The good folks over at Dark Horizons had a sit down with Daryl Goldberg, the young director of UNHOLY. The premise follows a mother who investigates the cause behind her daughter’s suicide and finds herself drawn into a government conspiracy involving Nazi witchcraft and an experiment called The Unholy Trinity.
Starring as the mom in question is none other than Adrienne Barbeau, and joining her is Nicholas Brendon (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) as her son. Below are some nuggets from the interview, and you can check out the full skinny here.
Question: You mentioned you shot this film in a mere 18 days, how the hell did you pull that one off?
Answer: Fortunately I was too naive to listen to the many, many people who told me it couldn’t be done and I just kept fighting. I knew it was ambitious, I knew I was doing what should have taken twice as long, but I knew what this movie could be and it meant a lot to me to achieve that.
Question: How did you prepare for the shoot?
Answer: Well about the time everyone was saying, “You’re gonna shoot in how many days? You have how little money? It’ll never work.’ I read Robert Rodriguez’s Rebel Without a Crew. He made El Mariachi on $7,000 with no crew. I had more than that, so I decided I was spoiled despite what people were telling me and that if I couldn’t make a great movie with what I had, then I didn’t deserve to be doing this anyway.
Question: So does this movie have a lot of action?
Answer: The film hits the ground quickly and the tension doesn’t really ever stop from there. In the beginning of the film, Martha [Adrienne’s character] witnesses her daughter’s horrific suicide. Martha and her son immediately set out on a journey to find answers and end up unraveling mysteries that should never have been uncovered. It’s a constant ride that doesn’t give you a chance to sit back or stop thinking.
Sounds good to me! Without seeing the flick there’s no way to tell, but the guy seems to have the energy, enthusiam and confidence of a Tarantino or Rodriguez. Here’s hoping he’s got the talent to back it up!
And speaking of Robert Rodriguez, if you haven’t ever read REBEL WITHOUT A CREW, go buy it right now. It’s the best book about independent filmmaking, and one of the best books about filmmaking in general, ever written.
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