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Interview with ‘Horseman’ Director Steven Kastrissios, Creature Feature Next?
Arriving on DVD and Blu-ray June 15th from Screen Media Ventures is the uber violent Aussie revenge thriller The Horseman. We caught up with Director Steven Kastrissios who revealed to us plans for a creature feature and a post-apocalyptic thriller. “I just got a writer who is starting to write a period-piece creature feature for me, which I’m really excited about – it’ll be set in Australia,” he revealed to BD exclusively. “And then I’m tossing up about what I’m going to writing while he’s working on that. I’m leaning towards a post-apocalyptic thriller. Personally, I’m more interested in science fiction, action and fantasy more than horror and bleak urban tales, which THE HORSEMAN certainly fits into. But ultimately, what I’d like to make is something like Star Wars. Just a big, giant sci-fi epic.” Click here for the full interview.
Out today in select theaters and on digital platforms is heartfelt and playful documentary Mockbuster, which sees a director cold call a studio and ask to helm a lost-world dinosaur epic.
Inexplicably, they say yes.
Our exclusive clip below highlights both the comedic nature of this bizarre scenario as well as the pressures of shooting dino feature The Land That Time Forgot in a mere six days, with no real feature experience.
A dino attack scene causes friction on set in this scene.
In the documentary, “A struggling filmmaker’s opportunity collides with chaos and compromise when Sharknado’s notorious studio, The Asylum, invites him to direct a ‘mockbuster.’ With six days, a micro budget, and mounting pressure, Mockbuster is a comedic, behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the balance between low-budget filmmaking and creative ambition.”
More than just an inside look at filmmaking via low-budget film studio The Asylum, it doubles as one man’s pursuit of his dreams to charming, humorous effect.
“Mockbuster is a documentary about my own journey, but it’s also a love letter to one of the last grindhouses still functioning in Hollywood. We get to meet the characters and creators of some of the most infamous (and most hated) B-movies of the last few decades. People who make movies purely for profit – no pretension, no artistry, just monsters, C-listers, and chaos. A film that both genre fans and cinephiles can enjoy. But Mockbuster isn’t just about filmmaking, it’s about losing sight of your dreams, and reclaiming them in your own twisted way,” Director Anthony Frith said in a statement.
From Executive Producer and famed documentarian David Farrier, Mockbuster opens in select theaters and on digital platforms beginning July 10.