FrightFest Interview: Adam Green (Hatchet 2)

Well my interview with Edwin L Marshall, Executive Producer of After.Life which will be shown at Frightfest on the 28th and 30th of August went so well that I decided to set my sights higher to one of the Frightfest Regulars.

So high my nose actually started bleeding.  The man I am about to tackle with a set of (I hope) worthy questions is a legend amongst the Frightfest crowd, he’s warm, funny and very approachable.  Occasionally he’s part of a package deal and the man not only writes but he directs and produces films as well.

This guy is a geek with a passion and that passion pours into his work and the result? A Bloody good film, all you have to do is watch Hatchet, Spiral and Frozen, all films that have had their UK Première at Frightfest.

His name? Adam Green, Director and Horror Fan and he’s gearing up for the World Premiere of Hatchet 2 at this years Frightfest on August 26th at the Empire in Leicester Square, London

Hi Adam,

DAMW: Hatchet premièred at Frightfest back in 2006 at the Odeon in the West End.  How did it feel for you to be welcomed into the realm of Frightfest? Had you ever heard of Frightfest before your film had been accepted to the festival?

To be honest I had never heard of FrightFest before HATCHET was asked to play there, but then again, before FrightFest I had never even been out of the USA or even thought about it.  Everything outside of the USA seemed so foreign to me and like it was on another planet that I would never get the chance to visit.

To come from a pretty poor family (none of the “Greens” had ever been to the UK or anywhere else for that matter) and then be flown to London by the festival and welcomed not as a tourist but as a GUEST was absolutely incredible.

DAMW: Frightfest for me doesn’t just offer a cracking line up of films and a chance to add to my ‘wall of fame’ (I like signed stuff), it’s also provided me with some of the best friends I am ever likely to meet.  Lifelong friends.

What does the festival offer you? You travel a long way each year to entertain fans with ‘The Road to Frightfest’ and it must be a totally different experience in a way as you get to meet fans and hear their feedback on your work… You always seem to have a blast.

You sort of summed it up perfectly.  FrightFest is very different from most festivals because of the sheer nature of how it is put together.  Everyone watches every film together and then goes outside to talk about them before stepping right back in for the next.  It’s not like other festivals where people tend to only see one or two movies.

FrightFest is a community.  When I came over in 2006 with HATCHET I found myself very quickly forgetting that I was a guest and before I knew it I had watched every movie with the other fans and met pretty much everyone.  At other festivals (especially now) it’s just not like that.  All I see is the stage, the autograph line, the press junket, and the hotel.

There are places where I can barely even step out into the crowd without getting mobbed or extremely hassled.  I like that I can wear two hats at FrightFest.  I can be Adam Green the filmmaker when I’m presenting a movie but then go sit with everyone and just be a normal person.  The audience is extremely respectful of letting me just be a real person and they’re all very polite in picking the right time to ask for a photo or autograph which makes it a joy to oblige.

I should add at this point that those of us who are regulars at Frightfest really appreciate the effort you put in each year to attend the festival and of course the input.

DAMW: Talking of the Road to Frightfest, have you teamed up with Joe Lynch again this year to bring us another comedy classic and if so what can we expect?

We did indeed create a new “season” of THE ROAD TO FRIGHTFEST that is all set to a specific movie theme once again.

I don’t want to say too much else as part of the fun is the surprise of it all.  Even down to the fact that no one knows when they will play each day.  There is very serious talk between Joe and I that this may be the final “season” for us.  While I know how appreciated the effort is each year, I don’t think anyone realizes just how hard it is to pull these off.  While technically they are pretty easy and fun to do (I mean, part of what makes them so enjoyable is how low budget and shoddily we purposely put them together), trying to get the free time to make them is absolutely atrocious.  This year especially.

I was working on FROZEN and HATCHET 2 and then Joe was on KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM (not to mention about a dozen other projects we both have going on that we don’t discuss publicly yet) so just finding a weekend to shoot them last Spring was like pulling teeth.

I was writing them on the plane to Sundance and in my hotel room between interviews and now I’m editing them over night around HATCHET 2 post-production.  We don’t want it to become a burden as the whole point is to have fun and give the festival and fans a gift each year, so maybe we’ll take some time off or just do one randomly in a few years?  I don’t know.

This year was exceptionally tough to pull off and in hindsight we probably should have given up.  We’re both like walking zombies after the year we’ve had.  (I think I even got married in there at some point?)  It’s not like FrightFest pays us to do it, so the time and expenses are all donated from our end.  But we do it to give the fans something extra special each year and when we hear the laughs and cheers it really makes it all worth it.

