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Macabre...ish Cults, Classics & Horrors
by Kimberly
Here we chat with the people who make the movies we love. Old and new, big budget and small. We celebrate the classics, cults and horrors. Find more movies at www.macabreish.com, as well as macabre_ish on IG .
Episodes
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Gene Dolders, Producer of Manifesto & Director of Forever Home
Since Gene Dolders was here last, he’s been expanding the promotion of his last feature his 70s/80s inspired Giallo, The Blade Cuts Deeper and working on documentaries, with director Brandon Spivey. Three documentaries in fact: one about a photographer (John Baliton) who documents people on the...
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Hannah Fierman, Actor V/H/S & Bunker Heights, director of The Events Surrounding A Peeping Tom
Y’all know Hannah Fierman, she played a succubus named Lily in V/H/S (Amateur Night) and SiRen. And she has been acting since she was a child, her first role was a comedy called Krooks but after that, it has been mostly horror films. But her directorial debut was a music video for The Lucid.…
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Steve Merlo, director of Unseen & The Sawyer Massacre
Steve Merlo, director of fan film The Sawyer Massacre, prequel to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, returns with another homage to iconic horror films from the past, this time with his full feature Unseen. Steve talks about his film inspirations and what it took to make Unseen. He enjoys storytelling and...
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Lowell Dean, director of Die Alone & Wolfcop
Lowell Dean started making movies as a kid and so getting an education in film was a natural progression, he went into the film program at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan after returning from Calgary. He was so serious about filmmaking, he’d make three feature films before he went to…
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Joe Miale, Director of Revolt
Joe Miale wanted to make movies since he was a kid and since it was important for him to learn and understand the process of filmmaking, he went to film school in NYU. He worked for 15 years in editing and making celebrity PSAs (You may remember them!) featuring Rhianna, The Jonas Brothers…
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The Blade Cuts Deeper director Gene Dolders
Gene Dolders’ love of cinema began as a bonding activity with his Mom (though he ran out of the theater a couple of times!) and during the era of the video nasties, his brother acquired a copy of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and that, to this day, is one of his favorite films, including Nightmare...
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J. Horton, director of The Apex Predator Club & A Hard Place
Director Jason Horton has a life long love of film and he and his Mom bonded over them. Instead of sports, he was into cinema. He’s from Indiana and he had a rough start, he did substances, joined a band and dropped out of school. But Jason eventually regrouped, got his GED and after getting an...
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Filmmaker Adam Deyoe, director of Dead Season & Decade of the Dead
Part 2 After Dead Season, Adam and Enzo, started making cartoons (Oishi High School Battle) and it was one of the biggest shows on youtube, at the time, with billions of views. And it ran for 3 seasons for Smosh. Then they got the band back together for Yeti 2! When it was time to start work on...
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Adam Deyoe, director Dead Season & Decade of the Dead
It's Halloween season and we have a great episode for you with a delightful human being, Adam Deyoe, if you've seen Dead Season, they you already know his work. And he made a sequel just for you, Decade of the Dead, it's on tubi, check it out. He'll really appreciate that! Filmmaker, Adam Deyoe’s...
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Appalachian Horror Chat w/Andrew K. Clark author of Where Dark Things Rise
Andrew K. Clark is the author of Where Dark Things Grow and Where Dark Things Rise and we had a nice long chat about Appalachian horror in books and film. We talked culture, lore and the rich culture as is shows up in art. Where it's lacking and where it is done well. Andrew also explains how the...
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Melissa Vitello, Director of Regression & Abigail
Melissa Vitello has always loved writing and storytelling, starting at age 9, she was writing books and at 12 or 13 when her aunt, who worked in the film industry, starting letting her read scripts, she learned to write her own. Her first screenplay was written at 13 years old. Melissa moves to…
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Allison Pittel, Actor in Screamboat & Stream
Allison Pittel joins us and shares her journey from college, her decision to work in entertainment and moving to New York. She spent 2 years there as a Production Assistant and working in reality tv. Allison explains how she auditioned for Fuzz on the Lens (The producers of Terrifier) with David...
