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In this week's episode of Disturbing Talks, Sam and I discuss the latest "Ted Bundy Tapes", that was released in January on Netflix, and the upcoming release of "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile".  We dive into the world of Serial Killers and the darkness that drives them. We mention it various times throughout the podcast, but we just want to reiterate here, as well. We are in no way glorifying the actions of these individuals that we mention in this episode. This was just a dialogue into the psyche of what drives these people to commit such heinous crimes.  After the carnage, we discuss the announcement that we are finally going to get a sequel to horror comedy "Zombieland" and a 2nd sequel to the original Ghostbusters series, directed by Jason Reitman. A lot of exciting things coming up in the horror world, so be sure to check back here for all your updates.  

That's right everyone! DISTURBING TALKS is back!  I know we've been gone for a bit, but we're excited to be back with all the premium content coming your way! We welcome back original co-host, Sam Santiago, to talk with actor/producer/writer, and now director, Charles Chudabala.  We talk about his newly released Christmas Horror film, Ugly Sweater Party - directed by Aaron Mento. We also touch upon his directorial debut Nightshade, as well as Lilith and The Crossing, which will be showing at the Culver City Film Festival this Saturday, December 8th! Link for tickets are below:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culver-city-film-festival-tickets-52429759823 Keeping with the theme Sam and I continue the discussion with our personal roundtable about Christmas Horror movies. We discuss the best of the best, and open up the panel to you - our fine fiends - to recommending some to us we may have not mentioned. As always, keep up with us on all our Social Media hangouts, and be sure to share us with all your horror loving fiends!

After a long hiatus, DISTURBING TALKS is back!! Last year was a humbling year for me. After 10 years in the insurance biz I finally decided to pursue my career in filmmaking. Since then, it's been non-stop job hunting and making movies, which has left me neglecting my baby, DISTURBING TALKS. Well, Neglect no more! Today starts off a brand new season with Disturbing Talks and what better way to start it then with some friends of the podcast. With Dread Central's Sean Decker as guest host, we're joined by filmmakers Allie Rivera & Bryan Brewer, who discuss their flick "THE RAKING". Both Allie & Bryan donned many hats on this flick -- with Allie serving as producer and actor, and Bryan as writer, director, actor and producer. The duo discuss their hardships creating this old school, PRACTICAL -- that's right I said practical -- horror flick, set in the desert. They discuss the terrain, the amazing practical monster effects by SyFy's FACE OFF past contestant, Eric Fox, and much more! WARNING: This week's Disturbing question has to do with our current political climate, so if you are at all offended by this subject... Good. It's a fucked up situation and we should all be offended. With that being said, hope you enjoy this week's episode and be sure to tune in for more episodes in the upcoming weeks! THE RAKING is now available on DVD and VOD (Amazon, Vudu, Flix Fling, Vimeo, Google Play, Itunes, and Xbox).  You can follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for all updates on the flick. 

This week we sit down with Disturbing Talks alumni Sean Decker and newcomer actress Carlee Baker.   We discuss the 2016 Halloween Haunt Season (which includes DELUSION, CREEP L.A., and HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS)  plus, we talk about Hank Braxtan's upcoming SNAKE OUTTA COMPTON, YUMMY MEAT (written by Sean) and CREATURES OF WHITECHAPEL (which stars Carlee) -- which will both be at Screamfest this year. All this PLUS we get into the topic of the hour which is the upcoming docu-series TWO MINUTES WITH TOM HOLLAND. This series will take a look at the film history of the famous director, writer, Tom Holland -- who directed the amazing FRIGHT NIGHT, and is the creator of CHUCKY. This series will be hosted by the very talented Carlee Baker, will be written/produced by Jack Ulrich and Sean Decker, with episodes to be directed by film maker (and past Disturbing Talks guest, Christian Ackerman). The crew currently has a GoFundMe page (available HERE) which is full of amazing perks and gives you a chance to be a part of the production team! Heck you can even host your very own episode! You can follow Carlee on Twitter and Instagram, and you can follow Sean on Twitter and Instagram -- to keep up to date on all there upcoming projects.

