One of my favorite films out of Fantastic Fest 2018 was Julius Avery’s Overlord, his gnarly WWII monster mash-up featuring a battalion of US soldiers who have landed in Nazi-occupied France to take down a squadron of Axis forces, only to discover that they’ve been conducting horrifying scientific experiments with local villagers, with the Nazi forces turning them into zombies and other medical abominations, leaving the Allies no choice but to put a stop to their atrocious misdeeds for good.
While in Austin this past September, Daily Dead had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Avery as well as a number of Overlord’s co-stars at the press day for the film. In our first video interview, we chat with the Overlord director as well as with Pilou Asbæk, who plays Wafner, one of the Nazis in charge who undergoes a gruesome transformation throughout the movie.
The duo discussed carrying the banner of Bad Robot with Overlord as well as their thoughts on what makes the film such a standout amongst recent genre releases. They also spoke about their experiences building a tight-knit team with the entire cast while working together on Overlord, and Asbæk talked about the freedom he felt once he took on the monstrous form of his villain.
Check out our first video interview below, and be sure to check back this week for more on Overlord, right here on Daily Dead.
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In case you missed it, check here to catch up on our previous coverage of Overlord.
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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