The ROAD TO FRIGHTFEST has also become very popular on-line which has been great in building awareness for the FRIGHTFEST brand worldwide.  Other festivals have asked Joe and I to do the same thing for them and a few have even offered us a lot of money… but we’ve declined.

That’s not what it’s about.

DAMW: You announced that you’d had a TV show greenlit with Joe Lynch called Coffee and Donuts, not much was known about the project but it would revolve around you and Joe and your new projects.  What happened to that? Did anyone see the Pilot?

About 12 days before we were set to start shooting, Comcast merged with NBC/Universal and all development got wiped clean- including our show.

It’s extremely frustrating because 5 years ago when the idea was developed for TV, the same exact thing happened.  It’s such a fucked up business and the TV world is the worst because they change everything around every few months.  You’ll be developing a project and then one day you get a call that all of the executives in charge were fired and now the project is dead.  On the positive side, it moves a lot faster than features do, so at least it either happens or doesn’t happen fast. Features drag on for years and years sometimes.

The good news is that I never cashed the check they paid me to write it, so technically they have no ownership.  Last time I had to wait 5 years for the rights to come back to me.  One of the benefits to not being poor anymore is that I can be a bit more savvy and think ahead like that.  As soon as the network sent the check- I put it under the E.T. on my desk and said “hmmm… better wait.”  Perhaps I’ll revisit it again at some point in the near future.

DAMW: Here’s a funny one.  If you had to organise a Halloween Bash for your Frightfest Chums to show us Brits how Halloween should truly be celebrated, what would you do and what horrific surprises could the guests expect? (I’ll serve the punch if it’ll get me in!)

I’ve never celebrated Halloween in the UK so I have no idea what you guys do or don’t do.  But on the family side here, Rileah and I have a Halloween dinner for our family and closest friends almost every year.

We cook everything from scratch (takes about two days) including Witches Brew, baked harmony apples, pumpkin soup, and other traditional Samhain feast items.  We set the table with places for photographs of family and friends who have passed and before we eat each guest tells a funny story about the person they are remembering and then rings a skeleton bell to summon them to eat with us.

It’s an amazing and often touching night.

After dinner everyone sits on the floor to watch IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN CHARLIE BROWN but very few make it through.  After all of the feasting on turkey, ham, stuffing, pies, etc… most fall asleep before Snoopy even gets his Red baron costume on.

On the “fun party” side, California has stuff like Universal Studios Horror Nights and Knotts Scary Farm- big amusement parks that go all out for the holiday.  It really can’t be beat.  I suppose if I were to show you guys how it’s done it would have to start with a plane ticket.

DAMW: Would you rather fans be honest or just suck up? I made the mistake of letting my mouth run away with me when I first met you, the guy who doesn’t like Hatchet… (I did apologise at the time) But I do like Spiral and Frozen!!!

Honesty is always best, but at the same time there’s this thing where because I’m a “celebrity” people think that they can avoid common sense and talk to me however they want because that’s my job.  It’s like I’m  a dart board, but when I throw the darts back the ‘criticizer” starts crying foul that it’s unfair and that I’m a jerk for defending myself.

My advice (like anything in life) is that you don’t need to lie and pretend you liked something if you didn’t, but to keep your mouth shut if you don’t have something nice to say and not think it’s your right to say it to someone’s face without consequence.  It’s a common practice in life to say something nice or to say nothing at all, especially with people that you’re not really friends with.

Would you walk up to a complete stranger to tell them how much you don’t like their looks?  Not unless you were an asshole.  And keep in mind, I’m not talking about forums, reviews, etc- that’s all fair enough.  I’m talking about insulting me to my face and thinking it’s a game or funny and it doesn’t piss me off.

But with film fans they feel like they’re “giving helpful criticism” or that they’re entitled to walk right up to your face and be an asshole because it makes them feel a bit empowered and you’re supposed to accept it.  It’s obnoxious and that’s why I have no problem skewering someone who does it to me.  I’ve also been known to go after someone doing it to another filmmaker in front of me.  I don’t care who it is.  Not fucking cool.  I’m not a whipping post or a bitch.  Talk shit and you’re gonna get it back.

