The ALTER Tapes

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Nichole and Xero discuss Christopher Ryan Laughter’s short “ Snow Globe ”. In the spirit of the season, we had no choice but to draw parallels between classic Christmas tales, and consider some interesting snow globe theories. Premise: A devious housewife prepares her husband’s killer Christmas gift, but when reality comes knocking her past and future collide. Connect...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Xero discuss Ben & Jacob Burghart’s short ‘Suspense ' (2020). Our hosts dive into ways to make a movie suspenseful, mixing comedy and horror and how taking a less is more approach with storytelling can result in success. Premise: Having survived a harrowing plane crash, an army pilot finds himself hanging from his parachute, suspended from a canopy of t...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Mark O. Estes and Adrian Rae discuss Jared Hogan’s short ‘How To Make A Ghost’ (2023). In this episode we discuss the unintentional similarities between the short at hand, The Black Phone , and true crime stories. Premise: On Halloween night in a small town, a boy accepts a dare from his friends to hide in the back seat of an empty car and frighten the driver when the...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Mark and Bobby discuss Daniel Lasker’s short The Signal (2022). We talk if we would survive in a world where you can’t trust anyone while trying to avoid a demonic signals. Premise: A deadly sound transmitted from space known as The Signal, corrupts the minds of all who hear it, turning them into soulless demons under its control. Connect with your co-hosts: Mark: @th...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Bobby & Kat discuss director Peter Ahern’s short ' Buzzkill ' (2022). This short film shows what can happen if you let your curiosity get the best of you. Tune in to hear Bobby & Kat’s thoughts on this short, first dates, creepy secrets, & more! Premise: After hitting it off on a blind date, Rick and Becky decide they're ready to go steady. But as the nigh...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat and Jamie discuss Eli Power’s short Skin & Bone , where appalachian witchcraft meets Greek mythological influences to deliver a pastoral haunting. Premise: A drifter begins suffering horrifying visions after taking a job on a secluded farm. Connect with your co-hosts:  Kat: @dannithekid / @GirlThatsScary Jamie: @glitterburrito / @BloodyBroadsPod Hosted on...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Jamie discuss James Kennedy’s short ‘ Maggie ’ . We dive into grief, loneliness, the treatment of carers, and aging in societies that neglect the elderly.  Premise: A young care worker unleashes a supernatural force when she attempts to put a widower into care. Connect with your co-hosts: > Jazz: @girlthatsscary > Jamie: @Glitterburrito/ @Bloodybro...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Joe check out Matty Crawford's 'The Dinner After' (2021). They talk the need for therapy, a perfectly timed 12 minute runtime and why the short has shades of Evil Dead and Hereditary . Premise: A guilt-stricken Angela, visits her parents for what at first seems to be a routine family dinner, only for a painful truth to bubble to the surface, descending the ev...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Joe and Sharai discuss director Jiwon Moon’s short “ Nose Nose Nose Eyes! " which has us talking about Stockholm Syndrome, insurance scams, exquisite direction, and the year of Scary Mommys. Pick the bird brooch and let's get stabbing! Premise: (SPOILERS) The terrifying day a ten year old girl witnesses her mother stabbing her father's eyes to get insurance money. Con...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai & Kat  discuss director Dawson Taylor’s short “ Otherkin ”. This short film will make you second guess making new connections with folks from your past. Tune in to hear Kat & Sharai’s thoughts on this short, family connections, questionable choices, & more! Premise: Scarlet visits her estranged birth parents in hopes of forging a long-desired c...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat & Mark discuss director Brendan Cleaves’s short “ Sam and Doug ” . This short film depicts the value of human connection in the shakiest of times. Tune in to hear Mark & Kat’s thoughts on this short, surviving a zombie apocalypse, choosing yourself & more! Premise: In a near-future where a virus has turned the population into rabid monsters, a desperat...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Xero and Mark discuss Travis Bible’s short " #chadgetstheaxe” . Listen to the Blerds break down the not-so-subtle nods to the problematic sides of internet communities. Premise: Join top ten vlogger, Chad Ryan, as he live streams his visit to the William Burrows murder cabin. Chad's aiming to finally break a million views so spread the word.  Connect with your co...