Indie Horror Rising: Recent Episodes
THREE TORTURED MINDS
THREE TORTURED MINDS presents INDIE HORROR RISING, a weekly podcast about indie horror filmmaking, indie horror films, and the indie horror filmmakers—both behind the cameras and in front—who are bringing us the best, most interesting, and most fun films on the indie horror scene today. Each week, co-hosts Jay Sapiro and Chris Micklos—co-directors of the award-winning 2018 film THE NURSERY and the upcoming supernatural horror-thriller THE HEADMISRESS—will interview indie horror filmmakers, writers, actors, distributors, and others working in today’s diverse indie horror community. With behind-the-scenes anecdotes and observations, keen filmmaking insights and tips, and in-depth conversations about the most recent and most classic examples of indie horror cinema, the podcast is perfect for filmmakers, genre fans, and students interested in hearing about the challenges, opportunities, and behind-the-scenes fun of indie horror filmmaking. Please subscribe to our podcast; follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ThreeTorturedMinds for updates, show notes, upcoming guests, and more; and join us each week for INDIE HORROR RISING!
Encore of our April 22, 2022 episode with the filmmakers behind the film GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS.
Encore of our April 15, 2022 episode with the filmmakers behind the film FLEE THE LIGHT.
Encore of our April 1, 2022 episode with Lawrence Fowler about his film, THE JACK IN THE BOX: AWAKENING.
Three Tortured Minds discuss the theatrical release of THE HEADMISTRESS and their efforts to grow the theatrical footprint for the film.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Lou Simón, Christopher Millan, and Mike Stanley about their new film 73 MINUTES.
Encore of our February 11, 2022 episode with Brandon Christensen about his film, SUPERHOST.
Encore of our January 21, 2022 episode with the filmmakers behind THE CURSE OF LA PATASOLA.
Encore of our November 19, 2021 episode with filmmaker Nathan Crooker about his horror pandemic anthology film ISOLATION.
Encore of our June 12, 2020 episode with Abi Casson Thompson and Kate Lush, the stars of THE CANDY WITCH.
Encore of our June 6, 2020 episode with Sean Butler, president of Cultivate Entertainment Partners.
Encore of our July 3, 2020 episode with Kelli Marchman Mcneely, the CEO of HorrorFuel.com.
Encore of our July 10, 2020 episode when Three Tortured Minds discuss the genesis of their upcoming feature length horror film, THE HEADMISTRESS.
Three Tortured Minds talk with the filmmakers behind the new anthology, HOW DARK THEY PREY.
Encore of our July 24, 2020 episode when Three Tortured Minds discuss concept and script development for THE HEADMISTRESS.
Three Tortured Minds talk with stars and director of the new horror film, THE ACCURSED.
Encore of our July 31, 2020 episode with with filmmaker Hansi Oppenheimer about her documentary, ALL HAILTHE POPCORN KING.
Encore of our September 25, 2020 episode with Christopher House and Stephen Milek, the co-directors of the Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival.
Encore of our February 2, 2021 episode with the filmmakers behind their new film LEGEND OF FALL CREEK.
Encore of our May 21, 2021 episode where Three Tortured Minds discuss what happens after the final cut of a film is complete.
Encore of our June 4, 2021 episode with John C. Lyons and Dorota Swies about their film, UNEARTH.
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Encore of our September 10, 2021 episode with Dan Allen about his film, IT CAME FROM BELOW.
Encore of our September 17, 2021 episode with Dutch Marich about his film, HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT.
Encore of our October 21, 2021 episode with Reed Shusterman about his film, BLOOD BORN.
Encore of our December 3, 2021 episode with Justin LaReau about his film, LANTERN'S LANE.
Encore of our October 29, 2021 episode with Aaron Pagniano about his film, SUNSET ON THE RIVER STYX.
Encore of our December 10, 2021 episode where we take a "Dark Dive" into THE FACULTY with special filmmaker guest Aaron Pagniano.
Encore of our July 22, 2021 episode where we take a "Dark Dive" into THE GINGERDEAD MAN.
Encore of our May 7, 2021 episode where Three Tortured Minds, and special guest filmmaker Mike P. Nelson, take a "Dark Dive" into TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE.
Three Tortured Minds talk with the filmmakers behind their new film GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS.
Encore of our February 5, 2021 episode where we take a "Dark Dive" into THE FRIGHTENERS.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Lawrence Fowler about his new film, THE JACK IN THE BOX: AWAKENING.
