Episode 5: Gemma Hurley on Host, Dashcam, & building a career as a genre writer

In this episode of the Scream To Screen horror podcast, Chris and Lucy are joined by the wildly talented writer and producer Gemma Hurley.Some horror fans might already know Gemma as the co-writer of Zoom found footage horror HOST, which was made with incredible speed in order to be released in July of 2020, just four months after the UK entered lockdown.She collaborated with this same team – co-writer Jed Shepherd and director Rob Savage – as exec producer on the action- and horror-packed DASHCAM, produced by Blumhouse and premiering at TIFF and LFF in 2021.Since then, Gemma has branched out into TV, where she was part of the writers room and wrote an episode for tech horror RED ROSE in 2022, and she has further TV projects in development, including a YA folk horror with Working Title Productions!Gemma started her career like Lucy did, in theatre, and you'll hear about her journey from stage to screen, the big difference between TV and film projects, what it’s like to be part of a writers’ room, and, of course, what it was like bringing HOST to life!We hope you enjoy our chat with Gemma!