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The Nick Taylor Horror Show
by American Nightmare Studios
Exploring the techniques, strategies, and key pieces of advice for aspiring horror directors, straight from the minds of some of the greatest filmmakers and creators in horror. Host Nick Taylor engages in one-on-one conversations with directors, producers, writers, actors and artists to uncover the keys to their creative and professional success in the horror business.
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COME WITH ME's Theo Rossi, Aaron Harvey, and Ronnie Gene Blevins
Theo Rossi, Aaron Harvey, and Ronnie Gene Blevins are the creative team behind Come With Me, a dark, character-driven thriller about a seemingly ordinary man whose life begins to unravel through isolation, grief, fear, and the steady influence of the media he consumes. Written and directed by...
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BLOOD SHINE Directors | Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks
Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks are the filmmaking team behind *Blood Shine*, a deeply unsettling indie horror film that blends spiritual obsession, intimacy, violence, and practical effects into something extremely unique and unsettling. Built around a belief system inspired by Manichaeism and...
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SAVE THE CAT! WRITES HORROR Writer | Jamie Nash
Jamie Nash is a professional screenwriter, book writer and teacher. His credits include Altered, a very under-appreciated alien horror movie written by Jamie and directed by The Blair Witch Project’s Eduardo Sánchez. He also wrote and produced A Ride in the Park the zombie segment in V/H/S/2 and...
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HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS Director/Producer | Markian Tarasiuk & Sean Harris Oliver
Markian Tarasiuk and Sean Harris Oliver are the filmmakers behind Hunting Matthew Nichols, a true-crime-style horror mockumentary that has become a notable self-distribution success story. Made for a budget of $300K Canadian, roughly $215K USD, the movie made all of its money back before it was...
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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Editors | Rick Shaine & Patrick McMahon
Patrick McMahon and Rick Shaine are the editors behind the original Nightmare on Elm Street. In this special live conversation at the Metrograph theatre in New York, Pat and Rick reflect on everything from working with Wes Craven to the intense amount of pressure they were under and their…
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DOLLY Director | Rod Blackhurst
Rod Blackhurst is a filmmaker, director, and producer whose work spans documentary, narrative, and horror. He made his narrative feature debut with Here Alone, winner of the Audience Award at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, and later returned to Tribeca with Blood for Dust (2023), starring Scoot...
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MORTUARY ASSISTANT Director | Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp is a New York–based horror filmmaker whose work includes The Sadist, Slapface, and The Geechee Witch: A Boo Hag Story. In this episode, Jeremiah breaks down his expansive career journey and finely tuned process for working with actors, maximizing low budgets, and keeping sets…
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BODYCAM Director | Brandon Christensen
Brandon Christensen is back. A Canadian horror filmmaker, his recent run includes Puppet Man, Night of the Reaper, and his most recent release, Bodycam. Brandon writes, directs, produces, edits, and often handles visual effects on his own films, building ambitious genre work by keeping crews…
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THE BUNKER Director | Brian Hanson
Brian Hanson is a veteran and filmmaker who’s features include The Black String and most recently, The Bunker, an ultra low budget alien invasion horror/thriller starring Chelsea Edmundson, Tobin Bell and the late great Tony Todd. Brian and I get into how he made The Bunker during the height of...
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TRAUMATIKA Director | Pierre Tsigaridis
Pierre Tsigaridis is the filmmaker behind such indie horror films as Two Witches and Traumatika. Pierre is a quadruple threat as he writes, directs, DPs, and edits his own movies, and in this episode he breaks down the making of Traumatika, a very brutal possession story and exploration of trauma...
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THE BLACK PHONE 2 Composer | Atticus Derrickson
Atticus Derrickson is a composer and music producer who recently scored The Black Phone 2. He is also the son of Scott Derrickson, director of both Black Phone movies, Sinister, and many others. In this conversation, Atticus and I get into composing horror scores, how to achieve fear through…
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Horror Hangout | Whitney Moore
Whitney Moore is an actress, writer, director, and lifelong horror fan whose work spans indie genre films, hosting, and original creative projects. Whitney is known for her sharp perspective on horror culture, including her time hosting Bloody Disgusting’s This Week in Horror. She has also…
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NO ME SIGAS | Directors Eduardo Lecuona & Ximena García Lecuona
Eduardo Lecuona and Ximena García Lecuona are the writer/director duo behind the Blumhouse found footage/narrative hybrid film No Me Sigas, which translates to Do Not Follow Me. No Me Sigas is Blumhouse's first original Spanish-language horror film, a Mexican supernatural thriller that follows...
