Make It a Double

I've met and talked with a lot of filmmakers over the years. In and amongst those conversations, I've come to realise that the films that we generally associate them with are not necessarily the ones they would prefer to be remembered for.

That's not to say that they're not proud of the titles that made them famous and wrote their names in the annals of popular culture. Those pictures usually did well because the people who made them did memorable work, but that's never the only reason why films are successful. There are so many other reasons that they can't be counted, but often the most important one is that they were simply the right film at the right time to touch the right nerve.

Sadly, that often means that many far worthier titles are unjustly forgotten, relegated to obscurity by the sheer quantity of films that are made and the overwhelming power that is generated by the publicity departments of the major studios.

Back in 2012, at Phoenix FearCon V, I decided to start asking each name I met to select two films from their careers that they would like to see reviewed at Apocalypse Later. I left the reasons up to them. They could be their personal favourites, the ones that they feel are most unjustly neglected, those which were most memorable to make. They could merely be movies which were special to them for reasons that they may or may not wish to disclose.

The first person I asked was Tiffany Shepis, but the list has grown quickly this year and no doubt will continue to do so. She made her two choices quickly and surely, while I've found that many have one title ready on their tongue but have to ponder on the second.

As I meet more talent and ask them to Make It a Double, I'll add their names here and link to the reviews of the films they chose. I hope you find their selections as interesting and edifying as I do.

Rating System
1 - Abysmal | 2 - Bad | 3 - Poor | 4 - OK | 5 - Good | 6 - Excellent | 7 - Classic

Brad Dourif
Title	Year	H	D	Director(s)	IMDb
Humboldt County	2008	6	6	Darren Grodsky & Danny Jacobs	IMDb
Wise Blood	1979	6	6	John Huston	IMDb

Dan Haggerty
Title	Year	H	D	Director(s)	IMDb
Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan	2013	4	4	Gary Jones	IMDb
The Capture of Grizzly Adams	1982	5	5	Don Keeslar	IMDb

Sid Haig
Title	Year	H	D	Director(s)	IMDb
Little Big Top	2006	5	6	Ward Roberts	IMDb
A Dead Calling	2006	3	3	Michael Feifer	IMDb

Gunnar Hansen
Title	Year	H	D	Director(s)	IMDb
Gimme Skelter	2007	5	4	Scott Phillips	IMDb
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy	2007	5	5	Stevan Mena	IMDb

Adrian Paul
Title	Year	H	D	Director(s)	IMDb
The Breed	2001	5	5	Michael Oblowitz	IMDb
Nine Miles Down	2009	6	6	Anthony Waller	IMDb

Tiffany Shepis
Title	Year	H	D	Director(s)	IMDb
The Hazing	2004	5	5	Rolfe Kanefsky	IMDb
The Prometheus Project	2010	5	5	Sean Tretta	IMDb

Dee Wallace
Title	Year	H	D	Director(s)	IMDb
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder	1997	5	5	Richard A. Colla	IMDb
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard	2014	5	5	B. Harrison Smith	IMDb