Thursday, April 22nd
Exclusive: Ila Schactler Talks Meadowoods
AN INTERVIEW BY UNCLE CREEPY
With its DVD release now upon us, we sat down with the star of the way claustrophobic terror tale known as Meadowoods (review here), Ila Schactler, to get all the dirt on ... well, being buried in a coffin under all that dirt!
"Oh my gosh, I was in that box for over two hours each day just screaming and screaming. I could barely talk afterward," Ila tells us. "We had done that whole scene, I think it took up about fifteen minutes of the ending of the film, but we did it over a period of several days because of my voice. Even worse, for continuity purposes I couldn't even wash my clothes for like two or three weeks. They were just disgusting, and I had to keep putting them on, then putting them in a bag, and then putting them on again. It was really gross but in the end so very worth it."
Thursday, April 22nd
MEADOWOODS is DVDTalk Recommended and Horror Approved
"The kids aren't alright."
While Meadowoods opens with a quote from historian James Anthony Froude about man's general disdain for his fellow creatures, I believe there is a far sneakier message about the dangers of groupthink lurking beneath the film's surface. Director Scott Phillips, running with a screenplay by Anna Siri, uses his feature-length debut to present a vision of psychological horror that builds upon the fear of the anonymous before literally placing it in our back yards.”
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You know what can be really scary? Having too much time on your hands. Especially for college kids who live in small towns. Small towns can make you feel as if you're being strangled into becoming just another one of the herd. To avoid that happening, sometimes people resort to doing or trying really desperate and at times disturbing things. In Scott Phillips' new film Meadowoods said disturbing things are taken to a really terrifying level. Full Review
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