Film Name: The Foreboding: Fractured
Director: Kemal Yildirim
Writers: Alexander Staunton-Hill
Starring: Olivia Bennett, Peter Tilley, Eve Kathryn Oliver, Alexander Staunton-Hill, Sienna Shih
Entering the woods for a simple camping trip, four university students find themselves hunted for
reasons unknown. With their fates being intertwined in this place, how can they ever escape?
Perspective is everything.
In a new exclusive interview on Blazing Minds leading up to the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival, I got a chance to ask writer-director Kemal Yildirim a few questions about his film The Foreboding: Fractured
The Foreboding: Fractured has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea film festival on Saturday 20th Jan at 17:30pm.
Q. Your film The Foreboding: Fractured has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film
Festival. Can you tell us what we can expect from the film?
A. Firstly thanks for taking the time to ask these questions. This film is a ghost story fused with a
teen movie but with a twist. I wanted to create an atmospheric visually interesting film about
characters that you hopefully care about, so when the darkness surrounds them you care about
their fates.
Q. What were some of your influences for the look and style of the film?
A. While myself and Alexander were discussing the script we both realised that we both had an
affinity with the original Evil Dead () and also the video game The Quarry (). In fact I believe Peter and
Alexander’s original idea stemmed while playing the game. So I wanted to evoke the kind of colour
hues of the original ‘Evil Dead’ and the journey style of the ‘The Quarry’. I am very happy with the
look of the film and everyone’s efforts.
Q. What attracted you to the project when you read the script for The Foreboding: Fractured
which was written by Alexander Staunton-Hill?
A. Alexander is a great writer, I immediately liked the characters and felt they had some history
together which pulled me into the story. After having lengthy conversations with Alexander I
realised that his script had a much bigger story lying underneath the surface. With our limited time
and budget, we couldn’t really delve into the whole world he created so ‘The Foreboding: Fractured’
is a glimpse into this world.
Q. Did you make any changes from the original script during filming?
A. We made a lot of changes but not out of choice. Alexander’s original script was around the 45
page mark. We only had two and a half days in which to shoot the film. We had many issues with the
shoot and this made us cut various scenes from the script and tighten up our story. The amazing
thing about having the writer onset and playing one of the lead roles, means when changes are
needed they can be executed without harming the flow of the story too much.
Q. What were some of your favourite moments during filming?
A. As hard and difficult as the shoot was working with Alexander and Peter was a great experience I
became their film dad and we all worked well as a team to get the best film we could given the
circumstances. There is one moment that sticks out for me, we were in a difficult position, standing
in a barn with heavy rain outside and myself, Alexander and Peter had to make some changes to the
script which we were all not happy about. It’s in those moments where relationships can be made or
broken but in that moment I saw that the three of us all had the same goal and we all made sure to
make the right decision for the film.
Q. Did you experience any issues during filming?
A. Yeah you could say that. We were filming in August but good old Blighty gave us the most
horrendous rain storm followed by thunderstorms for pretty much the whole shoot. We were up to
our shins in thick mud, cold and wet for two days straight. Our generator decided to not work so on
one of our night shoots I had to light scenes with a campfire and a couple of phone torches, not ideal
but together as a team the whole crew pulled together and made it work.
Q. What makes The Foreboding: Fractured stand out as something different in the horror genre?
A. Sometimes within the horror genre and I say this as a genre fan the characters are not nice people
or just unlikeable humans. We tried to create characters that people could care about so when they
are in danger it matters.
Q. What do you hope people take away after watching the film?
A. A little spooked and that they had a good time with it.
Q. Do you have any other projects which you are currently working on?
A. I have various projects lined up myself and Alex Nathan-Woods actor/writer are developing a
ghost story which also fits nicely within the Noir genre, we will hopefully be shooting that this year. I
am also working with Michael Faust on his next feature film as his cinematographer as well as
working with Andrew Elias from Ciao Handy films as his cinematographer on his next feature film
‘The Vampire of Cripplegate’. I am also excited to be working with Alexander Staunton-Hill and Peter
Tilley in the near future as we develop more projects. I love helping people out to make their films
come to life so working on so much makes me very happy.
Q. If someone was looking to direct their own film what advice would you give them?
A. Never think it will be easy, always plan every aspect of the production then plan again, surround yourself with people who you trust and who really want to help tell your story. As a director its important to surround yourself with people that are brilliant at what they do and also have an understanding of what each of these creatives do, so always learn, always listen and always be open
to peoples creativity.
You can find out more about The Foreboding: Fractured director Kemal Yildirim on his website
You can keep up to date with news about The Foreboding on Instagram
The Foreboding: Fractured has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea film festival on Saturday 20th Jan at 17:30pm.
You can find out more about the festival and purchase tickets here
Published in various websites, Philip is a reviewer who is best known for his interviews and media coverage of independent projects including; films, books, theatre and live events. Always on the lookout for something different to cover!
