Premiering at TIFF tonight, February tells the story of three young girls who are intertwined by a dark, malevolent spirit that is plaguing them. Kat (Kiernan Shipka) is a quiet young girl who has been left at her prep school because her parents mysteriously never showed up, but she makes due by trying to befriend the elusive (and good-smellin') Rose (Lucy Boynton). Far away is Joan (Emma Roberts) who commences a blood soaked voyage to the school, with her motives unclear to the audience until the very end.
February is the debut feature for writer-director Oz Perkins, who although has never sat in the director's chair before, is no stranger to the film industry, working as a writer, actor and editor on several different pieces. I got the chance to chat with him about horror, movies and writing horror movies. (It's really all that I ever concern myself with.)
Richelle Charkot: What attracts you to horror?
Oz Perkins: The dark glamour; the raw emotion. The fact that horror is all about that which is hidden from us which is far more interesting to me than all that we can see and know and understand.
RC: What were some of the challenges with shooting February?
OP: It was extremely cold, with a two week prep.
RC: Who are some of your favourite creepy girls in horror movies?
OP: Sissy Spacek in Carrie, Eli from Let the Right One In and Catherine Deneuve in Repulsion.
RC: If you were in charge of a late night double-feature at a theatre, what two movies would you play?
OP: Eraserhead and Don't Look Now.
RC: Can you name some films that first attracted you to the idea of writing and directing a horror film?
OP: The Shining, Let the Right One In, Don't Look Now, Rosemary's Baby, The Strangers, Psycho, Repulsion.
FEBRUARY screening times:
Monday, Sept. 14th, 6:45 PM
SCOTIABANK 9Friday, Sept. 18th, 6:45 PM THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA
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