Interviews
The Danger of Simon Rumley: An Independent Filmmaker Returns with Crushed
Simon Rumley discusses Crushed, artistic independence and artificial intelligence in an interview with Lawrie Brewster for The British Horror Chronicle.
Independent filmmaking
The craft, the convictions and the people behind the pictures.
10 articles
Interviews
Joseph Renzetti: An Oscar and a Life in Film Music
Joseph Renzetti discusses his Oscar for The Buddy Holly Story, his horror scores and a life in film music in this interview with Lawrie Brewster.
Interviews
Aaron Truss on Employee of the Dead: Friendship, Memory and the Filmmaker’s Ambition
Aaron Truss discusses Employee of the Dead with Lawrie Brewster: friendship, Rob Knox, the ambition to make films and the sincerity beneath horror comedy.
Interviews
Mr Joel Haver and the Cinema Beyond Permission
Mr Joel Haver has built a large audience on YouTube and continued to make personal feature films without surrendering his independence. His conversation with Mr Lawrie Brewster examines distribution, festivals and legitimacy.
Interviews
Megan Tremethick on the Actor’s Craft in an Age of Easy Access
Megan Tremethick discusses classical training, self-education and emotional conviction in a thoughtful examination of the actor’s craft in modern British horror.
Interviews
Jeff Barker on Screenwriting, Horror, Family, and the Human Condition
Presented here is the complete interview transcript of Lawrie Brewster's conversation with Jeff Barker on screenwriting, character, horror, and the enduring art of motion picture storytelling.
Interviews
Mr Jeff Barker in Conversation: On the Craft of Screenwriting, the Discipline of Story, and the Success of Obsession
Mr Jeff Barker speaks with Lawrie Brewster on screenwriting, psychology, Curry Barker’s Obsession, and the enduring craft of intelligent horror cinema.
Interviews
Miss Sarah Daly on the Craft of Independent Filmmaking, as Interviewed by Mr Lawrie Brewster
In this exclusive profile curated by Mr Lawrie Brewster for the British Horror Chronicle, we turn our lantern upon the extraordinary Miss Sarah Daly. A quietly resolute force in the resurgence of British independent horror.
Interviews
A Singular Horror Vision: Mr Tony Mardon in Conversation with Mr Lawrie Brewster
Lawrie Brewster interviews Tony Mardon on the trials, triumphs and tenacity of independent horror filmmaking in this vivid profile of true cinematic persistence.
Interviews
Mr Lawrie Brewster Presents: A Profile in Indie Terror: Mr Andy Edwards and the Savage Renaissance of British Horror
In this exclusive profile curated by Mr Lawrie Brewster for the British Horror Chronicle, we shine a flickering gaslight upon the career of Mr Andy Edwards - a most singular figure in the new wave of British independent horror.