Janine McCaw's Blog: SUPERNATURAL CENTRAL - Posts Tagged "karen-lam"

I've said it before and I've said it again. I don't have a big fear of demons living here in Vancouver, because a lot of the kick-ass science fiction and fantasy television show are filmed here, and should anything go wrong our bases are well covered. But sometimes it does intrigue me that someone I know welcomes horror into her life. That person is Karen Lam, producer, director and screenwriter of the macabre. As you can see below, WE called her the Scream Queen so we can't take credit for that. But we can pass it on, oh yes we can.

I'm not alone thinking that things other people find bone-chilling, seem to make her almost giddy. She's been featured in Fangoria and Diabolique magazines because that's the way she rolls.

On Karen Lam’s filmmaking: "A meticulous emotional meat-grinder, genuinely redolent with directorial horror film prowess. Nicholas Roeg meets Ted Bundy." - John Skipp, Bizarro Central


See? It's not just me. That's a quote from her webpage at www.karenlamfilms.com . Look at the picture below from her 2011 short film Doll Parts. Doesn't it scare be bejeesies out of you? Because it should. It's creepy.

But Karen isn't.

Karen and I first met several years back when she was working at BC Film, and I was working as a programming distributor. So I'm checking in on what she's working on lately, and asking her the 5 not-so-thought-provoking questions that this blog likes to do.

SC: You have been (and really still are,) both. What's scarier? Being a lawyer or being a filmmaker?


KL: Way scarier to be a filmmaker. I'm a Spock at heart, and in law, there's an underlying logic and reasoning you can rely on. With film, it's like jumping out of a plane without a parachute. And I'd say that goes for all the creative arts.


SC: Rocky Horror or Little Shop of Horrors?

KL: Little Shop of Horrors. I live for that "Suddenly, Seymour" moment.

SC: Who'd you rather be on a plane with…Elvira or Bai Ling?

KL: Elvira, hands down. Elvira is a horror icon, and an incredibly smart woman that I respect. Read what you will into that.

SC: I have never been able to look at clowns since Stephen King's "IT". What horror novel left you with chills?

KL: I remember the novel that completely freaked me out was The Omen. The moment they dig up the mother's grave and it's a jackal's skeleton...ugh!


SC: What's keeping you busy these days?


KL: I'm still in post on my feature film "Evangeline." We locked picture this week, but there's another month of music, VFX, colour and sound design to go. After that, I have two tv series I'm developing, and another two feature film scripts to write. Gotta get crack-a-lacking!


Just as an aside, SUPERNATURAL CENTRAL knows that Karen also has her own Venus fly trap. How do we know this? Because she's not the only CREEPY one. Bwahaha. And we saw Cassandra Peterson at VanExpo and think Karen made the right choice on the question above. But if not, it's a plot for a movie, n'est pas?


Thanks for the interview, Karen.


For pictures and videos of Karen's work, please head on over to the SUPERNATURAL CENTRAL official site at http://bit.ly/Olk3Qc