HOW DOES WORKING IN AUSTRALIA ON STORM WARNING COMPARE TO WORKING IN AMERICA ON URBAN LEGENDS?
It’s very different. I actually made my first two films in Canada, with a much bigger budget and a lot more time. In that respect it was easier, but I had a lot more autonomy on this movie. I edited and scored it myself; I didn’t have that kind of freedom on my first two movies. I certainly wasn’t allowed to let rip with the violence in my first two, because they were studio movies. I felt I was very blessed to have a studio film as my first feature experience, but it was a little bit limiting, because I couldn’t go nuts with the violence. The horror fans expect that, and I always want to deliver that. In that respect, it was liberating. I wouldn’t say it was easier. This is the hardest film I’ve ever done just because of the time constraints and the amount of stuff we were trying to achieve: the mechanical effects and digital effects we were trying to squeeze out of that tiny little budget. It was different. I love making films in Australia, and I love making films over here, too. WHA
