Owen: You began your film career
with a speaking part as a Pod Soldier in Abel
Ferrara's remake of 'Body Snatchers'.
What bit of direction did Ferrara give you when
he filmed the scene?
Kimberly: Abel Ferrara is a very unique guy, they call
Abel's regular group of friends Abel's Stable.
Haha. Its hilarious the actor James Russo
told me that Abel's father was one of the biggest
gangster types in New York years ago, Abel was
always telling me they were poor Italian trash
but yet he always talked about going to Havana as
a child and gambling. Go figure... if he gave me
any direction on how to act during Body
Snatchers I could not understand it, he
mumbled constantly and I never understood a word
he said. Giggles. Abel is a great guy and can be
a lot of fun to be around but if he gets mad
watch out! He took the wheel of my car one
night and almost ran us off the road because he
was jealous over something.
Owen: Yeah, subsequently I read that you dated director
Abel Ferrara (The Bad Lieutenant,
Dangerous Games) for a
year. What was that like? Is he as
intense as his films?
Kimberly: Same as above, VERY INTENSE. We spent time
in Miami and stayed in L.A. at the Chateau
Marmont, I met Madonna. He was a blast to
be around. Then we went our separate ways,
I wish him the best always.
Owen: Ive heard you were a
"lifelong fan of horror". Was it
exciting to be working on a 'Dead Clowns'
alongside so many long-established actors in
the genre?
Kimberly:
Yes, I adore Brinke Steven's I have worked with
her recently in the yet to be completed
House of Shadows and she is a joy to
work with a beautiful lady and a complete
professional!!! Debbie Rochon is just a lovely,
lovely lady and I love all her films. I am
very proud of Dead Clowns the
producer just sent me a sealed copy of the
British version and I was proud to see the
excellent cover art and my name on the front
along with Debbie and Brinke and Eric Spudic and
Jeff Dylan Graham and Lucien Eisnach who by the
way did FETAL BOY GOES TO HELL and if you have not seen it YOU SHOULD!!!
It is going to be an Indie Classic when
everyone finally gets a taste of Lucien's twisted
tastes! Oh Robin Griggs is in Dead Clowns
as well and does a fantastic job! I have
to say that Dead Clowns just has
a fantastic cast and I hope to work with Eric
Spudic again one day soon, he could win the title
of the hardest working guy in films
easily!!!!
Kimberly: As for clowns freaking out people: Hmmm
lets see they are funny yet creepy. I used
to dress as a big giant hilariously fat clown and
go to my son's kindergarten class and there would
always be about two kids that would freak out and
almost wet their pants. I would have to
warn the school two days in advance when I was
going to appear and do a show because they had to
set up an alternative class for the kids with
CLOWN TERRORS! Haha. I think
Hollywood has perpetuated the clown fear thing
with so many films.......and maybe John Wayne
Gacy helped out a bit. Giggles and grins.
Kimberly:
ZOMBIES...definitely the thought of re-animated
dead flesh rising and terrorizing me. For a great
many reasons, Dawn of the Dead
and Day of the Dead were some of
the first horror films that scared me and I think
something we never think of much when watching a
movie is that dead flesh would have a horrible
putrid stench and that is the scariest thing to
me. I am a clean freak and almost to the
point of being a germiphobe so can you imagine my
horror if I were to be touched by dead flesh!!
Smile
Owen: You also worked in Ted V. Mikels 'Mark
of the Astro Zombies' with Brinke
Stevens. In that film I hear you get to die
horrible...any hints or teasers?
Kimberly: The only
thing I can say about working with Ted V. Mikels
is that we were friends for a while, we have lost
touch. He contacted me and asked me to do
it and a family illness precluded my traveling
there so I got a crew together and filmed my own
scenes, actually I WROTE my own death scene and I
did the stunts and set up the clothes line stunt
etc... It all turned out beautifully and he used
the footage although he forgot to give me credit
for writing and filming and directing my own
scenes but alas I rarely get such credit it
seems. Sad smile. The only good think I can say
about it for sure is that there were many toys
and bobble heads and posters and websites set up
and all sorts of foreign publicity etc.... Also
the exposure was good I recently saw ten
copies for sale in BEST BUY and also Sun coast
and about twenty for sale on Ebay new. I
never saw a cent for it sadly!!!!
