Umbhali nomqondisi uTyler Christensen ubonakala eze emhlabeni ethanda ukwethuka nangaphambi kokuba athole amafilimu asabisayo.

UChristensen, odumisa yena uqobo evela emndenini omhlophe “ojwayelekile”, umndeni wabamhlophe eWisconsin, uthi akanaso isiqiniseko sokuthi lokho kwavelaphi, kodwa bekulokhu kukhona. Njengengane, wayezokwakha izindlu ezihaunted egumbini elingaphansi bese ehambisa umama wakhe ohambweni oluqondisiwe.

Uyavuma futhi ukuthi wayekujabulela kakhulu ukukhipha izibani kudadewabo omncane noma nini lapho ekwazi. Igama lakhe nguRachel, futhi ngeshwa lakhe, ngesinye isikhathi wabona isiqeshana sikaZelda kusuka Pet Sematary lapho esemncane impela.

KuTyler osemusha, leli bekuyithuba lokuphila konke.

"Ngangifihla ngaphansi kombhede wakhe," wangitshela ngesikhathi kuxoxwa naye. “Kwesinye isikhathi bengilinda amahora amabili kodwa ngizinikele. Lapho ekugcineni engena embhedeni ngangiqala ukunwaya izinkuni embhedeni wombhede ngenkathi ngithi, 'Raaaaacheeeeel.' ”

Kwakuyizinkumbulo zokuqala ayenazo ngenjabulo yokwesaba nokusabisa abanye. Lapho ekugcineni ebona ukuthi amafilimu asabisayo ayinto, kwakuguqula impilo.

“Lapho ngibona ukuthi ngingahle ngibe naloyo muzwa ngihleli phambi kwe-TV. Bengikulangazelele ngokuphelele lokho, ”kusho yena.

I-Horror ishintshe impilo kaChristensen ngezindlela eziningi, futhi ukhomba kumabhayisikobho nezindikimba ezingaphakathi kwawo aqala ukuzibona njengezindlela zakhe zokuya ocansini aqala ukuzenza zaziwe.

Akakwazanga ukubeka umunwe wakhe ekutheni kungani ethanda Psycho kakhulu. Isikhathi eside, wayecabanga ukuthi kumane kuyisambulo sikaMama ekugcineni. Ngemuva kweminyaka ebuka, nokho, wabona ukuthi ukuhlukaniswa nesizungu kukaNorman okwakumdonsele kule filimu.

Futhi-ke kwakukhona I-Nightmare ku-Elm Street 2.

"Bengisemncane kakhulu ukuthi ngingakubeka ngamagama," esho, "kodwa ngikwazile ukuyibona ngacabanga, kukhona okuthile lapho ebengizizwa ngikujwayele."

Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho kwakhululwa enye ifilimu eyethusayo eyayizodlala indima enkulu empilweni yakhe. Ifilimu kwaba Iphrojekthi yeBlair Witch, Ngalesi sikhathi ifilimu yayizombeka endleleni yakhe yokwenza ama-movie amabi okwakhe.

Kuyo yonke iminyaka engu-16, uChristensen wathola omunye womfowabo omdala womngani wakhe ukuba abathengele amathikithi abazowabona ngayo le filimu ngempelasonto eyodwa eyayidlala enkundleni yemidlalo yasendaweni. Wayedonswe ngumkhankaso wokumaketha wefilimu futhi wayesezingxenyeni ezithile, ebabaza ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi ingokoqobo noma cha.

"Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi kwaphela nini, lokho kwaphela kwaba mnyama ekugcineni, angikwazanga ukunyakaza," esho ngeminonjana yaleyo njabulo yezwi lakhe. "Bekungigcine nginamathele ngokuphelele esihlalweni sami, nabantu abebepaka ngemuva bebebheka izihlalo zabo ezingemuva futhi beskena indawo yokupaka lapho bebheke ezimotweni zabo."