Some do it for attention because they just want a reaction, and I’m usually good about sniffing that out and ignoring them as to not give them what they’re hoping for.  Even worse are fans who come up to me and try to pay me a compliment by trashing another filmmaker or another film.  “Oh, Mr, Green- your films are so much better than _____’s films.”  Why do you need to take a shot at somebody else?  Is that supposed to impress me or make me like/trust you more?  I also hate the assholes who kiss my ass for an autograph or picture only to slam me behind my back.  It’s very true that the more famous you get the less you want to deal with people and the smaller your trusted circle gets.

Every day I have people asking me for stuff, trying to use me for their own purposes, stabbing me in the back, looking, criticizing, judging, acting out in jealousy… I’m just a filmmaker for fuck’s sake.  But I didn’t get to where I am by being passive or taking shit from anyone.  So if someone’s going to try and treat me in an obnoxious and rude way, I will make them regret it and think twice before they’re rude to a stranger again.  And that’s really the rub, I guess.

I am very cool about being accessible to everyone and not acting like I’m above anyone I meet.  I’m much nicer than most.  But in return I expect to be treated with common courtesy and not like because I’m a celebrity that it’s in my job description to let a stranger treat me like shit and do nothing about it.  Because of how down to earth I am, many fans have crossed the line in thinking that it makes us “friends” and because of my self deprecating sense of humor some think that it’s cool to take part in it as a way to impress me.  I’m not impressed and if someone is a dick to me they’re gonna get knocked down.

DAMW: At Frightfest EVERY year, the Ebay buggers set up camp just outside the venue and swarm around the celebrities that are attending the event.  There’s very much an us and them amongst the Frightfest crowd and we aren’t their biggest fans.  How do you feel about them? Have they ever harassed you for a signature when entering the venue?

I treat them like anyone else and I stop for a picture and autograph when they ask.  They’ve got every right, just like someone who stops me in the airport or in the cinema or at the grocery store.  However, after a picture and signature or two- I tell them that it’s enough and they’re always very respectful of that.

I understand why the FrightFesters may be conflicted with that sort of behavior, but they’re not part of FrightFest- they’re part of the public street and that’s sort of how it goes.  Getting back to the last question you asked, I’d rather sign 10 things for someone like that who is polite and friendly than the entitled bratty douchebag who comes up to me after one of my films plays and asks me for a signature all while telling me what he/she would have done differently with my film, what I should have done, or how much they didn’t like it.

When I need that guy/girls help making one of my films I’ll ask.

DAMW: Now for a serious one.  Being a successful director must carry some risks and as you make yourself so accessible to the fans, has there ever been any scary moments featuring a ‘fan’ at something like Frightfest or even Frightfest itself that has made you think twice about being so accessible? (Sometimes we can take your hospitality for granted)

Unfortunately, yes.

It’s gotten to the point where in a few cities I know who my stalkers are and I see them coming now.  FrightFest may actually be one of the few remaining “appearances” I have left where I don’t need a handler or some sort of security- which is why I love it so much.

It’s tough because in making myself so accessible I’ve got this great real bond with my fans.  Just this past weekend at Comic Con I had a soldier from Iraq come through the line to tell me what it meant to him to get a letter back and hear how much I appreciate what he was doing.  His buddy who also loved HATCHET didn’t make it back home, but he has his ashes and they are going to see HATCHET 2 “together” when it opens in October here.

Soon after that were several badly deformed men and women who only wanted to hug me and tell me that I “understand.”  At the end of the line was a women who was a burn victim with a Victor Crowley tattoo who only wanted to hold my hand for a few minutes.  It’s absolutely overwhelming to see people be so positively affected and so appreciative.

But the negative is that peppered in among all of the wonderful people are those few who try to use the autograph line to shove their script in my face and beg me to help them, people who can’t control themselves and start grabbing me or smothering me in a way that gets a bit frightening (99% of the time it’s dudes), or bitter aspiring filmmakers who actually point-blank just ask me for money or to produce their films and when I say “I can’t” or when I give them advice where to properly submit their stuff- they’ll call me everything from a “selfish asshole” to a “greedy Jew” to “a guy who quickly forgot what it’s like to struggle.”  So yeah, when I’m asked to appear at a convention or a festival- these are the things I have to weigh in my mind.

Do I have the strength at that given time?  Do I want to deal with it?  But I’ve gotta say- people like the soldier or the troubled people who I’ve helped in one way or another… or the delightful fans of Frightfest… I wouldn’t change it or give up the chance to be with them for anything.  So yeah, I have to put up with some bad folks- but the good ones almost always make it worth it.

