Film Name: The Sink Spectre
Director: James Wall
Writers: James Wall
Legend says if you say Sink Spectre three times in front of a mirror, you will receive an unwelcome guest.
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 James Wall a few questions about his film ‘The Sink Spectre‘.
The Sink Spectre has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival on Sunday 14th January at 17:30pm.
Q. Your film The Sink Spectre has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival. Can you tell us what we can expect from the film?
A. ‘I want people to watch this and think they going to see a poor attempt at being scary but eventually realising that the whole joke is the fact that this is not scary’.
Q. What were some of your influences when writing the script for The Sink Spectre?
A. ‘I’m not much of an influenced person, I just think of some examples of the genre, such as Inside No. 9 and BBC’ Ghosts and try and replicate that style’.
Q. What were some of your influences for the look and style of the film?
A. ‘I wanted this film to look cheap, like those amateur horror trailers, you find on YouTube, not just because I’m low budget myself but because I want people to think it’s going to be an attempt to be a serious horror but it just turns out to be a three-minute-long gag’.
Q. Did you make any changes from the original script during filming?
A. ‘While the script itself was always what happens in the film, I did originally want to make a full-on comedy horror, that’s almost like a parody of Stephen King’s It, but I thought shortening it to make a quick sketch’.
Q. What were some of your favourite moments during filming?
A. ‘The whole thing was fun to film, it helps that since the idea was short and simple, I didn’t require a ton of resources’
Q. Did you experience any issues during filming?
A. ‘None during the actual shoot, but there was always the possibility of a sudden power cut or someone walking in, I didn’t tell anyone what I was doing so it would have been hard to explain myself’.
Q. What makes The Sink Spectre stand out as something different in the horror genre?
A. ‘I suppose the idea that not everything can be scary or something that is scary can be made funny’
Q. What do you hope people take away after watching the film?
A. ‘I just want people to have a quick laugh, I want to see this and say, hey that was funny, what else is on though?, I don’t want people to watch this and be terrified of sinks!’.
Q. Do you have any other projects which you are currently working on?
A. ‘Not currently working on but I do have a few ideas that I’m hoping to get off the ground and if this one is successful; a sequel might be on the cards’.
Q. If someone was looking to write and direct their own film what advice would you give them?
A. ‘Start off small and get bigger each time you do it ,again that’s what I’m hoping to do with my one’.
The Sink Spectre has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival on Sunday 14th January 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!
