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Turn Your Trauma Into Horror With 'Dead Whisper'

No Film School

July 11, 2024

Director Conor Soucy on shooting scenic Cape Cod and translating a dream into a cathartic feature.

Ever had a dream so scenic and filmic you just can't shake it? How about a coinciding, traumatic life event that needs to be further explored through artistic fiction? Sometimes you can't let the strike of inspiration shake, and thankfully Conor Soucy didn't with his latest feature, the eerily cathartic Dead Whisper.

Dead Whisper follows Elliot Campbell (Sam Dunning), a brooding lawyer with martial issues after the loss of their first-born daughter. If that wasn't hard enough to cope with, Elliot finds himself drawn to distant island off the coast of Cape Cod that spirals into a terrifying anachronism that feels inescapable. We've all been there.

Below, we had the pleasure of a formidable email interview with Soucy, where he digs deep on everything from shooting beautiful location shots on a tight schedule, to crafting intricately dense prop newspapers. Also featured: bad guy prosthetics! Please do enjoy this sea fare across a nightmarishly beautiful Cape Cod.

Editors note: the following interview is edited for length and clarity.

Dead Whisper is On Demand everywhere, including Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

Read the full article with questions and answers at No Film School.