In regards to being ‘scared’ – yeah.  But it’s the sort of thing I can’t discuss on-line and it’s dealt with privately.

Now on to some questions about your films… Well there had to be some.

DAMW: Your films have been very controversial when it comes to audience reactions.  When Frozen first hit theatres there were reports of some cinema goers fainting and even throwing up.  When this happens, before the concern kicks in about the afflicted person, do you give yourself a little high five?

My honest first reaction has always been concern as it’s just the way I am.  The marketing folks?  Yeah, they high five.

There was a fan in Boston who got so upset during FROZEN that he went into the bathroom to splash water on his face and woke up on the floor with his head bashed open from his fall.  I sent him a signed poster that said “Looks like I scored a knockout with you.”  But the fainting stuff is honestly a double edged sword.

In one hand it’s great attention for your film, but on the other it’s always because of something personal with the person who fainted (not because the film is really that disturbing) and many start pointing fingers that it’s staged even though you’d have to be an idiot to do that.

DAMW: Frozen was littered with Frightfest in jokes, from character names to dialogue and the crowd loved it during the UK Première as part of Frightfest in Glasgow.  Can you tell us about the epic journey you embarked upon to get to Glasgow which eventually left you stranded on a runway in New York and your decision to add the amusing ‘in’ jokes?

I’m lazy when I write so I always stick my friends names in as placeholders.  Normally I change the names before I shoot, but with FROZEN we all just got so used to them that we let them stick.

Its funny for a very small group of people but 99% of the people who will see FROZEN have no clue that the names are directly lifted from my friends or that Joe and I appeared in the film anywhere.  HATCHET 2 is ridiculous with shout-outs to my other films.  It’s just sort of something fun for my crew and I to do, I guess.

In regards to the three days I spent on the Newark Airport floor… all I can say is that I now only fly first class and with direct flights.  The days of being the nice guy and saying “oh, economy with 4 transfers is OK if it’ll save your festival money” are long over and left behind in that New Jersey airport.  Other than that… I never want to talk about it again.  Worst.  Three days.  Ever.

DAMW: Frozen gets released theatrically here in the UK on September 24th through Momentum pictures.  I’ll definitely be in line to see it again. Can you tell us an interesting story about the films production and sell it to the UK film going public in five words or less?

It’s fucking great.  See it.

DAMW: As the Frightfest audience will be one of the first in the world to see Hatchet 2, I am guessing we will be getting the unrated cut.  How much are you having to cut for the ratings boards in the US to get an R and is it a painful procedure to see scenes you know are awesome get cut down?

At this time we have still not been able to get an R rating from the MPAA here.  We’ve tried over and over again to make concessions and they still keep giving us an NC17 which is usually the kiss of death for theaters.

However, I’m proud to announce that in my perpetual battle with the ratings board seems to be taking a turn in my favor as a major chain in the US is now talking about taking HATCHET 2 unrated.  If this happens (and if the fans turn out for it) it could change the game for horror and what it is subjected to with the ratings board.  We’ll see.

DAMW: Danielle Harris is down to play Marybeth in Hatchet 2, what happened to the original actress Tamara Feldman and how did an amazing talent and scream queen like Danielle Harris become attached to the project?

Over the past two years it was becoming evident to me that if I did HATCHET 2, I was going to have to move in a new direction with “Marybeth”.  It just was not going to work out between Tamara and the rest of us. I was faced with a huge dilemma because HATCHET 2 was something I had been planning on since before I made the first one and I set it all up in the first one.

So was I supposed to change everything and just make a generic sequel all because the girl from the Payless Shoe Commercials was making bad choices with her life and career… or was I going to do the unthinkable and recast an already established character (something I know fans HATE)?  Danielle is a good friend of mine and she had actually auditioned for “Marybeth” in HATCHET 1 but not gotten the part because I already had so many horror cameos in it that it would have been a joke.  (In hindsight… if I had only known.)

So I called her up and told her the deal while my producers were still talking with Tamara’s reps.  Danielle and I made our own agreement that she was “Marybeth” and then I asked the producers to pull out of talks with Tamara’s people and offer the role to Danielle.  It was the best thing that could have happened as “Marybeth” is a huge, huge role in HATCHET 2 as opposed to a ‘distracted quiet girl’ who only speaks in the third act or so like HATCHET 1.

