Hi Deana,
thanks for chatting with us. Can you start us off
at Racks and Razors with a visual and describe
the room where you are answering these questions?
I am in a room with my
black cat Orchid. There are various horror icons
throughout the room and even a Disney horror
favorite...Maleficent. 'Pan's Labyrinth' is on a
60" screen and there is clay surrounding me
calling my hands to sculpt something. There are
two green Frankenstein pillows on the couch, a
copy of Rue Morgue and a copy of Fangoria on the
table. My Madame Alexander 'A Nightmare before
Christmas' Sally doll is on a shelf above my
head.
Why don't you
tell us a little about your role as Dr. Evelyn
Bower in your new film project called 'Chronicles
of the Beyond'? It's a chapter film isn't it?
Yes, it will be
several stories in one movie. 'Chronicles' was
great. Billy Tooma and I have worked together
before and it looks as if we will be working
together again. Dr. Bower is a doctor involved in
reconstructive surgery but it's not your run of
the mill surgery...this is the technology of the
future.
You have been in
a lot of horror movies some of which are 'Curse
of the Swamp Creature 2', 'Psycho Sisters', 'The
Larksville Ghost', 'The Ironbound Vampire',
'Blood for the Muse' etc. What have been one or
two of your favorite horror film projects and
why?
It's hard to say.
I have done over 50 films. "Ironbound
Vampire" seems to be the movie that I am
most well known for and I tend to get asked a lot
about it so I remember it a lot.
Smaller budgeted
horror films are also the frequent settings for
insane and hilarious incidents. Any bizzare or
hilarious anecdotes from the trenches you would
care to share?
I always tell the
story of my first film "Sorority
Slaughter". I was supposed to have my liver
ripped out in a bath tub. They used a real cow's
liver that sat out all day, fake sticky karo
blood and the hotel was rented. Needless to say,
I feel sorry for whoever had to clean that room.
So why is
Pumpkinhead your favorite creature?
'Pumpkinhead' was
one of the first newer creature movies I ever
saw. It isn't my favorite movie but 'Pumpkinhead'
was so larger then life...even though it was a
guy in a suit...the art work was inspiring to me.
I loved Stan Winston's stuff - God rest his soul.
Pumpkinhead was different...most creatures don't
look like him. The big head...the hands...I don't
know...I can't describe it. There have been
others that have inspired my art since
'Pumpkinhead' ...like Pan, 'Wishmaster' ,
Darkness and yes, the 'Jeepers Creepers'
monster...Anyone who knows me will tell you that
I don't care for CGI effects. Legend is one of my
favorite movies...look at the art in it.
Speaking of
creatures, you're also a popular sculptor at
various horror conventions and the creator of the
'Little Replicants'. Can you tell me a little about
that and how you started doing it?
'The Little
Replicants' were a trial. I use to sculpt model
kits but a lot of people stopped wanting to build
and paint their own stuff. They only wanted my
built-ups. I got tired of selling off my
displays. One Christmas I was sculpting teddy
bears in colored clay and I thought that if I
could do the teddy bears in color, how hard could
it be to do Jason or Freddy or Pumpkinhead in
color and the Little Replicants were born. Today
there are over 300 one of a kind sculptures all
in colored clay. I do not paint any of them.
Do you have any
other upcoming projects you would like to let the
Racks and Razors readers know about?
Well, since you
know about 'Chronicles' ...I am also working on a
movie called 'Process'. It's horror. I have
another project that I may be doing too. It is a
short film that I might be co-writing and acting
in. It has no title yet and we probably won't
even start until late 2009 but I was excited to
have the director take the idea seriously. I also
have a book in the works.
Back in the late
50s they had the series of movies 'I Was a
Teenage Werewolf' and 'I Was a Teenage
Frankenstein'. If they were to make a movie about
Deana Demko's teenage years it would be called 'I
was a Teenage ___________________'
because..........
I was a teenage
'Bride of Frankenstein'. I had scoliosis surgery my
senior year and had to wear a back brace most of
my teenage years. I got picked on the whole time
by cheerleaders and jocks. I was a goth chick
that didn't know she was a goth chick then.
Believe me; the homecoming queen tracked me down
everyday to make fun of me. I never thought
anyone would be interviewing me. I hated High
School. The people were so mean.
If you could star
in a remake of one death scene from any horror
movie which would you choose and why?
Wow...that's a
tough one and I'll explain why. I would have to
say...I would have loved to do the shower scene
in 'Psycho'. It is such a classic. It is so
beautiful. However, I don't care for remakes. I
wish people would stop trying to improve on a
classic. I don't think I could do that scene any
better then Janet Leigh...but I think it'd be fun
to see what it would look like to try to do it
with different people.
Okay, we're
pulling the car into the Deana Demko Drive In.
Which three favorite horror movies are going to
be on the triple bill for tonight and what
goodies are they going to be serving up at the
concession stand?
'Halloween',
'Candyman', and 'Spiral'.. They will be serving
popcorn and Low Carb Monster energy drinks.
What scares you
in real life?
Cruelty and
hatred...how mean people can be to other
people...Ok, and really big spiders! |