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Kristy Langford: You have been in some awesome indie horror films. Have you always liked horror films and if so, what are your favorite ones?
James L. Edwards: Horror is definately my favorite genre. Night Of The Living Dead was one of my favorites. It's a shame that John Russo had to go and defile a timeless work of art with his damn 30th Anniversary Version. Further proof that that guy is only in it for the money. As far as more recent, my faves would have to include Dellamorte Dellamore, Session 9, and Slashers. Also, not quite a horror film, but Battle Royale is probably one of the most frightening and well made movies I've ever seen.
KL: Bloodletting is my all-time favorite film and that exploding baby scene was awesome. How was it
to shoot that particular scene?
JLE: It's a shame, but I wasn't there when they shot the actual effect of that scene. It was really cool to work with Paul Morris & Teresa Contantine, both of whom I had heard really great thinks about and were a blast. It's actually one of my favorite scenes in any movie that I had done.
KL: I thought that you and Ariauna Albright had great chemistry together in both films, Bloodletting and
Polymorph. Would like to work with this very talented
actress again?
JLE: Ari and I had alot of ups and down during the time we worked together. I can honestly say that at one time I considered her one of my best friends. I thought we had a real decent shot at becoming kind of a no-budget Paul Bartel/ Mary Woronov, but sadly that only lasted two movies and a short
KL: You have worked with the likes of J.R. Bookwalter and Scott Spiegel. What was that experience like to work with both of them? Would you like to work with
them again?
JLE: Scott was one wacky guy. I didn't really have alot of contact with him as the only time I really worked with him was during Skinned Alive. I do remember that during The Dead Next Door he showed up to do his scene he had this large hammer with him. I was 13 years old at the time, working as a production assistant on the film and was in the office when he showed up. He looked over at me as yelled "Look Out!!!" and threw the hammer at me. I paniced as it hit me in the middle of the forehead. That's when I realized the hammer was made of foam rubber. That's how he was the entire time he was there. He was nuts.
J.R. gave me my start and I will always be thankful to him for that. I would have loved to come back to work for Tempe, but it doesn't look likely.
KL: Out of all the films that you have done, which is by far your most favorite? Is there anything coming up in the future that we can look forward to?
JLE: My favorite would be Bloodletting, hands down. It's odd for me to say because with me being the ego-maniac that I am, You would think my fave would be Polymorph because I wrote and starred in it, but I think Bloodletting is the strongest movie I've been in. It's the number two thing I get recognised on the streets for. Sadly, Clerks is the number one think and I wasn't in that one.
As far as any new projects, I'd love to, but nothing has been offered to me. I am in talks with with an Ohio filmmaker named Tim Conway about assisting on his new project, but nothing is set in stone. I was also supposed to do a cameo in Wayne Harrold's new movie, but I never heard back from him. Guess we'll see.
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