up in the Poconos. It was amazing shooting in the NJ rural areas.
Most of our shooting was done
in a 300 year old abandoned
house that was surrounded by
woods out by Millbrook Village.
The house was owned by the National Park Service and they were
amazing to deal with. Most of
the woods scenes in the movie
were shot next to that house...
We ran feeder cables into the
woods from the house to power
our lights. We almost had our own
studio back lot out there.
If you could be a horror filmmaker in any era which era
would it be?
Definitely the 1970s and early
1980s. The horror filmmakers
during that time period were the
best ever... Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Stanley Kubrick, Brian DePalma, George Romero, and Tobe
Hooper to name a few. The horror
films during that time period were
dark and gritty... My style of filmmaking completely... Halloween,
The Thing, Carrie, The Shining, The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm
Street, Dawn of the Dead, The Exorcist, The Hills Have Eyes... I can
go on and on and on... Not only
were these films terrifying... But
they had great stories and characters you cared about. I would
have loved to have been a part of
that filmmaking time period.
Listen To Zigman Bird
“Spooky”
New Jersey Stage
October 2014
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