Our good friend John Valeri (Scream Franchise Examiner) continues to deliver exclusive treats for fans. This time, he interviews Ryan Turek, collaborator at ShockTillYouDrop.com and director of Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective. Below, we’ve included a snippet from the interview along with a newly revealed image from the documentary featuring Parker Posey (Jennifer Jolie).
How and when did the idea for Still Screaming originate? What will your film offer that other projects haven’t?
Around roughly April of last year, I was deep into production on the tentatively titled Unearthed: The Hellraiser Legacy with MasiMedia and its producer Anthony Masi, when I brought up a possible writing and directing vehicle for myself—Still Screaming. I was only credited as writer on the Hellraiser documentary at the time, so I was looking for a project to creatively throw 100% of myself into as writer-director. Scream was a tremendous influence on me in film school, and I’ve been a lifelong fan of horror, so I was super enthusiastic about the endeavor. We were also approaching the release of a fourth film and the first film’s 15th anniversary, so the timing was perfect.
To answer the second part of the question, you’ve actually caught me in the editing phase, so I’m really seeing this thing come together. What it offers is a definite sense of how the Hollywood machine works, I think, and you don’t see too many of these retrospectives do that. Still Screaming really reflects the fragility of the film process and how some things could almost fall apart at any time. The first Scream faced a ton of behind-the-scenes hurdles, and we pull back the curtain on that. So, while the viewers will get their fun anecdotes during production, this goes a bit deeper. Of course, the franchise went on to be a big hit, but there were growing pains, for sure.”
If you’re eager to dive deeper into the making of the Scream franchise and uncover untold stories about its creation, this documentary is shaping up to be a must-watch for fans and film enthusiasts alike.
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