Encore of our February 26, 2021 episode with Kevin Lewis about his action-horror-comedy film WILLY'S WONDERLAND, starring Nicolas Cage.
Encore of our April 9, 2021 episode with Ryan Spindell about his film, THE MORTUARY COLLECTION.
Encore of our May 28, 2021 episode with Casey Dillard and Glenn Payne about their film KILLER CONCEPT.
Three Tortured Minds, and special guest filmmaker Jason Hewlett, take a "Dark Dive" into WITCHBOARD.
Three Tortured Minds talk with the filmmakers behind their new film, THE CURSE OF LA PATASOLA.
Encore of our August 27, 2020 episode with filmmaker Andrew Traucki about his film, BLACK WATER: ABYSS.
Encore of our December 3, 2020 episode with filmmaker Simon Phillips about his film, THE NIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
Three Tortured Minds take a "Dark Dive" into THE FACULTY with special filmmaker guest Aaron Pagniano.
Encore episode of our 10/02/2020 discussion with director and the stars of the new horror film THE BARGE PEOPLE.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Adam Ambrosio and Jamison M. LoCascio about their new film, KNOW FEAR.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Aaron Pagniano about his new film, SUNSET ON THE RIVER STYX.
Three Tortured Minds take a "Dark Dive" into APRIL FOOL'S DAY with special filmmaker guests Christopher Alender and Marcos Gabriel.
Three Tortured Minds, and special guest filmmaker Lou Simon, take a "Dark Dive" into ANGEL HEART.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Dutch Marich about his new film, HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT.
Encore episode of our 10/30/2020 discussion with the writer and the producer of the fantasy / horror / thriller SWEET TASTE OF SOULS.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Christopher Alender and Marcos Gabriel about their new film, THE OLD WAYS.
Encore episode of our 7/10/2020 episode where we discuss the genesis of our new feature length horror film, THE HEADMISTRESS.
Encore episode of our 02/19/2021 discussion with Mike P. Nelson about his film, WRONG TURN.
Encore episode of our 6/5/2020 discussion with filmmaker Jason Zink, about his horror-thriller STRAIGHT EDGE KEGGER.
Three Tortured Minds - and special guests, filmmakers Casey Dillard and Glenn Payne - take a "Dark Dive" into CURSED.
Encore episode of our discussion with historian, author and filmmaker David J. Skal about his book FRIGHT FAVORITES: 31 MOVIES TO HAUNT YOUR HALLOWEEN AND BEYOND, and much more.
Encore of our May 22, 2020 episode with actor, writer, director, producer, Miles Doleac about his horror/thriller feature, THE DINNER PARTY.
Three Tortured Minds talk with John C. Lyons and Dorota Swies about their new film UNEARTH.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Casey Dillard and Glenn Payne about their new film KILLER CONCEPT.
Encore of our May 15, 2020 episode with Keith Leopard, Founder/CEO of indie distributor Uncork’d Entertainment.
Three Tortured Minds, and special guest filmmaker Mike P. Nelson, take a "Dark Dive" into TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE.
Three Tortured Minds, and special guest filmmaker Lou Simon, take a "Dark Dive" into CANDYMAN.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Ryan Spindell about his new film, THE MORTUARY COLLECTION.
Three Tortured Minds continue their discussion on the post-production process for THE HEADMISTRESS.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Kevin Lewis about his new film, WILLY'S WONDERLAND, starring Nicolas Cage.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Mike P. Nelson about his new film, WRONG TURN. **WRONG TURN is available on VOD, Digital, DVD and Blu-ray February 23rd.
Three Tortured Minds talk with the filmmakers behind their new film LEGEND OF FALL CREEK.
Three Tortured Minds discuss the start of the post-production process for THE HEADMISTRESS.
Three Tortured Minds take a "Dark Dive" into IT FOLLOWS and discuss why it's such an effective film.
Three Tortured Minds talk with filmmaker Walker Whited about his new picture, BY NIGHT'S END.
Three Tortured Minds talk with historian, author and filmmaker David J. Skal about his new book FRIGHT FAVORITES: 31 MOVIES TO HAUNT YOUR HALLOWEEN AND BEYOND, and much more.
Three Tortured Minds talk with filmmaker John Fallon about his new film SWEET PAIN, his groundbreaking horror movie site arrowinthehead.com, and much more.