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Patrick Rea, Director of Nailbiter & Arbor Demon
Patrick Rea has been making movies his entire life, in high school, he was given free rein to put his movies on the school’s cable tv channel. And his introduction to the filmmaking business was on the set of Election, at 17 years old. He went to college and one of his mentors was his professor,...
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Steven LaMorte, director of The Mean One & Screamboat
Steven La Morte started making stop motion videos as an only child in New York, then moved his little productions to the school tv station in high school, where he found his love of storytelling and there he met the producer of Terrifier. After high school he went to NYU Tisch and also spent time...
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Final Blood in Them Hills w/ co-directors Kellen Garner & Christopher Sheffield
This is the 3rd and final part of Kellen & Sheff's episode... Kellen Garner’s journey into the film industry. Starting from when he was a kid and not really getting that it was a job. He realized being in drama and theater, it was a good outlet him and he was in theater in high school and in...
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More Blood in Them Hills w/ co directors Kellen Garner & Christopher Sheffield
Part 2 Sheff and Kellen tell us how the production for Blood in Them Hills came together. Making the monster FX work and worrying it wouldn’t. Talking about the random adjustments that were made to make it all look authentic. Sheff talks inspirations for certain scenes and Kellen explains how the...
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Blood in Them Hills, Co-Directors Christopher Sheffield & Kellen Garner
Christopher Sheffield is back and this time with co-director and writer, Kellen Garner and they’re here to talk about their new film, Blood in them Hills. This is part 1 and they talk about how they work together, the idea for Blood in them Hills and the often grueling task of getting the film...
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Elliott Lester, Director of The Thicket
Elliott Lester got his start making music videos for everyone from Jessica Simpson and Selena Gomez to Alicia Keys and Method Man. He got his start as a filmmaker with funding from an unusual source. But then the big break came when he was offered a movie called Blitz, starring Jason Statham and...
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Filmmaker Paul Andrew Williams, Director of The Cottage & Bull
Paul Andrew Williams got his start in acting having landed a place in a prestigious drama school in London at age 18. But he became disenchanted, was side tracked and returned home to start over. But he returned to London to make a short film and music videos, little by little each small project...
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Dave McRae, Voice Actor & Director of It's Me, Billy
[Before the show starts Chris, Carlos and I have have such interesting conversations and on this day before Dave shows up we were talking about Terrifier, Damien Leone and the impact of physical FX artists who become filmmakers. And Carlos talks about his personal experience with physical fx in…
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John Isberg, Director of Final Summer
This is part 2 of John Isberg’s interview. He goes more in depth about his story and possible future project ideas. He started as an intern grip in 2014, five years later he’s working on friends music videos and five years from then he made his first feature, Final Summer. He talks about the…
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John Isberg, Cinematographer & Director of Final Summer
John Isberg director of Final Summer, took time out of his busy schedule, while the set was being prepped, to talk to us. He started making short films in high school and wanted to go to film school but only managed Intro to Film before he dropped out because of the expense and his ADHD. In his…
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Diane Foster, Director of Easter Bloody Easter
Diane Foster is the director of Easter Bloody Easter and founder of Wallybird Productions. But before she became a filmmaker, she was an actor, singer and dancer. She trained her entire life in New Jersey, where she grew up in Union in a large family. She started performing at 8 and was Little…
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Christopher Sheffield, Director of Eigengrau & Bite the Ground
Christopher Sheffield is a filmmaker who’s been in the film industry for 13 or so years, a decade in LA and three in Arizona. As soon as he graduated film school, he hit the ground running as making commercials for a trucking company. But the dream began when he was a kid and received two video...
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Let Us In Director, Anthony Moran
Anthony Moran is an independent horror filmmaker out of Detroit. His specific style mixes the counter culture of bikers, with diversity and in the case of his second film, Let Us In, zombies! With Detroit as the back drop. His actors and crew all hail from Detroit and is truly made by the people...
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Carlos Is Making A Movie! Duck & Cover!
Our Carlos Ibarra catches us up on his progress of his current project, a zombie comedy horror, Duck & Cover. Some of the struggle, timing and filming in 3 days. But it’s just the beginning, editing is next, coloring, sound mixing etc. A band will even being making music for the short and Carlos...
