09th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023 Interview: Chris Smith talks ‘Consecration’

by Phil Wheat

Ahead of the European premiere of his psychologically disturbing supernatural thriller, Consecration, at FrightFest Glasgow 2023, director Chris Smith talks about the supernatural side of religion, filming in Scotland, and his encounter with a pregnant sheep. Another FrightFest, another Chris Smith movie! Our destinies seem intertwined. Why has FrightFest always been a key component to […]

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23rd Mar2021

Interview: Chris Smith talks ‘The Banishing’

by Stuart Wright

In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks The Banishing with director Chris Smith. 1930s, England. Linus, his wife Marianne and their daughter Adelaide move into town, where Linus has been posted as the new reverend. He’s been tasked by the Church to renew the villagers’ faith, which has been lost after the […]

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20th Feb2017

Glasgow Frightfest 2017: Chris Smith Interview

by Phil Wheat

Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest film Detour at Horror Channel FrightFest Glasgow, Chris Smith tells us the importance of FrightFest, his love of ‘film Noir’ and  his hatred of reality TV… FrightFest has premiered all your genre movies Creep, Severance, Triangle, Black Death, except Get Santa obviously. Is this positioning an important […]

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