Fever into big theatrical hits. He had just left a major studio to begin his own company, and Frozen produce. After that I did Hatchet 2, which was right around the time that Peter became the president of FEARnet which was a new horror TV channel. He said that he was was going to be, but didn’t want to do what Tales From the Crypt or an X Files), and, since I had been trying for 13 years to get Coffee & Donuts made, I
released 20 days from each other, which is It was hard because you get promised things; the agent will say this is happening and good, when we made Hatchet, we of course didn’t complete as possible. At the time it came out,
R: Tell us more about Holliston.
because the 2000s for horror was all about
AG: It’s a multi-camera traditional sitcom Friends or Big Bang Theory. It’s about two best friends, Adam and
When I got into horror it wasn’t to watch
retitled Holliston and premiered on FEARnet April 3, 2012. Holliston
bad commercials and stealing the equipment. Their dream is to get Shin Pads, which is about an undead Mexican soccer team - and for some strange reason no one in Hollywood is buying it.
after the second episode aired, the which will premier on Tuesday, June 4th this year. Holliston stars me playing myself, Joe Lynch, who is another horror director, Corri English and Laura Ortiz, who people would recognize from Happy Endings or the The Hills Have Eyes.
where Joe has a girlfriend named an adorable, cute Colombian girl who’s an aspiring artist who undead clown fetuses and other
the show played by Dee Snider. is the lead singer for a Van Halen tribute
the imaginary alien, Oderus Urungus, who
He is my imaginary friend - and sort of a
the fantasy of Michael Myers and Freddy Hatchet the swamps of Louisiana and now haunts the years, but they’re essentially comedies. When you see them with an audience, the audience is laughing and clapping and there’s nothing serious about it.
as beautiful. My character Adam Corri, who is played by Corri English. She’s a nurse who wants to be a country music
main ensemble of the show. And that’s really story and the struggle. Holliston is about that college and nothing is happening the way you thought. Your other friends are getting but because you’re chasing an impossible
R: things made? AG:
someone get strapped to a chair and tortured
Coffee & Donuts,
only access to people who didn’t want to recruiting friends and trying to teach them how to plug in lights and things.
partner and director of photography, and when we made Coffee & Donuts we started our company called ArieScope Pictures. Will 14 years now and has been my director of
and no matter how many best picture awards or audience choice or how many top 10 lists of the year we wound up on, or Ain’t it Cool
character in the show wants to be more than what they are - and that’s what people FEARnet, it was initially aimed at the horror crowd, but we were hoping it would become more mainstream from there. We really
Hatchet
two of Holliston while writing, producing and being on set for Hatchet 3 Hatchet 3 and the second season of Holliston
Resident