Danielle is absolutely amazing and everyone will forget that the role ever had a different actress in it within five seconds.  I’ve screened the film for a few people now and honest to God, only one even realized we had replaced the actress in the role.  It’s not like we replaced Victor Crowley or someone else from the movie.  At the end of the day, no one was coming to see HATCHET 2 to see the next “Tamara Feldman film”.  The fans will be just fine and they are so excited for Danielle it’s unbelievable.

DAMW: Not only is Danielle Harris in the cast but some other amazing icons of horror are set to return, Kane Hodder and Tony Todd.  As a horror fan first and foremost, how does it feel to be working with these legends and what was it like to work with them?

It’s amazing, of course.  They’re all some of my closest friends at this point and directing the great Tom Holland was such a surreal experience for me as a fan.  Every time I’d tell him what I wanted, I’d stop and think “I hope he thinks I’m doing a good job.”

DAMW: In addition to that, there are rumours the cast members named above will be joining you for the Hatchet 2 World Première.  Is it true? Will they be staying for the entire Frightfest experience as John Landis did last year?

I honestly don’t know exactly who (if anyone) will actually make it.  Everyone is thankfully working regularly on other films, but they are of course all trying to make it work.  I stay out of all of that and let FrightFest deal with it.  Or I totally know and I’m just lying to you because either FrightFest wants to announce it themselves or I’m not even telling them who’s coming with me.  Weird, huh?

DAMW: On a scale of 1 to 10 how nervous are you about the World Première?

Nervous?  0.  Excited?  11.

The movie will be done at that point and there’s nothing more I can do except enjoy it.  I know it’s great.  I know it’s much better than the first film and that anyone who knows anything about filmmaking will have to agree.

If fans loved the first one- there is no way they can’t love this one more.  Of course there are always the purists who like to say “oh, the original, the original” but if they actually step back and look at the two films… HATCHET 2 is just so much bigger, stronger, deeper, and epic.  It’s the first one on steroids.  Of course, if you didn’t like the first one… you may not like this one either.  But you don’t make a sequel to try and win over people who didn’t like the first one.

You make it for the fans.

General Movie Questions:

DAMW: If you could go back in time and change one aspect of any of your films, what would it be? It could be a frame change, recasting of a part or even deleting a scene etc…

Well, I’d recast Danielle Harris in the role of “Marybeth” for HATCHET 1 after how let down I’ve been by the original actress – that’s for sure.

I’d fight harder to cut the scene in the craft store in SPIRAL which I’ve always hated but the writer and Joel Moore wanted to keep.  I’d delay the release of SPIRAL longer to try and find a jazz song that could capture the same feeling as that “random pop song” that turns up in the movie.  The editor put that in as a placeholder and we just could not come up with a jazz track that had the same emotions and feeling to it in the time we had- so we ran with it.

I don’t know, I’m sure there’s little things here or there but at the end of the day- my films have all been dictated by their budgets.  What I’ve pulled off with so little and so much working against me is nothing short of incredible and so rather than look back and fret over coverage I didn’t get, lighting that I wasn’t happy with… all I do is laugh because most of these films NEVER should have even been finished in the first place.

We’ve really pulled out some miracles.

DAMW: With a lot of remakes on the table recently, which horror franchise would you like to take the helm of and how would you approach the source material?

I honestly don’t care.  I get called for most all of them and it doesn’t go past that one call as the studio’s requirements with each franchise are not what I would want to do and I’ve also been blessed with having my own company now that makes my own films.

No offense to the remake of whatever that grossed $50 million at the box office last week… but FROZEN is better and the one that is timeless.  Your remake will be forgotten tomorrow.  If you ever see me do a remake it’s going to be because I really, really feel I have a great take on it and I’m working with producers who actually care and are on the same page.

Watching what’s gone down with some of the others that have come out recently… I’m just glad I’m not desperate for money or the desire to do a studio film.  I’ve got my own great thing going and so few can say that.

Silly/General Questions:

This is the quick fire round that I created to give people an idea of the person behind the work. The only problem is, anyone can walk up to you and say hi, so they probably already know this stuff.

DAMW: What would be your favourite film of all time and why?

E.T.  Come see it at the Prince Charles on August 25th and you’ll see for yourself why it is the greatest film of all time.

DAMW: Favourite recording artist and why?

Twisted Sister.  See the story of my life.

DAMW: Your song of the moment?

Sacrificial Suicide by Deicide.  It’s been one of those weeks.

DAMW: If you could be an animal, what would it be and why?

