Looks Creepy Cool Podcast: Horror Stories & the Creators Behind the Fear

Text the show — your message may be featured! 🪞 Step inside the Mirror Room. In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast: Horror Stories & the Creators Behind the Fear, Renee sits down with award-winning audio storyteller, writer, and director Fred Greenhalgh, founder of Dagaz Media, to explore the art of creating fear through sound. From immersive audio dramas and psychological horror t...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast: Horror Stories & the Creators Behind the Fear, Renee sits down with horror creator, prop builder, and multimedia artist Jamie Martin, also known as Art by JDizzle. From custom horror props and practical effects to special effects makeup, costumes, sculptures, and immersive haunted attraction pieces,...

Text the show — your message may be featured! The Witch Demon has started renovating the House again. In Team Meeting #1, Renee and the Witch Demon discuss Haunted House FearFest, horror films, horror games, the Library of Shadows, and a series of suspicious noises coming from the basement. This short horror-comedy audio drama is part of the Haunted House FearFest universe and introduces listeners...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Deep in the Scottish Highlands, there’s a mountain where hikers claim they’ve heard footsteps following behind them… even when nobody is there. Tonight inside the Library of Shadows, enter a cinematic horror story inspired by the Scottish legend of The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui — a mysterious entity said to haunt the fog-covered peaks of Scotland’s Cairn...

Text the show — your message may be featured! This is the story behind Haunted House FearFest. In this episode, I’m sharing how my love for horror started—from watching films like The People Under the Stairs to finding comfort in fear during difficult moments growing up—and how that eventually led me to build an immersive horror festival from the ground up. I talk about: Why horror has always felt...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Step inside the House… if you dare. In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast , we enter the Library of Shadows to uncover one of Japan’s most unsettling urban legends — Kuchisake-onna, the woman who asks a simple question… twice. A masked figure approaches you in the dark. “Am I beautiful?” What happens next depends on your answer. Blending atm...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Elaine — a psychological horror story by emerging horror storyteller Ruby Aguilar Ortega After her husband’s death, Elaine returns to a secluded estate where she has long lived as a ghost within her own family. But something has changed. Her memories feel fractured. Her presence feels distant. As those around her try to understand what’s happening, a d...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Horror podcast host Jay Rowlings joins me inside the House to talk about Beneath the Light , the first horror films that stayed with us, and why some fears never really leave. 👉 If it looks creepy, it must be cool. Follow Haunted House FearFest & the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast.

Text the show — your message may be featured! Hell Dive — 2025 winner of Best Video Game of the Year and the Grim Reaper Award at Haunted House FearFest — is a claustrophobic deep-sea horror experience from developer Thomas-Bo Huusmann of Teacup Games. In this episode, host Renee Huff steps into the depths with Thomas-Bo to explore how the game was created, the emotional cost of game development,...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast , host Renee  welcomes filmmakers Jessica and Barrett Burgin, the creative duo behind the folk-horror short The Angel, featured at the 2025 Haunted House FearFest and now winners of Best Cinematography and Best Paranormal Short for The Angel Set against the blood-red stone of Southern Utah, The Angel fol...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast , host Renee sits down with Finnish game developer Uki Eiri (CoAction) to explore her atmospheric vampire story Sucks To Be In The Sticks, featured in this year’s Creepy Cool Showcase at the 2025 Haunted House FearFest Film & Video Game Festival In the game, you play as 19-year-old Ilo, whose life is...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Director Max Kaplan steps inside the Haunted House to talk about his horror short film LOOKER, winner of Best Editing at the 2025 Haunted House FearFest Festival. LOOKER follows Anna — a young woman cursed to melt away whenever no one is looking at her. As she fights to stay seen, the film blends body horror, psychological terror, and emotional vulnera...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool horror podcast, host Renee speaks with Dan Lester, creator of the survival-horror game Deadly Footprints and founder of Monkeys Might Puke. They explore the psychology of fear in gaming — what makes players panic, why chase scenes get your heart racing, and how sound and pacing transform tension into terror. Dan...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool horror podcast, host Renee talks with Christine Weatherup (Director)  and CJ Hoke (Writer)  about their short film Bathroom Spider . They reveal the behind-the-scenes story of working with real spiders on set, the creative challenges that came with it, and why they ultimately chose to use visual effects instead....

Text the show — your message may be featured! Host Renee talks with Andrew Baker, creator of the horror game The Blessing of Airon . They discuss technology, supernatural horror, and the art of indie game development — plus Andrew’s creative inspirations and how he builds fear through storytelling. Website - https://www.artstation.com/bakerthegamemaker 👉 If it looks creepy, it must be cool. Follo...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Host Renee sits down with Arseni Kishkin and Laura Gray, developers of the vampire-themed horror game Cabernet . They discuss vampire lore, emotional storytelling, and the creative challenges of indie game development — plus insights on collaboration, player choice, and their future projects. Website: https://partyforintroverts.com/ 👉 If it looks cree...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool horror podcast, host Renee interviews filmmaker Charles F. Davis, writer and director of the chilling short film Where Were You When? , inspired by the infamous Bell Witch haunting. Together, they explore the film’s eerie folklore origins, the creative process behind adapting a real haunting for the screen, and...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool horror podcast, host Renee  interviews filmmaker Nicholas Laughlin, director of the psychological horror short Stimulant , featured at Haunted House Fear Fest. Together, they explore the film’s unique approach to addiction, obsession, and fear, and how Nicholas weaves psychological tension into his storytelling....

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool horror podcast, host Renee  sits down with Allyson Morgan, the writer and director of the short film The Ghost , nominated for Best Horror Short at Haunted House Fear Fest. Together, they explore the themes of fear, inspiration, and the creative process behind horror filmmaking. Allyson opens up about her person...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Step into the eerie world of La Croix , a chilling short film that blends suspense, poetic horror, and French myth. In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool horror podcast, host Renee speaks with director Joris Fleurot about the inspirations behind the film — from haunting folklore to the surreal works of Hieronymus Bosch. La Croix is nominated for Bes...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool horror podcast, host Renee Huff interviews indie game developer Nathan Wulf, creator of KOOK — a fast-paced, Quake-inspired horror shooter set in a Victorian-era steampunk world filled with Lovecraftian monsters. Nathan shares his journey from working in the gaming industry to becoming an indie developer, openin...

Text the show — your message may be featured! In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool horror podcast, host Renee Huff interviews filmmaker Kai Edmund Bogotsky, director of the feature film The Behemoth — nominated for Best Horror Feature at Haunted House Fear Fest. They explore the film’s chilling opening scene, the inspiration behind the story, and the challenges of independent horror filmmaking...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Nicholas McDonnell (ex-Samurai Punk) shares the solo journey behind Crabmeat , his eerie new indie horror. From creative risks to crafting atmosphere, this is game design in the haunted deep. Crabmeat - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/Crabmeat/ 👉 If it looks creepy, it must be cool. Follow Haunted House FearFest & the Looks Creepy Cool...

Text the show — your message may be featured! Bohdan Sydorenko takes us inside Shop Crush , a psychological horror game inspired by Poe and built during conflict. We talk suspense, design challenges, and the craft of indie horror. Shop Crush - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2961120 👉 If it looks creepy, it must be cool. Follow Haunted House FearFest & the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast.

Text the show — your message may be featured!  Vitalii Revchuk of Two Cake Studios joins us to talk TICTAC: Twelve O’Clock , an indie horror game crafted in Ukraine. Hear how he blends resilience, creativity, and haunted inspiration into game design. Publisher: Two Cakes Studio Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/twocakesstudio Website: https://twocakesstudio.com/our-projects/ Social M...