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Natalie Erika James, Bella Heathcote, Robin Nevin RELIC TEN BURNING QUESTIONS: talking about horror with purpose beyond scares

By John Wildman 6 years ago

NATALIE: Yes, I was obsessed with Asian horror growing up and gothic horror literature, as well. That certainly played a part in influencing my work as a whole. When I came up with the idea for RELIC, I was staying at my grandma’s house, which is has been knocked down since, but at the time it was a 150-year-old Japanese house and it always freaked me the hell out as a kid. So, being back there – the combination of being in a creepy old house and the Alzheimer’s was the seed for RELIC.

FILMS GONE WILD: Justina Walford moderates Women Texas Film Festival’s Special Screening of XX at Alamo Drafthouse Dallas on International Women’s Day

By John Wildman 9 years ago

While discussing the films in XX, praise was evenly distributed among THE BOX, BIRTHDAY PARTY, and HER ONLY LIVING SON for various reasons, but the biggest laugh of the night came from the diminutive Niki Pence, when she explained her preference of DON’T FALL by explaining that the film connected with her since throughout her life, she has been “full of rage.”