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Women in Horror Month! We’re kicking things off by talking to writer Ashlee Blackwell whose website Graveyard Shift Sisters has earned her praise for talking about the experience of being a black female horror fan and for looking into the history of black women and horror. Women in Horror Month …
Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. co-founded Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. which rose to prominence as one of the great practical effects studios in the world. As well as being the team responsible for H.R. Giger’s Xenomorph from Alien 3 onward their filmography runs the gamut from The Santa Clause to …
A quick ‘n’ dirty bonus episode with Nigel McGuinness! Former pro-wrestler turned multimedia wonder, Nigel McGuinness ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign to create an extremely well-received documentary about his retirement from wrestling. Now Nigel returns with a much larger and more ambitious proposition, the opportunity to back LA FIGHTS. …
Stuart Willis is an Australian film maker who wowed many with his short film PAYLOAD and is currently putting the finishing touches to his crowdfunded mini-series RESTORATION. Martin and Stuart talk about both projects as well as science fiction storytelling, crowdfunding, community building and digital distribution. Stuart Willis is an …
John Portonova and Jeremy Berg are part of The October People, a group dedicated to making independent horror and genre film. With two films under their belts and a third one on the way they are definitely a group to look out for as their budgets grow and their ideas …
FIRE CITY: THE INTERPRETER OF SIGNS is the first in a series based on a city where demons coexist with humans in plain sight, humans conditioned not to see their supernatural cohabitants. After developing not just a story but a whole world for these ideas to exist in creators Michael …
Freeman Williams is a performer, writer and b-movie aficionado who once experienced making a low budget horror movie when he wrote what became FOREVER EVIL. After talking to some young talent making low budget genre films in the current cinematic climate and hearing Brad Sykes talk about his experiences in …
LFO: the Movie is a very off-kilter low-fi sci-fi with some creative ideas, great performances and a wickedly black sense of humor. Director/writer/composer Antonio Tublen and lead actor Patrik Karlson talk to Martin about the film. Topics include the low-fi aspects of the film, the score, the personality of Patrik’s …
Stewart Thorndike is an exciting upcoming lesbian filmmaker who wants to make horror with a particular focus on strong female characters. After making her first film LYLE available for free during her Kickstarter campaign for her second film PUTNEY many people got to see one of the best indie horror …
It Came From the Indies is back with a chat with Dan Smith who is ready to strike out with his debut feature SAVAGE SISTAS. A backroad desert horror movie with a Blaxploitation twist Dan aims to show four African American women protagonists who are realistic, believable characters and not …
This week Martin has a chat with Rupert Evans, star of Irish horror movie THE CANAL from writer/director Ivan Kavanagh. They talk about the movie, some of the preparation and the process involved, and also Rupert’s current project; a pilot based on Phillip K. Dick’s The Man in the High …
Tricia Lee joins Martin this week to talk about her film, the newly released SILENT RETREAT and also other projects. They also talk about the experience of being an indie filmmaker and being a lady filmmaker in an industry typically dominated by men. A great interview! Martin also touches on …
This week Martin talks to Michael Chance, director of the superb short film Project Arbiter and the upcoming contest entry Whipping Boy. Michael’s techniques and ways of doing things really shine through in his current projects, this is a guy who understands how the Internet can be used to source …
It Came From the Indies has returned with an interview with Brad Sykes, horror director and producer/director of new horror anthology HI-8. Totally different from other recent horror anthologies like V/H/S and The ABCs of Death, Hi-8 is all about aping the shot on video horror cheapies of the 90’s …
“I’m giving them a taste of the potato salad in Laos… it’s really damn spicy, tastes like fish and might have chicken assholes in it.” – Mattie Do Mattie Do made history in her ancestral home of Laos by becoming their first ever female film director while also making the …
It Came From the Indies episode 2 opens with a few words on the sad passing of horror icon and Texas Chain Saw Massacre star Marilyn Burns. Her performance in that indie horror classic has left an indelible mark with all that have seen it. For more on Marilyn check …