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Bill D. Russell, Returns To Acting And Finds A Home in Horror
You’ve probably seen this man in the background of movies, tv shows and in a certain Blockbuster commercial, you’re whole life and not realized it. Bill was recently in a horror parody sequel called They Came Back From Somewhere, he was also in Puppet Master: Doktor Death and so much more. Bill...
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Jill Sixx, director of The Stylist
Jill ‘Sixx’ Gevargizian is the director of The Stylist that first showed up as a short, in the 2018 anthology, Watch If You Dare. It was co-written by Eric Havens, who is also co-writer on Call Girl, Jill’s debut film and this year is the 10 year anniversary! Jill talks her secret to success and...
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Critters All You Can Eat Director, Robbie Lopez
Robbie Lopez grew up poor and idolized Tom Savini, he always knew he wanted to be an artist. When he was 13 and was accepted into the Tom Savini School of Special FX with a scholarship he was elated but soon, crushed when he realized his family still couldn’t afford the $40,0000. Robbie gave up…
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Filmmaker Justin McConnell, director of Clapboard Jungle & The Lifechanger
Justin’s dad would sneak horror movies home for him to watch on his sick days and it sparked the dream. He started making movies at home, remaking horror film scenes complete with physical effects. He talks about meeting his former writing partner, Kevin Hutchison, who was an FX artist, they met…
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Duck And Cover by Filmmaker Carlos Ibarra
Duck And Cover by Filmmaker Carlos Ibarra Our own Carlos Ibarra is making his 3rd project after the soon to be released anthology, Pendulum, directed by Mitch Wilson. He is half of the dynamic duo of Fill in the blanks productions with Christina Parker. Who’s also introduced in this episode.…
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Scott Goldberg, Director of The Forest Hills
This is our first podcast on a train! Scott Goldberg is a writer and the director of The Forest Hills! This feature is not released yet but will be shown at the Salem Horror Fest on April 30, 2023. It’s a werewolf film with an impressive line up of horror alum, including, Edward Furlong, Shelley...
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William Watterson, director of Dave Made A Maze
This is part 2 with Dave Made A Maze filmmaker, William Watterson He explains the ending of Dave Made A Maze and what he would change and why. How the ending credits was an homage to the end credits of Buckaroo Bonzai and it was animated and why. His belief that our society is not encouraged to…
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Dave Made A Maze director, William Watterson
William had the idea that he’d go into advertising because he could be artistic and make a living. But after a conversation with his best friend’s dad, he decided to be in a band and pursue music. He was in a few bands and life took a different trajectory when he moved to L.A to start over.…
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Filmmakers, Don Thacker & Adrian Di Giovanni, Motivational Growth | Part 2
Filmmakers, Don Thacker & Adrian Di Giovanni, Motivational Growth | Part 2 Part 2 Motivational Growth Director, Don Thacker and Lead, Adrian Di Giovanni, plus an amazing pep talk for aspiring filmmakers out there. Don Thacker grew up, not rich, in Detroit and escaped into films because for him,...
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Motivational Growth Director, Don Thacker and Lead, Adrian Di Giovanni
Carlos and I talked to Don Thacker and Adrian Di Giovanni from Motivation Growth. They became such good friends from working together on that film that they are now business partners at Imagos Films. Mr. Di Giovanni is from Philadelphia and was originally in theatre and comedy improv in Chicago…
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BTS of Erzulie with Filmmaker, Christine Chen
This is Part 2, Behind the scenes of Erzulie with filmmaker Christine Chen. Christine talks about the making of the film, the pitfalls and struggles, the changes that had to be made and what the cast had to suffer because of the weather/flooding. Erzulie was filmed in a swamp and there was…
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Christine W. Chen Director of Erzulie, Mermaid Horror Film
Christine Chen has always been in film in some capacity since college. She got her start in documentary filmmaking. Also making a lot of shorts, including A Bird’s Nest. She went to grad school at UT and started hustling in the Austin film scene. She then started making films and submitting them…
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Bordello of Blood Producer/Writer A L Katz
Part 2: Bordello of Blood came to be. Another movie was supposed to be made in it’s place but the machinations of Hollywood turned and suddenly everything changed. They had a script called Fat Tuesday, a psychological thriller which was changed to Dead Easy. Gil had no interest in directing Demon...