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MISDIRECTION’S Kevin Lewis & Oliver Trevena
Kevin Lewis and Oliver Trevena are the director and producer duo behind Misdirection, a contained neo noir thriller with Frank Grillo that builds a surprisingly big world inside a single location. Misdirection follows a couple driven to carry out a series of high-end heists to pay off a dangerous...
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STRANGE HARVEST Director, Stuart Ortiz
Stuart Ortiz is a film director, writer, producer and one of the founding members of The Vicious Brothers, the filmmaking duo behind Grave Encounters 1 and 2. Stuart’s most recent feature is Strange Harvest, a true-crime–styled, found footage film he wrote and directed. Strange harvest is a...
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MAN FINDS TAPE Directors, Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman
Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman are the writer/directors behind Man Finds Tape, a faux documentary horror film that uses mixed media, curated “evidence,” and found footage logic to tell a cosmic horror story about a malevolent force that overtakes a small town. In this episode, Peter and Paul…
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GOOD BOY Director, Ben Leonberg
Ben Leonberg is the writer and director of Good Boy, the breakout indie horror film told entirely from the point of view of a dog. Shot over three years with a crew of three people and made for under seventy thousand dollars, Good Boy became a theatrical and streaming success, earning over $8...
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NIGHT OF THE REAPER Director, Brandon Christensen
Brandon Christensen is a Canadian filmmaker and VFX artist whose directorial work includes Night of the Reaper, Superhost, Puppet Man, and VFX work on multiple films with a particularly close collaboration with Joe Begos on VFW, Bliss, Jimmy and Stiggs, and Christmas Bloody Christmas. In this...
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The Science of Horror: Recreational Fear Lab
Show Notes Movies Mentioned Get Out Psycho Carrie Friday the 13th (franchise) Sharknado The Exorcist Hereditary Contagion The Evil Dead An American Werewolf in London The Fly Weapons Books and Stories Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm) Follow Marc Malmdorf Andersen at: LinkedIn:...
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The filmmakers of DREAM EATER, Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm & Alex Lee Williams
Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams are the filmmakers behind Dream Eater, a Lovecraft-inspired found-footage horror film shot on a shoestring budget in a remote Quebec cottage. When their original project lost funding, they rebuilt it from scratch, turning their setbacks into a...
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Variety’s Executive Digital Director, William Earl
William Earl is the Executive Digital Director at Variety and the lead organizer behind the first annual Variety Horror Impact Report. The report spotlights the filmmakers, producers, executives, festival directors, and creative leaders defining the horror today. In addition to overseeing all...
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Screenwriter & Director, Joe Begos
Joe Begos is a renegade indie filmmaker and a household name in horror. His body of work includes Bliss, VFW, The Mind’s Eye, Christmas Bloody Christmas, and his latest splatterfest Jimmy and Stiggs—which is easily one of my favorite horror films of the year. I love this movie, I love that it...
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SCREAMING & CONJURING Writer, Clark Collis
Clark Collis is a British author and journalist best known for his long career at Entertainment Weekly, where he spent 18 years as a senior writer. Clark is the author of two major books on horror: You’ve Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life (2021) and, most recently…
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BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL Writers, Scott Brown and Anthony King
Scott Brown and Anthony King are the Tony-nominated writers behind Beetlejuice the Musical. Together they adapted Tim Burton’s cult classic into a Broadway hit that blends grief, special effects, and lots of laughs. I am an unabashedly huge fan of Beetlejuice the Musical, which first opened on...
