What were the motivations behind The Hollisters actions? What was their philosophies?

Ma: Psychopaths tend to be born so there is likely a genetic predisposition in Ma to commit these evil acts. Ma manipulates PA and Pitch to benefit her needs and goals. She mocks anything that will make a person weak… like love. Her criminal behavior is careful and calculated. Who do you think killed Trisha (dog walker) and the cops? She has lived in a rural area for years and gone under the radar … thought of as eccentric, but never capable of abuse and murder. She is satiated by the control and abuse of her son and unquestioning loyalty from PA, but once Ma has captured prey in her house, she can give in to her more wicked desires and impulses. Pitchfork is both the victim and the manifestation of his mother’s sexual perversity and her psychopathic perspective of the world.

Pa: You know, to state the obvious, I don’t think Ma and Pa come equipped with the basic filters needed to be part of the human race. For them, well at least for Pa , Pa thinks he is in charge and the big bossman  and he thinks the world owes him something.  Somewhere along the way he got done dirty and now he uses that to justify his cruelty and tells himself “They deserve it them city folk.” He has some sort of score to settle with the world…and maybe the Killians in particular? We will have to wait and see if that comes out in the origins prequel? Now as for Ma’s motivation…hmmmm. I do not pretend to have a clue as to what motivates a woman, so Pa sure as hell don’t get it either.

Did The Holisters have a grand plan, or were they just flying by the edge of their urges and ID?

Ma: I don’t feel they had a grand plan. What happens on the night the film takes place was unexpected … Pitchfork cut his hand off to get away and MA and PA had to go after him. Both of them have to improvise and for them this is new territory.

Pa: A grand plan? I don’t think it was a plan on a large scale Like I said, Pa just thinks he is the boss, the head of the Holister clan and Pitch is his dog to kick. Ma, I think, is the smartest of the lot. But I can’t get to far into that, we will have to wait and see what the origins prequel shows us.

Ma and Pa clearly had their own version of love for each other. How do you imagine they met and just for fun, how do you think their first date went?

Ma: Pitchfork is a trilogy and the third installment is the prequel with the origins of the Hollister’s being the focus. I will save how MA and PA met for that movie. I would not want to ruin the surprise.

Pa: When I first read the script I put together a basic history of Ben Holister senior, Pa, I thought of Ma and Pa as children of immigrants and their families had pre-arranged their marriage, and Ma’s romantic vision of green grass and love was just a carryover from her childhood…but I gotta tell you I’m not even close on that…and sorry, you’ll have to wait for the origins prequel…I know, so let’s make it already! As for a first date?….well I think Ma would have invited Pa over for a home cooked meal at her place. Pa would have brought along the possum roadkill for the feast. After dinner, with Muskrat love playing on the AM radio in the background, Ma would get frisky with Pa cause let’s face it Ma has some pretty loose morals.

I am sure you have gotten a lot of questions about it, but lets talk about the pee jar. Glenn told me he was struggling to find an actress who would do the scene as is. Was this a hurdle to overcome with doing the scene?

Ma: No. Like many horror films what you see on screen isn’t how it’s actually filmed on set. Even so, for some performers to even act this scene is uncomfortable, but not for me. Although, I’m not sure I could have peed on cue with everyone watching … maybe if there was a faucet to turn on!

Has “He’s Got the Whole World” song been ruined for you?

Ma: No. In fact, when I hear the song it brings up fond memories of being on set. I smile.

When Pa stabbed Hunter’s hands into the table, what was his next move? On one side it seems as though he got himself stuck there, but seeing how Ma and Pa were acting through out I wouldn’t be surprised if he had something in mind for the follow up.

Pa: I think it was a knee jerk reaction from Pa, he was all upset at Hunter for being “undisciplined” and fighting back against Ma and he wanted to punish him. So yeah, he kinda stabbed his way into a corner. But he was going to roll with it, have him some fun with Ma’s play thing until she got tired of it. As you can tell from the basement scenes, Ma and Pa would have liked to drag this out for a long time slowly torturing Hunter and Clare to death will tossing in some fun sexcapades…just nice plain folk, having a good time…

Where would you like to see the character of Pa go from here?

Ma: It would be interesting to see the roles reversed between MA and Pitch and how she copes. I also love prequels and learning about who MA is as a young girl/woman intrigues me. Personally, I do not believe MA is a victim … I believe she is the true evil and showing her journey with this in mind leaves a lot to the imagination.

Pa: Well, at this point I like to think backwards on Pa, get into that origins prequel, Holister history story…but again if I say any more Glenn will string me up with barbed wire and go all Holister on me, yeah, I’ll avoid that. And if you’ve seen the film then you know Pa’s future…unless someones into voodoo…that would be cool.

Pitchfork is available on all streaming sites and will hit shelves on May 5th!

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