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DESTINY: Welcome Aaron from My Dying Bride, to my dungeon for afternoon tea. (Gestures for him to sit down on the comfy leather sofas and clicks fingers for gimp to offer him tea. Laughs wickedly.) Who am I kidding? Afternoon tea. (laughs as the gimp offers him each a goblet of suspicious looking red fluid.) I hope you weren’t expecting earl grey and scones.
AARON>There is indeed a time and a place for Earl Grey & Scones my Dear, but alas, I fear that this is not one of them. (accepts goblet without hesitation, eyes not moving from those of the Lady) Thank you.
DESTINY: (Sits down opposite him and accepts her own goblet.) Please Describe My Dying Bride in Five words?
AARON>Dark, intense and very moody.
DESTINY:(Traces her finger around the edge of the glass.) What will be written on your epitaph?
AARON>(noting the aroma of the red fluid, sour and insipid, decides not to take a drink) “I told you I was ill” or perhaps “Hypochondria is the only thing I never had”
DESTINY: If you had to have one part of your body removed. What part would it be and why? (smiles) This offer does not include internal organs sorry.
AARON>What a terribly unusual question. Especially from such a lovely woman as yourself. If I really must have a part of my body removed I suppose it would be something insignificant like a little finger or a middle toe.
DESTINY: (Takes a sip of the fluid and groans.) I said a vintage prior to 70. (Throws the fluid into her gimps face and sighs.) Its so hard to get good help nowadays. Does anything scare you or do you have any phobias?
AARON>Not a lot scares me (decides to put goblet down respectfully) although I am not the worlds greatest flyer. Being stuck in a metal tube full of aviation fuel several miles high fills me with a little intrepidation I must admit.
DESTINY: What are you worse habits?
AARON>(leans back, picks nose and examines contents intensivly) I don’t think I have any bad habits although my accquaintences may beg to differ.
DESTINY: (Rests feet on gimps back as he licks the red fluid up off the floor) If you could choose sex or love what would it be and why?
AARON>That is a very daring question my Dear (decides it could very well be loaded with an offer too) and I rarely divulge my private life to others. However, both are very important and, if manipulated in the correct manner, can be married together with beauty and compassion. I couldn’t possible choose between them.
DESTINY: You are starring in a horror movie, describe briefly the plot?
AARON>I loved the very end of The Blair Witch Project; the bit in the house. Having a ‘home movie’ feel, possibly in black & white and shot in a house with no lights except the tiny one stuck on top of the camera would be fairly intense. I much prefere ghosts to gore but a nice balance often works wonders. I think I’d like to play an arch-villain full of cunning and menace who dissapears at the end rather than dies.
Thank you My Dying Bride for allowing the readers to get to know you better. You can visit their web site at www.mydyingbride.org (Stands up and picks up a set of garden shears.) I apologise but you will have to find your own way out. (smiles.) Just follow the trail of blood. (Glares in the direction of the gimp and snips the shears.) I have a little and I do mean little, matter to attend to.) Drop those pants gimp.
AARON>(moves toward the large oak doors) Goodnight to you my Lady (bows head slightly, turns to leave but slips on gimp juice, falls and bangs elbow on marble floor) Aww… for fucks sake!
Following interview was my 2nd with my favourite UK director and writer Frazer Lee.
Destiny West:(Destiny sniffs the air, catching a familiar scent she opens the Red Scream dungeon door and smiles.)..
Welcome to one of my regular vistors Frazer Lee (winks and smiles), are you here because you can’t resist seeing me again or are you back to apologise for your behavior on your last visit? (grins.)
Frazer Lee: How can I possibly apologise enough for giving you so much pleasure last time? And of course I couldn’t resist trying out my new surgical equipment with you Destiny…
DW: (Destiny leads him into the dungeon) Look I have had the place refurbished, new torture equipment and all. (sighs) but I kind of miss the old stuff, I knew every sharp piece of metal and stain of blood fondly. Now I’m keen on a bit of role-play, I’ll be the nurse and you can be my patient. (Slides black coat off her shoulders revealing a tight white PVC nurses uniform and picks up a pair of latex gloves from the surgical trolley and puts them on.) Now if you can change into this gorgeous green gown, complete with slit up the back, we can start the examination.
FL: Crikey. The slit is normally up the front, or at least that’s what my local practitioner Doctor Fuqua, M.D. always tells me. I never thought white would suit you so well Nurse West. Crikey!
