The Dead Harvey Podcast - For Indie Horror Filmmakers and Fans

We take a look at Astron-6 and the filmmakers behind their out of the box success. We also take a look at Jon Bristol’s puppet horror film, “Head”. Audio clips ("The Void", "Summer School“, "From Dusk Till Dawn"). Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony's podcast, "The Dark Alternative Music Composer" on Spotify. *Indie filmmakers: visit this...

Brad and Ted discuss the rapid decline of the Hollywood blockbuster and the ever increasing need for original indie horror.  Since this episode was recorded on Friday the 13th, they also discuss that iconic series as well as ramble on about "Teddy", "Bad Blood", "Terror at Blood Fart Lake", were-creatures and mermen. Audio clips ("Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason L...

Ted returns from vacation and we take a look at August movies to look forward to including Nic Cage's latest, "Pig" and Neill Blomkamp's "Demonic". Audio clips ("Summer School“, "Pig", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Demonic"). Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony's podcast, "The Dark Alternative Music Composer&q...

While Ted is on vacation, Brad explores the killer monkey movies:  “Shakma”, “Flying Monkeys” and “Monkey Shines.” Audio clips (“Monkey Shines, "Summer School“, "From Dusk Till Dawn"). Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony's podcast, "The Dark Alternative Music Composer" on Spotify. *Indie filmmakers: visit this website for free music for your projec...

Brad and Ted discuss influential bear movies and Brad describes his real life bear encounter while camping on the Blackfoot river.  Audio clips ("Grizzly", “Summer School“, "From Dusk Till Dawn”, "Into the Grizzly Maze"). Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony's podcast, "The Dark Alternative Music Composer" on Spotify. *Indie filmmakers: vi...

Brad interviews indie filmmaker Jose Prendes about his work on the movie, "Blood Brothers", the current state of Hollywood, and the trails and tribulations involved in getting a movie not only released, but seen. 

Brad and Ted discuss July movies to look forward to, including: Leigh Janiak's, "Fear Street Part 1: 1994" and James Suttles', "The Nest". They also dive into the  crotch monsters from Jonathan Straiton's, "Night of Something Strange" and speculate on the Hollywood crotch violence consultant industry. Audio clips ("Fear Street Part 1: 1994", “...

Brad and Ted discuss their crowdfunding picks: Cameron Holly Dexter's, "The Recipe", Bill Posley's, "Bitch Ass" and scratch the surface of the exploitation genre.  Audio clips ("Blackula", “Summer School“, "From Dusk Till Dawn”, "Bitch Ass"). Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony's podcast, "The Dark Alternative Mus...

Brad and Ted discuss R-Rated Superhero movies.  Audio clips ("The Toxic Avenger", “Summer School“, "From Dusk Till Dawn”, "The Crow"). Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony's podcast, "The Dark Alternative Music Composer" on Spotify. *Indie filmmakers: visit this website for free music for your projects: http://tonylongworth.com/freemusic/.

Brad and Ted dive into the history of shark horror and its major influences and knock offs. They also discuss Ping Lumpraploeng's, "The Pool" and Brett Kelly's, "Raiders of the Lost Shark".  Audio clips ("Jaws", “Summer School“, "From Dusk Till Dawn”). Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony's podcast, "The Dark Alternative Mus...

Brad and Ted discuss Zach Synder's,  "Army of the Dead" and what we're looking forward to in June, including George Romero's long dormant film, "The Amusement Park" and Prano Bailey-Bond's,  "Censor".  Audio clips ("The Amusement Park", “Summer School“, "From Dusk Till Dawn”). Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony&a...

Brad and Ted discuss NFTs (non-fungible tokens), what they are and how they might impact indie film.  They also discuss their crowdfunding pic's: Josh Graves', "The House That Eats Flesh", Jim Demonakos & Kevin Konrad Hanna's, "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters", and Egor Abramenko's, "Sputnik".  Audio clips (“Summer School“, From Dusk Till Dawn”)...

Brad and Ted discuss Ryan Kruger’s, “Fried Barry” and then dig into experimental filmmaking.  We discuss why filmmakers should consider experimental filmmaking, plus what they can take away from experimental films.  ...and we list out a bunch of films that you should be checking out if you haven't already!   Audio clips (“Blue Velvet”, “From Dusk Till Dawn”). Intro and outro music by Tony Lon...

