Fear Makers
FEATURED FEARMAKER: Jimmy Dempster
It’s no surprise to hear that every day, thousands of wide-eyed young people step off of busses, trains, and planes, and take their first step in a big city. Young actors come from across the world to try their best at making it in the industry. Being an actor is a hard business, and the millions of other aspiring actors can make it nearly impossible to be seen or noticed. This week’s Featured Fea...[Read More]
FEATURED FEARMAKER: Christopher MacGillivray
For every young aspiring filmmaker struggling to make his or her dream a reality, there is another, less fortunate soul who buckles down and builds a life with a more secured profession. The truth is that working in the entertainment industry, particularly horror, is an often challenging, unrelenting, and unforgiving life. This week’s Featured FearMaker has made his life working in manufacturing e...[Read More]
FEATURED FEARMAKER: Liam Banks
A small fern grows on the forest floor. An alien hand, with two fingers protruding, reaches out for the fern. The alien groans. A rabbit turns and listens. The fingers dig up the plant as the rabbit watches. The alien then carefully uproots the plant. A small wayward alien walks alone among the gigantic redwood trees. He’s dwarfed by the huge trees.The creature stands alone on a hilltop as he star...[Read More]
Can You Escape Cross Roads Escape Games’ Hex Room 2.0?
Somewhere in Anaheim, just across the freeway from a particular theme parked run by a mouse lies a nondescript business park hiding the horrifying home to Cross Roads Escape Games. Their original Hex Room game changed the escape game scene, locking six people in individual rooms, and now they’ve revamped their game to make it even scarier, and We Are Indie Horror was there to experience every hear...[Read More]
FEATURED FEARMAKER: Chronix EFX
We talk a lot about filmmakers here, but filmmaking is a team sport. From writers to directors to cinematographers to grip and electric to effects to catering, everyone plays an important role in making films happen. When it comes to horror, the effects team becomes an essential piece of the puzzle, bringing the blood and gore to give that real touch to the end trails of the poor victim. Whether z...[Read More]
‘The Ice Cream Truck’ Releases New Poster
Whenever we get news about one of our former Featured FearMakers, it’s always good. Megan Freels Johnston, who was featured on our site back in November, has recently released a new poster for her latest film, The Ice CreamTruck, as well as distribution for 2017. Her first feature film, the micro-budgeted Rebound, has gained a cult following after it’s VOD release. The Ice Cream Truck stars Deanna...[Read More]
FEATURED FEARMAKER: Adam De La Cour
There are two types of people in this world. The ones who know exactly what they want to do with their lives, and the ones who don’t. Those with clear life goals, work tirelessly towards their singular goal while stopping at nothing until they achieve their dream job. The others get to explore several different channels of trades and lifestyles, leaving in their wake a trail of new experiences and...[Read More]
Former Featured FearMaker Gets UK Premiere For ‘Tonight She Comes’
One of the things we love here at We Are Indie Horror is watching our Featured FearMakers grow both personally ad professionally. One of the first FearMakers to be featured on our site back in early 2015, Matt Stuertz, is now announcing his world premiere of his latest film, Tonight She Comes, at Grimmfest in Manchester, UK. After a girl goes missing, two of her friends and a mysterious set of str...[Read More]
FEATURED FEARMAKER: Jesse Heisel
It takes a lot of hard work to make a film, there is no doubt about it. As a struggling young filmmaker, the hardest part is getting people to believe in you enough to fund your project. In a world of reboots and sequels, it seems as though investors struggle with the ability to trust new projects. Reboots make more money, regardless of whether or not they turn out good, because people already kno...[Read More]
ProCo To Screen “Tender” At Action On Film Festival This Weekend
It’s a big weekend for SoCal horror, as the Halloween season begins to take effect, more and more horror themed events are surfacing. From haunts to screenings, the Southern California area is littered with horror happenings. This weekend will see the screening of Brian Gearson and Joseph Davis’ short film Tender at the Action On Film Festival in Monrovia, CA. Tender tells the story of a woman who...[Read More]
FEATURED FEARMAKER: Nathaniel Barber
It’s late at night, something shakes behind a bush, disturbing the horses. You rise, awoken by the noise, in front of a dimly burning campfire, your gun at your side. You can still hear the rustling of some mysterious creature. With only the light of the campfire and the bright stars, you grab your gun and check on your steed only to find him missing. The stars at night are big and bright deep in ...[Read More]
Review: Short Film ‘Mirrored,’ Inventive Horror Comedy
From director Ryan Shovey– this week’s Featured FearMaker— comes the very funny and quirky short film Mirrored, subtitled “A Demonic Horror Comedy,” written and produced by Nicole Bird. What starts off as a simple enough service when our “hero,” Dylan (Aaron Jay Rome), has a mirror installed in his bathroom, which soon turns into a living nightmare for the gaming slacker who’s only current preoccu...[Read More]