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Your new movie Demons
at Dawn - in a few word, what's it about?
Demons
at Dawn is about a retired hitman who is blackmailed into one last job.
During his mission, he uncovers a satanic cult who use human sacrifice to summon
demons.
Now
how did the project come into being to begin with? I
write, act in and produce films full-time via my production company in the
UK Black Coppice Films
Ltd. Demons
at Dawn is my latest project. I’m shooting my fifth
horror feature Bring Me a Skin for Dancing In in Jan 2023. Chris,
what were your sources of inspiration when writing Demons
at Dawn?
The
main action takes place inside a small rural cottage in the heart of the
English countryside. The horror movie Dog Soldiers was a big inspiration. Instead of fighting werewolves,
our lead actors must fend off demons as they take shelter inside their
cottage!
To what extent could either of you
actually identify with Demons
at Dawn's lead Mickey - or any of the other characters, really?
Chris:
I’ve lived all over the world. I’ve often found myself in dangerous
situations. I guess
I can identify with Mickey in that respect.
Randy:
The isolation and fear that the “next thing” could be your number is
key and is also something that I fear. Always looking over your shoulder and then trying
to figure out how to get out of a bad situation at every turn. It’s
something Ben Silver (Mickey) played very well. You can see the wheels
turning in his eyes.
Do
talk about Demons at Dawn's
approach to horror!
Demons
at Dawn is a character driven horror movie with an explosive, terrifying
ending!
Randy, what can you tell us about
your directorial approach to your story at hand? From
the first read of the script I wanted to make sure the audience was
creeped out when watching the final product. The approach was in the
naturalness of the shooting, being in that environment isolated in the
English countryside and bringing that on screen. A big thing also is in
the sound design, sounds and noises underneath where it feels like the
house is alive and someone (or something) is always watching. And then on
top of that, the particular music choices made added to that feeling.
It’s not your typical score because I wanted something different,
something primal for certain sections. What
was the collaboration between the two of you actually like? And how did
the two of you first meet even? Chris:
I enjoy a good working relationship with Randy. We both share the same
vision and Randy will be directing my next horror movie Bring Me a Skin
for Dancing In.
Randy:
It was really good. Chris is a great writer so I had a solid foundation to
work with at the start. And as a director, having the freedom to take the
film where it needed to go is very helpful from a producer/writer because
in the end it’s all about making the best movie you can with what you
have to work with.
Do talk about Demons
at Dawn's key cast, and why exactly these people?
Ben
Silver and Amber Doig-Thorne are the main leads.
Ben is a terrific actor.
He has that rare ability to allow the audience to see what he’s feeling
on screen.
Amber
Doig-Thorne is a talented and experienced horror film actress from the UK.
She
is very good at playing strong female roles who like to kick ass!
John
Altman has a cameo role in the movie. John is famous in the UK for playing
Nasty Nick Cotton in the hit BBC show
Eastenders. John also played one of
the cops in An
American Werewolf in London.
I
have a cameo role in the movie too. I play a character called Levi
Saracen.
A
few words about the shoot as such, and the on-set atmosphere? This
was one of the best shoots I’ve worked on. Everyone got along, worked
hard with no drama on set. Most of the cast and crew will be with us again
when we shoot my next horror movie Bring Me a Skin for Dancing In.
The
$64-question of course, where can Demons
at Dawn be seen? Demons
at Dawn will be available to watch on all the major VOD platforms: Amazon
Prime, Tubi TV, Roku, IMDb TV, Plex, mometu, filmocracy, Flixwest, Nuclear
Home Video, Infamous Media and many more! Anything you can tell us about
audience and critical reception of Demons
at Dawn? The
film has been picked up by lots of VOD channels in the first few weeks.
This is a positive sign. Time will tell how the film is eventually
received when it’s released.
Based on your collaboration on this one, could you ever be persuaded to
work together again? And/or any other future projects you'd like to share?
Chris:
I’m happy to work with Randy again.
Check
out my other horror movie Nest of Vampires! It’s available to watch now
on Amazon Prime, Tubi TV, Roku, Filmocracy, Popsy, Plex, Mometu, Nuclear
Home Video and Flixwest! My
other horror movie Werewolf Cabal will be released end of November this
year too! The film stars Vernon Wells from Mad Max
2: The Road Warrior. I
have a comedy-horror movie in post-production too. It’s called The
Haunted Studio. It stars Bai Ling from The Crow and Red
Corner. It’s due
to be released spring of next year on all major VOD channels.
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Randy:
Yes absolutely! I am heading back out to the UK in January to do the next
film, Bring Me a Skin for Dancing In, with most of the same crew so l
am looking forward to that. And aside from the release of Demons
at Dawn, I have a drama I did in India coming out before the end of the
year and I am currently heavy into finishing up a 6 episode TV show I did
with a partner that looks like will release early next year.
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Thanks
for the interview!
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