A house cat.  They so have it made.

DAMW: What’s the worst prank you’ve ever played on someone?

Having Kane (in full Victor Crowley make-up) hide in Mercedes Mcnab’s trailer bathroom during the making of HATCHET 1.  I still don’t think she’s fully recovered.

DAMW: When you woke up this morning, what song lyric would best describe the mood you were in at that moment in time?

“Wake up dead.”

DAMW: What’s your personal motto? i.e. look before you leap etc.

“Don’t eat it if it smells too fishy.”

And that’s all we have time for, well, I already think I’ve taken the piss with the number of questions asked but it’s @Adam_fn_Green !!!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer the questions of a fan and being such a star at the festival each year, you really add to that Frightfest family feel and for that I thank you sir.

Just a few more last minute questions:

DAMW: What’s next for Adam Green? There’s rumours that you’re working with Joe Lynch and the Avatar hating Tim Sullivan (Thank god someone else saw through the glossy façade!!)

Next for me is the big budget children’s horror/adventure KILLER PIZZA which I am doing for Chris Columbus.  I’m writing it now.  Yeah, there’s also that side project with those other guys.  Guess we should announce that soon, huh?

DAMW: Will you be bringing the new Hatchet 2 T-shirts with you to Frightfest for us fans to buy?

I never bring merchandise or anything as I feel like that’s tacky.  They can be bought on-line at www.ariescope.com but if you bug McEvoy enough maybe he’ll carry them in the Cinema Store.

DAMW: Was it good for you? As someone who doesn’t do this as a job, I like to stroke my ego by getting feedback on questions asked…. so, what did you think?

I’ll give you the “studio notes”.  Too long.  Raise the stakes. Add a mainstream toy or other product that we can market this with.  Turn it into a remake or use a pre-packaged title so we can call it a remake.  Keep it PG-13.  Other than that, yeah it was OK.  See you at FrightFest!

Important Links: Find the latest updates on what Adam is up to.

• Ariescope – Adams Site
• Follow Adam on Twitter for Regular updates and rants (@adam_fn_green)
• Adams MySpace Page
• Pre-Order Hatchet on Bluray (Region A – USA)
• Frightfest Website (Ticket Details for the Hatchet 2 Premiere in London, Single tickets for festival films go on sale July 31st)
• The Hatchet/E.T Double Bill at the Prince Charles Cinema in London

Puppy’s Note:

Well what can I say, this man and others like him make Frightfest an amazing event for everyone involved. Thankfully when the “I wasn’t really a fan of Hatchet…” comment slipped out when I met Adam back in 2007 it wasn’t like “I hate you’re f’in film, man”, if you’re a fan of retro slashers like Friday the 13th, Hatchet will totally be right up your alley.

That said, with the answers to the questions above, I totally have  a new respect for Adam.  From attending Frightfest to the making of Hatchet 2 to the queue at Comic Con and although there may have been a lot of questions here, I loved reading every single answer and I totally thank Adam for giving up valuable time to answer them all.

The Halloween part was especially sentimental due to current personal events and family health issues.  It’s just a shame we in the UK do not see Halloween as something to celebrate in such a way.  Turn off the lights and when the door goes… ignore it, the Eden Lake chavs want a quid or two… You’re supposed to come in costume and ask for chocolate!!

All I can really say is ROLL ON AUGUST 26th, totally looking forward to the opening night of the festival this year, last year TRIANGLE premiered and Melissa George was in attendance (*Swoon*) but this years opening night looks set to top that with three world premieres.

As for the stars that will be appearing for the Hatchet 2 Première? Frightfest will be announcing a guest list on their website on July 31st (or so we were told) here’s hoping the list is released but even if it isn’t the surprise is always worth it as the crowd normally loses it for the bigger guests.

Note To Self: Next Frightfest Interview, keep it down to 12 questions…

Remember to leave a comment below or on twitter, let me know how you think it went.  It’s always nice to receive a comment or 12, Ashleigh Gray’s interview still holds the comment record.

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On a final note, Adam mentioned above how he wrote to a soldier and has indeed met a few during his adventures.  Lets not forget the job they do and how on occasions the government can be a touch stingey with the help for those that come home with injuries.  My sister served in Afghanistan late last year and earlier this year, she’s known the injured and those who have lost their lives.  Every little helps.

Take a moment and please donate to HELP FOR HEROES and if you can let me know via twitter or the comments section what the US equivalent is, it would be much appreciated.