This week on Disturbing Talks... We sit down with actress, writer, director, Jenn Nangle IN STUDIO!! That's right! WE GOT ONE! Jenn braved the journey to the O.C. and had a chance to experience the Studio vibe: which basically means getting drunk with some better mics and talking the shit out of some horror. We talked for hours, literally, while watching Hunter Johnson's  2 JENNIFER -- which you can purchase HERE (if you'd like to experience Disturbing Talks the way we do) -- discussing M. Night Shyamalan's flicks, Women in Horror, and we even have our first horror trivia segment -- with the trivia questions delivered by the amazing Rhiannon Irons. Rhiannon is an amazing, knowledgeable, horror enthusiast -- as well as writer -- and recently just wrapped up her first short flick ASYLUM. You can follow Rhiannon on Twitter and Facebook.  

This week on Disturbing Talks... We sit down with writer, director, producer, and movie fanatic, Kevin Shulman, as well as, writer and director, Thomas Fenton. Kevin is working on the upcoming Charles Manson flick, based off the book 'The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houtem', THE FAMILY -- which will be directed by AMERICAN PSYCHO gang, director Mary Harron & writer Guinevere Turner. Thomas has written such flicks as SAW IV & I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2, and will also be working on an upcoming project with Eli Roth and Crypt TV. Also, we find out that Thomas will also have something to do with an upcoming DOUBLE DRAGON adaptation. After the Scott Wolf debacle it'll be good to see this project back in the hands of someone who can do it some justice. Enjoy the show everyone and be sure to spread the podcast around like cooties. 

This week on Disturbing Talks... We go on the road to meet with writer, director Gus Krieger, along with actress Catherine Parker -- who acts in Gus' feature debut, THE BINDING. The Binding is An intelligent and powerful psychological horror film; exploring the depths of religion -- and the acts one will commit in honor of it. Catherine plays Sam, a quick but effective part and that delivers one of my favorite lines in the film.  What is it you ask? Well, you're just going to have to listen to the podcast to find out -- or even better! Why not purchase your very own copy of THE BINDING, which comes out tomorrow August 2nd! Follow the link -- HERE -- to the gateway of awesomeness! Gus, Catherine, and I explore a variety of topics that include: Religion (yikes!),  of course THE BINDING, Musicals (I'm a sucker for them), Theatre, and topless commentary. Sit back, relax, pour some whiskey over ice... It's Disturbing Talks time... 

This week we sit down with the amazing bad ass women behind the upcoming psychological horror short, SCRATCH. Director Emma Bell, Actress/Producer Bel Delia, Executive Producer Tessa Saville, and writer Helen Shang talk about their experiences on the set of the film. They discuss the experience of each level of making this movie and go over the amazing films that sparked their interest in filmmaking.  

This week disturbing talks... We continue our talk with writer/director/musician/friend, Christian Ackerman. We talk the Suspiria remake, the Ghostbusters remake, and include some classics -- spoiler alert EVIL DEAD 2.  Please visit our brand new website, www.disturbingtalks.com for more info, and be sure to subscribe on iTunes! 

This week we talk w/ writer, director, musician, and recent DJ, Christian Ackerman. We spend a good deal of the podcast talking about how I should throw adult crap to the side and just BUY my damn John Carpenter tickets. UPDATE -- I DID!  We also talk a great deal about Gaspar Noe's recent 3D, visually stunning, and stunning flick LOVE. It seems to be a theme of the podcast, because we talk about a plethora of things we Love, including Electronic music. So much so, that we ended up recording an entirely other podcast episode for an upcoming NEW segment called ELECTRONIC TALKS: in which we discuss all things Electronic music.  Check out Christian at all his respective Social Media outlets below:  IMDb, Twitter, Facebook, & Soundcloud Hell's Belles   Also, Please Check out Rhiannon Iron's campaign for her upcoming horror flick, ASYLUM. there's only two days left for her IndieGoGo campaign. ANY Help is appreciated.  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/asylum-the-movie#/   Thank you for listening everyone and we hope you have some DISTURBING TALKS this week. Until Friday, Go GET DisTurBed...  

This week Disturbing Talks takes it to the streets of Pasadena, to celebrate the new digs of Monsterpalooza. We explore the halls of Monsterpalooza, along with writer, producer, journalist, and extraordinary fellow, Sean Decker. Together we have a mini NIGHT OF THE COMET reunion, as we talk w/ Kelli Maroney and Catherine Mary Stewart about their amazing film, and the affect it still has, 32 years later. After that we talk with the crew behind the upcoming Indie Horror flick THE RAKING, then we talk with Immortal Masks Co-Owner George Frangadakis about his badass masks. Seriously.. Check out their masks! After that, we finish it up with Artist, Actor, and martial Artist Aaron Kai.  We had a blast this year at Monsterpalooza and can't wait for Son of MOnsterpalooza in the fall!