Ted and Brad discuss game show horror movies, religious horror distribution, Randy Kent's, "Chinese Speaking Vampires", Chris Baugh's, "Boys From County Hell" and subtitles. Audio clips ("Chinese Speaking Vampires", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Sky Sharks").  Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony's podcast, "The Dar...

Ted and Brad discuss Joshua Rofe's, "Sasquatch",  Seth Larney's, "2067", and take a look at May movies to look forward to;  including Karl Holt's, "Benny Loves You" and Darren Lynn Bousman's, "Spiral".  Audio clips ("Benny Loves You", "From Dusk Till Dawn").  Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. Check out Tony&apos...

Ted and Brad discuss Chris von Hoffmann's, "Monster Party", Jesse Blanchard's, "Frank & Zed", and take a deep dive into the history of zombies and it's major influences in the genre, as well as their personal favorites.  Audio clips ("Night of the Living Dead", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Dawn of the Dead").  Intro and outro music by...

Ted and Brad discuss Julia Ducournau's, "Raw", cannibal and zombie movies, and their crowdfunding pics of the month: Steve Wolsch's, "Return of the Living Dead: Ready to Party!", and HorrorHound Ltd.'s, "Halftone Horrors: The History of Horror Movie Comic Books!" Somewhere in the process, Brad figures out how to use the Kickstarter search engine.  Audio...

Ted and Brad discuss Derrick Borte's, "Unhinged", The Pierce Brother's, "The Wretched", as well as release  windows, the history of how people discover indie horror movies and what that means for indie horror filmmakers today. Audio clips ("The Wretched", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Unhinged").  Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. *Indie...

Ted and Brad discuss William Asher's, "Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker", Bill Paxton's, "Frailty",  Alex Bourne's, "Clownface" and Ari Aster's, "Midsommar". They also delve in April's films of the month including Kevin Lewis',  "Willy's Wonderland" and Ben Wheatley's, "In the Earth". Audio clips (&q...

Ted and Brad discuss Jeffrey A. Brown's, "The Beach House", Johannes Nyholm's,  "Koko-Di Koko-Da", and Neill Blomkamp's, "Oats Studios: Volume 1". They also profile Blomkamp's career and upcoming projects. Audio clips ("The Beach House", "From Dusk Till Dawn").  Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. *Indie filmmakers: visit t...

Ted and Brad discuss Alex McAulay's, "Don't Tell a Soul", Netflix's, "The One", and how posters, thumbnails and taglines have evolved with the digital age. Audio clips ("Don't Tell a Soul", "From Dusk Till Dawn").  Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. *Indie filmmakers: visit this website for free music for your projects, http://tonyl...

Ted and Brad discuss Timo Tjahjanto's, "May the Devil Take You Too", Don Coscarelli's book, "True Indie: Life and Death in Filmmaking", Filmhub requirements, and their March crowdfunding pics, Michael Su's, "Death Count" and Shawn C. Phillips', "Scream Bloody Murder".  Audio clips ("Phantasm", "From Dusk Till Dawn"). ...

The main topic of the podcast is Blumhouse's rules for filmmaking and they're rules that all filmmakers should follow!  Ted and Brad also discuss Jesse Blanchard's "Frank & Zed" trailer, puppet horror, Netflix's "Surviving Death" and give an update on "Suicide Poet" Audio clips ("Frank & Zed: Original Proof-of-Concept Test Trailer&quot...

Ted and Brad discuss what films to look out for in March, including Adam Wingard's, "Godzilla vs. Kong", Jerren Lauder's, "Stay out of the Attic",  Devereux Milburn's, "Honeydew" and Jill Gevargizian's, "The Stylist".  For the full list of 10 with backstory and links to their trailers, go to deadharvey.com    Ted and Brad  also discuss mo...

Ted and Brad  discuss crowdfunding - the do's, don'ts... and never ever do's.  Plus, they highlight a couple of cool crowdfunding projects that are currently live: Bill Zebub's, "Zombie",  and Liam Santa Cruz's, "Local's Only". They also recommend Jennifer Harrington's, "Shook" Intro and outro music by Tony Longworth. *Audio clips (&...