Horror Highlights: Fright Rags Teases 2017 Apparel, PITCHFORK Q&A, GAME OF THRONES Sofubi Figure

2016/12/27 15:45:16 +00:00 | Tamika Jones

Fright Rags is giving us a glimpse into what they have in store for us in 2017, and this teaser image featuring just the face of Alfred Hitchcock suggests something exciting is on the horizon. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a Q&A with the director of Pitchfork and release details on Funko's Game of Thrones The Night King Sofubi figure.

Fright Rags 2017 Teaser Video Released: From Fright Rags: "From all of us here at Fright-Rags, we hope you have a wonderful holiday!

As a special gift, we put together this little video to show just a few of the exciting things we have planned for 2017, including one very special announcement. Feast your eyes on it below and we will be back in full force on January 3.

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Pitchfork Q&A with Director Glenn Douglas Packard: "Home Entertainment and Theatrical Film Distributor Uncork'd Entertainment has acquired director Glenn Douglas Packard's highly anticipated horror spectacle PITCHFORK.

Produced by Packard, Darryl F. Gariglio and Noreen Marriott, with associate producer Shaun Cairo, and boasting a screenplay by Gariglio and Packard, PITCHFORK introduces audiences to a horrifying new movie monster."

"Congratulations on the release. Will the US release be the first time anyone has seen it?

Glenn Douglas Packard: Yes, besides the winning film festivals tour we did this year. I made a frickin' horror movie & I’m doing an interview at Daily Dead for it, Holy Horror Batman! I still feel like it's a dream, somebody pinch me!

How much did the script change between that initial draft and shooting script?

Glenn Douglas Packard: Great question, because there were some major changes during filming, we would shoot all day or all night, then I would get back and have to work on the script. One huge rewrite that changed a lot of the script up to the end of the movie was Gordon (Vibhu Raghave) was supposed to be our final guy, having this morph of Clark Kent to Superman-like moment in the film, and Hunter (Brian Raetz) was supposed to die early in the film. This change was best for the film. During filming, the eight lead actors didn't know who was going to die until I sent two of them to makeup for an axe in the back, and the actor who came out knew it was their time to die. It was actually effective this way because you got a real reaction from the other actors during that death scene, when the actor walked into the scene with the axe in their back, some of the other actors started crying.

Is it important to you to make a film that’s as much about characters as it is scares? How do you manage that?

Glenn Douglas Packard: Oh, for sure. My favorite genre of horror film is slasher horror, and you always have this group of young people trying to survive. When you watch these types of films you want to have a connection or like at least a couple of these characters, because you want to care if they make it or not till the end of the film. Even for the villain, you want to have a great backstory, with Pitchfork himself, I wanted the audience to hate and love him, because in the end, if you create a popular enough villain, you see in the franchises the audience is rooting for the slasher himself more then the victims.

Did you encourage any of the actors to improvise?

Glenn Douglas Packard: Yes, first I would make sure I got what I visualized, but for the most part in repeating takes, I let them bring how they felt their character would respond to a moment. Why not? They are actors, this is their passion, and why not work with them in that moment, and see what they bring to the table as professionals?

How did you go about getting distribution?

Glenn Douglas Packard: Ahhh, the million dollar question. I’ve heard real horror stories that people make movies all the time that never see the light of day because they don’t get a distributor. I feel very blessed to have gotten Uncork’d Entertainment as our distributor. I had this list of my top 20 favorite horror film distributors that I had felt would be best for Pitchfork. My manager, Shaun Cairo, said he could get us a meeting with at least seven on that list and would like Associate Producer credit on Pitchfork if he got us a signed deal. Well, I’m glad to say Shaun is now Associate Producer of Pitchfork!

How have things changed for you since the days of Brooke Knows Best? Was it the show that opened doors for you as a filmmaker?

Glenn Douglas Packard: Brooke Knows Best was eight years ago, and I had the time of my life. Really! It was just pure fun playing a version of my 2.0 self alongside Brooke Hogan. I also was a little nervous to come out to the world on episode 1 of season 1. See it’s scary to be a small town gay, you have to come from a small town to understand the deep, dark, and lonely closet you have to live in most of your life.

Pitchfork is my coming out story with a horror twist. Brooke Knows Best freed me in a sense to be much more open about my sexuality so I can lead by example. It was more of a personal journey than opening doors as a filmmaker. The filmmaker has always been inside of me since I started in the entertainment biz over 25 years ago, I’m just releasing him the same time I’m releasing Pitchfork to the world.

Pitchfork is on VOD January 13th."

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Game of Thrones The Night King Sofubi Figure: From Funko: "Steel the Night King Hikari Sofubi Figure.