This week on Disturbing Talks...  We take a trip down to Hollywood to talk with artist, martial artist, and actor, Aaron Kai.  We sat down with Aaron, had some whiskey (as we do), and talked about horror, cinema, art, and his life growing up. He talks about his experiences, as a young movie-goer, and his amazing career. From working in the fashion industry, to his amazing photo-realistic paintings. He goes over his origins and gives us an amazing conversation in the process.  You can follow Aaron, at all his respective social medias, Here:  Twitter - https://twitter.com/aaronkaiart Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aaron.kai?fref=ts Official Website - http://www.aaronkaiart.com/ 

Pour that whiskey over ice, turn down the lights, It's DISTURBING TALKS TIME.  In episode 31 we sit down with writer Michael Klug, who writes for HorrorFreakNews.com, as well as horror screenplays.  In this episode we discuss life lessons, hardships of trying to make a living as a creative, and just overall get real deep in this film. The title song (profondo rosso) is symbolic for the conversation to follow. He talks about his experiences with horror and how it's shaped his writing to date.  To follow Michael's various projects you can visit his personal website HERE and also be sure to visit HorrorFreakNews.com, of all of Michael's amazing articles and reviews. If your a twitter fanatic then be sure to hit him up @klugula.  Thank you to all you Disturbing Talkers, you are the best friends a good ole disturbed dude like me could ever ask for. Enjoy. 

Welcome to DISTURBING ROUNDTABLE! Where we sit down, bust out the libations, and talk about our collective love for movies! Myself, and there other amazingly talented guests, get together and celebrate their work. We watch their films and talk about the building blocks of their creative process.  In this first installment, we welcome past guests, writers/directors/actors Sam and Lee Boxleitner.     They have directed such films as, The Award Winning film "DOWNSTAIRS" and the recent short film, part of an anthology, "DIE! SITTER! DIE!: RUPERT" - the latter is still on the festival circuit. Our newest friend of the podcast is writer, director, Jerry Pyle. Jerry has directed some amazing short films, including "SERVICE" and "BURN" - both of which I've seen and are intense! And because I appreciate all you Disturbing Talkers out there I'll include Service here, for your entertainment:      SERVICE from Jerry Pyle on Vimeo.   For more information on all these projects from these amazing artists be sure to visit Sam on Facebook, Lee on Facebook & Twitter, and Jerry Pyle at Twitter. To watch Jerry's Films you can visit jkpyle.com.  Hope you enjoy the podcast everyone and please be sure to visit us on iTunes, comment, share, and subscribe! Now, here is Sam & Lee Boxleitner's Award Winning "DOWNSTAIRS" to watch along with us. 

As I sit here, on the throne of where all my great ideas come from (the couch), I still recover from a hangover I received while recording the crossover event with We Are Indie Horror.  We got together with Neil King and Brian Sapir of the online publication, WE ARE INDIE HORROR.         Together they have created a new online Indie Horror community, whose commitment is to showcase the work of various Indie Horror Film makers. We figured that when two avid supporters of the Indie horror world - in that of We Are Indie Horror and Disturbing Talks - came together, there would be a lot to talk about. Therefore, we have ourselves a Crossover EVENT!  The First half of the episode can be heard HERE. In this episode we discuss the road it takes to become an independent film maker, whilst sipping on some tea.  To Visit their site for all things Indie, as well as Horror, You can visit them HERE.  Alcohols consumed on the episode:  Whistle Pig - A 100 proof, 100% Rye, Canadian Whiskey that hugs your liver with a warm embrace.  A Wolf Among The Weeds - Golden Road IPA, a.k.a Just another Anheuser-Busch.  Mangria - Adam Corolla's Sangria, but induced with Man.  Evan Williams - A wonderful bourbon for a classy dude on a budget.    To watch Treevenge:    Please be sure to visit us on Twitter, and Facebook, to keep up date with Disturbing Talks events and giveaways!  Also, Please be sure to visit our iTunes page and comment! We'll shout you out on the show! Have a good week everyone and Go Get DISTURBED everyone! 

