Sean Kelly on Movies Interviews Podcast

After the World Premiere of her sophomore feature The Sacrifice Game, I interviewed co-writer and director Jenn Wexler about her inspirations for the film.

Following the World Premiere of their third feature Where The Devil Roams at the 2023 Fantasia International Film Festival, I spoke with the filmmaking family of John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and Lulu Adams. The discussion tackled the influences of the film and the pros and cons of directing horror films as a family.

I interviewed Paris Zarcilla about his debut feature film Raging Grace, which had its Canadian premiere as part of the 2023 Fantasia International Film Festival. I talk about his inspirations behind the film and the themes involving immigrant labour.

Following its World Premiere on the opening night of Fantasia 2023, I spoke to indie horror icon Larry Fessenden about his werewolf film Blackout, rounding out his “monster trilogy” that also includes Fessenden’s 1997 vampire film Habit and his 2019 Frankenstein variant Depraved.

In addition to talking about Larry Fessenden’s werewolf influences, the discussion also talks about the mumblecore movement and how it ties to the film Barbie, which opened the day the interview was conducted.

Following the Canadian Premiere of the A24 and VVS-distributed horror film Talk to Me at the 2023 Fantasia International Film Festival, we got to speak with Australian YouTubers-turned-filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou.

During last weekend’s Toronto ComicCon, I spoke briefly with actor and comedian Steve Agee. Agee is best known for his collaborations with director James Gunn, notably playing John Economos in The Suicide Squad, a role he reprised in the HBO Max series Peacemaker. I hope you enjoy this soundbite!

This double episode contains the remaining interviews from the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival.

First up is our interview with writer/directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes of the film Sissy, which is now available to stream on Shudder.

Next, we have writer/director K.C. Carthew and star Viva Lee from the film Polaris, which is having its Toronto premiere as part of the 2022 Blood in the Snow Film Festival.