Lucifer Valentine

An Interview with Lucifer Valentine

• Greetings Lucifer! Welcome to the Carnival of the Grotesque. Can you tell us about your background, how you got involved with film making?

Well, it's a combination of a bunch of simultaneous developmental events in my life, when i was about 12 years old when i first got into music and movies, and onward from there . . . i got IMPRINTED by my first experiences with music and movies just because of the stuff my friends were into, and the context in which i first came into contact with this material, and my own personal innate predispositions and inclinations were activated at this first stage of development as an artist.

Like most kids (i think), i spent an unbelievable amount of time just hanging out with groups of friends', and at the time, that "hanging out" seemed to be the ALL IMPORTANT, most meaningful thing in my life!! and i always had incredibly strong, very deep, meaningful friendships that were almost like unbreakable bonds and alliances that at the time were very fucking intense, so naturally, my "culture", and my fate as an artist, was dictated by initial experiences with my friends growing up . . .

SO, my first experiences with music were the bands Slayer, Black Sabbath, Napalm Death, Carcass, Melvins, Sacrifice, Metallica, Venom, Deicide ---- all their early stuff . . .

And as for movies: my first memories are: Faces of Death, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Man Behind the Sun, Guinea Pig, Bloodsucking Freaks, Microwave

Massacre, Maniac, GG Allin bootleg videos, Nekromantik, Salo, Eraserhead, Cannibal Holocaust to name a few (i think i may have seen almost ALL of the

'Death Series' shock-u-mentaries in existence' i watched those religiously).

. .and before that I wasn't really into movies, like when i was really young, i just liked collecting bugs and frogs and tadpoles, seriously!

I have to say, that when I initially saw Man Behind the Sun, on subconscious levels i "knew" that i would eventually end up making my own movies, because that movie affected me very deeply . . .

• Slaughtered Vomit Dolls, your soon to be released movie is already being discussed widely online. What's the story behind it, how it came into being?

Well, Ameara was my ghoulfriend at the time! And I had met her through some common friends at a party. She had been in a few Hardcore Porn movies and was a stripper . . . we got to talking, and (believe it or not folks!) she actually kept asking ME out, because we kept seeing each other around at parties etc. So we got together, and eventually she needed a place to live because she got thrown out of her other place. I said definitely she could stay with me, BUT I told her that I am ADDICTED to shooting anything and EVERYONE who hangs out with me for any period of time, and that if she's LIVING in my apartment, well, she's GONNA GET SHOT BIG TIME!! She just said, "Sure! What do you want me to do?" And that was that. We then proceeded to dig very, very deep into the darkest, most disturbing regions of our lives and minds possible at the time and I shot her at my place and other hotel rooms etc. for 5 months!! Ameara and I are not boyfriend/ghoulfriend anymore, but we are very, very close friends, she has a new fella etc.

• What's more important to you; your viewers thinking it's the sickest, most extreme film ever, or them thinking it's actually a rather good, well made movie?

Both, because i think Slaughtered Vomit Dolls has both of those qualities.

• Let's get the obligatory vomit questions out of the way...

What was it like on set when you were filming some of the more gross scenes? I really can't imagine if it was comical with all that puking or serious and intense.

Well, I LOVE PUKE, and am what is known as an Emetophile, so it certainly doesn't bother me any!!

On set, with Hank Skinny, it was usually hilarious cuz he's just a big fun guy to have around!! Those shoots were supposed to reflect the delirious, hysterical mania in Angela's mind, so we had a ball on set!!! In shooting Ameara's vomiting scenes, that was the opposite cuz those scenes were private moments reflecting her Bulimia, and various addictions, and were meant to be very sad, lonely moments, so that was more intense . . .

• Can you share your secrets on how to get the perfect projectile vomit?

It really depends on the person, everyone vomits differently at different times, one thing i can say to y'all, regarding projectiles is; just make the performer drink a ton of water or beer or something that will nauseate them when they drink it in excess, and ask them nicely to drink these liquids until their stomach is fucking distended, then you are on your way to having a very fun party!!

• How on earth do you manage to find people who are willing to vomit in your film? I'm just trying to picture the auditions...

Well i don't really do auditions, and i keep my sets very small and closed off; i want the least amount of people there as possible, and i generally wont work with any actors unless they are close friends of mine, even if we have only known each other for a short time, i make close connections very quickly with certain people that would be inclined to be in one of my movies cuz it's usually pretty obvious if they are even remotely inclined to enter the realm of Vomit Gore!! so basically, my sets are just a bunch of my friends who really understand me on many levels, and are Hardcore Motherfuckers, but they also just want to hang out on a Friday night and do some fucking insane shit!!

• I think that when Slaughtered Vomit Dolls is released, many people will agree with me that Ameara is extremely impressive as "Angela". Can you tell us how she came to get the part and how she coped with such a demanding role?

Well, i mentioned in a previous answer how i met Ameara etc, and this is my description of her:

She is a Hardcore Cinematic Warrior. She is a walking contradiction, a paradox --- she is both extremely shy and vulnerable, and fierce and shockingly intense, she is a tiny, 100 pound little girl, a delicate fragile POWERHOUSE with astonishing and bizarre physical strength, and trust me folks, she can barroom BRAWL with the best of 'em!

• The sound effects and music in the movie are very harrowing, claustrophobic even. Was it difficult to get a suitably disturbing soundtrack to match the on-screen visual assault?

No, it wasn't difficult at all because i created all those sounds myself and did the sound design and edited all the audio together with the picture --- so whenever i had an idea for audio that would go nicely with the picture in any particular scene, i would just go and record it in my home and cut in to the movie!!!

• One subject that is rarely handled well in horror films is the Occult, especially from a genuine Satanic perspective. It's touched upon in Slaughtered Vomit Dolls when "Angela" recites her pact with the Devil. As an Occultist yourself, would you like to expand on the theme in future films?

YES definitely!! And in my second film that i am currently half way done shooting, i carry through the theme of Satanism in the form of personal Pacts that people make . . .

• Even in our supposedly enlightened times, Occultism is still treated with both fear and contempt. Do you anticipate any anti-Satanic backlash?

Sure, that has happened to me all through my career as artist, Satanism seems to really touch a nerve with a lot of people, and I LOVE seeing people just fucking lose it when i tell them that they are sickening christian weakling scum, and that Satan is my Lord and Master, it's beautiful, some people go fucking ballistic and want me burned at the stake!

• Canada, your homeland, has a reputation for having strict censorship laws. Do you expect any problems with Slaughtered Vomit Dolls?

Not really, cuz we have a legal department to Kingdom of Hell, my production company, and everything was done EXACTLY TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE LAW, i NEVER deviate from the law, and if you do things properly, then you know how to get the most "bang for your buck" and greatly reduce the amount of

hassles . . .

• Are there any movies in particular that inspired you to get into film making? What are your personal favourite films?

I kinda listed my initial influences above --- my favorite movie of all-time is GUMMO, i love Guinea Pig, Salo, Begotten, Bully, Ken Park, Happiness, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Joe Spinell's MANIAC was a massive influence, and of course Man Behind the Sun!!

• What's next for Kingdom of Hell productions?

Two more Vomit Gore movies!! Then something a little different than flat out Vomit Gore, i can't say what it is specifically, but it'll for sure have SOME VOMIT, i cant really ever NOT have Vomit cuz for me it's like having a cup of coffee in the morning!!!

• Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and I'd like to wish you the very best of luck with Slaughtered Vomit Dolls.

THANKS!!!! This was FUN!!

Lucifer Valentine

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