Dale: It's day three here at Dead Northern, and Sunday has been going wonderfully well so far. I'm joined by the people behind He Kills at Night. Tell me about the film.
James: The film is about a mother travelling on Christmas Eve to reconnect with her estranged family. Along the way she's followed up the road by a strange man. It's all told in real time, mostly in one location.
Dale: And you wrote it, James. How did the collaboration with your brother come about?
James: We've been wanting to make a couple of films together on a reasonable budget. It came down to this idea and one other. This one was more difficult because it's all in real time in one location, but that challenge appealed to us.
Thomas: Half the film takes place inside a car. The challenge was: how do you keep building suspense when the environment never changes? That was exciting to me as a director.
Dale: How does working as brothers affect the process? Do you fight? Do you get on?
James: We're able to be really honest with each other. Because we're brothers, we don't get defensive. It actually works in our favour.
Thomas: We've mellowed with age. Twenty years ago it might have been different, but now we're both focused on making the best film possible.