Wafika ekhaya ngokushesha okukhulu ngangokunokwenzeka, washaya i-AOL endala yokudayela, futhi waqala ukulandelela phansi konke ayengakwenza ngale filimu, wagcina ezwe ukuthi konke bekuyindlela yokukhangisa ehlakaniphile. Esikhundleni sokumvimba, nokho, kwabasa umlilo kuye.

"Abantu bakwenzile lokhu bakwenza kwaba sengathi abanye abantu bakwenzile nokwethusa izethameli zonke," esho. Ngangifuna lokho! ”

Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, yena kwaba kulokho.

Ukusebenza ngokwenyuka kwakhe njengezisebenzi zokukhiqiza ezinhlelweni ezifana I-America's Got Talent futhi Yenza noma cha, UChristensen wayebhala njalo futhi ngo-2016, ekugcineni wayebhale, wakhiqiza futhi waqondisa ifilimu yakhe yokuqala, Indlu Yesihlanzo.

Kule filimu, abasha abane abafuna indlu edume ngokutholwa, bazithola bengena, bebhekene nokwesaba kwabo okukhulu. Ngokwemvelo, ezinye zezakhe zavela ebusweni ngenkathi zilungisa iskripthi kudala ngaphambi kokuba senziwe.

Esigcawini esibalulekile, akukhona kuphela ukuthi omunye wabalingiswa ukhishwe ngendlela esabekayo, kepha ukusabela komndeni wakhe nabangane ukumgwema kanye / noma ukumhlasela.

“Ngangisesekhabethe ngesikhathi ngibhala lo mbhalo futhi ngangizibuza ukuthi yini into esabekayo engangehlela, nango ke,” kusho yena. “Ukungamukelwa, ukukhishwa ngaphandle, ukuthi umuntu athathe lokho kuwe kufana nokudabula amandla ezandleni zakho. Ngicabanga ukuthi ziningi izingane ezilwa nalokho, futhi ngangazi ukuthi kuzozwakala kahle. ”

Ngakho-ke, uChristensen angathanda kanjani ukubona ikusasa lokumelwa kwe-queer ethukile?

“Angiyidingi ngempela ifilimu eyethusayo 'yezitabane'. Angimdingi iqhawe ukuze ngibe yisitabane, ”kuchaza yena. “Ngilungile ngo-100% kumuntu oyisitabane efilimini esabekayo inqobo nje uma ubugebengu bakhe bungaboshelwe kubo ukuba yisitabane. Wonke umuntu ufuna ukuzibona esikrinini. Amantombazane amancane ayethanda Owesimame oyisimangaliso ngoba bathole ukuthi umuntu wesifazane ungumpetha. Umphakathi wase-Afrika-waseMelika wahamba ngobuningi uyobona Black Panther ukuze bazibone bemelwe njengamaqhawe. ”

“Ngibhale umbhalo lapho umgulukudu eyisitabane, kodwa hhayi yingakho eyisigebengu,” kuqhuba yena. “Ngikwenze ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi uma umuntu ezobhala leyo movie, kufanele ukuthi kube ngumuntu emphakathini wethu. Angidingi enye indaba ezophuma noma othile olwa nesimo sakhe sezocansi ngoba sikubonile kaninginingi lokho. Ngifuna umuntu ophumile futhi oziqhenyayo aqhubeke nempilo yakhe yansuku zonke ovele azithole esendabeni ethusayo. ”

Ngaphandle kokushoda kwalolu hlobo lokumelwa, kuze kube manje, uChristensen uhlala ethemba ngekusasa. Ukhomba izethameli azibonayo lapho eqonda enkundleni yakhe yaseshashalazini ukuze abone ifilimu entsha ethusayo. Okungenani ikota yabo, ulinganisela ukuthi bayingxenye yomphakathi we-LGBTQ, futhi unethemba lokuthi lawo maphesenti ngandlela thile avule amehlo abaphathi besitudiyo nabakhiqizi.

"Wonke umuntu uthi ufuna amazwi amasha, futhi sekusele isikhathi ukuthi amazwi ethu ezwakale futhi sizibona kaningi esikrinini esikhulu," esho.

Ngivumelana naye ngokuphelele, futhi ngithemba ukuthi sizoyibona kungekudala.