There is no way we could have shot in 12 days without having complete faith in them. Our cast was unbelievable and so talented. What was it like to collaborate with Dillane and his co-stars to tell this story?Ĭhris Mul: I have to thank my casting director, Alice, for that. You worked with a great cast on this movie, including Frank Dillane, who many know as Nick Clark on Fear The Walking Dead. Frank actually mentioned one of the reasons he was excited about the shoot was seeing how we would actually manage with only two weeks. We shot at the end of the summer, before students returned to the campus and that really helped us to move freely during the shoot. One of which was the university and the other a house in London. We managed to squeeze everything into 12 days across two locations. But they were amazing to us and very accommodating. They’ve had Thor and Downton Abbey shoot there, so they’re pretty well-equipped for filming. Where did filming take place, and what was your shooting schedule for Astral?Ĭhris Mul: We’ve actually had a number of compliments on our university location, which was Royal Holloway University, just outside London in the UK.
This is where we came to the idea of the The Fourth-a dimension where past, present, and future are available at once.Ĭombining the pseudoscientific practice of astral projection with the science of a higher spatial dimension allowed us to show audiences that the real fear of Astral is in its unnerving reality.
When we were researching, it was obvious to us that the phenomenon of shadow people was very real, we just had to find a way to explain the astral dimension existing in a realm beyond our perception.
And yet, people all over the world experience some of the things we highlight in the film. What are your thoughts on astral projection in the real world?Ĭhris Mul: Astral projection is often characterized as a pseudoscience, and there is no known scientific evidence that the objective phenomenon exists. When Michael had described in more detail his experiences, we felt that astral projection would make the perfect narrative device for a supernatural thriller.Īstral projection is such a fascinating backdrop for a horror film. It was only at this point that he had decided to tell us what he’d been doing. For everyone, myself included, there was the feeling of an ominous presence in the house. We were actually living with other people at the time, and curiously, they described seeing shadows, too. He’d told me how he recalled being paralyzed and feeling a presence breathing down his neck and snarling, while other times shadowy figures would simply stand in the recesses of the room, watching him. It was during this time that he had begun to suffer from frightening bouts of hallucinations and sleep paralysis. He was researching religions, esotericism, and spiritual practices, and discovered the principle of astral projection-so naturally he decided to try it himself. How and when did you and Michael Mul come up with the idea for this movie?Ĭhris Mul: I remember Michael first came to me whilst he was working on his upcoming non-fiction novel about the history of mankind. Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, and congratulations on your first feature-length film, Astral.
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What if there is another dimension where the past, present, and future collide, and what if there was something watching us from that other side? The thin line between our world and a spatial dimension is explored in Astral, and with the new horror movie coming to select theaters and VOD and digital platforms beginning November 23rd from Vertical Entertainment, we caught up with co-writer/director Chris Mul in our latest Q&A to discuss shooting his film in two weeks, working with a talented cast of young stars (including Frank Dillane from Fear The Walking Dead), and his research (and unnerving real-life experiences) of astral projection and shadow people.
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