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Your new movie The
Black-Eyed Children - in a few words, what's it about?
The story centers on a young woman named Claire Russell who takes a job
at a camp in the woods, only to arrive to find that all the children have
mysteriously disappeared. But as night falls, much to her dismay, some of
them return. You've dreamed up the story for The
Black-Eyed Children together with Roy McClurg jr, who also
executive produced - so what was the creative process like, and what can
you tell us about the man in the first place? Roy has been helping me with my films for ten years now as an executive
producer. I'm not exaggerating when I say that if it wasn't for him, I
wouldn't have been able to tell my stories. Simple as that. After
A Stranger
in the Woods was completed, I asked him if we could write
together and he said yes immediately and was eager to get started. I
finished the first draft at the end of 2023, and based on his great ideas
we added, corrected, added and took away things that we felt would make
the final story better. He helped me a lot in making the dialogues more
English (as I was born and live in Hungary). What were
your sources of inspiration when writing The
Black-Eyed Children? I didn't really take any films as a basis, we were a bit more after our own heads this time.
What can you tell us about your movie's approach to horror? I knew that I wanted to mix a bit of supernatural and found footage
horror, but also that I needed to use traditional storytelling to get the
best effect. It's an interesting genre and technical mixture and I hope it
will appeal to the audience. You've chosen the found footage approach for The
Black-Eyed Children - now what do you think makes this technique
of filmmaking the best fit for the story at hand?
First of all, of course, the financial background, because –
needless to say - it is much cheaper to produce such a film. Secondly, there were
several scenes where this approach made the experience much more intense,
so we decided to use this sub-genre. A few
words about The
Black-Eyed Children's overall look and feel? Even though the weather repeatedly interfered with my plans, I tried to
give the film a look that is at once suffocating, slightly depressing,
almost claustrophobic. In several scenes, Kata's flashlight is the only
light source, and we used a lot of natural light, all of which, in my
opinion, added to the atmosphere. Do talk about The
Black-Eyed Children's cast, and why exactly these people?
It was the second time I worked with Kata Kuna, the lead actress in the
film, after The Poltergeist
Diaries. At that time we only shot together
for one day because of the pandemic, but this time we had more days
because she is the main character in the film. She's an incredible energy
bomb, I love working with her, what’s more she's very easy to work with.
During the breaks and in the evenings, we talked and joked a lot. I dare say she is the perfect Claire.
I told Bill Oberst jr [Bill
Oberst jr interview - click here] about the film when we were filming
A Stranger
in the Woods together back in October 2023, and he said yes almost
immediately, though I ’repaid’ his trust with a scene that lasts more
than ten minutes without any cut, so I didn’t make it easy for him. He
did an amazing job and I think anyone who sees the film will agree with
me. This film marks the third time I work with Simon Bamford and he has
done a phenomenal job again. He fills each of his characters with
incredible elegance, which came in very handy here. What
can you tell us about the shoot as such, and the on-set atmosphere?
Despite the weather, I can probably say that it was one of, if not the
smoothest shoot I have ever been on. Gergő Elekes (cinematographer-editor-composer of the film)
[Gergö Elekes interview -
click here] and I agreed on that
immediately when we finished filming. There were no major disruptions,
everyone got the whole atmosphere pretty quickly, the kids really enjoyed
the evening shoot and the make-up. We were far away from everything and
everyone, and our accommodation was in an incredibly quiet place, you
could almost hear your own thoughts.
The $64-question of course, where can The
Black-Eyed Children be seen?
If all goes well, it’ll be released in around 5-6 months, but you may
be able to see it earlier at festivals. Hopefully it will also be screened
in some US cinemas later this spring. Any future projects
you'd like to share? At the end of February we shot a film called
The Final Frame starring Aljona Yakimenko and Péter Inoka, but it also features Robert LaSardo
[Robert LaSardo interview - click here] and
one of my favourite horror actors from childhood, Andrew Divoff. It's a
very small-scale, almost intimate horror film with two locations and almost no dialogue.
In the meantime, we started work on the second part of The
Black-Eyed Children. I'm delighted that almost everyone from the first part is
returning. I'll finish the script soon and the campaign is live:
https://gogetfunding.com/the-black-eyed-children-2-feature-horror-mystery-sci-fi/
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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28813562
Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkMHVWD3zM
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblackeyedchildrenmovie
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theblackeyedchildrenmovie/
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