Lin Shaye headlines the new horror film The Call with Tobin Bell, who fans of the genre will remember from the hit franchise Saw.
The Call centers on bullying and carries a message along with its scares. Known for both for her horror and comedy, Shaye has a lot to say about it.
5 Things You Need to Know:
- The Call takes place in 1987, where a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a couple they bullied and disrespected.
- With a career spanning over 40 years, Shaye has appeared in more than 100 feature films, including the Insidious film series, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the Farrelly brothers comedies Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, and There's Something About Mary. "I love working, I love acting, I love finding characters, I love storytelling," she said. "So for me, I make no distinction between comedy, drama, or horror."
- With an underlying theme of bullying, Shaye got very passionate about how this film relates to present day and the current political climate. "I’m very eager to shed the light as brightly as possible on the horror we are living in right now, and as an artist, I want to be able to do that in a palatable way, so people aren’t afraid and see it and feel it," she said. "It’s not going to change anything."
- Shaye has been busy, already featured in six episodes of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, as well as the big screen features The Voices, Dreamkatcher, Killing Winston Jones, and Max Reload and the Nether Blasters.
- Having just turned 77 this week, Shaye said she's not a big Halloween fan and doesn't deck out her house for the holiday. One of her favorite horror films is Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.