Film Name: Memories of Evil
Director: Gabriel Musco
Writers: Gabriel Musco
Starring: Sofia Langoni, Marta Quarleri, Silvina Diez, Lucas Martínez Foresi, Juan Lucero
Laura, a young nurse from a rural town, is hired to take care of Amalia, an old woman who has lost
her memory. After an error with the medication, Amalia begins to remember and this makes Laura
suspect that the amnesia she suffers, could be being provoked. As she investigates what is
happening, she begins to experience terrifying events that can’t be explained. Laura will have to fight
against the evil that stalks her, in order to get to the truth.
In a new exclusive interview on Blazing Minds, I got a chance to ask writer-director Gabriel Musco a few questions about his film Terrorise which has been selected for Horror-on-Sea on Friday 12th January at 12:30pm
Q. Your film Memories of Evil has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival. Can you
tell us what we can expect from the film?
A. What you can expect is a film that slowly generates a rarefied atmosphere, with its doses of scares and a theme to reflect on.
Q. What were some of your influences when writing the script for Memories of Evil?
A. My influences were mainly my fear of old age and loss of identity. A movie that served as a reference for me is The Skeleton Key (2005).
Q. What were some of your influences for the look and style of the film?
A. We wanted it to have a similar style to The Witch, although they are very different films, there is a treatment of the image in this film that I find very attractive and that shows a lack of colour, typical of dispossession.
Q. Did you make any changes from the original script during filming?
A. None. The film was written for the location where it was filmed and each scene was perfectly designed to tell what was necessary and nothing more, since due to time and budget reasons it could not be any other way.
Q. What were some of your favourite moments during filming?
A. Well, the ones I enjoy the most are jump scares, because they require a temporal and spatial construction, which requires a lot of preparation and coordination. They are hard, but when you see that they turn out well, the satisfaction is enormous.
Q. Did you experience any issues during filming?
A. Well, independent filming and problems should be synonymous. There are always problems with budget, timing, and few technical personnel. But, we are already used to this. Particularly on this shoot, we had problems with the focus system, something that slowed us down quite a bit throughout the days and regrettably dragged us through the entire shoot.
Q. What makes Memories of Evil stand out as something different in the horror genre?
A. I think that what may be relevant about this film is its final twist, the focus on old age and memory loss and not least the way of production, I think it is an aesthetically very successful film, for only 14 days of filming, a single location and two months of post-production.
Q. What do you hope people take away after watching the film?
A. Some good scares, tension and a reflection on old age, the loss of identity and the way we see and
treat our elders.
Q. Do you have any other projects which you are currently working on?
A. I currently finished filming my third film Images of Hell, also a horror film. And I’m thinking about a new found footage film, a subgenre that I always wanted to tackle and that, given the economic situation that my country is experiencing, is within what is economically possible.
Q. If someone was looking to write and direct their own film what advice would you give them?
A. Let him do it. It seems somewhat trite, but that’s how it is, the path is done by walking. Let them create a story with what they have, a friend’s house, a forest, a route. Do not create grandiose stories that you will never be able to do later. Don’t stop dreaming about doing it either, there will be time, one thing leads to another and the less you wait, you will be in for something bigger. Dreams are built step by step.
Memories of Evil has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival on Friday 12th January at 12:30pm
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!