DW: Wonders if Steve Irwin has possessed Frazer’s body, but decides its some cheap gag at her nationality and decides to deal with his insolence later. Now lie down Frazer and try and relax, this won’t hurt a bit. (smiles wickedly.) Tell us about your new film Urbane?
FL: Urbane is a 21st century urban gothic horror about a medical student who uncovers the dark and terrifying secrets of a race of night demons called The Urbane. It is a modern riff on the old Incubus and Succubus legends – part vampire movie, part zombie flick, but I assure you – totally unique. We have Doug Bradley on board as Richard Germaine, leader of the Urbane, and Robert Englund (of Freddy fame) has expressed his interest in playing Germaine’s arch enemy Professor Fredericksen. The movie will be a culmination of everything that turns me on about horror – my beloved body horror is there, a touch of the supernatural, plenty of cinematic gore and a rich, dark mythology to draw on. I hope you’re as excited as I am about seeing it!
DW: Damn where has the lubricant gone? (Glances over towards the cells.) Those bloody gimps I bet they have stolen it again. (Picks up a tube of heat rub and waves it in Frazer’s face) Does this stuff work in the same way? (giggles and starts to squeeze some onto her palm) What is it with the horror film industry of late, there seems to be an influx of remakes, do you think the horror makers have lost their libido?
FL: (Gulps, crossing his legs) I think my libido just subsided for sure… Remakes are getting a bit tired, let’s face it. What about all the new screenplays out there? But we’re at the mercy of the market forces here really. I mean, it has kind of taken the success of the Dawn of the Dead remake to give Hollywood the balls to give George A Romero funding to make his new movie Land of the Dead. Ken Russell had to re-mortgage his house to self-finance for his last flick (Fall of the Louse of Usher). If legends like these guys have a tough time getting the funds, what hiope is there for the new blood? And I’ve lost count the number of filmmakers I’ve met at horror festivals who say they worked for seven or eight years to get their first features funded. It’s insane, and always will be! Remakes have always been there though, just look at the number of Draculas we’ve had, and remakes of old fifties monster movies like The Thing and The Fly in the eighties. I suppose remakes are much more visible now – studios are willing to pay a helluva lot of money producing and marketing these low-risk formulaic remakes. Fair play to them I suppose – I only hope that some of the profits from these films goes into making new and unique movies from new and unique directors. Like me! (Laughs, then notices the heat rub again…)
DW: (Groans) Don’t look so terrified Frazer, you should know me better than that. (Smiles) you have been working so hard lately, this heat rub is purely for a shoulder massage. (sighs) why do people always think I am up to the worse? Would you like to be visited by a Succubus?
FL: You know, I think I have been visited by a Succubus. I used to have a recurring dream where a beautiful young woman would sneak down the chimney stack and in to my bed. Halfway through doing the dirty deed, she would transform into a violently hideous hag creature. It seemed totally vivid and real. And no, I’m not talking about any of my ex-girlfriends here…
DW: (laughs) If any, what is your favourite horror movie of late?
FL: Bubba Ho-Tep blew me away. Coscarelli is a very special man, and Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis are just phenomenal in that picture. Sure, it’s a comedy on the surface, but underneath that movie is incredibly dark, scary and emotionally resonant. It kicks the crap out of any big Hollywood blockbuster released in the same year, that’s for sure. The other favourite I always have with me is of course the horror movie that’s in my head…
DW: (Touches his forehead) you seem to be sweating a little Frazer, I think you might have a fever. You better roll onto your stomach so I can take your temperature. (giggles) oops that’s when we play vets isn’t it? (laughs) look what you do to me, you get me all flustered. For Urbane do you think you might step in front of the camera for a change?
FL: (Laughs) Well, I did make a cameo in my short film On Edge – kissing a pierced-tongued princess in the nightclub scene! I couldn’t do a cameo in Red Lines as the schoolgirl costume wouldn’t fit me (laughs). But no, no plans to step in front of the camera in Urbane – I think that’d be TOO horrific y’know – I’ll leave it to the professional actors!
DW: Poke out your tongue for me and say ahh. (smiles.) Mmm (giggles) what a lovely tongue you have, all the better to…. ( laughs wickedly) Well you will find out later… Besides Urbane what else have you been up to lately?
