Anthology Anthology

Brea has barely seen the original Twilight Zone-- and it's time to rectify that! We start Rod Serling's classic series at the beginning with the great pilot "Where is Everybody?" and then watch two lesser episodes "One for the Angels" and "Mr. Denton on Doomsday". What did we learn from this classic series? Are we any closer to finishing GRIND? Does Ed love his baby yet? Find out all of this and m...

Writer/Director/Producer/Editor Mike Mendez (BIG ASS SPIDER, DON'T KILL IT) just finished editing a segment of GRIND and I thought what better way to celebrate than to get him on the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion of his epic career! Mike's been involved in three-- now FOUR!-- anthologies and is a legend in the horror world. He's also edited on "Beavis and Butthead" and tons of different pr...

Me (Ed) and Holly have always loved matte paintings and miniatures, and despite knowing very little about how to work with them, we are diving in with GRIND. In today's episode we talk about how we plan to pull that off, and also Holly's journey into the world of production design! Follow Holly on Instagram: @hollystyrene Go to her website! https://holly.land   Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrai...

Well we just finished shooting the final pick-ups on our film GRIND and we are bruised and battered. How many things can go wrong when shooting a couple of simple things? Tune in to find out!  Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me) Join our Patreon for extra content!  

There are few anthology segments more iconic than that crazy little doll chasing Karen Black around her apartment, so we dive into this famous TV movie and see if it holds up! Along the way we discuss Ed's new baby (which is why we missed last week's episode-- sorry!), the difficulty of producing, and our impending pickups for GRIND.  Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobre...

Matt Glass (12 HOUR SHIFT, GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS, YOU CAN'T KILL DAVID ARQUETTE) might be one of the most well-rounded filmmakers we've ever met. He can write, direct, produce, edit, pull off crazy VFX, and compose music (including the theme to this podcast!) Brea was promoting her new book* this week so I sat down with Matt alone to figure out how he acquired all of these skills! Follow Matt Glass...

Zoe Cooper is a super-talented filmmaker who dropped by for this great wide-ranging talk! Lots of practical writing advice here. Should this have been part of our VHS series? Perhaps, but this title felt better. We delve into topics like how to collaborate with a director, how to take notes well, and the illegal reptile trade!  Follow Zoe on instagram! @zmartez Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrai...

We're joined by director Anthony Cousins again for an unconventional episode that will take you inside the process of making GRIND-- perhaps too inside?! One of the segments features a content moderator driven mad by the horrible videos he sees. Anthony's creating these videos for us, and we brainstorm them live on the air. So it does get a little dark! But also just lots of fun chat about the fil...

This week's episode (delayed by the fires!) is a request we got from a listener somewhere along the way. Well, you asked for it, and now we have become the Bishop of Battle! Is there anything educational about this TV pilot gone theatrical? Why does that rat have psychic powers? Is the Terror in Topanga segment less scary than being in Topanga is right now? All this and more on this week's episode...

Is there anything scarier than watching the first assembly of your film? Well, we do it on today's episode as we've finally gotten our hands on the lost segment of GRIND!! We document our thoughts before and after viewing as we try to capture the unique psychological torture of facing your footage for the first time!!  Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro)...

With the new year approaching, we decided it was time to set our filmmaking goals for 2025 with filmmaker/musician/podcaster Lola Blanc! How can a filmmaker best set themselves up for success? What's a realistic amount of scripts to write in a year? Is Lola the most famous musician we know? Why was Ed almost crying when the episode began? All of these questions and more will be answered!! We'll be...

We're joined in this episode by writer/director/author/film critic BJ Colangelo, who tells us about making the holiday anthology DEATHCEMBER, surviving cancer, the Ohio wrestling scene, making films on a REAL microbudget, and the best way to wear a reindeer helmet cam! She also tells us about her great new book about SLEEPAWAY CAMP, which you must read!!! Follow BJ on instagram: @BJColangelo Theme...

