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Interview with Paul Hyett

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On the eve of THE SEASONING HOUSE receiving its Network Premiere on HORROR CHANNEL, director Paul Hyett talks to us about the difficulty of casting the lead role, the virtues of listening and the proudest moment of his career (so far!) Q: Did you know from a young age that you wanted to work in movies?   Yeah, when I was in my teens. I loved movies, they were such an entertaining escape for me and horror movies were my favourites - The Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th… I decided early on that as soon as I left school I wanted to work in the film industry. Because I loved sculpting, painting and art, coupled with my love for creatures and gore, I figured that special make up effects was the way to go.   Q: You made your name working as a special effects make-up artist, can you recall what it was like being on set for the first time?   Well, I went into the industry the very low budget route so it wasn’t daunting. Most of what I was working...

Interview with Paul Hyett

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On the eve of THE SEASONING HOUSE receiving its Network Premiere on HORROR CHANNEL, director Paul Hyett talks to us about the difficulty of casting the lead role, the virtues of listening and the proudest moment of his career (so far!) Q: Did you know from a young age that you wanted to work in movies?   Yeah, when I was in my teens. I loved movies, they were such an entertaining escape for me and horror movies were my favourites - The Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th… I decided early on that as soon as I left school I wanted to work in the film industry. Because I loved sculpting, painting and art, coupled with my love for creatures and gore, I figured that special make up effects was the way to go.   Q: You made your name working as a special effects make-up artist, can you recall what it was like being on set for the first time?   Well, I went into the industry the very low budget route so it wasn’t daunting. Most of what I was working...

Interview with Paul Hyett

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On the eve of THE SEASONING HOUSE receiving its Network Premiere on HORROR CHANNEL, director Paul Hyett talks to us about the difficulty of casting the lead role, the virtues of listening and the proudest moment of his career (so far!) Q: Did you know from a young age that you wanted to work in movies?   Yeah, when I was in my teens. I loved movies, they were such an entertaining escape for me and horror movies were my favourites - The Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th… I decided early on that as soon as I left school I wanted to work in the film industry. Because I loved sculpting, painting and art, coupled with my love for creatures and gore, I figured that special make up effects was the way to go.   Q: You made your name working as a special effects make-up artist, can you recall what it was like being on set for the first time?   Well, I went into the industry the very low budget route so it wasn’t daunting. Most of what I was working on were student fi...

Interview with Paul Hyett

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On the eve of THE SEASONING HOUSE receiving its Network Premiere on HORROR CHANNEL, director Paul Hyett talks to us about the difficulty of casting the lead role, the virtues of listening and the proudest moment of his career (so far!) Q: Did you know from a young age that you wanted to work in movies?   Yeah, when I was in my teens. I loved movies, they were such an entertaining escape for me and horror movies were my favourites - The Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th… I decided early on that as soon as I left school I wanted to work in the film industry. Because I loved sculpting, painting and art, coupled with my love for creatures and gore, I figured that special make up effects was the way to go.   Q: You made your name working as a special effects make-up artist, can you recall what it was like being on set for the first time?   Well, I went into the industry the very low budget route so it wasn’t daunting. Most of what I was working on were student fi...

Interview with John Palisano by David Kempf

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John Palisano is the current Vice President of The Horror Writers Association. His short fiction has appeared in many places. Among them: Dark Discoveries, Horror Library, Darkness On The Edge, Lovecraft eZine, Phobophobia, Lovecraft eZine, Terror Tales, Harvest Hill, Halloween Spirits, the Bram Stoker Award® nominated Chiral Mad, Midnight Walk, Halloween Tales, and many other publications. NERVES was his first novel. He is working hard on its sequel, as well as many other upcoming works. His non-fiction has appeared in FANGORIA and DARK DISCOVERIES, where he's interviewed folks like Robert Englund, director Rob Hall, and Corey Taylor from Slipknot. Currently, DUST OF THE DEAD, his first book from Samhain Publishing, arrived in June 2015 with GHOST HEART on February 14, 2016, with NIGHT OF 1,000 BEASTS to come in the very near future. His work has been cited by the Bram Stoker Award® three times. "Available Light" was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award® in 2013...