FL: Well, I’ve been working on some ideas for sequels to Urbane, also in comic book form. It’s really liberating to write those without the constraints of a budget all the time, I’m just letting my imagination run wild really. I’ve published a few short stories entitled Ill Met By Moonlight, Conspiracy Of Silence, Pendragon Rising, and you guessed it Urbane – a short story prelude to the movie. These stories appear in anthologies alongside tons of great tales from people like Brian Lumley so I’m very pleased – you can find the books at www.lighthousemediaone.co.uk
DW: Do you envision yourself becoming one of the world’s best if not best horror director and will you still know me then? (laughs)
FL: (Laughs) There is no “better” – only “different”! Honestly, if I can make horror movies that horror fans take to their foul black hearts, then job done. There is always much to larn with filmmaking. I’ll just strive to make quality movies and keep learning and be happy with that. And of course, Nurse West, the bar tab is always online for you (winks).
DW: (Takes off her gloves and picks up a scalpel) if you could remake any horror movie what would it be and why?
FL: (Eyeing scalpel enviously) I honestly have no idea. I have too many ideas for brand new movies I’d like to make. Maybe I’ll end up remaking one of my own movies one day if t doesn’t quite turn out right.
DW: (Ponders if his gown needs a matching slit up the front.) What is the best thing about being you?
FL: (Laughs) Apart from doing interviews like this Nurse West, I’d have to say the best thing about being me is that I have an outlet, a focus. I’m never bored – my stories and images just have to find a way to wriggle out of my skull and onto the surgical gurney of the world, ready to open themselves up to vivid exploration!
DW: Have any of your stories been inspired by real life experiences?
FL: Not so much real life experiences of my own, but certainly the experiences of others. Red Lines was, in part, my reaction to the crass, almost necrophagous, media coverage of the Soham schoolgirl murders in the UK. The tabloid press and public at large made me feel sick as they camped outside the homes of the victims like flocks of carrion birds. This was something far more sinister than collective grief to me at the time. It was disrespectful and more horrifying than any horror I could dream up. So [[[[iframe]]]]d that disgust in a rather disgusting movie! And so Red Lines was born. Similarly, On Edge deals with that horror of the everyday event becoming something life-threatening and scary. I never had a bad experience at the dental surgery though, I actually quite enjoy a check up, being a bit of a dental pervert as I am. So I think I was compensating by creating a make-believe bad dental experience as a film. Other than that, my work is informed by my nightmares. I have some sublimely creepy stuff to share with you in future films and stories!
DW: (Drops scalpel and bends over to pick it up.) Do you have any advice for people wanting to pursue a career in the horror film industry?
FL: Well Nurse West, you just assumed the position that many people are asked to in order to get into the movies! (laughs) I guess the best advice is to try to surround yourself with the best people in the industry. Try and work with or for the people you admire the most. Learn also from those filmmakers who aren’t such good role models – watch them make their own mistakes so you don’t have to. Watch good and bad movies and take something away from them. Why was a particular scene good or bad? What would you do to improve it? I would also just say, forget about the genre for a moment. Focus on the story, the product, the package of whatever it is you are working on. Make sure it is being true to itself and performing to the best of its ability, be it a screenplay, a film, a score, some make-up designs, whatever. Imagine you want the entire world to see your work. What makes it unique so it stands out? And what makes it universal so it will appeal to a broad audience? I believe it is this approach that can make a horror movie transcend into a great horror movie. I love horror movies, all of ‘em. And the best ones were crafted by people who treated their work like a labour of love and a work of art.
DW: (Adjusts her dress) Hmm I really don’t think white is my thing. Perhaps I need a splash of blood to add some color, would you believe me if I told you Im from the red cross? (laughs) So what would you do if you were a woman for the day?
FL: Apart from the obvious, I think I’d go shoot a horror movie. There aren’t enough female horror directors out there!
DW: Finally before I shut the dungeon doors and get into the more physical side of this examination. (Laughs evilly) Is there any other news or information you want to share with the Red Scream readers?
FL: Well, just to say that my producers and I are currently chasing up funding for Urbane – please check out www.urbanethemovie.com to see how we get on over the coming months. You can also keep up-to-date with my adventures over at www.frazerlee.com – feel free to drop by and scream hello!
DW: Well thank you Frazer for letting the readers get to know the wonder that is you. (Holds scalpel towards him) Do you think this is sharp enough? I want a nice clean line, nothing jagged.
FL: Ah, but Nurse West, sometimes imperfection can be what makes it interesting… Maybe jagged is the new straight! Thanks to you, all at Red Scream, and everyone reading this – stay scary! Love, Frazer x
(Screams echo through the dungeon interrupting Destiny at work castrating one of her gimps.) Hmm I wonder who that could be. (She wipes her blood covered hands on her plastic apron and walks away leaving her gimps half severed testicles hanging there.) Coming. (opens the door.) Well hello there Seidemann, welcome to my dungeon. ( Leads him inside) Please excuse the mess ( points over to the shackled gimp covered in blood) Castration can be such a messy job, but someone has to do it. (laughs evilly) Can I interest you in a free demonstration?