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Tales From The Crypt Producer & Writer A L Katz
A L Katz’s love of film began as a child in Baltimore with Laurel & Hardy and Groucho Marx. He went to college in Vassar and really learned story telling there. After one audition, he decided he didn’t want to act but write. After a high school friend moved to L.A. to be an agent and Mr. Katz was...
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The Sawyer Massacre Filmmaker Steve Merlo|Making A Fan Film
Steve Merlo is here for a second time with the completion his first full feature a fan film and prequel to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Sawyer Massacre. It takes place 8 years before the original. It was filmed in the Bastrop/Bartlett area of Texas. How long it took for concept to completion? How...
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Jason Pargin, Author of John Dies At The End & If This Book Exists You’re In The Wrong Universe
Part 3! Jason gives us excellent incite and advice on our own projects. Carlos, the fledgeling filmmaker and his million dollar movie get’s solid info. His respect for filmmakers and the process of editing and reminiscing about Cracked’s youtube channel and all the effort it took. We talk NDA’s…
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Jason Pargin aka David Wong/Author of John Dies At The End
Part 2 Jason Pargin’s thought’s about social media, the algorithm and it’s impact and how bizarre it all feels to him. He talks about the thinking behind some of his most famous Cracked articles. His ability to conceptualize what might not be obvious to the rest of us and asking tough but honest...
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Jason Pargin aka David Wong| Author of John Dies At The End
Jason Pargin aka David Wong began blogging his stories in the 90s and then made his stories, now enough to creat a book, via cafepress for fans who wanted physical copies. After years of working temp office jobs and writing on the side, he got an email from Don Coscarelli who had recently found a...
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Peter Atkins-Hellraiser & Wishmaster Screenwriter & Author | Part 2
Part 2 🚨Adult Language 🚨 Peter Atkins, screenwriter for Hellraiser 2, 3 and 4, The Wishmaster franchise plus acting credits in Hellraiser and Nightbreed and many more. Plus published author, his work includes Morningstar, Big Thunder and Moontown. Tired of the same questions interview after...
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Peter Atkins - Author & Screenwriter of Hellraiser & Wishmaster
🚨Swearing🚨. Peter Atkins, screenwriter for Hellraiser 2, 3 and 4, The Wishmaster franchise plus acting credits in Hellraiser and Nightbreed and many more. Plus published author, his work includes Morningstar, Big Thunder and Moontown. Tired of the same questions interview after interview, so we...
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Martin Bats Bradford-Navigating The Film Industry & Film Fandom Part 2
Part 2 with Martin Bats Bradford We talk about what kind of movies we’d suggest to a person who’s not really into horror. We mention some works of John Carpenter, The Thing, The Fog, Halloween movies, Christine. All iterations of The Fly. We talk about knowing a horror film is really good if you...
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Martin Bats Bradford, From Film Fan to Actor & Navigating The Business
You’ve seen him everywhere even though you might not know his name… Meet Mr. Martin Bats Bradford, he’s known his entire life that he would be in the entertainment business and it started with church. He is classically trained in communications and theatre in Dillard. And his education and hard...
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Horror Author, Dennis Freeman: Fang Bangers: Nocturnal Emissions
Dennis is a horror fan and writer who has been writing since he was a kid and has published in publications such as Deadlights and Shotgun Horror Magazine. He has written Brother’s Last Call, The Terrorverse and Fang Bangers: Nocturnal Emissions (all available in audio book format) and is working...
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A Prequel to The Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Sawyer Massacre
With Musician and Filmmaker, Steve Merlo who decided to create a fan film prequel to the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Being a fan of just the original, he wanted to see more story in that vein and with the feel of that time period. After years of working on the screenplay and finally working...
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Here we chat with the people who make the movies we love. Old and new, big budget and small. We celebrate the classics, cults and horrors. Find more movies at www.macabreish.com, as well as macabre_ish on IG .
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