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 Howard Thornton and even though that project didn’t come to fruition, it was a really good experience and she kept in touch.

A year and a half later, with Fuzz on the Lens, she was cast in their feature, Stream. Later on, Allison got the call to do a chemistry read for Screamboat and booked that one too!

Though Allison paid the bills with production and had enjoyed the experience, she prefers to act. And she just moved to L.A. to do just that!

That’s not all, she’s also an indie horror fan and she sees the potential in horror film and is excited to be apart of it. We talk about being in another renaissance in indie horror, as well as women in horror.

Allison is a collaborator at heart and talks about just wanting to make good horror with great people. You will also find her on stage because she is also a play actor.

Keep an eye out for Allison Pittel (Pit-Tell) look for her in Stream and Screamboat which is in theaters April 2, 2025! It is a limited run so go see it! This movie is made for the big screen and an audience!

Get tickets for Screamboat here:

https://steamboatwilliehorrormovie.com

Find Allison Pittel:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8110323/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

https://www.instagram.com/allisonpittel?igsh=ZjJ0N2kyZHFrOGU0

Find Carlos and I:

Carlos Ibarra on IG @jekyl6669 and

https://www.fillintheblanksproductions.ca/

Kimberly at http://www.macabreish.com and IG and Tiktok @macabre_ish. https://linktr.ee/macabre_ish

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, academy award winner, Kevin Wilmott (you’ll know him as one of the writer’s of 2018 Blackkklansman).

Instead of leaving for LA after graduating from KU, Patrick, instead worked at a tv station making short films. He still lives in Kansas City and most of his films have been shot there.

Patrick shares the pitfalls of filmmaking, sequels and the importance of picking the right distributor. His feature Nailbiter gained steam on Chiller channel and again after it landed on Tubi. He has ideas for a sequel which he’ll make if he can get funding. (everyone stream it so we get that sequel!)

Then he wanted to make a camping horror and called it Enclosure, it was originally supposed to be made in the Ozarks but funding was acquired for South Carolina. The film was shot in 12 days. The distributor changed the name to Arbor Demon (in some places it is still called Enclosure).

Patrick creates interesting stories and unique spins on already established monsters. Even the lower budget films are good, where it might save in expensive production value, you’ll get in story, brutal scenes and a solid twist. Like in I Am Lisa, if you are a Ginger Snaps fan, give this one a watch. It’s a much lower budget film set in the 80s but go for it so we can get a sequel to this one too!

The next one, They Wait in the Dark got him his first New York Times review and it was positive. Unfortunately, this one is distributed by Red Box/Chicken Soup for the Soul who went bankrupt. You’ll have to listen to find out how much of a problem that’s turned out to be and still is.

Patrick has made a ton of shorts, many of which find their way into anthologies, everywhere. Watch and enjoy them!

Support indie filmmakers! Watch Nail Biters, Arbor Demons, I Am Lisa and keep an eye out for Super Happy Fun Clown!

Find Patrick Rea’s filmography here:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1408696/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

And find us:

Carlos Ibarra on IG @jekyl6669 and

https://www.fillintheblanksproductions.ca/

Kimberly at http://www.macabreish.com and IG and Tiktok @macabre_ish. https://linktr.ee/macabre_ish

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 lying about his age so he could direct music videos for labels. It wasn’t long before he moved to LA and as of today, he’s been there for 12 years.

nd making seemingly impossible scenes happen on a strict budget as well as

If you’re a fan of The Mean One, you’re going to want to hear how that came about. It was never a concept that was going to exist in the real world but it does now! On that note, get the collector’s edition of The Mean One because it includes a documentary about how it was made called Christmas Chaos: Making the Mean One.

Steven’s newest project called Screamboat, starring David Howard Thornton as Screamboat Willie, is a reimagining of the public domain character Steamboat Willie. It is set on a New York ferry. Steven talks about the idea for this movie and how it came together.

Support indie films , Screamboat is out April 2, 2025, go see it!

It’s meant to be seen on the big screen folks! Get your tickets here:

https://steamboatwilliehorrormovie.com

Find Steven LaMorte here:

https://www.stevenlamorte.com

And find us:

Carlos Ibarra on IG @jekyl6669 and

https://www.fillintheblanksproductions.ca/

Christopher Thompson on IG @theauthor__

Kimberly at http://www.macabreish.com and IG and Tiktok @macabre_ish. https://linktr.ee/macabre_ish