Seidemann: No thank you, I believe I may still have some use of my reprodutive organs.
(smiling) I was only joking with you. (Her eyes linger at his groin area and she licks her lips) You have got plenty of reasons to get yourself in tack, at least for the moment. (Ponders how she will prove that and giggles.) Please relax into this chair and make yourself comfortable. (Smiles wickedly) Yes I know it looks like a dentist chair and for all intensive purposes it is a dentist chair, but for you today it is just a seat.
S: No worries, I work at a place selling dental equipment so I’m used to this.We have no women offering free castrations though. (can’t seem to understand why)
(Kneels down beside him and straps down his wrists.) Don’t worry this is for your own good, I don’t want you falling off your chair do I? Last time that happened the person tried to sue me. (sighs) But (giggles) I took care of that problem. (glances over at the half castrated gimp.) Now please describe 1349 in five words?
S: Extreme, brutal, old-school black metal
(Pushes down on the pedal on the side of his chair causing it to recline so he is lying practically flat.) There isn’t that comfortable and you thought I was going to do horrible things to you didn’t you? (laughs) well never mind there is plenty of time for that. Now what are the three key elements to a successful black metal band?
S: Practise, discipline and good songs has made 1349 what it is, if we are successful or not is not for me to decide.
(Pulls trolley over to stop beside his chair and begins polishing the surgical equipment with a soft rag) Now if you had to have one part of your body removed which part would it be and why? (laughs) sorry this offer excludes internal organs and minor body parts like your pinkie finger.
S: (nervously) I guess I could do without one of my eyes, to look more like the norse god Odin.
(starts polishing a silver scalpel) Please complete this sentence… A woman’s place is?
S: Wherever she wants it to be.
What would you have written for your epitaph?
S: Seidemann was a bass player, now he is not. R.I.P.
(drops scalpel and bends over to pick it up, forgetting that she wears no panties.) What is your preference of under wear?
S: Personally I prefer boxer shorts.
(Stands back up and turns to face him, smiling, trying to ignore the screams of the gimp) Does anything scare you or do you have any phobias?
S: Human idiocy is almost scary, yet I have no real phobias.
(looks towards her gimp and the blood pooling on the floor beneath him.) Damn he’s a bleeder. (groans) I hate the bleeders, are you good with a mop? (raises eyebrows in anticipation.) Ah never mind, like I said earlier I have better uses for you. I’ll make the gimp lick it up himself later. Now where do you see yourself in five years time?
S: I see myself still playing in 1349, having more grey hairs and preferably all body parts attached to my body.
What would you do if you had a vagina for the day? (laughs) and I do mean as part of your own body.
S: I would probably wonder how that had happened.
If you could have any job in the world besides what you do now, what would it be and why?
S: I would like to have a job I enjoyed, and looked forward to, but those jobs don’t seem to exist. So basically any job with a lot of free time to spend on music would be good.
Finally, (smiles) before I get down to removing your pants and …. (giggles) well the readers don’t need the exact details. Is there any up and coming news and events that you can tell your fans about?
S: We’re planning a tour of Europe this Autumn, check our homepage for more info. I made it perfectly clear I didn’t want a castration? (nervously)
Now if you don’t mind just waiting there for a few moments. I have to get my nail gun out and tend to that gimps wounds. I will be straight back to take care of you. ( laughs evilly) Don’t look so worried Seidemann, I am just checking on what kind of underwear you are wearing. I have to see if you were telling me the truth. (smiles) trust me, I’m a woman..
You can check out 1349′s website at www.legion1349.com
Greetings fellow darklings,
Welcome to my world, I hope you enjoy your stay.
I am Destiny West, horror and erotica author, journalist and word artist. Horror is my passion and the English language is why I live and breath.
Here I will publish some of my stories which are of course not for the faint hearted. I accept no responsibility for heart attacks, medical bills or laundry expenses.
If you are easily offended then I suggest you move your mouse to the little box with the X in it, in the right hand corner of your screen and don’t look back.
If you are of religious conviction I do not need to be saved nor do I need your condemnation. I am quite comfortable and at ease for what will be my afterlife.
If you are under the age of 18 I suggest you check back when you have blown 18 candles out on your birthday cake. I’ll look forward to seeing you then.
For all others who dare…. Welcome…
` Destiny x
