Kellen’s Petty Talk Show

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) is a beloved cult horror film that celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year. With that great milestone came the news of a long-awaited sequel, Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon, which begins shooting this Fall. After the original debuted at SXSW in '06, word of mouth spread like wildfire and a new horror icon was born. Genre favorite...

Daniel Pearl, A.S.C. is best known for his cinematography work on various horror films including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). He has worked on many feature films, over 400 music videos and more than 250 commercials. Some other notable films that he shot include the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Invaders from Mars (1986), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Friday the 13th...

Bart Mixon was Born in Houston, Texas, Mixon began his special make-up effects career working on local independent productions, including the 1984 thriller Courage, starring, co-written and produced by Ronny Cox. He eventually became a make-up lab technician and on-set makeup artist on more high profile productions, including A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), The Supernaturals...

Liam Ebers is the vocalist of Buffalo, NY pop punk band, Autoignition. New EP due out this Spring. Go stream "This is Moving Forward" now! 

Jordan Kulp is a guitarist for the bands Glacier Veins, Teenage Wrist, Heavy Sleeper

Kris Ward is the lead vocalist/guitarist of the emo band sports. from Boston, MA. The group is best known for their full-length record, "Demon Daze", which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. To mark the celebration, Broken Rim Records has released a limited edition 2xLP vinyl release with a remastered version of the original album, plus never released demos, acoustic tracks and remixes. 10...

Joe Burke is the writer/director of Burt (2025), starring Oliver Cooper and Burt Berger. Shot on a $7,000 budget in just 7 days with a 3-person crew, the story follows Burt, a 69-year old street musician living with Parkinson’s, and Sammy, a wayward young man from New York who shows up with the bombshell news that he is Burt’s long lost son. The film premiered at Cinequest in San Jose to critical...

Francis Galluppi is the writer/director of The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024). After years of touring in various punk bands and an accident that led to a broken wrist, Francis decided it was time for a career shift. During a six month healing process, he picked up his camera and began shooting videos around the house with his wife. Almost immediately, he fell in love with the creative process and...

Greg Lamberson is a writer/director and producer residing in Buffalo, New York. He is most well known for directing the cult horror flick, Slime City (1988) and its sequel, Slime City Massacre (2010). He's made 10 features in his career so far including the upcoming werewolf movie, Frenzy Moon (2026). Other notable entries in his catolog include Killer Rack (2015), Johnny Gruesome (2018) and the u...

Adam Marcus is the director of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993). A brand-new documentary on the film, Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday (2025) dives into the fandom of the controversial ninth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Adam co-wrote Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) with his wife Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms, which went to #1 at the box office, beating Djan...

Dima Barch is a Russian genre filmmaker residing in Los Angeles. His films Dead End (2022) and The Power of the Strike (2024) debuted in the short blocks at Beyond Fest to rave reviews amongst the crowds. He was recently named a recipient of the George A. Romero film fellowship, with a mentorship from Carter Smith, director of The Ruins (2008). Before becoming a filmmaker, Dima was heavily involve...

Ed Douglas is a visual effects artist and supervisor that worked on Longlegs (2024) and The Monkey (2025), two films that quickly took the box office by storm. His work and collaboration with Oddfellows Entertainment has taken the possibilities of VFX to new heights, creating some of the sickest kill scenes to grace the silver screen in recent memory.  In his earlier years, he had worked for EA (E...

Tyler Williams is the guitarist of Hamilton, ON metalcore band Counterparts. Originally joining the band on bass in 2017, Tyler shifted to guitar and has been laying down absolutely nasty riffage ever since. The band joined the "Metalcore Dropouts" tour supporting The Devil Wears Prada in 2023, which was so successful that they added a second leg in the winter. Their most recent EP, "Heaven Let Th...

Anthony Cousins is the director of the critically acclaimed found footage film, Frogman (2023). He's directed many short films and segments for Scare Package (2019) and Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge (2022) on Shudder. 

Jackson Stewart is the director and co-writer of the IFC horror flick, Beyond the Gates. He also directed the short Stereo-Vision, which played Beyond Fest in 2024 and features a performance by genre-favorite actress Jill Schoelen (Popcorn, The Stepfather). A lifelong fan of the work of Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond), Jackson found himself working alongside his hero doing script coverage...

Jono Diener was the drummer of Michigan-based punk rock band The Swellers from 2002-2015. Since the group's departure, Jono has found himself taking part in many different ventures. Being a hired gun for a few years for bands like The Early November and Versus the World, he eventually joined No Trigger and toured all over the world with them. He also took a break from being behind the kit to front...

Emily Hagins is the director of Sorry About the Demon (2022), My Sucky Teen Romance (2011), Grow Up, Tony Philips (2013) and Coin Heist (2017). She also directed the opening segment, "Cold Open" for the anthology horror flick, Scare Package (2019). Writing her first film, Pathogen (2006) at age 10 and filming it at 12, she was able to get an early kickstart on filmmaking that most don't get to exp...