EPISODE · May 12, 2021 · 1H 6M
Talking Horror With Ryan Spindell (The Mortuary Collection) - Part 1
from Class Horror Cast (Horror Movie Podcast) · host Aran Doyle
Ryan Spindell is a writer/director who is best know for his smash hit horror anthology 'The Mortuary Collection'. He has also made many amazing shorts such as The Return(2007) Bully(2010) We Come In Pieces(2014) and The Babysitter Murders(2015). He also directed episodes of 50 States Of Fright and Two Sentence Horror Stories.In this episode we talk about his first horror movies on VHS in a cabin in Maine, which led to him avoiding horror for many years afterwards. How to create unique stories and movies in the modern age of horror. Ryan also talks about his huge book collection as a kid and evolving from creating stories with action figures to living out the stories now through his movies. He struggled with becoming 'stuck' in the LA cycle and deciding to finally restart his entire process and make a proof of concept short (The Babysitter Murders) and sticking to his guns about a horror anthology.This was a goal and concept that would later prove to be extremely fruitful for Ryan and horror fans alike, after several years of going back and forth and never giving up he manages to complete one of the greatest horror anthology movies in years. He has a passion for this style of story telling and his journey to that point is admirable.Support the movie 'The Mortuary Collection' which is now out on Blu-ray and Streaming on most platforms. As always make sure to leave a rating/review and follow me on the following linkhttps://linktr.ee/FirstClassHorrorBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/class-horror-cast-horror-movie-podcast--4295531/support.
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Ryan Spindell is a writer/director who is best know for his smash hit horror anthology 'The Mortuary Collection'. He has also made many amazing shorts such as The Return(2007) Bully(2010) We Come In Pieces(2014) and The Babysitter Murders(2015). He also directed episodes of 50 States Of Fright and Two Sentence Horror Stories.In this episode we talk about his first horror movies on VHS in a cabin in Maine, which led to him avoiding horror for many years afterwards. How to create unique stories and movies in the modern age of horror. Ryan also talks about his huge book collection as a kid and evolving from creating stories with action figures to living out the stories now through his movies. He struggled with becoming 'stuck' in the LA cycle and deciding to finally restart his entire process and make a proof of concept short (The Babysitter Murders) and sticking to his guns about a horror anthology.This was a goal and concept that would later prove to be extremely fruitful for Ryan and horror fans alike, after several years of going back and forth and never giving up he manages to complete one of the greatest horror anthology movies in years. He has a passion for this style of story telling and his journey to that point is admirable.Support the movie 'The Mortuary Collection' which is now out on Blu-ray and Streaming on most platforms. As always make sure to leave a rating/review and follow me on the following linkhttps://linktr.ee/FirstClassHorrorBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/class-horror-cast-horror-movie-podcast--4295531/support.
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