1 00:00:00,090 --> 00:00:01,300 - When you have a filmmaker 2 00:00:01,300 --> 00:00:03,890 who comes with a story like Get Out, 3 00:00:03,890 --> 00:00:06,520 I think they're able to sneak something past the goalie 4 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:08,530 that they probably couldn't do otherwise 5 00:00:08,530 --> 00:00:10,030 if they weren't within horror. 6 00:00:11,521 --> 00:00:13,310 (quirky music) 7 00:00:13,310 --> 00:00:14,240 - [Interviewer] Do you like scary movies? 8 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:15,290 - I love scary movies. 9 00:00:15,290 --> 00:00:16,330 - I hate scary movies. 10 00:00:16,330 --> 00:00:17,958 - I'm fine with scary movies. 11 00:00:17,958 --> 00:00:19,940 - No, this is, no. 12 00:00:19,940 --> 00:00:21,270 - [Interviewer] What's your favorite scary movie? 13 00:00:21,270 --> 00:00:23,710 - I don't have a favorite scary movie. 14 00:00:23,710 --> 00:00:25,820 I could probably, count on both hands, 15 00:00:25,820 --> 00:00:29,290 the amount of scary movies I've actually been forced to see. 16 00:00:29,290 --> 00:00:30,730 - My favorite scary movie is The Descent. 17 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:32,820 Plays with everybody's fear of being trapped, 18 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:35,540 it being dark, and then also there being monsters 19 00:00:35,540 --> 00:00:36,640 off in the shadows. 20 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,290 - [Cia] Growing up, Child's Play. 21 00:00:38,290 --> 00:00:40,340 You guys were around for Child's Play? 22 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:41,190 - [Interviewer] No. 23 00:00:41,190 --> 00:00:42,250 - Who Chucky is? 24 00:00:42,250 --> 00:00:43,230 - [Interviewer] Oh, yeah. - Chucky. 25 00:00:43,230 --> 00:00:46,290 - I'll probably say The Shining, which I saw as an adult. 26 00:00:46,290 --> 00:00:48,034 But I think The Shinning is like a legit, 27 00:00:48,034 --> 00:00:51,253 good scary movie, well directed, haunts you, 28 00:00:51,253 --> 00:00:53,390 et cetera, et cetera. 29 00:00:53,390 --> 00:00:54,680 - Here's Johnny! 30 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:55,700 - [Interviewer] What do you think makes a scary film 31 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:58,810 truly timeless like the Exorcist, Halloween, The Shining 32 00:00:58,810 --> 00:01:01,030 and so forth and not just a cheap thrills film? 33 00:01:01,030 --> 00:01:05,260 - I think it's just those memorable scenes, memorable shots. 34 00:01:05,260 --> 00:01:07,900 I mean every time still see a long hallway 35 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:11,540 in some creepy hotel room, I think of The Shining. 36 00:01:11,540 --> 00:01:15,150 - Great scary movies play in to that lizard brain, 37 00:01:15,150 --> 00:01:17,210 and that's just like running away from stuff 38 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:19,550 or attacking stuff and it's exploiting that. 39 00:01:19,550 --> 00:01:22,640 - They're well directed movies that come from a strong 40 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,180 perspective and I think that's true across film, right. 41 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:27,200 It's not a movie that's just like, boo! 42 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:28,290 And tries to scare to you. 43 00:01:28,290 --> 00:01:29,670 - [Interviewer] Horror films are appealing to Hollywood 44 00:01:29,670 --> 00:01:32,040 because of the low budgets and generally a high return 45 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,280 at the box office. 46 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,780 With shrinking ticket sales in recent years, 47 00:01:34,780 --> 00:01:36,780 do you think the genre can save Hollywood? 48 00:01:36,780 --> 00:01:38,650 - Oh, nothing is saving Hollywood. 49 00:01:38,650 --> 00:01:42,030 You can slash up as many people as you want but that's rude. 50 00:01:42,030 --> 00:01:43,540 - Yeah, potentially you can help Hollywood 51 00:01:43,540 --> 00:01:44,660 because of the low budgets. 52 00:01:44,660 --> 00:01:47,010 But, as a person who hates horror films, 53 00:01:47,010 --> 00:01:50,470 I'm not one to support that movement. 