? József: Gergő tells a story in
which the tale of a bullied character takes a horrific turn, Bálint's
story discusses the consequences of a strange medical experiment, while
Roy pushes a group of campers into the depths of hell. I direct three
short stories, one in which all hell breaks loose at a birthday party,
another in which a séance takes a frightening turn, and a third in which a
dysfunctional family faces a horrific decision. You are currently
running a fundraiser for Echoes from the Midnight Mansion - so
what can you tell us about your campaign? József: I
find that crowdfunding is currently in a pleasant state of decline. It
slowly bleeds out unfortunately. With a slight exaggeration, what is
happening is that creators are maxing out all their credit cards to show
how successful their campaigns are, or projects that are still in pieces
even after three years they reached their goals. And then there is the
third group, where promising projects raise money and, by managing the
collected funds well, complete the film on time. We belong to this third group.
https://gogetfunding.com/echoes-from-the-midnight-mansion-feature-anthology/
Once the budget's in place, what's the schedule? And any idea when and where
Echoes from the Midnight Mansion might be released yet? József: We
will be filming from January to March, and the final film will be ready
around May. If all goes well, it will be shown at festivals starting in
the summer. Hopefully, by the end of 2026, it will be available for the
audiences too. Any future projects beyond Echoes from the Midnight Mansion
you'd like to share?
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JJózsef: At the end of November, we finished filming the second part of
The Black-Eyed
Children, and we will be filming the final part in January 2027. From the
beginning, we thought of it as a trilogy, so we will be able to answer all
the questions left open in the first part, further expanding this
universe. Your/your movie's website,
social media, fundraising page? IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37038718
Fundraising page:
https://gogetfunding.com/echoes-from-the-midnight-mansion-feature-anthology/
Thanks for the interview!
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