In this week's episode, I chat with true horror royalty!

Inspired with film-making during weekly trips to the theatre to see the latest horror releases, by age 14 William Malone was making home movies and designing monster masks. At 19, he moved to Los Angeles to become and rockstar but a friend's request led him to work for Don Post Studios and it was in fact William who sculpted the Captain Kirk mask which eventually became the Michale Myers mask in Halloween 1978.

After attending UCLA to study directing, he wrote and directed Scared To Death and followed a few years later in 1985 with Creature. For over a decade after he directed episodes of hit shows such as Freddy's Nightmares, Tales From The Crypt, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, and Sleepwalkers.

In 1999, Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis approached William under their newly formed company 'Dark Castle Entertainment' and asked him to direct a remake of the 1959 William Castle film 'House On Haunted Hill'. The film has since become a cult classic and put William among horror royalty.

In 2002, he returned with FearDotCom which has since gained a huge following among the horror community. Upon the request of Mick Garris, William directed an episode of Masters Of Horror in 2006 called "The Fair-Haired Child". In 2008, he funded wrote, and directed his own movie 'Parasomnia' which is essentially a sleeping beauty story with some great horror twists and turns.

Join me as I chat with William about his start in horror and making his first big pictures, working with Klaus Kinski, and some insane stories you won't believe! He gives some fantastic tips for chasing your goals and aspiring directors! He also tells all about his huge movie prop collection and how he acquired it all, his fav horror movies, and what his future plans are to return to the business!

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