As a genre that’s all about keeping the audience on its toes, the horror movie naturally needs a regular injection of fresh talent, and writer-director Ti West is the latest to give it a shot in the arm. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1980, West spent his adolescence watching as many movies as he could catch on TV or rent from his local video store. Though he made stop motion movies with his G.I. Joe action figures, he didn’t give much serious thought to filmmaking until he decided to make a short film to indicate to colleges that he had […]
by Nick Dawson on Oct 30, 2009Inspired by true events, director Ti West (The Roost) throws out the typical elements and traps of the horror genre to create what he calls an “experimental horror.” Shot with one HD camera, West uses sparse dialogue, long takes and a haunting score to tell the story of three friends who travel from New York City to the woods of Delaware to hunt deer. Similar to films like Deliverance, The Decent or Open Water — ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances — the hunters become the hunted when a sniper begins to shoot them down one by one. But instead […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Mar 15, 2008