8 Questions to Die For: ’51′ Director Jason Connery

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on February 23, 2011 @ 4:34pm
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In cooperation with After Dark Films and Lionsgate, on Saturday, February 26, at 9PM (ET/PT) SyFy is premiering 51, one of the eight “After Dark Originals” exclusively on their channel.

Instead of acquiring the films after the fact, as with “8 Films to Die For”, these Originals were developed from the ground up at the famed genre distributor in an effort to create “high quality horror films” with full input from the After Dark team.

B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen put eight questions to the directors of each of the films, in a series we’ve been calling “8 Questions to Die For: Interviews with the Directors of the After Dark Originals”. In this latest installment we interview director Jason Connery, helmer of the horror/sci-fi mash-up 51.

The film follows a group of reporters as they’re given access to the top-secret Area 51 facility for an unprecedented look inside, only to end up fighting for their lives after one of the aliens held at the base decides to exploit the opportunity by attempting an escape. See inside for the full interview.
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8 Questions to Die For: ‘Prowl’ Director Patrik Syversen

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on January 26, 2011 @ 3:48pm
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In cooperation with Syfy and Lionsgate, on January 28th After Dark Films is releasing eight “After Dark Originals” in theaters, in a bid to take the “horror festival concept to a higher level”. Instead of acquiring the films after the fact, as with “8 Films to Die For”, these Originals were developed from the ground up at the famed genre distributor in an effort to create “high quality horror films” with full input from the After Dark team. Now, in anticipation of their release, B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen put eight questions to the directors of each of the upcoming films, in a series we’re calling “8 Questions to Die For: Interviews with the Directors of the After Dark Originals”. In this final installment we interviewed Prowl director Patrik Syversen, who last directed the grisly horror film Manhunt. The villains this time around are described as “bloodthirsty creatures” who hunt down a group of unlucky friends inside a warehouse. See inside for the full interview.
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8 Questions to Die For: ‘Fertile Ground’ Director Adam Gierasch

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on January 26, 2011 @ 3:44pm
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In cooperation with Syfy and Lionsgate, on January 28th After Dark Films is releasing eight “After Dark Originals” in theaters, in a bid to take the “horror festival concept to a higher level”. Instead of acquiring the films after the fact, as with “8 Films to Die For”, these Originals were developed from the ground up at the famed genre distributor in an effort to create “high quality horror films” with full input from the After Dark team. Now, in anticipation of their release, B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen put eight questions to the directors of each of the upcoming films, in a series we’re calling “8 Questions to Die For: Interviews with the Directors of the After Dark Originals”. In this installment we interviewed Fertile Ground director Adam Gierasch, who earlier directed the After-Dark distributed Autopsy and also the recent Night of the Demons remake. Unlike the over-the-top Demons, Gierasch describes Fertile Ground as a subtler, much more character-based film about the slow unraveling of a married couple after they move into the husband’s ancestral home in New Hampshire. See inside for the full interview.
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8 Questions to Die For: ‘The Task’ Director Alex Orwell

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on January 25, 2011 @ 4:01pm
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In cooperation with Syfy and Lionsgate, on January 28th After Dark Films is releasing eight “After Dark Originals” in theaters, in a bid to take the “horror festival concept to a higher level”. Instead of acquiring the films after the fact, as with “8 Films to Die For”, these Originals were developed from the ground up at the famed genre distributor in an effort to create “high quality horror films” with full input from the After Dark team. Now, in anticipation of their release, B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen put eight questions to the directors of each of the upcoming films, in a series we’re calling “8 Questions to Die For: Interviews with the Directors of the After Dark Originals”. In this installment we interview director Alex Orwell, director of The Task, in which six young students compete a series of terrifying missions in an abandoned prison for a new reality show; unfortunately for them, the malicious spirits inhabiting the prison aren’t there to play around. I wondered how Orwell was planning on breaking the curse of past reality show-themed horror films, most (all?) of which haven’t exactly been stellar. See inside for the full interview.
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8 Questions to Die For: ‘Second Apart’ Director Antonio Negret

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on January 25, 2011 @ 3:52pm
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In cooperation with Syfy and Lionsgate, on January 28th After Dark Films is releasing eight “After Dark Originals” in theaters, in a bid to take the “horror festival concept to a higher level”. Instead of acquiring the films after the fact, as with “8 Films to Die For”, these Originals were developed from the ground up at the famed genre distributor in an effort to create “high quality horror films” with full input from the After Dark team. Now, in anticipation of their release, B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen put eight questions to the directors of each of the upcoming films, in a series we’re calling “8 Questions to Die For: Interviews with the Directors of the After Dark Originals”. In this installment we interviewed Seconds Apart director Antonio Negret about his film which follows telekinetic twin boys who are suspected in the twisted murders of several of their classmates. See inside for the full interview.
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8 Questions to Die For: ‘Husk’ Director Brett Simmons

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on January 24, 2011 @ 6:57pm
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In cooperation with Syfy and Lionsgate, on January 28th After Dark Films is releasing eight “After Dark Originals” in theaters, in a bid to take the “horror festival concept to a higher level”. Instead of acquiring the films after the fact, as with “8 Films to Die For”, these Originals were developed from the ground up at the famed genre distributor in an effort to create “high quality horror films” with full input from the After Dark team. Now, in anticipation of their release, B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen put eight questions to the directors of each of the upcoming films, in a series we’re calling “8 Questions to Die For: Interviews with the Directors of the After Dark Originals”. In this installment we interviewed Husk writer/director Brett Simmons, who helmed the short of the same name that debuted at Sundance in 2005. The feature takes the same premise – group of young friends find themselves stranded in a cornfield with killer scarecrows – and adds new elements into the mix, with effects created by Gary Tunnicliffe, Mike Regan, and Blake Bolger. See inside for the full interview.
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