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Xero discuss Derek Ugochukwu’s short ‘ You’re Not Home ’. We dive into the fears and realities of assimilation in a space where you’re not welcome. Premise: When an ominous mould appears in their room, two African brothers seeking asylum are faced with a dark entity lurking within their direct provision centre. Connect with your co-hosts: > Jazz: @Smok1nga...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Jazz and Nichole discuss Marie Claire Cushinan and Ryan O’Neil’s short ‘ Changeling ’ (2021). We discuss the how dread, misery and hunger can reach a boiling point, and cause one to lose touch with reality.  Premise: Fear and superstition take hold of a young family during a time of great hunger in 1879 Ireland Connect with your co-hosts: > Jazz: @Smok1ng...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Nichole and Jamie discuss Robert Bryce MIllburn’s American Hell (2014). This six minute thriller shows the brutal reality of a post-apocalyptic apartment complex’s lack of security and connectedness, and what its residents will do to survive. Premise: A family's apartment is invaded in the middle of the night, while neither their lives nor their valuables are taken --...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, AJ and Jamie discuss McKenzi Vanderberg’s short 'Morse Code' (2023) and how a young woman’s grief becomes unbearable as she navigates how to move on from the guilt of her best friend’s death. Premise: Haunted by a tragic death, a grieving woman uses her childhood hobby in the hopes of speaking to her lost loved one, but instead finds herself caught in a spiral of fear...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, AJ and Adrian discuss Joey Greene’s short ' The Lake ’ (2022). Premise: When eager man proposes to his girlfriend out on the lake in the middle of the night, they come face to face with the dark spirits under the surface. Connect with your co-hosts: > AJ:@_ButWhoIsShe/ @d180podcast > Adrian: @Adrianraee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Adrian and Sharai discuss Bola Ogun’s short ‘HANGRY’ . Our hosts dive into the distressing (and potentially triggering) family dynamics that take the viewers down a satisfying path of revenge. Premise: A teenage daughter, fed up with her father's verbal and sexual abuse, takes revenge upon him after he drinks away her college savings. Connect with your co-hosts: >...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Nichole discuss Elwood Quincy Walker’s short ‘ The Rule Of Three .’ Sharai and Nichole talk about OCDs, The Strangers , and how this film masters the three-act structure. Premise: A woman haunted by her OCD and intrusive thoughts must overcome herself and face her inner demons to survive the night in the event of a terrifying home invasion by three masked s...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and new co-host Xero discuss Felipe Vargas’ short ‘ Milk Teeth ’. They talk about the disturbing origins of the phrase milk teeth, blerd out about this creature, and talk about how messed up these potential parents at the orphanage are. Premise: An orphanage spirals into mayhem when a boy discovers a shadowy creature who comes to collect more than just the chil...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Sharai and Bobby discuss Kelsey Bollig’s short “ Kickstart My Heart ”. We talk about siblings, life and death situations, and representation in genre television shows. Premise: After a gruesome car accident, a young woman fights her mind's 3 levels of hell to survive. Connect with your co-hosts: > Sharai: @Misssharai / @NightmareFierce / @blerdymassacre > Bobby:...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Joe is joined by new co-host Nichole Goble to discuss Marcus Anthony Thomas' ' The Retreat ' (2020), which has cult vibes, great framing, and has us asking about the economic model of running a murder farm. Premise: When Mia, a distraught single mother, arrives at a retreat that uses revenge as a form of therapy, she must face her pain and decide which path is right f...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Joe is joined by new co-host Mark O. Estes to discuss Dominic Haxton's 2016 short ' Tonight It's You '. We're talking bad gay hook-up stories, religious intolerance, and why CJ won't just turn away when the situation gets weird! Premise: When a young man meets up with his dating app hookup, he encounters something much more sinister than he could ever imagine. Connect...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Bobby and Joe reunite to discuss Brian Sepanzyk's ' In the Shadow of God ' (2022), a short about a symbol (possibly witchcraft?) that causes people to kill themselves. It's a ~17 minute short that's simultaneously not long enough for all of its ideas, but also too long for how little follow through there is. We're not mad; we just need more! Connect with your co-hosts...

This week on The ALTER Tapes, Kat & Sharai  discuss director Bryan M. Ferguson’s short “ Satanic Panic ‘87 ”. This short follows a pair of metalheads who are ready to get lit with the Devil. Tune in to hear our hosts thoughts on this flick, Satanic Panic in the US, human sacrifices, & more! Premise: Two metalheads open a gateway to hell when following the instructions of a satanic aer...