Owen: Speaking of gore, you've also worked twice with
gore legend and exploitation pioneer David F.
Friedman (producer of the Herschell Gordon
Lewis' classic 'Blood Feast') in
'Redneck Revenge' and 'Search
for the Beast'. What were your
primarily memories of those two filming
experiences?
Kimberly: Working
for Dave Friedman was a dream come true, he knew
all about the amusement park rides and the rides
and carnival history are my favorite thing on
earth!!!! He is like a mix between
Cecil B DeMille and P. T. Barnum; he is a lovely
man and a true SHOWMAN! I enjoyed working
on both movies even though they are basically
forgotten. I think Something Weird sells them both. I have very fond memories
of them both and Dave and Rick Montana and the
cast. I would LOVE to hear from Rick Montana
again, just to know he is doing well. He is
a true hero of mine!
Owen:
Joe Bob Briggs gave you a Drive-In Award
for your supporting role in 'Horrortales
666'. Do you actually get a little
statuette or a certificate or something or is it
a verbal mention?
Kimberly: I ADORE
JOE BOB BRIGGS!!!! HE is just the
kewlest and most beautiful man I
know!!!! I will never tell about the
prize that I got for that award. Giggles. I
would love to have a life size statuette of
HIM!!! I hope to one-day get the hug that he
still owes me from him!!! I cannot say
enough nice things about Joe Bob!
Owen:
Any overriding memory of the 'Horrortales
666' shoot?
Kimberly: Horrortales 666 was a lot of fun to do, it was another one where
we shot our own scenes in our home studio here at
SCREAM FARM but Phil Herman is a doll and Joel
Wynkoop is just the greatest!!!! Joel
helped me a lot through his talking to me after I
recently lost my father. He was a great
inspiration to me while caring for my father
during a yearlong illness before I lost
him. I know my father is in heaven; he died
with a prayer on his lips. It has been very
difficult for me the last four months without my
father but we are all making progress, life goes
on and my father would have been so happy about
my brother's wedding this week in Jamaica!!!!
Owen:
Tell me about being a victim in 'Psycho
Santa'. How did Santa get his Cole
for Christmas? Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Kimberly: That was
very clever about the Cole for Santa
Claus. Haha A friend of a friend
suggested me to Director Peter Keir and that was
how it happened, they were kind enough to include
my own son in the filming, we both die of course
but it was great fun and I had one of the kewlest
and funniest prolonged death scenes in
history. Its TRUE black humor! Also I
recently completed scenes for PSYCHO
SANTA PART TWO!!!! I am excited
about that!
Owen: In your
resume it also says you played Tallulah
Bankhead's lesbian lover in a Japanese
made-for-TV movie shot in Alabama.
What is that all about?
Kimberly:
Just like it says about 7 years ago a
Japanese company came to town to film two small
films the Ty Cobb story and the other one about
Tallullah Bankhead and I play her lesbian lover
although I tried over and over to get a copy of
the movie all I ended up with was a game show
that used some clips from the movie all is
Japanese and of course not using my scenes which
were short.
Owen: You've also made a decision not to do nudity in
films. Since you work primarily in the
low-budget horror genre has that cost you a
number of roles? Were you ever tempted?
Kimberly: I have chosen not to do nudity and it has cost me
QUITEA BIT actually, more than just roles it has
cost me PLENTY of those but it also did not make
a difference, first of all let me say that I was
NEVER tempted to take my clothes of and give up
who I am and embarrass my son for nothing, there
is no money in doing indie films, nothing but
heartache in reality. It did not matter
because I have done lots of charity in the past
and was just starting to make a respectful name
for myself in my community and suddenly someone
heard I did B films and at first they were
delighted but then someone saw that CREMAINS was in the porn bin at SunCoast in the mall
(WRONGLY SO, there is only two nude scenes and
NONE ARE OF ME) and the rumors went around that I
was a porn queen so I got murdered by association
and my reputation was in ruins so I quit my
charity associations and just moved to this farm
in the country. It has even cost me my
reputation with the people I volunteered with at
my son's school. I decided to focus on
other things here in my community because I am a
fighter and never give up. I have a lovely
home in the country in Jones, Alabama with a
great big in ground swimming pool with a stone
waterfall that pours into the pool and a pond
with a stone lions head on a brick wall that
pours into it, I have my paradise here and things
are good. I have decided to do my own thing
and I call my home SCREAM FARM we have a giant
haunted house here and I have a stone statue of
death on my front porch much to my neighbors
dismay and a disemboweled statue of a scarecrow
holding up the sign for SCREAM FARM in my front
yard, my home is an A-frame two story built into
the side of a rolling hill. Its quite
unique. We have seven acres here and a
giant haunted house with theme park quality
animatronics from such masters of the horror
trade as SCAREFACTORY and BRUTAL
IMAGES made some of our props. We just got
four masks from another master mask maker JEREMY
BOHR; he is a fantastic guy and a major
talent!!!! I will include some photos of a few of
our animatronic props here at SCREAM FARM.
Owen: You are also an amusement park ride fan
too! I love roller coasters! Do
you get the same rush from a good horror movie as
you do from an especially high roller coaster
drop? Are you addicted to that same sort of
adrenaline rush?
Kimberly: I love
all amusement park rides but especially what they
call IRON RIDES, or central or circular based
rides. My favorite of all time is the
CHANCE TURBO, I have been searching all over the
world for one in good enough shape to buy and
bring home to SCREAM FARM to theme TURBOSTEIN and
run. By the way the haunted house is being run
strictly for charity. For children's
charities. The money will go to St. Jude
and a burn center for children and a charity in
my father's honor called BICYCLES FROM
CURTIS. That was my father's name. We
will give out bicycles to needy children at
Christmas and all through the year. I am
addicted to being scared and to the rides. I have
ridden one roller coaster at the beach forty
times in a row with my son and a group of
adrenaline junkies two years ago. It was a
BLAST!!!!! I was high for a week! It
was an old wooden coaster too!!!!!
Kimberly:
ODD NOGGINS is probably my favorite film
of all time but alas I think it was the last time
I will ever work with Joe Sherlock again. I
wish him nothing but success. He is a
phenomenal guy; he has just chosen other actors
and actresses. Odd Noggins is a bit of a
cult classic now, it was really fun to make and
an incredible group of people behind it. I
wish them all a world of success. I am
thankful I was a part of ODD NOGGINS.
Owen:
What roles do you have lined up in the future?
Kimberly: Right
now I am open for any paying roles anyone has in
mind but I am not actively seeking or begging,..
Haha, for roles. I am perfectly content to sit
here at SCREAM FARM and get everything running
right for HALLOWEEN, I want to scare the bejesus
out of at least 5,000 people this year!
Hopefully more than that! Due to my
father's health and then losing him four months
ago and having to spend the summer settling his
estate and taking care of other family matters I
had to turn down a couple of great roles and I am
doing some stuff for Luc Bernier that should have
already been done (sorry Luc) he is a great
actor, writer and director and he is French and
very sweet and gorgeous! I want to work
with Luc Bernier all I can for as long as he will
allow me. Other than that its just
SCREAM FARM right now. Oh and waiting for DEAD
CLOWNS to come out here in the U.S.
Owen: What makes
you scream in real life?
Kimberly: What makes me scream in real life...ZOMBIES AT MY
DOOR!!!!! But the scariest thing of all is
AN EMPTY CHOCOLATE BOX!!!!
AHHAHAHAHA! I love chocolate! |