True Blood alum Kristina Anapau returns to the realm of supernatural spookey with Altergeist, a goosebump-spurring new chiller filmed at a real haunted winery.
Having just come off “True Blood”, were you hungry to do something else in that supernatural/horror realm again?
I do enjoy the genre. With Altergeist, it was the script that really drew me to the project.
Who do you play? What makes her tick?
I play Theresa Augland, a director/producer who, four months pregnant, takes her team of filmmakers up to a haunted winery in Northern California to see what they can capture on film. Theresa is driven by the need to prove that ghosts really do exist— she soon discovers that it is not the ghosts who are a threat, but what the ghosts are afraid of— and that is what has her fighting for her and her unborn child’s life.
The film is shot at a winery – and a haunted one of that. Anything go ‘bump in the night’ while you were there?
There was a general feeling of eeriness at times, but I don’t think ghosts really like huge groups of people working/moving things, cameras and lights, etc. I did hear a lot of stories about scary things that have happened on the property though.
The film has got a lot of attention from online media in recent months; is the internet a saving grace when it comes to smaller films?
Absolutely. People are consuming media in an entirely new way now, and the internet is key for big films and indies alike.
Do you believe that there’s bigger opportunities out there for independent horror films now – with so many more mediums to showcase films, like Hulu and Netflix, as well as all these film festivals?
Yes, definitely. So many great platforms out there now.
What do you think audiences will take away from the movie?
Altergeist is unique because it is a genre film that goes way beyond making an audience scared— it makes them wonder.
What do you think of the way the film has been rolled out for release? Are you happy with the DirecTV before theatrical plan?
More and more films are using this new release structure— distribution isn’t really my arena of expertise, but I do think it’s really interesting. It seems to be working well and I think we will see a lot more of it in the future.
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