Episode 117: Capture - Bruce Wemple's Cursed Camcorder Horror
In this episode, Matt sits down with Director Bruce Wempleto break down his new haunted house horror film Capture, 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 2000’s 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, using a cursed 1995 Sony camcorder (and burning it at wrap), shooting on a Red Komodo at full-frame 6K with a Metabones speed booster, using DZO Vespid primes and Canon FD vintage glass, lighting with Aputure 300D/600D units and Quasar tubes, and removing the exposition scene in the edit.
INFLUENCES & 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, Psycho.
BRUCE WEMPLE'S OTHER FILMS:
Lake Artifact, Monstrous, Wendigo, Dawn of the Beast, The Hangman, The North Witch, The Retreat.
WATCH CAPTURE (2026):
- Amazon
- Apple TV
- Roku
Distributed by Uncork'd Entertainment.
Follow Bruce Wemple: https://www.instagram.com/brucewemple/
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