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Your new movie Genevieve
Rises - in a few words, what is it about?
The
official plot outline is, “A working man's life is turned inside out
when he stumbles across an ancient evil book that releases a terrifying
psychotic doll named Genevieve.”
What
were your sources of inspiration when writing Genevieve
Rises? This
whole film was basically my love letter to the Evil Dead
series,
which is personally my favorite franchise of all time and what inspired me
to make my own movies. Genevieve
Rises isn't your first film about your killer doll Genevieve
- so what makes you return to her ever so often, and what do you do to
keep the recipe fresh? Genevieve
is a very versatile character for me, I find myself thinking of what I
will do next and how I would implement a creature in there and I go
“wait actually, Genevieve
would work perfectly here.” Also, people
love her, and she always gets a great response from people when they see
her on screen, so you can’t go wrong with Genevieve.
Do talk about your movie's
approach to horror! This
particular film focuses on slapstick horror, that’s how I would describe
it, as a tribute again to the Evil Dead series, more specifically
Evil Dead 2. A few words about your directorial
approach to your story at hand? I
wanted something familiar yet different with this film, so I wanted it to
be mainly story-driven until Genevieve
arrives. So with this one, I wanted
to go more simplistic and introduce some of my signature styles of
filmmaking a little later on, such as the POV shots. You of course also have
to talk about the wonderful Book of Souls prop in Genevieve
Rises, and how was it achieved, and how much input did you have in
its creation? The
book itself was created by Midan Lab, but I did all of the illustrations
inside the book myself so I had a little hand in its creation.
You also appear in front of the camera in Genevieve
Rises - so what can you tell us about your character, what did you
draw upon to bring him to life, and did you write him with yourself in
mind from the get-go? I
wanted to write and play someone very different than I usually do, this
guy is a working man, drunk, and his life is falling apart. He is also
kind of mysterious, and I really wanted to play a character like that. In Genevieve
Rises, you once again have Alan Maxson as Genevieve's
voice - so what makes him perfect for the role, and what was your
collaboration like? Alan
Maxson is the perfect Genevieve
in my eyes, when I hired him for the
feature film I did back in 2021, he gave me two takes of him just going
crazy with that role. He gave me so much to work with that I couldn’t
even use it all in that film, so what you hear after that from Genevieve
is all stuff that he did in 2021, awesome guy to work with. Also, he’s
got his own feature film coming out soon that I am producing called Alien
Planet, so keep an eye out for that! Do talk about the shoot as such, and
the on-set atmosphere!
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I
would describe this shoot as a breeze to be honest, not a whole lot went
wrong this time around and that is a miracle in and of itself. I actually
thought that it would take longer to film than it did, but I guess that’s the
benefit you get when you’ve worked with a character such as
Genevieve
for so long now, it becomes second nature to you. The $64-question of course, where
can Genevieve Rises
be seen? We
are currently submitting the film to film festivals at the moment, so keep
an eye out on my social media accounts for updates on that and where the
film can be seen. Anything you can tell us about audience and
critical reception of Genevieve
Rises? So
far it has been really well received and I am just really glad that people
are enjoying it and want to see more from Genevieve. Any future projects you'd like to share -
and will Genevieve
be in any of them? We
are currently still focused on this one and getting it out there to
everyone but for any announcements, you should keep up with my Instagram
which is what I’m on most frequently. Your website, social media, whatever
else? You
can follow me @nicholasmjacobs on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube. Anything else you're dying to mention and I have
merely forgotten to ask? Hmm,
I just want to say that I am really proud of this film, it is probably one
of my personal favorites from my filmography and I can’t wait for
everyone to see it! Thanks for the interview!
No
problem.
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