54 00:01:50,470 --> 00:01:52,770 - I don't think it would save Hollywood. 55 00:01:52,770 --> 00:01:54,900 What will save Hollywood is a good movie. 56 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:56,850 - [Interviewer] Recent films like Get Out, A Quiet Place 57 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,220 and Hereditary prove there is some true creative acclaim 58 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:00,780 when it comes to the genre. 59 00:02:00,780 --> 00:02:02,810 What is it about the genre that you think appeals 60 00:02:02,810 --> 00:02:04,490 to directors seeing as all three of these 61 00:02:04,490 --> 00:02:06,510 are by first time feature directors? 62 00:02:06,510 --> 00:02:07,820 - Because there are low budgets, 63 00:02:07,820 --> 00:02:09,901 there are fewer resources, 64 00:02:09,901 --> 00:02:12,785 it gives them a really good exercise 65 00:02:12,785 --> 00:02:14,896 in expressing their creativity 66 00:02:14,896 --> 00:02:17,550 in like a run and gun kinda way. 67 00:02:17,550 --> 00:02:20,210 - I think it's because, by nature the genre 68 00:02:20,210 --> 00:02:22,150 is gonna be kinda crazy, right? 69 00:02:22,150 --> 00:02:24,190 Like, you expect to see something hopefully 70 00:02:24,190 --> 00:02:25,250 you haven't seen before. 71 00:02:25,250 --> 00:02:28,440 You wanna see a monster, a scare you haven't seen before. 72 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,110 I think in most other parts of Hollywood, 73 00:02:30,110 --> 00:02:32,200 Hollywood wants something they have seen before. 74 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,890 - [Interviewer] Jamie Curtis of the new Halloween film 75 00:02:33,890 --> 00:02:36,290 is a Me Too era movie and it's focused on a woman 76 00:02:36,290 --> 00:02:37,800 taking back her own story. 77 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:39,160 Get Out undoubtedly won its 78 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,810 Best Original Screenplay Oscar this year 79 00:02:40,810 --> 00:02:42,720 for its deeper message about race. 80 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,660 Is the genre a good way to explore social issues? 81 00:02:45,660 --> 00:02:47,690 - A lot of the things that are kind of unfolding 82 00:02:47,690 --> 00:02:50,717 in today's climate, are really terrifying 83 00:02:50,717 --> 00:02:53,290 to admit that they're actually happening in the first place. 84 00:02:53,290 --> 00:02:55,750 I think it makes those really important topics 85 00:02:55,750 --> 00:02:56,990 that we should be talking about 86 00:02:56,990 --> 00:02:58,760 a lot more relatable for everybody. 87 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,290 Not just for people who are 88 00:03:00,290 --> 00:03:02,970 purposefully immersing themselves in those conversations. 89 00:03:02,970 --> 00:03:04,330 - When you can just put them out there plainly 90 00:03:04,330 --> 00:03:07,022 like in Get Out, like this is an example of white people, 91 00:03:07,022 --> 00:03:09,620 stealing black peoples' bodies. 92 00:03:09,620 --> 00:03:12,720 You can just put that out there without feeling like, 93 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,930 too much because you're having a kinda cut 94 00:03:14,930 --> 00:03:17,400 with this like horror, excitement, 95 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,410 fun that goes on with a scary movie. 96 00:03:19,410 --> 00:03:21,940 - I mean Get Out, I think was a good start. 97 00:03:21,940 --> 00:03:24,120 I'm hoping there are more movies like that 98 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,833 and if horror is the genre that they use 99 00:03:27,833 --> 00:03:31,260 to get that message across, I'm all for it. 100 00:03:31,260 --> 00:03:32,670 - You know, I think what's interesting about 101 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:34,870 horror though is maybe right now, 102 00:03:34,870 --> 00:03:37,629 we're sort of accepting to it as a medium 103 00:03:37,629 --> 00:03:39,610 to explore these issues, right. 104 00:03:39,610 --> 00:03:41,850 Like when the whole world is burning down, 105 00:03:41,850 --> 00:03:43,360 the only way to explore it 106 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,623 is in a movie that's sort of burning down.