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The Howl - Your Past Month's Horror News - September, 2025 featuring Joe Russo
Hey everyone, back with another monthly episode of The Howl, where me and my cohost Adam Cruz break down the biggest horror news, share what we’ve been watching, and talk all things horror. This month we’re joined by screenwriter, producer, and director Joe Russo (Nightmare Cinema), who brings…
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Horror Fan/ Entertainment Lawyer, Joshua Lastine
Joshua Lastine is an entertainment attorney and the founder of Lastine Entertainment Law, representing actors, directors, writers, producers and more. A former in-house lawyer at Lionsgate and ViacomCBS, he has worked on high-profile projects such as Halloween (2018) and The Blackening, as well…
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Writer/Director, Boaz Yakin
Boaz Yakin is a New York City–born filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for his versatile work across indie dramas, mainstream hits, genre films, and TV. He began his career young, selling his first screenplay (The Punisher) at 19, and quickly made a name for himself with gritty urban...
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Jim Mickle, Director of STAKE LAND, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE & SWEET TOOTH
We got a great one today, someone I’ve wanted to have on the show since year 1. Jim Mickle is in the house. Jim is a director and writer, known for his bold genre-blending style. After graduating from NYU’s film program he made his directorial debut with the micro‑budget horror Mulberry Street...
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ABRAHAM’S BOYS Director, Natasha Kermani
Natasha Kermani is a director whose work includes Imitation Girl, Lucky, and V/H/S/85. Her latest feature, Abraham’s Boys, is an atmospheric, emotionally grounded take on Dracula and Van Helsing, adapted from Joe Hill’s short story. The film explores the lives of Van Helsing’s sons, reframing...
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Jamie Harrison, Stage Illusionist for STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
Jamie Harrison is a renowned illusion designer, visual effects creator, and theater artist, who, alongside collaborator Chris Fisher, is responsible for the jaw-dropping illusions in Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the stage play prequel to the Stranger Things series. Both Jamie and Chris…
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SAW Writer and SKILLHOUSE Director, Josh Stolberg
Josh Stolberg is a director, screenwriter, and photographer whose work spans comedy, horror, and thriller. Among the horror crowd, Josh is best known for his work as writer on movies like Sorority Row and Piranha 3D. Josh is well known for his contributions to the Saw franchise, penning scripts…
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STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Effects Creator, Chris Fisher
Chris Fisher is one of the leading minds behind the groundbreaking illusions in Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the stunning stage prequel to the beloved Netflix series. As Co-Illusion and Visual Effects Designer, Fisher helped craft an unprecedented theatrical experience that combines…
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STRANGER THINGS Writer, Kate Trefry
Kate Trefry is a key creative force behind Stranger Things. Joining the show as a writer in Season 2, she’s been with the series for over seven years, and her work has helped shape the mythology, tone, and lore of the town of Hawkins — and all of its beloved (and haunted) inhabitants. Her latest...
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BARK Director, Marc Schölermann
Marc Schölermann is an acclaimed German director who made his feature debut with Pathology, a psychological thriller produced by MGM/Lakeshore and starring Alyssa Milano. His latest film, Bark, is a horror thriller about a man who wakes up tied to a tree with no memory of how he got there....
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Graphic Novel Duo, Shannon Eric Denton & David Hartman
Today’s guests are the creative duo Shannon Eric Denton and David Hartman — two multi-hyphenate storytellers whose work spans the worlds of comics, animation, film, and beyond. Shannon Eric Denton is a veteran writer, artist, and transmedia creator with a career that cuts across comics…
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IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS Producer, Robin Block’s New Indie Horror Venture, Screamseed!
Intro Robin Block is rewriting the playbook for how genre stories get made. As the founder of CreatorVC, he’s behind the wildly successful In Search of Darkness documentary series, Aliens Expanded, and In Search of the Last Action Heroes—all funded and shaped by passionate fans. Now, with his new...
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Horror Documentarian, Kurt Sayenga
Kurt Sayenga is a writer, director, and showrunner who has become a leading force in horror documentary filmmaking. Kurt made a name for himself with series like Eli Roth’s History of Horror, The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time, and Horror’s Greatest, where he brings a scholar’s eye...
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THE INVISIBLE RAPTOR’s Mike Capes & Nic Neary
On this episode we dive deep into the making The Invisible Raptor with writer and star Mike Capes and producer Nic Neary. The film is a hilarious, Amblin-inspired horror-comedy that delivers big creature-feature thrills (without ever showing the creature itself). Mike and Nic share how the movie...
