Kachina Dechert Interview By Trevor Wright Growing up, were you a fan of horror movies? And if so, which ones were your favourites? My dad would sit my sister and I down and make us watch scary movies with him all the time, so of course we would. My mum would get pissed because we’d both have nightmares for days because of it, lo but I loved watching them! The two I remember being scared shitless of most were Pumpkin Head and Steven King’s The Langoliers. The guy ripping the paper over and over again... ahhh it still makes me cringe! How did you start in modelling and did this lead to acting? Modelling came after acting; they definitely both go hand in hand. I needed to get head shots taken for acting submissions and the photographer said, “Why aren’t you modelling?!” I think I laughed a little and said, “I don’t know, I guess I never thought about it.” He then proceeded to tell me about some sites where local models, photographers. makeup artists and hairstylists go to put their work up, one of them being ModelMayhem.com. So I signed up, put some photos on, got lots of e-mails with proposals and ideas, and of course being careful with the ones I chose to do I started shooting. Then after I had enough photos that I loved and was proud of, I started looking for representation and now I’m represented by my modelling agent, Maggie Inc, and have gotten lots of work from them. We’ve worked together on The Green Monster. Was this your first role? What was the experience like for you? Yes, The Green Monster was my very first role. It was a ton of fun! I remember auditioning for the part. I think I went to read for the role twice. It was so thrilling and exciting and I was nervous, but the whole time I knew I had the part - I could feel it. It was a great production, everyone was very professional, we were all learning and I think have all come so far since then.
What is Blood Sin? When and where can we see it? Bloody Sin is a Boston University short film I just completed. It is a thriller about a girl vampire who doesn't want to kill to feed anymore. She has only one friend who she can trust. He brings her blood, but when people at his job start noticing missing blood bags, he is then forced to stop, leaving her starving and uncontrollable. It is being entered into festivals and I will also be putting a clip of it up on my website, so you can also check it out there. Do you see yourself continuing to work in horror films or would you like to predominately do other genres? Since The Green Monster I’ve done many different genres including sci-fi, thriller, romantic, comedy, action and of course more horror. I’m always looking to broaden my horizons but when another opportunity comes along to work on another horror film, I will gladly accept. What exciting projects are in store for Kachina Dechert? I have just wrapped on two films in which I play the lead. Both should be out by Christmas. I also just wrapped doing Salma Hayek’s stunt doubling. I’m now on the Adam Sandler film and going to lots of auditions. I have some booked print work coming up and a couple of films lined up to start pre-production within the next month. I’m always on the lookout for new projects to be apart of :) This magazine does a lot of interviews with horror authors and publishes a lot of horror fiction. Do you have a favourite horror author and/or book? Well, I’d love to say I read a ton but I don’t. Do picture books count? Haha - only kidding. I really envy readers! For some reason I just get bored and restless while reading, so I end up going to the kitchen, making a cup of tea, forgetting all about the book and moving on to something else. The only book that has ever gotten my full attention was The Diary of Anne Frank. I was so