thing that started with The Blair
Witch Project or was that just the
first famous one?
It pretty much started with The
Blair Witch Project. Their marketing campaign was absolutely
brilliant. We’re marketing “Infliction” as “assembled footage”... I’ll
explain the difference... “Found
footage” implies just that... Someone found the actual footage that
was left behind by the victims,
which is how they marketed The
Blair Witch Project. It was acciWhat is the story of Infliction?
dentally shot. Now “assembled
Infliction is a disturbing assemfootage” means that the movie is
bled footage film that documents more of a documentary that was
a murder spree committed by
shot for a specific reason and the
two brothers in North Carolina in footage has been assembled for
2011... and the horrific truth bestorytelling purposes. With Inflichind their actions. I’m not giving
tion, the brothers purposely docuanything away by saying this...
mented their actions and the reaInfliction deals with the long-term son behind their murder spree.
effects of child abuse. As you
You’ve had a couple of screenwatch the film, you’ll find yourself ings already, what was the reasking who are the true criminals sponse to the film?
here and who are the true victims. So far it’s been very positive.
Tell me about the “found foot- “Infliction” opened in select theage film” genre. Is this someaters in March of 2014 (and was
Filmmaker Jack Thomas Smith
moved to Sparta, NJ as a teenager. It was there that he discovered
the films of George A. Romero,
Stanley Kubrick, Brian DePalma,
and John Carpenter. His latest
work, Infliction has several screenings in the area in October and
November and is making its way
around the festival circuit. New
Jersey Stage spoke with Smith
about the film and what led him
into the horror genre.
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