ZH: How did you get into the movie making business?

SK: I've been making films since I was fourteen beginning with stop-motion animation with GI:Joes and later moving into to wedding and sports videos to finance my short films. I went to a small film school where I met Rebecca Dakin, who produced the film with me.

ZH: Where did the inspiration for The Horseman come from?

SK: After seeing Dead Man's S ... »

Lee Demarbre has been producing unique movies for a few years now and last August he brought his latest piece, Smash Cut to FrightFest 2009. Lee's warm and friendly personality won him many fans so we decided to have a chat with this respected director about how he got started in the movie business and what the future holds for him and what its like to work alongside David Hess (pictured).

Horror Channel: How did you get started in the movie business?

LD: I worked at a Chinese Restaurant run by the Italian mob here in Ottawa for about two years. I saved enough to buy a video camera and quit, quick. I started fouling around in high school, graduated Carleton University with a degree in film and joined a film co-operative; where I fell in love with making movies on 16 mm. Shot my film feature film (entirely on a 16 mm Bolex) in 1999 entitled Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. Since then I’ve completed seven feature films; Smash Cut being my fifth.  

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Paul Davis wowed the FrightFest 2009 crowd with his amazing documentary Beware The Moon: Remembering an American Werewolf In London. Everyone can now enjoy this sensational retrospective piece (which is actually longer than the movie itself!) if they invest in the Blu-ray edition of An American Werewolf In London where it takes pride of place as an unmissibale extra. The piece is so good that we decided to track Paul down on local moors and take him to a secluded pub and find out why he made a documentary on this John Landis classic.

Horror Channel: Was there one horror movie in particular that you saw as a youngster that got you “into” the horror genre?

Paul Davis: Funnily enough, the first horror movie I ever saw was An American Werewolf In London. I was a huge Michael Jackson fan growing up and when Thriller and the 'making-of' came out on video in 1984 my parents bought it for me on Beta Max. I used to watch it over and over and of course there's ... »

Emily Booth, our very own Diva of the Darkside has been with the channel for nearly two years. Over that time she’s covered FrightFest on a number of occasions and interviewed some of horror’s biggest stars including Lloyd Kaufman, Doug Bradley and Josh Hartnett. We decided it was time to sit this lady down and have a chat. In this first part Emily talks about her first steps into the world of horror entertainment…

ZH: So, Emily. Two years at Zone Horror, what’s it been like?

EB: Brilliant. I finally feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing! I really enjoy being part of a team where I’m taken seriously and have creative input. They’re letting me produce items for the channel too now which i ... »

Doug Jones has appeared in some of the most fascinating and entertaining movies of the last ten years. His work with Guillermo del Torro has made him a true star, an actor who can be relied upon to bring to life some of the most fantastical creations ever seen and made them seem oh so real. We decided it was time we chatted with this talented man and discover what drives him as an actor.

ZH: How did you get started in show business?

DJ: I got into mime as a college student at Ball State University in Indiana.  The performing troupe was called Mime Over Matter ..... see the funny? This art form is what took an already expressive young fellow and made me fully aware of my gestures and movements as I learned to tell stories with n ... »

Clive Barker is a legend in the world of horror entertainment. But did you know that one of his earliest works has been adapted and recently arrived on DVD? In The Midnight Meat Train, a photographer (Bradley Cooper), pursues the subject of a lifetime – the subway slasher and serial killer, Mahogany (Vinnie Jones) – straight to the end of the line. Based on Barker's acclaimed short story, The Midnight Meat Train, packed with unnerving, blood-soaked plot twists, could well prove the horror hit of the season… Or as Barker, who also serves as one of the film’s producers sees it, for generations to come.

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Although Frank Henenlotter has only made a handful of movies, his name is legendary when discussing cult cinema of the 80’s and 90’s. We love him here at Zone Horror and recently broadcast two of his most famous works, Basket Case and Brain Damage. After a decade and half away Frank is back with a new movie, Bad Biology, an amazing and truly original film that contains all his controversial trademarks. We decided that it was time to catch up with this enigmatic character and try and find out where his highly unique ideas for movies come from.

ZH: You’re a big fan of the Grindhouse cinema movement of the 60’s and 70’s at 42nd Street, can you quickly explain to people in the UK what exactly that was?

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Leslie S. Klinger is a prize-winning Victorian scholar who wrote the critically acclaimed, best-selling book The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes. He has recently turned his attention to one of the most famous novels ever written, Bram Stoker's Dracula so we decided to track him down and ask him how he came about to creating what will probably become regarded as the final word on the Count.

ZH: When did you first encounter Bram Stoker’s Dracula?

LSK: I read it as a freshman in college (in 1965), although not as an assignment. I remember finishing it in a darkened hallway at night, because my roommate was sleeping.

ZH: What were your initial thoughts on the piece of work?

LSK: I was thoroughly scared and quite surprised at my own reaction. After all, I said, this is a dusty old Victorian book—how could it be so scary? Fortunately, the Leonard Wolf Annotated Dracula hadn’t been published ye ... »