Scream
Queen Brinke Stevens produced and hosts this entertaining look at low budget
horror filmmaking. Some of the hardest
working horror directors of the '80s and '90s are interviewed and they all give
informative and insight commentary on the perils and pitfalls of low budget
moviemaking. Some of the interviewees have
more prominent credits than others, but nearly all of them have entertaining stories
to tell.
Fred
Olen (Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers) Ray is the most fun to listen to. He’s
very forthright about his career and makes several interesting points about the
logistics of low budget filmmaking. He
probably deserves his own documentary. Some
directors, like Jeff (Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3) Burr have experience working with bigger budgets and high-profile
studios and mostly hate it. The more DIY
type of directors like J.R. (The Dead Next Door) Bookwalter are engaging too, mostly because they’re
working with even less time and money.
One
thing connects them, and that’s their passion for film. They are all uniform on their advice to young
filmmakers: Grab a camera and make your
own movie, which is heartening.
If
there is a fault, it’s that Brinke pretty much disappears after her intro. While I do wish shee had more of a presence
throughout the documentary (which only runs about an hour), the directors are
entertaining enough on their own to sustain your interest.
Other volumes in the series followed.
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