Bob Shaye Returns to the Director’s Chair to Blur Reality with AMBITION
This is going to start with a bit of first-person reflecting, so I hope you'll indulge me. For the last decade, I have directed Horrible Imaginings Film Festival and programmed for a whole slew of other film festivals in San
Episode #189: Etheria Film Night 2018 – Women in Genre Film!
On this episode of the Horrible Imaginings Podcast we talk to some of the talented filmmakers being highlighted at the 2018 Etheria Film Night. The mission of Etheria Film Night, happening Saturday, June 16th at the Egyptian Theatre and Aero Theatre in
Horrible Imaginings Podcast 188: Celebrate Pride with LGBTQ Horror Filmmakers!
It is Pride Month! We here at Horrible Imaginings recognize this tradition every year with our festival partners FilmOut San Diego. This year they are celebrating their 20th anniversary, and we have invited several of their selected filmmakers to join
Horrible Imaginings Podcast 187: Tom Holland Talks Fright Night at The Frida!
This is a bit of a bonus podcast, recorded live, following a screening of the 1985 vampire classic Fright Night, starring Roddy McDowall, Chris Sarandon, Amanda Bearse, William Ragsdale, and Stephen Geoffreys. The screening was a special free event
Horrible Imaginings Podcast 186: 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Genre Fan Highlights
Us horror fans know that we love a stigmatized genre. We have felt the chastisement of those around us for this love. But we also rest well on the knowledge that horror is embedded in the history of human storytelling.
Horrible Imaginings Podcast 185: Seed&Spark Seeks COMMUNAL NIGHTMARES
The Horrible Imaginings Podcast is ending our hiatus to bring all you creatives some important news about an opportunity for funding and visibility for your next horror project! The platform Seed&Spark has teamed up with 3311 Productions and The Orchard
Horrible Imaginings Podcast #184: M.F.A. Director Natalia Leite Subverts the Rape-Revenge Subgenre
Rape Revenge films are perhaps the most replete with conflict for conscientious audience members who find themselves, for one reason or another, drawn to them. Whether people feel comfortable admitting it or not, this especially dark and often nasty subgenre
Ho-Ho Horrible Imaginings Brings Yuletide Screams
Picture it. It is a week before Halloween, or even earlier. You walk to the store to check out some decorations and toys to celebrate All Hallow's Eve and get greeted by Christmas trees and beaming Saint Nick statues. Yes,
Horrible Imaginings Podcast #183: Films to Watch at San Diego Asian Film Festival 2017!
Hello everyone! As you know, this is a horror genre podcast but it is also a film festival official podcast, and we are trying to increase our content that has to do with film festival missions and purposes from the start
Horrible Imaginings Podcast #182: 2 Sentence Horror Stories
In a recent trend of referring to popular web based content as a means of retelling the modern horror story, the amount of viable source material to draw upon seems to expand in measure quicker than said supply can be
Horrible Imaginings Podcast #181: Halloween Watchlists to Make You Shudder!
We are less than a week from Halloween, the best year of the night for us horror fans, and if you are anything like me you are planning on filling your days with even more horror films than usual in
Horrible Imaginings Podcast #180: Rogue Artists Ensemble Puts YOU In A Japanese Ghost Story! Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin!
Oh boy, am I a sucker for a good Japanese ghost story. There is just something about them that resonates with me. I think it is the focus on spirits that exact a cruel form of justice and vengeance. The
Horrible Imaginings Podcast 179: BONUS Storytime “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
In all the years I have done Storytime Edition episodes, I never did Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" because it just felt a little too obvious for some reason. I have been asked now for the third time to record
Horrible Imaginings Podcast #178: Start Halloween Season Right with Kill Creek Author Scott Thomas!
It is the last day of September, which means Halloween is knocking at the door and ready to fill our homes with all the scares that we have come to love since childhood. One of the classic Halloween images, of
Horrible Imaginings Podcast #177: 2017 Horrible Imaginings Reflection and Wrap Up
Hello, listeners! Holy crap I can't believe how quickly time has passed. This has truly been a summer of way too much going on, with countless conventions and festivals, planning, meetings, and more to keep me away from the podcast
Horrible Imaginings Podcast #176: Etheria Film Night 2017!
Hello, listeners! Sorry for the long break between episodes as we plan the next film festival, on top of me moving, my cat dying, a violent car accident, and a lot of other bullshit. This show is not about any