Interview with Caroline Williams, “Blood Feast” (2017)

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CW: We had our red carpet release… though we ran into a bit of trouble with the MPAA. That trouble is going to delay the wider, public release. Originally we had a deal with Regal Cinemas and they gave us a very heavy commitment. I believe it was 500 theaters, though I’m not positive. Anyway, it was a considerable commitment, especially for a horror film. Director Marcel Walz had already edited the film three times to bring the film into conformity with Regal standards. But even after that, the MPAA gave us five pages of proposed edits. It might as well have been a phone book! Regal basically lost their exclusive because of it. I’m not sure where that leaves us, but according to Eric Parkinson (the distributor) there have already been multiple offers from theater chains to book the NC-17 version. I’ve been in an NC-17 film before, and it did really well in 1986! (Editor’s note: Caroline is, of course, referring to “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2”. In fact, the film was given the dreaded X rating because NC-17 was not yet created.) I give Eric Parkinson a lot of credit for having Marcel Walz’s back and believing in our film. Eric’s one hell of a guy. He has brass balls. They love our film, and it operates on so many levels. The premiere last night was primarily “industry” people, but they loved it and gave us positive reviews. What, I’m sure, will be the first of many. We’re all really high on it. I think the film is going to get a wide release under NC-17. You don’t see many horror film of any rating get wide release unless they’re Blumhouse, Dark Sky or Lionsgate. I’m fairly positive that our distributor, Hannover House, is going to be competitive with those bigger distributors.

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