Back in October Sinful Celluloid founder, Christopher Jimenez, invited me on a journey into Pali Mountain. For the night, that center would be transformed into a Zombie lovers wet dream. Panic Mountain, in its first year, offered an immersive overnight experience; full of mazes, panic rooms, obstacles, and laser tag. Listen to Chris and I talk about our time at Panic Mountain; and dive a little into Chris' history with horror.  The first half of the podcast was recorded in a gazebo right outside our cabin for the evening. With the nostalgia of going to camp in full gear, plus the immense fog, the mood was set for night. After the introduction we hear a transitionary dose of 'Astro Zombies' by The Misfits, then we find ourselves in motion. In the DT mobile we take our journey back home and review our night at Panic Mountain, while managing to always find time to bring it back to Horror.  Be sure to visit Sinful Celluloid here, http://www.sinfulcelluloid.com, and follow them on Twitter to get updates on Horror, classic and modern alike. If Facebook is your thing, well they got one of those too, HERE.  PLEASE be sure to Comment, and Subscribe on iTunes. To keep up to date with the podcast and our schedule, please follow us on Facebook and Twitter. 

Every once and a while you meet some peeps who you know are, instantly, going to become your best friends. This week on Disturbing Talks... You, our fine, audience, shall witness this phenomenon.  We sit down with directors/actors/brothers Sam and Lee Boxleitner, to discuss their disturbing horror film, DIE SITTER DIE: RUPERT. As a film of disturbing cinema, take my word for it when I say, WATCH THIS MOVIE. Whenever the chance presents itself, WATCH IT. It challenged me on every level and was full of so many "HOLY SHIT!" horror moments. In the midst of all this madness, we also get around to discussing BATMAN V. SUPERMAN, The show film YUMMY MEAT: A HALLOWEEN CAROL, Screamfest, TRON, Movie Scores, and so much MORE! Please visit their Facebook page for RUPERT and give it a like!  Thanks for the listens everyone and PLEASE Share us! Spread us around like butter! 

This week on Disturbing Talks... We travel far and wide to talk with our buddies Hank and Sean about their latest ventures into film making. Sean wrote an amazing halloween, werewolf tale entitled, YUMMY MEAT: A HALLOWEEN CAROL. To read about our set visit, read HERE. Yummy Meat is scheduled to come out this Sunday, October 18th, so be sure to check back with the ScaryEndings YouTube channel to watch.  Hank has an amazing, and beautifully brutal, film called UNNATURAL, that is out Today! It's on VOD, but will be playing in limited theaters. You can review our press release HERE for more details and showtimes.  We talk about this, as well as: American Horror Story: HOTEL (Drill Dick), Fear The Walking Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street 2, the Halloween season, and so much more!  Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook to join in on the DP nation! 

We bring you the continuation of our conversation with writer, journalist, producer, and overall great dude, Sean Decker.  Under a very hefty glaze of Maredsous 10 we continue our talk, but this time we get a little bit deeper. We talk Women's rights, the upcoming TV adaptation of Robert Kirkman's "Outcast", Spooky Dan Walker's upcoming "Slay Belles", Krampus, Scare L.A., comics and much much more! See, no matter how deep we get you can always depend on us wrapping it back up to horror.  Be sure to stop on by iTunes, rate and comment about how much you appreciate this horror nerd's show! In the future we plan on doing giveaways for best comment.  If you hadn't guessed, we're social! So, please follow us at Facebook & Twitter to join in on the fun. 

In this very special episode we chat with writer, director, and editor Dan Ast. We talk about his time editing for the extremely popular web show, Equals three, then jump directly into the topic at hand... L.A. Macabre.  Dan and I discuss the beginnings of the show and how it came to fruition. He talks about how they shot the first Season with just $9,000 and how that money manifested an award winning show: even going as far as picking up distribution w/ Proven Entertainment!  Dan takes us deep into the Macabre and reveals his plans for the Second Season - not only wanting to step up the scale, but the budget too! For the past month they've been riding the Crowd funding road: an idea that has increased in popularity - over 1,000% - since it's rise in 2004. Dan talks about the craziness of running a campaign and gives some insight on the second Season.  To donate to their Season 2 Kickstarter campaign you can visit their page HERE and to keep up to date with the show you can follow their respective social outlets; Twitter & Facebook. DONATE NOW to get a crack at some amazing perks, and be a part of an AWARD winning Web Series.  Also please follow Disturbing Talks a Twitter, Facebook, and be sure to stop by and say hi over on iTunes!