It was good that I hadn’t played it in years so – like my character, Gordon – my memories were a little dusty, and I was able to draw on those rather than having it fresh. GS: Well, I actually used to own Nightmare as a kid and played it relentlessly, so I was well aware of the style of that game and totally got the references and the style of what we were encountering in the film. Did you watch Nightmare videos or were there any particular films that you got hold of before filming to help get yourself stuck in the VHS era? I think Jackson had quite a few film suggestions, right? You care about them less, and we wanted people to care about what was happening to us.ĭC: I know Barbara never watched any of the old Nightmare game videos before filming her scenes and I think that played very much in the film’s favor. It’s way more compelling to have actual, real people encountering insane supernatural terrors, rather than caricatures of people. It’s the same with horror – if you ham it up or make it cheesy then it becomes a parody of a thing rather than just telling a story. You have to be genuine amidst a crazy scenario, and that’s where it becomes funny. In a comedy, if you play “at” the comedy then it stops being funny. I feel like horror film acting is a lot like comedic acting. We all wanted to play this as real and genuine as we could.
Also, what can I say? I like doing horror movies. It’s a great story about two brothers struggling with their father’s disappearance and that humanity was something I related to. I thought it was a cool take on the genre without feeling like a gimmick. And Jackson wrote our roles with us in mind and each of them challenged us to do something a little different which was hugely flattering and exciting.īrea Grant: I thought the idea for a “horror Jumanji” was cool. I felt really comfortable having a strong emotional backbone in the story to rely on when things get crazy and whatnot.
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Plus, then you add on an awesome concept with a haunted VCR board game and demons and other dimensions, and how could I say no?ĬW: Jackson described the movie to me and I had no idea what VHS games were… I mean, I pieced it together quickly, but what made me really want to do it was the relationships between the characters and the family-driven stuff. That wasn’t the case with Stephen and Jackson’s script. I think it’s easy sometimes with a high-concept horror film like this to lean heavily into the supernatural elements (which obviously this does as well!) but often the characters are left underdeveloped.
All of that stuff just helped develop these characters as very real people, and so I cared about them as they went on this crazy adventure together. The tense bond and history between the brothers, Gordon’s struggles with alcoholism, his troubled past with Margot. Graham Skipper: For me, what was most intriguing was the deep emotional life of Gordon, John, and Margot.
In preparation for the latter, we adjusted the tracking and rolled the dice with the three leading players, Chase Williamson, Brea Grant and Graham Skipper, to find out exactly what’s lurking Beyond the Gates… Since making its debuting at the LA Film Festival, where it picked up the Nightfall Award, it’s screened at the Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival, Popcorn Frights Fest and London’s FrightFest and is now all set to hit the SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. And whilst those who shared a nerdy penchant for the game way back when will most likely relate that much more to Stewart’s love letter, those of you with a lack of appreciation for said ’90s guiltiest of pleasures are still guaranteed an absolute blast too. The real lifeblood for co-writer Stephen Scarlata’s original pitch was the 1991 VCR game Nightmare, a phenomenon which spawned a whole new wave of new wave board games. Technology, especially that of a gaming kind, is advancing like there’s no tomorrow, and chances are that this generation’s kids will be oblivious to the true inspiration behind Jackson Stewart’s directorial debut Beyond the Gates ( review).
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