Review Fix Exclusive: Brandon Keenan Talks ‘Body Farm,’ Potential Sequel


Review Fix chats with Brandon Keenan, who discusses his film and the potential for a sequel.

About Body Farm:

BODY FARM continues this theme with some engaging twists. It’s a film-within-a-film as an independent film company sends a videographer ahead of a story to investigate a body farm where human decomposition is researched. The footage she sends back leads the rest of her team to follow her footsteps to uncover a grisly medical abyss.

Homaging the original works of Wes Craven as well as the burgeoning “found footage” subgenre, BODY FARM’satmospheric locations and twist ending set it above the usual.  

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for this film?

Brandon Keenan: I had fallen in love with the horror film and dark drama movies back in college. I started truly enjoying movies at a young age but the dark and gory films that made you squirm in your seat made me hooked. Films of the 2000s like Saw, Hostel, and Texas Chainsaw massacre hooked me in. Someone asked me if I ever heard of a Body Farm and that’s where it all started.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?  

Keenan: I don’t have a select format for writing a script. Some writers do. I listen to old scores for horror films and darker alt rock music while going for a jog or working out. I jot down a whole bunch of notes and write as I move along. Once I have a nice amount of ideas and general story line in my head I write.

Review Fix: What makes this different or special from others of the genre?

Keenan: It’s touches on horror, psychological thriller, and dark drama. A little for all fans but the story is also touching as it pertains to family and love for a significant other. 

Review Fix: What did you learn about yourself through this process? 

Keenan: The fact that I was able to make a movie with the help of so many talented filmmakers. It was truly an amazing experience. 

Review Fix: What are your ultimate goals for this production and for the future?

Keenan: I want people to see it. Whether they like it or not I want to hear feedback. The only way to get better as a filmmaker is to get constructive criticism. I want people to see the vision of the film and we hope to generate enough revenue to make another installment. The only way that happens is to get people to check the movie out.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Keenan: Get the film in front of people all over the world…After that? Well, the sequel has been written.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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