We're taking a brief break from our V/H/S series to talk about what we accomplished this year, what we didn't, and what we learned! We also present each other with an anthology built out of the best segments we've watched this year! It's kind of like a fantasy draft, but not really. We're gonna do that someday! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted b...

Director David Bruckner (THE NIGHT HOUSE, HELLRAISER) joins us this week to talk about his iconic horror anthology work! We really get into the weeds on his anthology segments "Amateur Night" (from V/H/S) and "The Accident" (from SOUTHBOUND) so fans of shoptalk should like this one! Follow David Bruckner on instagram: @davidbruckner Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreir...

Our journey through the V/H/S series continues with one of the high points-- V/H/S 2! Is the legendary "Safe Haven" segment still as good over a decade later? What exactly is the mythology behind all of these tapes? Should this movie actually be called SD CARD? All of this and more on this week's episode!  Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Bre...

No modern horror anthology looms as large as V/H/S, so we're embarking on an epic journey through every single film! We'll be interviewing as many of the filmmakers involved as we can. Along the way we'll also intersperse other episodes because this is truly going to be a whole side show of its own. Some of these episodes will probably be Patreon-exclusive but once again that Patreon is completely...

In 1997 Robert Bella was the toast of Sundance with his debut film COLIN FITZ LIVES! He was followed around the fest by the TV show 48 Hours, who thought he might be The Next Big Thing. But when he struggled to make his second film, he stumbled into the world of post-production supervising, eventually working for Steven Spielberg. Then he walked away from it all to chase his dream of being a TV wr...

When you're working on a low budget indie and looking to cut costs, the role of script supervisor is often the first one eliminated. But GRIND script supervisor Alexandria Perez is here to say STOP-- don't do that!! We take a deep dive into what a scripty does and why they're essential when making your film.  Follow Alexandria Perez on Instagram: @alexunchained Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrai...

This might be one of our favorite episodes ever as editor Jeff Betancourt (HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, THE GRUDGE, one of Brea's GRIND segments!) tells us about his career journey and answers all of our questions about editing. Seriously, this episode is educational!!!   Follow @jeffbetancourt on instagram!!  Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) H...

A great new anthology show called TALES FROM THE VOID premiered this past Sunday on Screambox! Showrunners Francesco and John tell us all about how they adapted the stories from r/nosleep into a tonally cohesive anthology we think you'll love. How did they track down the authors? How did they raise the financing? How did they deal with the logistics? Who among us is the most addicted to reddit? Al...

We've got a big bopper this week with Michael Dougherty's (no relation) modern Halloween classic TRICK 'R TREAT. Is this the best horror anthology? Is this even an anthology at all?! We'll be tackling all of this and more, along with an update on where GRIND is at and how things went at Beyond Fest!! Follow us on Patreon for bonus episodes (no money required!!)  Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbra...

Mummies! Killer cats! Gargoyles you can fall in love with! Did this movie just leap to the top of our horror anthology rankings? They say it's the real Creepshow 3-- but is it better than Creepshow 3? Well, tune into our bonus episode on Patreon where we discuss Creepshow 3, you don't have to pay any money but you just have to be a free member. But yes, it is much better.  Theme song by Matt Glass...

This is our first ever Patreon-exclusive episode-- you just need to be a free member to listen to the whole thing. Link here, and after joining you'll get a patreon rss feed which should link any future exclusive episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-we-113245711?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link There is A LOT to say...

What happens when you cram five filmmakers into the bedroom of Ed's airbnb at Fantastic Fest because the rest of the house is too echoey?!! Anthony Cousins and Rebecca Daugherty, co-directors of Fantastic Fest World Premiere THE LAST THING SHE SAW, and Steven Hugh Nelson, writer/director of the upcoming OLD WOUNDS, join us as we run through every single movie we saw in Austin this past weekend. Wh...

Follow Axelle on instagram: @axelle_carolyn! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me) Join our Patreon for extra content!