Gary
Sherman never wanted to direct horror movies. But like all filmmakers
who are perhaps a little too good at what they do, he got stuck in a
particular genre's tangled web. Sherman is, of course, the man
behind such cult classics as the London Underground-set Death
Line and the Ron Shusett &
Dan O'Bannon (of Alien
fame) penned Dead
& Buried. Both films
displayed an eerie, slow-burning approach to horror that left fans in
little doubt that he was one of the genre's true masters. But
despite directing the extreme violence of Vice
Squad, the ill-fated
Poltergeist III
(one of the last films to use entirely in-camera special effects), and
the DV cam serial killer flick 39:
A Film by Carroll McKane,
Master of Horror was a mantle Sherman didn't want. Here he talks to
Classic-Horror about his involvement with the genre, and his long
standing desire to finally break free of it.(read more...)