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Horror Historian David Katznelson
On this episode of The Nick Taylor Horror Show, we’re joined by journalist and horror scholar David Katznelson. Known for his meticulous exploration of the horror genre’s history, David shares details behind a fascinating project where he watches and analyzes every horror movie from the 1970’s.…
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MEMOIR OF A SNAIL Director, Adam Elliot
Today we’re joined by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot. Adam is Known for his painstakingly handcrafted stop-motion films like Mary and Max, and the shorts Harvie Krumpet, which won an Oscar, and Ernie Biscuit. Today Adam shares the emotional and artistic journey behind his latest…
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THE DEAD THING Director, Elric Kane
I’m very excited because today, we’re joined by Elric Kane—filmmaker, podcaster, household name in horror and one of the most knowledgeable voices in genre cinema. Elric is the co-host of the ‘Colors of the Dark’ Podcast which I listen to religiously as well as & The New Beverly Cinemas ‘Pure...
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COMPANION Co-editor, Josh Ethier
Josh Ethier is a film editor who has become a household name in horror. Josh is the editing force behind such films as: Contracted, Some Kind of Hate, We are Still Here, Mayhem, Leatherface, Bliss, VFW, Orphan First Kill, Christmas Bloody Christmas, The Seventh Day, Gretel and Hansel, Don’t…
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WEREWOLVES Director, Steven C. Miller
Today we’re joined by action-horror filmmaker Steven C. Miller to discuss his latest barn-burner of a movie, Werewolves. Werewolves is an unapologetically fun and hydraulic creature feature packed with practical effects, action, and a whole lot of Frank Grillo. Steven dives into his experiences...
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DON’T MOVE Directors Brian Netto and Adam Schindler
Today we’re joined by directing duo Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, the creative minds behind the new horror thriller Don’t Move. The guys share how they transformed the universal fear of immobility into a gripping narrative that they ultimately sold to Netflix and discuss what it was like…
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LOVE BOMB Director, David Guglielmo
Today we’re joined by indie filmmaker and casting director David Guglielmo, who recently wrapped his latest film, Love Bomb. David shares his journey of directing a script written specifically for him by friend and screenwriter Kathy Charles. We explore the creative challenges of transforming an...
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ALL YOU NEED IS BLOOD Director, Cooper Roberts
Cooper Roberts is an editor and director who just released his feature debut, All You Need is Blood—a delightfully gory tribute to Amblin-esque coming-of-age movies and zombie films. Cooper’s background includes experience in advertising and music videos, and most notably, he was nominated for a...
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THE BABADOOK Director, Jennifer Kent Celebrates 10 Years
Today, we’re celebrating a special milestone—the 10th anniversary of The Babadook— with director, Jennifer Kent. The Babadook was Jennifer’s feature debut and has since become an iconic classic and one of the GOATs of horror. Jennifer has been recognized for her ability to craft horror with…
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The Howl - Your Past Month's Horror News - September, 2024
Hey everyone, back with another monthly episode of The Howl, a new concept where me and my cohost Adam Cruz summarize and discuss the past month's horror news, share what we've watched recently, and just generally nerd out over all things horror. Our goal with The Howl is to catch listeners up…
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DANIEL ISN'T REAL Director, Adam Egypt Mortimer
Adam Egypt Mortimer is an American filmmaker, Producer and graphic novel writer. Originally from Boston, Adam kicked off his directing career with Some Kind of Hate in 2015 and followed that up with 2019’s Daniel Isn’t Real and 2020’s Arch Enemy. But Adam doesn't stop at films; he's also ventured...
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DOCTOR JEKYLL Director Joe Stephenson (from Hammer Films)
Joe Stephenson is a British director who made his feature directorial debut with the 2015 film Chicken. His second film was the acclaimed 2018 documentary McKellen: Playing the Part about the life and career of Sir Ian McKellen. Joe’s third film is, Doctor Jekyll, an adaptation of Dr Jekyll and…
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Exploring the techniques, strategies, and key pieces of advice for aspiring horror directors, straight from the minds of some of the greatest filmmakers and creators in horror. Host Nick Taylor engages in one-on-one conversations with directors, producers, writers, actors and artists to uncover the keys to their creative and professional success in the horror business.
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