EXCLUSIVE: Director Jeremy Benson Talks "Live Animals"! Planning Werewolf Movie!
This afternoon, we got an opportunity to talk with filmmaker Jeremy Benson, writer/director of the upcoming kidnapping-horror flick Live Animals. Benson tells us that he wanted the film to have a throwback appeal, and filmed it with that aspect in mind. "I wanted the movie to look and feel like the movies I remembered liking from the 1970's where there wasn't a lot of hand held camera and the film just felt dirty. I made most of my decisions with that in mind," he says. "And it seemed at the time the shaky hand held thing was everywhere and I wanted to do the opposite. Mark and myself talked over the look of the movie a lot before we actually started shooting, I think we watched "The Shining" and "Halloween" like three or four times each."
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He continues..."We both agreed that we wanted more of a traditonal film style to the movie. Which, in my opinion, works well since we didn't have much money. We shot the movie on digital, and the dolly shots and the and locked down shots just seemed to contrast with the video in a very interesting way. I remember watching "28 Days Later" which is shot on the Cannon XL1 and my favorite shot in the movie is the dolly shot through the cages at the beginning. I don't know, something about that just appeals to me. I wrote out a shot list and we shot the shot list." Benson also told us that post "Live Animals", he's got several projects cooking, including a possible lycanthrope (werewolf) pic! "We have several projects we would like to do next," says Benson. "I kind of would like to do a werewolf movie. I would really like to see a werewolf movie done where it's shot and treated seriously. No camp. Like, what would happen if a werewolf was really slashing up people in a small town?" |
You can check out our full interview with JB Here, and also check out our interview with the films Composer Mark Williams Here. And be on the look out for our upcoming chat with some of the films cast! "Live Animals" stars John Still, Christian Walker, Jeanette Comans, Patrick Cox, Sarah Ewell, Scott Fletcher, Michael McLendon, and Jay Munn. In the movie, a group of college kids must decide what price they will pay to gain their freedom after being kidnapped by a ruthless White Slave trader. The movie hits DVD on the 8th of September from EchoBridge Entertainment.
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