All Your Friends Are Dead Film Spotlight
Today’s film spotlight focuses on the feature film All Your Friends Are Dead directed by Ricky Glore and Nicholas Hiance.
What is the title of your film and what inspired said title?
ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE DEAD
When first thinking about making a modern slasher-esque movie, I thought about what an honest title would be for the final survivor, which would be, by the end of the movie, ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE DEAD.
Tell us a little bit about the story and origins of your film.
The movie is semi-autobiographical about co-director and writer, Ricky Glore’s experience in high school, where he played varsity football, baseball and wrestled, until he hurt his knee badly junior year, making him unable to play contact sports again. After that happened to Mr. Glore, he decided to shift his focus to performing arts and eventually followed that passion into college, as well as creative writing.
In the movie ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE DEAD, our lead character Matt Wilbee thrived in high school and has never been able to reach similar acclaim or success since. Depressed and bitter, feeling a bit owed by life, Matt spirals with jealousy after seeing how “good” all of his old friends have it now that they are in their mid-thirties.
Of course, the film does eventually turn into a camp slasher movie. The best way in my mind to describe it is two ways, “WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE TEEN SLASHER MOVIE GROWS UP?” & “WHAT IF THE BREAKFAST CLUB, TURNED INTO THE BIG CHILL & WENT CAMPING IN A FRIDAY THE 13TH MOVIE?”
The film was shot in northern Kentucky and southern Ohio.
Any films or filmmakers that inspired this film?
Co-directors Ricky Glore and Nicholas Hiance were heavily influenced by the indie film scene of the 90’s, specifically burgeoning young filmmakers like Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, Spike Lee and Paul Thomas Anderson.
Other loved filmmakers that were drawn inspiration from are Wes Craven, Sam Raimi, John Hughes and John Carpenter.
What is the goal of the film for you?
We are extremely fortunate to live in the day and age of feasibly having access to top notch equipment without a huge expense. With shooting cost and postproduction, our film was made for $5,959.69. Our main goal of making the film has already been achieved, but our mini goals are laid before us and hopefully also achievable. We first want to get the film in front of as many eyes as possible (festivals most likely) and then we want it to entertain the audience. If that can happen, we’ll be over the moon. The next cherry on top would be to get enough recognition to be afforded to make another film.
What has the journey been like getting the film into production?
The process has only taken a little over a year, from the conception to production.
We had both made short films in the past but were always afraid and timid to pull the trigger and make a feature happen. Together we sat down and decided, “It’s now or never!” It’s something we felt like we had to do, or we’d regret it for the rest of our lives. That thought of possible regret led us to examine our lives and “what could have been,” and then we developed the basic bones of the story that appears in the film.
With the goodwill, help and support from local artists, we were able to attract enthusiastic and excited people to bring the film to life.
One thing you learned from this project?
When you are the writers, directors and editors, the film you’re making is a constant puzzle. Executing your vision is good, but when you have the luxury to bend, reshape and evolve your project as it is going on, you should take those opportunities and not shy away from it. You might not see the big picture completely at first by looking at all the pieces, but slowly the puzzle will start coming together in ways you might not have been able to understand when starting it.
How can folks find you and your film online?
ALL YOU FRIENDS ARE DEAD will soon be submitted to festivals all over the world, but will make its public premiere in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Esquire Theater on August 25th.
To follow the film and stay up-to-date, visit www.TheNKY.com or follow @RickyGlore on Twitter.
Any last pieces of advice for fellow filmmakers?
YOU are the only thing that stands in the way of making what you want happen, happen.
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