SFX Master Turned Director Hiroshi Katagiri Talks ‘Gehenna: Where Death Lives’
Today, I had the honor of interviewing Hiroshi Katagiri, an incredibly talented special effect master, who once served as the primary artist at the legendary Stan Winston Studios. Katagiri has on movies like Escape from L.A., Jurassic Park III, Blade: Trinity, War of the Worlds (2005), The Cave, Doom, Hellboy, Aliens vs. Predators: Requiem, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Cabin in the Woods, Pirates of the Caribean: On Stranger Tides, Green Lantern, The Hunger Games, R.I.P.D., and Pacific Rim. Now, Katagiri is making his feature directorial debut with Gehenna: Where Death Lives, which he also wrote. Headlining the cast is award-winning actor Doug Jones (The Shape of Water) and genre legend Lance Henrikson (Aliens). Eva Swan, Simon Phillips, Justin Gordon, and Matthew Hegstrom also star. Gehenna: Where Death Lives follows a group visiting Saipan in search of a place to build their company’s newest resort. When they find an ideal location they discover a hidden bunker on the property. They begin to
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