Ryan Cavalline

Interviewed by: Lizzard Willy

LW: What are some of your favorite horror movies?

RC: Favorite horror movie? Well, I admire so many movies, its hard to pick out one. I usually enjoy any kind of horror movie. To pick one, I guess The Texas Chainsaw Massacre would be at the top of my list. Tobe Hooper is one of my personal favorite directors. I also like Jan Svankmajer's FAUST. Its a very twistid take on the tale of Faust. I would also have to say Mary Harrion's AMERICAN PSYCHO is another great film. A lot of people don't like this movie, but I find it refreashng from all of the horror movies out there. I'm also a big fan of independent movies. Tim Ritter and Eric Stanze make wonderful indy movies. Its because of their movies, that made me want to make my own movies.

LW: Demon Slaughter looks to be a very rewarding film for horror fans. From reading what you have said about it, and from reading the blurbs from people like Tim Ritter, I am sure many people are looking foward to it. How did the idea for Demon Slaughter come about?

RC: Demon Slaughter was a script I wrote back in college called "The Dark Road" It was a competely different story back then but, it still had the same theme. So, after finishing Serial Killer, I really wanted to do an action/horror movie with zombies. I looked through some of the zombie scripts laying around here and nothing jumped out at me. I took another look at The Dark Road script and started re-working it. I stripped it out complelely. I think the only thing that stayed was the ending and the way the Devil acts. That was in the winter of 2002 and then we started pre-production in early 2003. This was one of the biggest projects we've ever put together. There was so much involved and so much to do. I really think the indy fans will enjoy this non-stop horror movie.

LW: How long and what budget did Demon Slaughter take to shoot?

TR: We started shooting in March of 2003 and we ended sometime in May. The shooting schedule was set up for every other weekend. I believe the budget was around two thousand for Demon Slaughter but, I think we got it done right under that amount. We also did some of the F/X scenes over the winter just because we were bored.

LW: Dead Body Man is your next project. How long before we see that one on DVD?

RC: Dead Body Man is now in post production. So, far things have gone well with this movie. Shooting took three months and it should take another three months to finish it up. I'm hoping to have it available this summer or this fall. It really depends on the distribution companies and when they feel like releasing it. This is one of my favorite movies. I really enjoyed the script and how things turned out.

LW: You also have a few more projects in the works-Axe, Wynkoop Tales-how are these coming along?

TR: Wynkoop Tales is a complation movie by b-movie star Joel D.Wynkoop. The movie is a made up of three short stories and Joel stars in all three of them. He also does the hosting part. Joel is really the one behind the movie. He is directing/producing/writing the segments. I'm just editing the movie and then I'll release it under 4th Floor Pictures.

This spring we will be remaking DAY OF THE AX. This was a short I did way back in 1998 and it did well at the time. It seems to this day, we are recognized for doing the Ax movies. There was also two other sequels made but, all three movies are not anything I'm happy with. So, I wrote a new version of the movie and started pre-production on it this winter. Its looking very good and its shaping to be another action/horror movie. I enjoy doing the fast past movies and I think the fans will enjoy this new version. We are actually hoping to make a sequel (ax 2) later this year. The story we have for the new movie, is very long and we really think it would work good as two halfs. I think I just left the cat out of bag on that one. Well, I told it here first...

 

 

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