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We’re cheating a little this week and presenting to you a revisit to the first ever episode of It Came From the Indies. Why? THE DROWNSMAN has just hit store shelves in North America and we want to celebrate by again sharing the talk Martin and Ashlee from Graveyard Shift Sisters had with some of […] The post It Came From the Indies – The Drownsman Revisited appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

DEEP DARK is the story of a struggling artist and his unusual muse, a hole in the wall of a decrepit one room apartment. The feature-length debut for Michael Medaglia he joins Martin to talk about getting started making movies, his initial short films including Kitty Kitty (embedded after the break) and how Deep Dark […] The post It Came From the Indies – Deep Dark appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Live from the Philadelphia Podcasting Society’s Podcast Fair comes a special episode of It Came From the Indies! Martin talks to Tony Trov and Johnny Zito of South Fellini about their two movies Alpha Girls: A Satanic Sorority Slasher and the recently-shot American Exorcist. Tony and Johnny talk about their media-spanning projects, from comics to […] The post It Came From the Indies – South Fellini appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Drew Bolduc is a Virginia native whose short films created to freak people out at local screenings spawned his feature debut (co-directed with Dan Nelson) THE TAINT. The film is a hyper-violent and bizarre take on misogyny in film where men are transformed into demented woman killers. Dense with content and full of challenging ideas […] The post It Came From the Indies – Drew Bolduc/Science Team appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

“…the experience of making it I hope embodies everything that I imagined making an 80’s monster movie would be… Right down to a crew of guys in the shop wearing heavy metal shirts and listening to WASP.” There’s no Heaven, but there’s actually a place worse than Hell. THE VOID. Steven Kostanski is a filmmaker, […] The post It Came From the Indies – Steve Kostanski/The Void appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Czech actor turned director Petr Jákl has just seen his new film GHOUL hit VOD and theaters in the United States. Ghoul tells the story of a documentary team that travels to the Ukraine to find out the terrible famine it suffered in 1932 which actually drove many to cannibalism. Intersecting with this is the […] The post It Came From the Indies – Ghoul appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Mike fucking Mendez! Martin was ridiculously excited to talk to Mike Mendez, director of one of his favorite horror movies THE CONVENT. Martin totally fanboys his way through a great 90 plus minute conversation with Mike Mendez which covers his current projects and his early work THE KILLERS and THE CONVENT that have strong cult […] The post It Came From the Indies – Mike Mendez appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

James Bickert rocked, thrilled, and pissed off many with his exploitation throwback DEAR GOD NO! Now he and the same team are looking to Kickstarter to fund their next project FRANKENSTEIN CREATED BIKERS. James joines It Came From the Indies to talk about his love for shooting with real film instead of digital, his experiences […] The post It Came From the Indies – Frankenstein Created Bikers appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

To round out Women in Horror Month we are pleased to present this chat with Jessica Cameron! Jessica is a Canadian native who came to the United States to pursue fashion design but ended up falling in love with acting, especially horror. Jessica talks about her active online presence, working with Jim Wynorski on Camel […] The post It Came From the Indies – Jessica Cameron appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Mattie Do is the First Lady of Laos Film, a filmmaker who is poised to become a transformative cultural figure for her ancestral home of Laos. We first spoke to Mattie in August last year and she totally won us over with her personality, wit and determination. For her return to It Came From the […] The post It Came From the Indies – Mattie Do Returns! appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Tristan Risk is a neo burlesque performer of considerable renown who has wowed audiences around the world. Tristan caught the eye of many a horror fan after her scene-stealing performance as Beatress Johnson in Jen and Sylvia Soska’s AMERICAN MARY. Now in high demand Tristan Risk has a great number of projects available now and […] The post It Came From the Indies – Tristan Risk appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Women in Horror Month! We’re kicking things off by talking to writer Ashlee Blackwell whose website Graveyard Shift Sisters has earned her praise for talking about the experience of being a black female horror fan and for looking into the history of black women and horror. Women in Horror Month is primarily about creators but […] The post It Came From the Indies – Ashlee Blackwell appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. co-founded Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. which rose to prominence as one of the great practical effects studios in the world. As well as being the team responsible for H.R. Giger’s Xenomorph from Alien 3 onward their filmography runs the gamut from The Santa Clause to Starship Troopers, Grown Ups 2 […] The post It Came From the Indies – Alec Gillis and Harbinger Down appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

A quick ‘n’ dirty bonus episode with Nigel McGuinness! Former pro-wrestler turned multimedia wonder, Nigel McGuinness ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign to create an extremely well-received documentary about his retirement from wrestling. Now Nigel returns with a much larger and more ambitious proposition, the opportunity to back LA FIGHTS. Nigel McGuinness intends to do […] The post It Came From the Indies – Nigel McGuinness & LA Fights appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Stuart Willis is an Australian film maker who wowed many with his short film PAYLOAD and is currently putting the finishing touches to his crowdfunded mini-series RESTORATION. Martin and Stuart talk about both projects as well as science fiction storytelling, crowdfunding, community building and digital distribution. Stuart Willis is an intelligent and engaging talent, making […] The post It Came From the Indies – Stuart Willis, Payload and Restoration appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

John Portonova and Jeremy Berg are part of The October People, a group dedicated to making independent horror and genre film. With two films under their belts and a third one on the way they are definitely a group to look out for as their budgets grow and their ideas become grander and more inspirational. […] The post It Came From the Indies – The October People appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

FIRE CITY: THE INTERPRETER OF SIGNS is the first in a series based on a city where demons coexist with humans in plain sight, humans conditioned not to see their supernatural cohabitants. After developing not just a story but a whole world for these ideas to exist in creators Michael Hayes and Brian Lubocki created […] The post It Came From the Indies – Fire City appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Freeman Williams is a performer, writer and b-movie aficionado who once experienced making a low budget horror movie when he wrote what became FOREVER EVIL. After talking to some young talent making low budget genre films in the current cinematic climate and hearing Brad Sykes talk about his experiences in the early 00’s we wanted […] The post It Came From the Indies – Freeman Williams AKA Dr. Freex appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

LFO: the Movie is a very off-kilter low-fi sci-fi with some creative ideas, great performances and a wickedly black sense of humor. Director/writer/composer Antonio Tublen and lead actor Patrik Karlson talk to Martin about the film. Topics include the low-fi aspects of the film, the score, the personality of Patrik’s character Robert, the techniques involved […] The post It Came From the Indies – LFO: the Movie appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.

Stewart Thorndike is an exciting upcoming lesbian filmmaker who wants to make horror with a particular focus on strong female characters. After making her first film LYLE available for free during her Kickstarter campaign for her second film PUTNEY many people got to see one of the best indie horror films of the year. Lyle […] The post It Came From the Indies – Stewart Thorndike appeared first on Nerdy Little Secret dot com.