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Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of WITCHES IN THE WOODS , director Jordan Barker reflects on the challenges of filming in sub-zero temperatures and the time-bending ambitions of his next film… Why did you respond so strongly to Christopher Borell’s script (originally titled STRANDED) – because it mixed an age-old witch hunt tale with up-to-the-minute contemporary issues of sexual harassment?  Hi All and hope everyone is staying safe and sane during these very strange times.  Borrelli’s script spoke to me on many levels.  I felt it took a contemporary look at what it means to live in our post truth world; how our realities are shaped by the lens through by which we choose to observe.  To me the film was summed up by nothing being more terrifying than being possessed, not necessarily by a vicious evil demon, but instead by an idea. Is it based on any actual folklore tale or urban legend? Did the Stoughton Witch Trials actually exist? Stoughton Val...

Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of WITCHES IN THE WOODS , director Jordan Barker reflects on the challenges of filming in sub-zero temperatures and the time-bending ambitions of his next film… Why did you respond so strongly to Christopher Borell’s script (originally titled STRANDED) – because it mixed an age-old witch hunt tale with up-to-the-minute contemporary issues of sexual harassment?  Hi All and hope everyone is staying safe and sane during these very strange times.  Borrelli’s script spoke to me on many levels.  I felt it took a contemporary look at what it means to live in our post truth world; how our realities are shaped by the lens through by which we choose to observe.  To me the film was summed up by nothing being more terrifying than being possessed, not necessarily by a vicious evil demon, but instead by an idea. Is it based on any actual folklore tale or urban legend? Did the Stoughton Witch Trials actually exist? Stoughton Val...

Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of WITCHES IN THE WOODS , director Jordan Barker reflects on the challenges of filming in sub-zero temperatures and the time-bending ambitions of his next film… Why did you respond so strongly to Christopher Borell’s script (originally titled STRANDED) – because it mixed an age-old witch hunt tale with up-to-the-minute contemporary issues of sexual harassment?  Hi All and hope everyone is staying safe and sane during these very strange times.  Borrelli’s script spoke to me on many levels.  I felt it took a contemporary look at what it means to live in our post truth world; how our realities are shaped by the lens through by which we choose to observe.  To me the film was summed up by nothing being more terrifying than being possessed, not necessarily by a vicious evil demon, but instead by an idea. Is it based on any actual folklore tale or urban legend? Did the Stoughton Witch Trials actually exist? Stoughton Valley is a fict...

Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of WITCHES IN THE WOODS , director Jordan Barker reflects on the challenges of filming in sub-zero temperatures and the time-bending ambitions of his next film… Why did you respond so strongly to Christopher Borell’s script (originally titled STRANDED) – because it mixed an age-old witch hunt tale with up-to-the-minute contemporary issues of sexual harassment?  Hi All and hope everyone is staying safe and sane during these very strange times.  Borrelli’s script spoke to me on many levels.  I felt it took a contemporary look at what it means to live in our post truth world; how our realities are shaped by the lens through by which we choose to observe.  To me the film was summed up by nothing being more terrifying than being possessed, not necessarily by a vicious evil demon, but instead by an idea. Is it based on any actual folklore tale or urban legend? Did the Stoughton Witch Trials actually exist? Stoughton Valley is a fict...