Today's episode is a special one. Instead of the usual deep dive with one filmmaker about a specific film, I interviewed as many people as I could at the Pueblo Film Festival, asking them "where do you see the future of independent film going?" https://pueblofilmfest.org/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Charlie Steeds, a hugely prolific British film director. We talk about Gods of the Deep and Freeze, a modern and period piece adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountains of Madness respectively, as well as his other work. You can watch a lot of his movies on tubi: https://tubitv.com/person/5f5ca9/charlie-steeds https://twitter.com/darktemplefilms https://www.instagram.com/charliesteeds Powered by Firstory Hosting

Followers is a new slasher/home invasion film that just came out on March 12th, 2024, and is streaming exclusively on ScreamBox. https://www.screambox.com/ https://www.instagram.com/smallertown Powered by Firstory Hosting

This month I'm changing things up by not interviewing people about specific movies they've made. Instead, my guest today is Rudi Womack, director of the Wyoming International Film Festival. We talk about WYOIFF and film festivals in general. You can find more information about, and submit your films to, WYOIFF on Film Freeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WyomingInternationalFilmFestival And their website: https://www.wyoiff.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

Continuing this month's theme of interviewing people about things other than specific films they've made, I'm interviewing Richard Hansil about founding a new indie film studio. You can learn more about 3one8 Films and follow along with their development on their website: https://www.3one8films.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

Here For Blood is an upcoming home invasion movie about a babysitter protecting their charge from a cult. The twist? The babysitter is a professional wrestler! Here For Blood is coming to theaters and ScreamBox on February 9th. Powered by Firstory Hosting

My guest today is Christopher Wesley Moore, writer/director of Children of Sin, a horror movie set at a gay conversion camp - but not the one you're thinking of. You can stream Children of Sin on tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/679385/children-of-sin Powered by Firstory Hosting

My guest today is Adam Marcus, director of Secret Santa, a holiday horror flick that will be showing at New Fear's Day, the winter and holiday themed horror film festival I've put together, and is currently streaming on ScreamBox: https://www.screambox.com/details/1000000019139/Secret-Santa He also directed Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, which is currently streaming on tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/682530/jason-goes-to-hell-the-final-friday Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Peter Cannon, director of Exposure, which is not yet released Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Samuel Morrison, writer of By Deception. You can watch By Deception here: https://tubitv.com/movies/699196/by-deception Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today's guest is Kevin Kopacka, director of Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes, a German metamodern horror film that you can watch here: https://tubitv.com/movies/689314/dawn-breaks-behind-the-eyes Powered by Firstory Hosting

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. It was inspired by local folklore. Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain is a historical dramatization of the true story of Zebulon Pike's expedition west, filmed on location in the locations his journey actually took him to. You can find Curse of the Blue Lights here: https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Blue-Lights-Special-Deluxe/dp/B00EXDVDIS And Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain here: https://www.zebulonpike.net/ John Johnson's main site is: https://johnhjohnson.net/ And his Damon Runyon site is: https://damon-runyon.com/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

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 invasionofthepodpeoplepodcast@gmail.com Powered by Firstory Hosting