INTERVIEW WITH MATT CLOUDE
AngryPrincess (AP): How does it feel to have fulfilled so many of your dreams at such a young age?
MATT: It’s great…i would’ve never imagined getting as far as i am at this age but now i just keep going further and further and the experience is great!
(AP): When were you struck with the urge, and you knew you loved writing?
MATT: Believe it or not is was in school around 4th grade. We always had to write stories and such and one day i was like “hell how about i write what i love” so i wrote monster and horror stories…even sketched pictures along with it…ended up winning awards for my stories…so that kinda kicked off my writing…not to mention i was also inspired by Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft.
(AP): What was your favorite movie to work on with your FX expertise?
MATT: So far it is John Johnson’s Skeleton Key 2…it was just a blast. I was given alot of freedom and basically if i could make it, we used it on film…it’s a hilarious blend of gore and comedy.
(AP): Being a huge horror collector myself I know what fun it is to hit up the Horror Conventions. What are you usually cruising around looking for while you are there? What are you into?
MATT: Well i own over 300 horror movies but i’m always searching for ones i don’t have…as well as old school horror posters..i’m deff a collector. But i also love meeting the celebs and hanging out with them…i always find myself partying with them…sometimes a little to much.
(AP): Did you go to school for FX/Make up or did you learn it all from reading your how to books and listening to White Zombie?
MATT: LOL Well i never intended to be a f/x artist but low and behold after teaching myself the art by watching monster/horror films growing up and working at a local haunted house for 5 years..well…lets just say it made me GOOD.
(AP): Did you ever feel like delving into acting or are you content with directing instead?
MATT: Well it’s funny cause is a kid my mom always said i’d be a actor…so now every project i work on i make a cameo appearence.
(AP): You knew as a boy that you wanted to make movies, what inspired this decision?
MATT: We’ll it had to be after watching the old school universal, hammer monster films…and most of all john Carpenters Halloween, The Fog, and The Thing.
(AP): You recently wrapped up filming for The Creightonville Terror. Can you tell us little about the film?
MATT: Creightonville has been a brain child of mine for the past 5 years and i really wanted to go al out on it…but in a different way…i wanted to make it look cheap and low budget and give it the 70’s vibe…it’s in editing right now and we are adding everything 70’s to it…grainy scratches…bad audio, missing reels, circle burns in the film…even a dancing popcorn, hot dog, and soda intermission…i want al of the oldschool fans to take a trip down memory lane while watching it…but aside from all the corny fun, the movie is also brutal and hardcore…taking cues from Last House on the Left and I Spit on your Grave (which i am currently writing the remake) the film is very bloody with a high body count, rape, genital mutilation…and more blood…bring your mom.
(AP): What was it like working with Debbie Rochon? I really like her acting and the characters she portrays in film.
MATT: Unfortunately we didn’t get to work with Debbie cause of Time issues but luckily we keep in touch and will be working together on a film i’m producing called “Blood De Madam”
(AP): Have anything thing planned out for your next project? What are the future plans of Matt Cloude?
MATT: Well i’m on a long hard road outta hell…i’m currently producing Blood De Madam…and producing and writing the remake of I Spit on your Grave as well as doing the fx…on top of it i’m working on my next film Splatter House and possibly on another project titled “Sasquatch vs. Yeti”….so my future is looking blood red!!! stay tuned CREEPS AND FREAKS..BOILS AND GHOULS!!!
(AP): It was great getting to know you better and we look forward to all the goodies you have in store for us. Good Luck on all of your future projects.
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