The folks at Fangoria had a chance to chat it up with BOOK OF BLOOD director John Harrison, and asked him all sorts of hard hitting and important questions… like where the hell is BOOK OF BLOOD, already???
Actually, Fangoria was a bit more elegant about it than that, so Harrison didn’t respond with a backhand, but with a solid answer. So… what’s the story with BLOOD? Check it out:
Well, I’ll be honest about it, it’s done but it’s struggling. It turned out well and I’m very happy with it, but my timing was impeccable as I finished it just when the stock market crashed. Right now, we’re looking at a possible network TV deal with a DVD sale to follow, which is fine as that’s where the film would play most successfully anyway. I was actually hoping for a limited theatrical release first, like we had with DIARY, but it’s been tough.
It must sting like a bitch to do all that hard work on a film only to resort to seeing it debut STD, or worse yet… straight to cable. Bummer, man. Then again, maybe it’ll score an ON DEMAND deal like THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN before it goes to DVD… I guess that wouldn’t be as bad. At least they wouldn’t have to cut a bunch of crap out to make it TV friendly.
Harrison also produces movies, his latest being George A. Romero’s …OF THE DEAD. Fangoria asked him all sorts of crazy questions about that as well… and you can check out the whole exclusive interview by clicking HERE. Stick around as we wait for the distribution news on BOOK OF BLOOD… you’ll be the first to know!
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