Three Tortured Minds discuss the cinematography for THE HEADMISTRESS with special guest Daniel Andera.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Simon Phillips about his new film, THE NIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
Three Tortured Minds talk with the writer and the producer of the new fantasy / horror / thriller SWEET TASTE OF SOULS.
Three Tortured Minds discuss working with and directing the actors on THE HEADMISTRESS.
Three Tortured Minds talk with the director and one of the stars of the new horror film REDWOOD MASSACRE: ANNIHILATION
Three Tortured Minds talk with the director and the stars of the new horror film THE BARGE PEOPLE.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Christopher House and Stephen Milek, the talented duo behind the Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival, about their upcoming 2020 online event.
Three Tortured Minds discuss social media and PR efforts for THE HEADMISTRESS thus far.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Jason Hewlett about his new paranormal reality show WE WANT TO BELIEVE.
Three Tortured Minds talk with filmmaker Andrew Traucki about his new drama / horror BLACK WATER: ABYSS.
Three Tortured Minds continue their pre-production conversation and share how they found their locations, planned for each shot, fed the cast and crew, and much more!
Three Tortured Minds talk with filmmaker Larry Fessenden about his recent feature, DEPRAVED.
Three Tortured Minds talk with filmmaker Hansi Oppenheimer about her new documentary, ALL HAILTHE POPCORN KING.
Three Tortured Minds talk with filmmaker Bruce Wemple about his new feature, MONSTROUS.
Three Tortured Minds discuss the genesis of their upcoming feature length horror film, THE HEADMISTRESS.
Three Tortured Minds talk with the president of Cultivate Entertainment Partners, Sean Butler.
Three Tortured Minds talk with writer, director, producer, Zach Gayne about his new feature, HOMEWRECKER.
Three Tortured Minds talk with actresses Kate Lush and Abi Casson Thompson about their indie horror feature, THE CANDY WITCH.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Jason Zink about his horror / thriller STRAIGHT EDGE KEGGER, his "punk rock film house" Weird on Top Pictures, and much more!
Three Tortured Minds talk with Casey Dillard and Glenn Payne about their soon-to-be-released indie thriller/comedy, DRIVEN, featuring Richard Speight Jr.
Three Tortured Minds talk with actor, writer, director, producer, Miles Doleac about his journey as a filmmaker and his new horror/thriller feature, THE DINNER PARTY.
Three Tortured Minds talk with distributor Keith Leopard of Uncork'd Entertainment about what he looks for in a film, tips on working with a distributor, his upcoming releases, and much more!
Three Tortured Minds talk with Audrey Martinovich from Audio for the Arts about her significant role in composing music and mixing audio for The Nursery.
Three Tortured Minds discuss how special effects were handled during the post-production phase for The Nursery.
Three Tortured Minds discuss the beginning of the post-production process for The Nursery.
Three Tortured Minds talk with Associate Producer David Sapiro about his role as Roman in The Nursery.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) round out their discussion regarding principal photography for The Nursery.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) discuss how they dealt with practical and special effects while shooting The Nursery.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) discuss their approach to working with the actors while shooting The Nursery. Claudio Parrone Jr., who plays Jeremy, joins the conversation to share his thoughts.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) discuss crowdfunding, investors, and how The Nursery was ultimately funded.
Three Tortured Minds continue the pre-production conversation to discuss scheduling, rehearsals, and much more.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) discuss setting up an LLC, the importance of contracts, and working with legal counsel.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) discuss their attempts at generating press and growing their social media following for The Nursery. Lacy Lou from pophorror.com joins in to share her perspective as someone who reviews horror films and does all she can to promote them.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) talk through the steps they went through as they prepared to shoot The Nursery. The Director of Photography for the film, Daniel Andera, joins the discussion to share how he readied himself for production and much more.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) discuss the traditional and novel ways they found talent for The Nursery. Maddi Conway, who plays Ranae, talks about being cast as the lead in the film and provides her take on casting from an actor's perspective.
Hear our full conversation with writer, director, producer Lou Simon (HazMat, Agoraphobia, All Girls Weekend, 3).
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) talk about concepting and scripting as well as the tools and strategies they used to get the job done for The Nursery. Writer, director, and producer, Lou Simon (HazMat, Agoraphobia, All Girls Weekend, 3) joins in on the conversation to provide her insight, tips, and techniques.
Three Tortured Minds (Jay, Chris, and Glenn) discuss their background, how they met, why they decided to make a movie, and how this podcast will explain the process of making an indie horror film - from concept to distribution - through the lens of creating The Nursery.