Last Thursday, March 23, the new Alamo Drafthouse NYC in Brooklyn hosted a special screening of the well-received first film by Osgood Perkins, The Blackcoat’s Daughter. The Blackcoat’s Daughter is a psychological horror film set in a girls’ boarding school starring Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as Kat, a troubled student caught at the school during vacation, and co-starring Lucy Boynton and Emma Roberts, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto Film Fest but is finally getting a limited theatrical release. The film opens this Friday, March 31, at the Alamo NYC.
After the screening, Mr. Perkins, who has since released his follow-up picture, the subdued ghost story I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House, through Netflix, sat with Shudder’s Sam Zimmerman, along with stars Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton, for the entertainingly candid Q&A presented below (edited for space and clarity).
On Making a “Classy” Horror Film
Osgood Perkins: When I wrote it, it seems old-fashioned to say this, but the horror genre was sort of in trouble. Now that’s such a stupid thing to say because the horror genre has never been more of the moment. Everybody and their mom has a great horror movie. But at the time it sort of felt like a beleaguered slum. Continue reading →
