The good people over at HorrorMovies.ca posted an interesting interview with Dante Tomaselli covering SATAN’S PLAYGROUND, THE OCEAN, some of his personal favortie genre films and lots more. Scope out some choice tidbits here, and then click below to get the full interview.
You have several new projects on the way. One of those is the exciting upcoming film The Ocean involving a deadly riptide. Can you give us an idea of what to expect from this film?
I plan to shoot The Ocean sometime between Nov 2005 and March 2006. That’s when the waves are the biggest in Rincon Puerto Rico. The screenplay is wild, blood-soaked, hallucinogenic, very ambitious. I’ll basically be making a big budget disaster film, with a little over a million. It’ll be a challenge, for sure, but I’m up for it and, you know, I really have no choice…The Ocean is screaming out to me…to be made — just like my other movies. The tagline…A New Wave in Terror…
Another is Satan’s Playground which will be premiering soon. This film focuses on the legend of the Jersey Devil. What gave you the idea to do a film on this subject?
Satan’s Playground was festering in my mind for a long time. Being from New Jersey, I’ve always been really creeped-out by the Pine Barrens area and the legend of the Jersey Devil. I thought it would make a very spooky horror film. The idea of a demon lurking in the woods… and a vacationing family lost.
In your opinion, what is the scariest film ever made?
The House with Laughing Windows. It’s the only movie that has given me nightmares as an adult.
So there’s a nice little taste for ya! Now check out the full interview to see what other genre pics and influences Tomaselli feels like chatting about.
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