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THE BLURB: What happens when you make a movie that literally nobody making it wants to make? From the audience's POV, you get a mediocre horror movie from a world class horror franchise (Tales From The Crypt). From the creator's POV however you get complete and total catastrophe. How the creative team behind Crypt went from catering to their craft to surrendering to corporate cynicism. It's a deeply personal, intensely honest peek behind the scenes at Hollywood movie-making; in fact, that honesty caused Entertainment Weekly to call Season 1 of The How Not To Make A Movie Podcast "the best movie podcast of 2022". In episode one, you'll meet Alan Katz, Gil Adler and much of the creative team that made HBO's "Tales From The Crypt" iconic. You'll experience the incredible highs of Hollywood success, but also one of those moments where corporate cynicism overwhelms creative integrity. What do you do when a passion project becomes a sell out - and walking away would mean the end of the career you just started? SHOW NOTES:The How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast started as a story podcast - about (as its season on subtitle said) "the making of Bordello Of Blood". I had no battle plan - or plan to do a podcast beyond telling the Bordello story.But, as most every podcaster will tell you, this medium is both addictive and deeply satisfying creatively. I didn't want to stop telling stories - and there were soooooo many show biz stories yet to tell that didn't make the cut into season one.So, throwing lots of guests into the mix - with lots of Gil into the mix as well - I made three additional seasons. Some of those episodes have been brought forward here. What started with this podcast - with this very episode, in fact - mushroom clouded into (now) ten different podcasts covering a host of topics. It all started here with the telling of this deeply personal story told with total honesty. How NOT to make a horror movie for sure. In fact, how NEVER to make a movie..If you enjoy this podcast, check out some of our others! You can find them (and link to or listen to them) at www.costardandtouchstone.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.