Today's guest is Greydon Clark, a prolific director of low budget independent films for many decades. You can find lots of his films on Tubi, as well as on his website, where you can also get his autobiography, which I greatly enjoyed reading as preparation for this episode: http://greydonclark.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

It's been just about a year, and the feature film of Tapehead is out! You can watch the original 45 minute "short" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s60ldSPJ6ZY And you can buy the feature film, Return of Jacob Cobb, here: https://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZYO1CG&pp=1 Powered by Firstory Hosting

This is a special episode celebrating Six Feet Under Horror Fest, which sadly my short did not get into. Today's guests are Bryan Oliver and Will Grey of Cirrus Studios, whom I met at the previous 6FU. You can see their work here: https://www.watchcirrus.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

Thomas Jacobson is one of the members of 5 Second Films, and one of the directors of Dude Bro Party Massacre 3, which you can watch here: Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Preston DeFrancis, director of Ruin Me, a metamodern slasher film. You can watch it, and the director and writer's commentary, on Shudder: https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/ruin-me/7dfe6d8d92cc6b23 Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Justin Seaman, creator of The Barn, and '80s throwback horror movie. The Barn Part II is coming soon, and in the meantime you can watch The Barn here: https://tubitv.com/movies/491603/the-barn Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is John Johnson, director of Curse of the Blue Lights and Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain. This is a special episode, as John Johnson is also a resident of Pueblo, Colorado, where I live! This is the first episode I recorded in person, in our local public library - the same place where I first saw a showing of Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain. Curse of the Blue Lights is a supernatural horror film shot in Pueblo, Colorado, and set in a fictionalized version of Pueblo....

Today's guest is Fred Vogel, director of The Final Interview, a psychological thriller set almost entirely in a single room, and the August Underground trilogy, highly influential and hard to find fake snuff films. You can find The Final Interview here, and the August Underground trilogy is set to be re-released later this year, starting this month. https://www.thefinalinterviewmovie.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

In this first annual Slimy Awards episode, I take a moment to reflect on the first year of doing Invasion of the Pod People, talk about what's changing going forward (not much, just more interviews!), and of course present the first annual Slimy Awards. If you are an independent filmmaker and would like to get interviewed about your work, send an email to [email protected] Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's quest is Lloyd Kaufman, cofounder of Troma, the world's longest running independent film studio. You probably already know who Lloyd is. You can watch all sorts of Troma movies on Troma Now: https://watch.troma.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Pierce Berolzheimer, the writer/director of Crabs!, a genre-bending horror comedy creature feature about, you guessed it, crabs invading a small town. You can watch Crabs! here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0QRXUKUZPS46G1CFCCIJI9MFWD/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

A bit of a disclaimer: my mic had some difficulties this episode, so my audio is a bit garbled. Fortunately my guests are audible just fine. In today's episode my guests are Chris McInroy, the director, Stacey Bell, the executive producer, and Kris Phipps, another producer, of several horror shorts: GUTS, Bad Guy Number 2, Death Metal, We Summoned a Demon, and the One Time in the Woods segment in the Scare Package anthology. You can watch their shorts here: ...

In today's episode my guest is Noah Bunyon, the director of The King in Yellow, an adaptation of the 1896 collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers. You can watch The King in Yellow here: https://www.amazon.com/King-Yellow-Mike-Newman/dp/B0B6WVBK24 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Fable Siegel, director of the Lackadaisy animated pilot, a cartoon about anthropomorphic cats in prohibition era St. Louis. You can watch the Lackadaisy pilot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vffu6FG4YP4 And you can read the original Lackadaisy comic here: https://lackadaisy.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Tracy Butler, creator of Lackadaisy. Lackadaisy is a comic about anthropomorphic cats in prohibition era St Louis that was recently adapted into an animated pilot. You can watch the pilot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vffu6FG4YP4 And you can read the original Lackadaisy comic here: https://lackadaisy.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

In today's episode I interview Rick Ives, writer/director of Solid Rock Trust, a tense heist movie set almost entirely in a single location. You can watch Solid Rock Trust here: https://tubitv.com/movies/701273/solid-rock-trust?start=true You can follow Rick on twitter here: https://twitter.com/flashbulb_films Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

tw: discussion of suicide In today's episode, my guest is Matt Gordon, a special effects makeup artist from right here in Pueblo Colorado. A warning, this episode does get a bit heavier than most. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

In today's episode, I interview Rico Dalsimer, creator of the Durty D youtube channel and the Dawn of the Friend short film. You can watch Durty D here: https://www.youtube.com/c/DurtyD And you can check out the 72 hour Kickass Film Fest here: https://filmfreeway.com/KickAssFilmFestivals Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

In today's episode, my guests are Finn Callan, the writer/director of The Guest, and Anna Fraser, who portrays the eponymous Guest. You can watch Guest here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-5Upq2hcOA Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

In today's episode I interview some folks who made Valentine Bluffs, a My Bloody Valentine fan film. We've got Chuck Ryan, who plays the miner and Axel and is a producer, John Piekos, the DP, and Darren Pastor, the special effects guy. You can watch Valentine Bluffs here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIIOv49awUU Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

In today's episode, my guest is Chris Dubey, producer and star of Paper City Burnout, a neo-noir / crime thriller tragedy. You can watch Paper City Burnout for free on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/641760/paper-city-burnout Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today I interview Steve Rudzinski, the writer director of CarousHell, CarousHell 2, and more! You can watch CarousHell here: https://tubitv.com/movies/682665/caroushell?start=true And you can watch all of Steve's movies on his patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/SteveBuster/ Leave a comment and share your thoughts: Comment Link Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today my guest is Dustin Matson, the writer, director, and one of the stars of Tapehead. We talk about Tapehead, the upcoming feature length sequel Tapehead: The Return of Jacob Cobb, and indie filmmaking in general. You can watch Tapehead here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s60ldSPJ6ZY Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

In this month's episode, I interview Prof. Dustin Morrow, writer / director of Black Pool (2019) and professor in the School of Film at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Most games of Fear of the Unknown have one GM and multiple players, but it also works with just a single player! Join us today as Howard Frieze GMs and I play, trying to unravel a horrifying time loop. The kickstarter for Fear of the Unknown is now live throughout the month of October 2022! Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cl4t13kxz012w01xi0gxphf5d/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting