Special Halloween Episode: Eugene the Marine

Hank Bedford is the co-writer and director of Eugene the Marine, a genre-bending horror giallo film starring Scott Glenn, Jim Gaffigan, Shioli Kutsuna and Annette O’Toole. The film premiered at the 2025 Oldenburg International Film Festival to standing ovations and high praise for Scott Glenn’s performance, a performance Glenn has called the best of his career. This is Bedford’s second feature film, his first being the critically acclaimed Dixieland (2015). In this interview we dive deep into the homages and influences that contributed to Eugene the marine and Hank’s career as a filmmaker. During his filmmaking career, Bedford was Director’s Assistant on Bennett Miller’s epic wrestling film Foxcatcher (2015), Bedford himself being a lifelong wrestler. He has also worked on such films as David O. Russell’s The Fighter (2013) starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg, as well as Scott Cooper’s Out of the Furnace (2013) also starring Christian Bale. MENTIONS:  Film Fights With Friends/Breakfall Studios Holiday Work Out, Mixer and Movie Night: https://www.patreon.com/posts/winter-open-and-138453493 Hank Bedford on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385602/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk   Eugene the Marine Trailer: https://youtu.be/-gTbjgFzzGk?si=Co9WMlR0uViOYs6w  Eugene the Marine on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21318684/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Hollywood Reporter review: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/eugene-the-marine-review-scott-glenn-1236366572/ Variety covers Eugene the Marine: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/scott-glenn-eugene-the-marine-1236186377/ Film Verdict review: https://thefilmverdict.com/eugene-the-marine/#:~:text=Scott%20Glenn%20is%20the%20heart%20and%20soul%20of,anchored%20around%20the%20performance%20of%20the%20octogenarian%20actor.  Scott Glenn on the Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePpt2IjcIF0   FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS Do you listen to our show as an audio podcast? Give video a try. Subscribe to our Youtube for the video version with awesome behind the scenes pics and video! https://www.youtube.com/@FilmFightsFriendsPod?sub_confirmation=1  Dig the show? Consider supporting our Patreon. There are some cool perks! http://patreon.com/FilmFightsFriendsPodcast    Join our e-mail list! Hit us up here: [email protected] Instagram: http://instagram.com/FilmFightsFriendsPod Facebook: http://facebook.com/FilmFightsFriendsPod  Steve’s Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sambosteve   Steve’s IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepfer Paul’s on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/KravMagaChef Paul’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8062990/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Breakfall Studios’ Instagram: http://Instagram.com/breakfallstunts  SPONSORS Stunt Contact https://stuntcontact.com/     Stunt Access https://stuntaccess.com/  PRODUCERS Executive Producers: Stephen Koepfer  Paul Varacchi  Produced by: Press Record Studios -Matthew Kaplowitz  -Richard Butler -Andrea Levine http://www.pressrecordstudios.com  Video Editor Matthew Kaplowitz  Original music by: Ahrue Luster  Brought to you by Breakfall Studios ®Film Fights With Friends LLC