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We spoke to Oliver about making the film, his love of the books upon which it is based on and working with the young cast…
How did it all begin for you for
School’s Out Forever?
It began a long time ago; over ten years ago, when I read the book. I’d just met with the producer of
School’s Out Forever, I’d made my grad film at uni with her, and we were looking to make feature-length film, which we did with the abandon of people who have no idea how soul-destroying that would be as as a thing to do with no money [haha]. But we managed to do it and we were lucky enough to get it released in a DVD version in the UK and in America.
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Adapted from a trilogy of young adult books by Scott K Andrews, that forms part of the âshared worldâ Afterblight Chronicles series, this gory British boysâ school-set sci-fi posits a deadly virus that swiftly kills almost everyone everywhere except those with a particular blood type. If The Lord of the Flies crossed with The Road and a dash of Tom Brownâs School Days sounds like your bag of blood, than this ruthless romp will be a kick in the head.
Director Oliver Milburn, who has made a bunch of horror-themed shorts and one feature (The Harsh Light of Day), has a real knack for staging action and coaxing sincere, punchy performances from his mostly young cast. Much of the story is seen through the eyes of Lee (Oscar Kennedy, actually 22 but babyfaced enough to pass for a teenager), one of the few scholarship boys at St Markâs, a posh all-male school deep in the English countryside. Busted by the headmaster (Antho
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