Interview with John Palisano by David Kempf

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John Palisano is the current Vice President of The Horror Writers Association. His short fiction has appeared in many places. Among them: Dark Discoveries, Horror Library, Darkness On The Edge, Lovecraft eZine, Phobophobia, Lovecraft eZine, Terror Tales, Harvest Hill, Halloween Spirits, the Bram Stoker Award® nominated Chiral Mad, Midnight Walk, Halloween Tales, and many other publications. NERVES was his first novel. He is working hard on its sequel, as well as many other upcoming works. His non-fiction has appeared in FANGORIA and DARK DISCOVERIES, where he's interviewed folks like Robert Englund, director Rob Hall, and Corey Taylor from Slipknot. Currently, DUST OF THE DEAD, his first book from Samhain Publishing, arrived in June 2015 with GHOST HEART on February 14, 2016, with NIGHT OF 1,000 BEASTS to come in the very near future. His work has been cited by the Bram Stoker Award® three times. "Available Light" was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award® in 2013...

Interview with John Palisano by David Kempf

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John Palisano is the current Vice President of The Horror Writers Association. His short fiction has appeared in many places. Among them: Dark Discoveries, Horror Library, Darkness On The Edge, Lovecraft eZine, Phobophobia, Lovecraft eZine, Terror Tales, Harvest Hill, Halloween Spirits, the Bram Stoker Award® nominated Chiral Mad, Midnight Walk, Halloween Tales, and many other publications. NERVES was his first novel. He is working hard on its sequel, as well as many other upcoming works. His non-fiction has appeared in FANGORIA and DARK DISCOVERIES, where he's interviewed folks like Robert Englund, director Rob Hall, and Corey Taylor from Slipknot. Currently, DUST OF THE DEAD, his first book from Samhain Publishing, arrived in June 2015 with GHOST HEART on February 14, 2016, with NIGHT OF 1,000 BEASTS to come in the very near future. His work has been cited by the Bram Stoker Award® three times. "Available Light" was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award® in 2013. "Th...

Interview with John Palisano by David Kempf

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John Palisano is the current Vice President of The Horror Writers Association. His short fiction has appeared in many places. Among them: Dark Discoveries, Horror Library, Darkness On The Edge, Lovecraft eZine, Phobophobia, Lovecraft eZine, Terror Tales, Harvest Hill, Halloween Spirits, the Bram Stoker Award® nominated Chiral Mad, Midnight Walk, Halloween Tales, and many other publications. NERVES was his first novel. He is working hard on its sequel, as well as many other upcoming works. His non-fiction has appeared in FANGORIA and DARK DISCOVERIES, where he's interviewed folks like Robert Englund, director Rob Hall, and Corey Taylor from Slipknot. Currently, DUST OF THE DEAD, his first book from Samhain Publishing, arrived in June 2015 with GHOST HEART on February 14, 2016, with NIGHT OF 1,000 BEASTS to come in the very near future. His work has been cited by the Bram Stoker Award® three times. "Available Light" was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award® in 2013. "Th...

Competition: Win Frankenstein on DVD

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Frankenstein is out on DVD on 22nd February!  and to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 3 copies to win. Synopsis: Set in present day Los Angeles, FRANKENSTEIN tells its tale entirely from the point of view of The Monster (Xavier Samuel – The Twilight Saga, Fury) as he is artificially created by a husband and wife team of eccentric scientists (Danny Huston – X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 30 Days Of Night and Carrie-Anne Moss – Pompeii, The Matrix Trilogy) and then left for dead. Confronted with nothing but aggression and violence as he attempts to make is way in the world, The Monster must get to grips with the horrific nature of humanity as he searches for his own. Also starring horror stalwart Tony Todd (Candyman, Hatchet II) and Maya Erskine (TV’s Man Seeking Woman), FRANKENSTEIN is a full-blooded and unflinching reimagining of a timeless classic that terrifies as much as it casts a mirror over the nature of humanity and science. Win This: Frankenstein ...

Competition: Win Frankenstein on DVD

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Frankenstein is out on DVD on 22nd February!  and to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 3 copies to win. Synopsis: Set in present day Los Angeles, FRANKENSTEIN tells its tale entirely from the point of view of The Monster (Xavier Samuel – The Twilight Saga, Fury) as he is artificially created by a husband and wife team of eccentric scientists (Danny Huston – X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 30 Days Of Night and Carrie-Anne Moss – Pompeii, The Matrix Trilogy) and then left for dead. Confronted with nothing but aggression and violence as he attempts to make is way in the world, The Monster must get to grips with the horrific nature of humanity as he searches for his own. Also starring horror stalwart Tony Todd (Candyman, Hatchet II) and Maya Erskine (TV’s Man Seeking Woman), FRANKENSTEIN is a full-blooded and unflinching reimagining of a timeless classic that terrifies as much as it casts a mirror over the nature of humanity and science. Win This: Frankenstein ...