Oct 19, 2026 · 31 min · 10 segments
For the month of October, Directora is all things women in horror - including talking to directors of cool new horror films! We talked to director Alison-Eve Hammersley about her new found footage…
Alison-Eve HammersleyGuest
Stephanie WeberHost
Were you inspired by other found footage horror films or what, what was the decision to make the film like this?
I mean, I think, you know, there's people who are real diehards of the genre.
um i remember when blair witch came out and i was i was a little too young for it at the time but by the time that i did see it it was it was just kind of this phenomenon that really held up over time and honestly i don't know the last time you've seen it but it it still does it's it's excellent
And I feel like what we pulled a lot from that was the sense of comedy that they had.
So we really wanted a lot of the tension of something like Blair Witch, but a lot of the moments of levity of something like Creep.
And when I say us, I'm referring to myself and the writer, Jay Batsley.
And around then, everyone was like, you're going to get your first feature this year.
Were you inspired by other found footage horror films or what, what was the decision to make the film like this?
I mean, I think, you know, there's people who are real diehards of the genre.
um i remember when blair witch came out and i was i was a little too young for it at the time but by the time that i did see it it was it was just kind of this phenomenon that really held up over time and honestly i don't know the last time you've seen it but it it still does it's it's excellent
And I feel like what we pulled a lot from that was the sense of comedy that they had.
So we really wanted a lot of the tension of something like Blair Witch, but a lot of the moments of levity of something like Creep.
And when I say us, I'm referring to myself and the writer, Jay Batsley.
And around then, everyone was like, you're going to get your first feature this year.
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