Episode 117: Capture - Director Bruce Wemple's Cursed Camcorder Horror

In this episode, Matt sits down with director Bruce Wemple to break down his new haunted-house horror CAPTURE (2026), out now on VOD from Uncork'd Entertainment. They dig into the on-set glitch that inspired the film, the year-long hunt for a 1995 Sony mini-DV camcorder, and the early-2000s J-horror DNA buried in every frame.FILM DISCUSSED:Capture (2026), directed by Bruce Wemple, starring Kaitlyn Lunardi, Cedric Gegel, and Chris Cimperman. A lifelong orphan inherits her parents' abandoned house and finds a cursed camcorder and a box of mini-DV tapes hiding the gruesome truth about her family's past.CRAFT & GEAR COVERED:Outline-first writing process, locking down the perfect upstate New York location, casting Kaitlyn Lunardi in dual roles, run-and-gun shooting at the empty train station, the cursed 1995 Sony camcorder (and burning it at wrap), Red Komodo at full-frame 6K with the Metabones speed booster, DZO Vespid primes, Canon FD vintage glass, Aperture 300D/600D lighting, Quasar tubes, killing the exposition scene in the editINFLUENCES & COMPARISONS:Sinister, The Ring, Dark Water, Pulse, The Beyond, The Blair Witch Project, The Conjuring, The Innocents, The Haunting (1963), The Woman in Black (2012), 13 Ghosts, Annabelle: Creation, Evil Dead 2, Halloween, PsychoBRUCE WEMPLE'S OTHER FILMS:Lake Artifact, Monstrous, Wendigo, Dawn of the Beast, The Hangman, The North Witch, The RetreatWATCH CAPTURE (2026):- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Capture-Bruce-Wemple/dp/B0GK9TK1X2- Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/capture/umc.cmc.659i765lhv23nzk4hvb804v3t- Roku: https://www.roku.com/whats-on/movies/capture?id=7271e4325a9512d7706b31940099b03bDistributed by Uncork'd Entertainment.Follow Bruce Wemple: https://www.instagram.com/brucewemple/SHOW OVERVIEW:Website: thescarymovieproject.comGet your horror movie fix with filmmaker and horror junkie Matt Lolich, as he reviews and deep dives into horror movies and other spooky topics!Now with spoilerier spoilers!https://youtu.be/74gHxaGEuew