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Gothic film history – “Gothic Film” (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) – Richard Hand and Jay McRoy interview

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Richard Hand and Jay McRoy have both been studying horror and gothic for many years. They recently co-edited a book of essays on Gothic Film and I got to speak to the both of them about the gothic, the book, and the editorial and publishing process.

0:40 – Richard talks about his interest in Gothic film and horror.

3:48 – Jay talks about reading horror literature when he was a little kid.

5:11 – Richard and Jay talk about how the book looks at a wide span of how horror is adapted.

7:49 – Jay talks about an American take on the gothic.

13:58 – Richard and Jay discuss Gothic and Japanese anime.

15:40 – Richard talks about manga writing.

16:46 – Richard and Jay talk about Lovecraft and the Gothic.

19:08 – Jay talks about Lovecraft movies and the Gothic.

22:23 – Richard talks about prime examples of Gothic films.

24:19 – Jay talks about the translation of Gothic stories from word to film.

27:39 – We discuss the gothic feel to the Sopranos.

31:56 – They talk about the range of topics the book covers.

35:42 – They discuss Alien and Gothic film in space.

39:06 – They discuss the strangest combination of gothic with another setting.

41:22 – Jay talks about the gothic in spongebob squarepants and Sesame Street.

43:15 – Richard talks about the use of Gothic structure in documentaries.

44:30 – Richard and Jay talk about Ren and Stimpy and the Gothic.

46:19 – Richard talks about his favorite Gothic films.

48:31 – Jay talks about his enjoyment of Nosferatu films.

50:22 – They discuss how they access the films the book mentions.

53:26 – Richard goes into detail about the Dracula story.

54:21 – Jay talks about how well the essays blend.

55:14 – They talk about the editorial process and the publishing process.

59:01 – Richard can be found on his webpage on the University of East Anglia website and Jay has a website www.the jaymcroy.com.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/37Z9jZM

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-gothic-film.html

https://www.thejaymcroy.com/

https://people.uea.ac.uk/r_hand

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Guests: Richard Hand and Jay McRoy

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: fiction, gothic, horror, radio, theater, transformationm, transmutation, film, Universal Pictures, Western Gothic, Pornographic Gothic, manga, Poe, Jinji Ito, Lovecraft, cosmic horror, Dracula, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Stephen King, Sopranos, Gangs of London, Hammer films, British film history, surrealism, Alien, science fiction, haunted house, Ready Player One, The Shining, spongebob squarepants, documentaries, Ren and Stimpy, Lighthouse, Night of the Living Dead, Nosferatu, Innkeepers, House of the Devil, Westerns, The Innocents

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Sci-fi film producer Royce Essig interview – Far Point 2018 – youtube

Royce Essig has been pursuing a 25 year dream to produce a sci-fi drama. He and his team are close to completion and have used virtual reality technology to finish the product. I interviewed him at Far Point 2018.

1:07 – Royce Essig and his team are doing an independent sci-fi series called Dark Operations Terminus. It’s been a 25-year dream and ten years ago they released their first DVD. It’s a three part sci-fi drama.

2:32 – They hope to release it next fall. It has a virtual reality element to it. One is the Oculus Rift where you get into the world. They have also applied the Microsoft Hollow Lens technology. It projects a hologram you can see and record and import into the game.

4:49 – The game is done in memoriam to some developers who they’ve lost. One of the people who helped with Terminus was a Major who passed away in Iraq.

5:52 – He uses Magic Vegas to edit. Everyone on the team is self-taught. He uses music to inspire his work. Muppets music and tv for example. He also loves to edit.

7:37 – They all started doing this twenty-five years ago when they were all in a sci-fi club and wanted to do a fan film. The realized they needed a good camera guy, good equipment and so on. Now they can do it professionally.

10:03 – Royce likes The Greatest Showman because it breaks the typical mold of American television actors and actresses. Star Trek inspired the film they’re working on now. He also liked Space Battleship Yamato, Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. The people into this nerdy stuff are the best people around. He loves John Williams and James Horner. Horner used his Battle Beyond the Stars music for Star Trek II.

13:07 – He wanted to be a pilot when he was young.

13:27 – They’re on Facebook/Dark Operations and post updates from the set.

Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080421/

https://www.facebook.com/DarkOperations/

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Guests: Royce Essig

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