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Lethal Voice Podcast
by Robert Christopher Smith
Lethal Voice Podcast is from indie filmmaker and writer Robert Christopher Smith. The show provides a deep dive into grindhouse storytelling, genre filmmaking, indie comic books, and dangerous ideas. 🎧 New listeners: Start with Episode Zero – “Why Lethal Voice?” Films include Vengeance Turns, SPREAD: Pigs to Slaughter, Karma Mechanic, and more.
Episodes
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Malibu Ranch & Big Bear (Chapter 3: Lockdown Productions Finale)
When you set sail to make an indie film, you’re the captain — and not everyone aboard makes it back. In this longest and most explosive chapter yet, I take you inside the final, brutal stretch of Vengeance Turns production — from the stunning exteriors of a Malibu horse ranch to the chaos of the...
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KTown to Backyards in Gardena (Chapter 3: Lockdown Productions)
Directing a film requires vision — and then it requires managing an entire network of actors, crew, locations, animals, and much, much more in order to see that vision come to life. I’m Robert Christopher Smith, and this is The Lethal Voice Podcast — my confessional where I dig deep and hold...
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Production HQ & The Greenscreen Room (Chapter 3: Lockdown Productions)
I’ve been asked more than once — if anything can go wrong at any time when making a movie, why even make a plan? My answer is simple: I make the plan because anything can go wrong at any time. In this episode of the Lethal Voice Podcast, I take you inside the third installment of Chapter 3:...
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48 Hour Telethon & The First Day (Chapter 3: Lockdown Productions)
A candid, high-stakes look at how a 48-hour livestream "telethon" jump-started Vengeance Turns during lockdown. ALSO -- casting wins, crowdfunding stress, day-one chaos, and the line between compromise and collapse. One of the most magical—and painful—truths of filmmaking is that it only happens...
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Cabin Fever Radio (Chapter 3: Lockdown Productions)
When the pandemic hit, filmmakers, actors, and dreamers everywhere faced the same question: would lockdown be wasted time, or could it be transformed into something new? For me, Robert Christopher Smith, the lockdown became a personal and professional crucible. From recovering after a brutal case...
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Vengeance Turns: Volume Two Director's Commentary
Ready for revenge? This week, I continue taking you through the experience of shooting Vengeance Turns: Volume Two scene by scene as the story turns darker and Mia Falcone finally gets her revenge! You'll hear about how we executed out own stunts and the real-life horror of spending 19 hours on...
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Vengeance Turns: Volume One Director's Commentary
Ever wonder what really goes on while filming an indie production? This week, I take you through Vengeance Turns: Volume One scene by scene, sharing the raw, unfiltered truth about what it took to make my first feature—from on-the-spot rewrites to on-the-set chaos, compromises to keep things on...
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Pandemic Locks Down the World (Chapter 2: Everything Falls Apart)
What if the sacrifice you’re making isn’t noble... just unnecessary? In this raw and deeply personal episode, I share what it really looked like to chase my dream of filmmaking while living out of a rental car for four months in Los Angeles. From long nights folded into a pretzel in the backseat…
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Living In a Rented Car (Chapter 2: Everything Falls Apart)
How far would you go for a dream? In this brutally honest chapter of The Lethal Voice Podcast, I continues my journey through hell and back in pursuit of my single vision: making Vengeance Turns. From a bug-infested shithouse and a repo'd car to four surreal months living in a rented car for...
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Slick Talking (Chapter 2: Everything Falls Apart)
Chapter 2: Everything Falls Apart begins! What do you do when your first feature film dies, your car gets repossessed, and your “producer” vanishes with your last $2,500? You keep keep pressing forward. At least that's what I did... In this raw, unfiltered episode of The Lethal Voice Podcast, I...
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Facial Hair Barometer (Chapter 1: Putting the Cart Before the Horse)
What’s your barometer for knowing if you’re winning — or failing? Deadlines? Bank account? Me? Once upon a time... I used my facial hair. In the final episode of Chapter One: Putting the Cart Before the Horse, I'm going to take you from a shady “producer” promising cash in Malibu to squatting in…
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Writing What We Know -- and Who We Are (Chapter 1: Putting the Cart Before the Horse)
What does “Write what you know” really mean when you’re making a revenge Western from scratch? For me — Robert Christopher Smith — it meant cracking open my family secrets, pride in my mutt roots, and my need to flip the table on every tired idea about the Wild West. In Episode 4 of the Lethal...
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Why Lethal Voice?
This isn’t Episode 1. This is Episode Zero. The Ethos of Lethal Voice. The manifesto. The warning shot. And maybe some quiet subversion. If you find any of it stings... maybe it should... Hit play. Find out how Lethal Voice one voice can be. Labeled Episode 100 for timeline clarity. But make no...
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Cart Before the Horse (Chapter 1: Putting the Cart Before the Horse)
Before the screenplay was finished, before the cast was in place, before the bugs stopped biting—I was already building Vengeance Turns. In this episode, I rewind to the wild early days: a busted-up North Hollywood rental, a dying landlord as the foundation of a dream that wouldn’t quit.…
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Bang! Bang! Serendipity! (Chapter 1: Putting the Cart Before the Horse)
What if...? What if casting wasn’t just part of the process… but the actual writing of the final movie itself? In this episode, Robert Christopher Smith dives deep into the emotional chaos, creative evolution, and gut-level decisions that shaped and reshaped Vengeance Turns — from its first lead...
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The End of Fun/The Beginning of Vengeance (Chapter 1: Putting the Cart Before the Horse)
In this debut episode, we just begin to unravel the chaotic origin of Vengeance Turns: The Motion Picture -- From a fake Brazilian "producer" to the moment the real madness began. It's not just the birth of a film... It's the end of fun... and the beginning of creative vengeance! Support the show...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Lethal Voice Podcast is from indie filmmaker and writer Robert Christopher Smith. The show provides a deep dive into grindhouse storytelling, genre filmmaking, indie comic books, and dangerous ideas.
🎧 New listeners: Start with Episode Zero – “Why Lethal Voice?”
Films include Vengeance Turns, SPREAD: Pigs to Slaughter, Karma Mechanic, and more.
HOSTED BY
Robert Christopher Smith
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What is Lethal Voice Podcast about?
Lethal Voice Podcast is from indie filmmaker and writer Robert Christopher Smith. The show provides a deep dive into grindhouse storytelling, genre filmmaking, indie comic books, and dangerous ideas. 🎧 New listeners: Start with Episode Zero – “Why Lethal Voice?” Films include Vengeance Turns,...
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Lethal Voice Podcast is created and hosted by Robert Christopher Smith.
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