{"id":24407,"date":"2017-02-24T06:33:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=24407"},"modified":"2017-02-24T06:35:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:35:19","slug":"an-interview-with-staci-layne-wilson-wihm-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/an-interview-with-staci-layne-wilson-wihm-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview with Staci Layne Wilson [WiHM 2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Staci Layne Wilson is well known for her film reviews<\/strong><\/a>, interviews (on camera and in writing), her writing, and now producing and directing.\u00a0 Her interests are varied, but she clearly has a preference for horror as seen in her films such as the trippy triptych The Key to Annabel Lee, the sexy Fetish Factory<\/strong><\/a>, etc.\u00a0 Her knowledge of the genre and Hollywood\u2019s inner workings is wide and she uses it well in her creations.<\/p>\n

Her trivia on IMDB is rather telling: \u201cHas worn Freddy Krueger\u2019s hero claw, George Romero\u2019s glasses, and the original Hannibal Lecter mask.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Staci, please tell us a bit about what drives you to create films.
\n<\/strong>I\u2019m not an artist with pencils and paint, and writing is so dependent on the reader\u2019s imagination, that it\u2019s the best way to visually present stories I\u2019m interested in telling. I also find the collaborative process of filmmaking to be interesting. Not necessarily better \u2013 I do love the solitude and autonomy of writing \u2013 but it\u2019s more gratifying in many ways.<\/p>\n

Why do you think you find yourself working in the horror genre?
\n<\/strong>Horror sort of claimed me a long time ago, and it\u2019s just held on. While I am interested in many other genres and stories, especially when it comes to books, I never get bored with horror. I think it\u2019s because it\u2019s so multifaceted: Dracula is horror, Friday the 13th is horror, and so is The Monster \u2013 and the three movies could not be more different from one another.<\/p>\n

As a horror filmmaker, what inspires you?
\n<\/strong>The stories, to some extent, but mainly the visuals. I love dark and light, shadows and sunlight, and the ability to play with color and contrast. You don\u2019t see many stylistic romantic comedies, for instance.<\/p>\n

What are some of your big influences and why do they resonate with you. <\/strong>
\nAnne Rice\u2019s book were a huge influence on me, growing up. She was the first author I read who wrote serious, layered, and historically-researched sagas with vampires, witches, and the like, as the cast of characters. She wrote in flowery prose<\/p>\n

sometimes, which I suppose is a female-author stereotype \u2013 but to me, it only enhanced and heightened the worlds and players she created.<\/p>\n

As a woman in a still male-dominated genre, what does the Women in Horror Month movement mean to you?
\n<\/strong>It\u2019s a good thing, overall. I\u2019m not a huge \u201cprotester\u201d in that I post female filmmaker stats of social media and I don\u2019t join groups, etc., but I think any celebration of minorities doing good work is a positive. For my part, I just keep on writing and making movies \u2013 even if they\u2019re smaller projects, I am doing the work and that\u2019s progress in and of itself.<\/p>\n

Who are other female horror filmmakers and writers you believe need more spotlight and why?
\n<\/strong>If they are, maybe I haven\u2019t heard of them yet\u2026! I think I know the same names everyone else does. But I will toss out one name you\u2019ll be hearing a lot of, soon: Stephanie Paris. She did an incredible romantic vampire movie that\u2019s a real retro throwback called Black Hearts. It\u2019s not out yet. She also directed a thriller based on a screenplay I wrote for Blanc-Biehn Productions and she really killed it. (Jennifer Blanc is a producer who\u2019s a real champion to women in film.)<\/p>\n

What would you say to a teen girl dreaming of making horror films, writing in the genre?
\n<\/strong>Don\u2019t dream it, do it. There\u2019s really nothing stopping anyone these days, what with the ease of technology (hello, iPhone) and access to audience (post bits on Instagram).<\/p>\n

On a more personal level, do you believe being in Los Angeles to a musician father and pinup mother have influenced your art?\u00a0 If so, in what way? Absolutely! All three \u2013 L.A., Mom, and Dad \u2013 are in my DNA. There are not enough pixels on this website to fully answer that question, so, if folks are interested in learning more about the L.A. art and horror scene, they should check out my new book \u201cSo L.A.\u201d (coming out in March.)<\/p>\n

What do you hope the public takes away from your work?
\n<\/strong>A sense of fun. All I really care about is the entertainment factor \u2013 I hope they enjoy it, on some level. I also love being able to teach the audience something: a little trivia tidbit, or a new word they didn\u2019t know before.<\/p>\n

Please tell us about your upcoming work, what you have coming for fans of your work that you can talk about.
\n<\/strong>I have the aforementioned memoir, \u201cSo L.A.\u201d which is about growing up in a loopy household in L.A., eventually culminating into a career in writing about horror, and making horror films. I also have a zom-com called Fetish Factory coming out this year. If you want to see something right now, check out a bigfoot crime thriller I produced: The Fianc\u00e9. It\u2019s streaming all over the place!<\/p>\n

Thank you Staci and please do keep us updated on all of your upcoming work.
\n<\/strong>Thanks!<\/p>\n

Keep up with Staci!<\/strong> http:\/\/StaciLayneWilson.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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