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The Nick Taylor Horror Show

American Nightmare Studios

Exploring the techniques, strategies, and key pieces of advice for aspiring horror directors, straight from the minds of some of the greatest filmmakers and creators in horror. Host Nick Taylor engages in one-on-one conversations with directors, producers, writers, actors and artists to uncover the keys to their creative and professional success in the horror business.

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01:01:00

KNIFE + HEART Director, Yann Gonzalez [Episode 53]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/10/01

Yann Gonzalez is a French filmmaker who made his feature debut with You & The Night and followed it up with his incredible tour de force second act, Knife + Heart. On top of being a breath of fresh air of originality in the horror genre, I think I will dare to say that Knife + Heart might be one of the best, if not the best neo-giallo ever made. To me, it didn’t just nostalgically pay homage to the giallo genre; it modernized it and deeply personalized it. This movie was miraculous to me -

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01:40:59

Ryuhei Kitamura, Director of MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN,...

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/09/24

Ryuhei Kitamura is a Japanese director of such movies as Versus, Clive Barker’s Midnight Meat Train, No One Lives, Downrange, and the Mashit segment of Nightmare Cinema. Ryuhei’s director origin story is pretty inspiring - when making his feature debut, Versus, he went through a brutal series of hardships but still managed to pull off an extremely impressive movie, loaded with highly complex zombie fight sequences and gore gags. One of the things that stands out in Ryuhei’s career history is his

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01:30:59

1BR, The Low Budget Indie That Hit #1 on Netflix with...

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/09/17

David Marmor & Alok Mishra are the director-producer duo behind 1BR. Made for an extremely low budget, 1BR swept the VOD world by storm and not only made its way into Netflix’s top 10 movies but even landed at the number one movie on Netflix for some time. This is no small feat, especially for a first time director & producer duo. This interview actually spans two different time periods of this movie. I interviewed Alok & David about four months ago, right around the time 1BR was released on VOD,

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48:21

The Late Great Stuart Gordon [Episode 50]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/09/03

About three months before he passed, I was given the incredible honor of conducting one of the last interviews with Stuart Gordon. I’m extremely humbled to be able to air this never before published conversation between Stuart and me. We happened to speak right on the heels of him completing his autobiography, so Stuart was in a very reflective mood. Our conversation focused a lot around his life story, his crazy escapades in the theatre, the importance of horror, and many lessons learned from his

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01:03:39

PSYCHO GOREMAN Director, Steven Kostanski [Episode 49]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/08/28

Steven Kostanski is a writer, director, and practical effects makeup artist. His latest movie, Psycho Goyreman, is about to be released and it looks fuckin awesome! Prior to Psycho Goreman, Steven directed Leprechaun Returns, Manborg, and The Void. The Void is an incredibly impressive movie. Imagine a deadly cult film that mixes The Thing with Hellraiser in a Lovecraftian universe. Making The Void was an incredibly hellish experience and we hear first hand from Steve what it was like to be in the

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01:22:06

PALE DOOR & SCARE PACKAGE Director, Aaron B. Koontz...

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/08/21

Aaron B. Koontz is a writer, director, producer, and founder of Paper Street Pictures. Aaron made his feature debut with Camera Obscura, and recently directed the core story in Scare Package, featured on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs. Aaron's most recent release was The Pale Door, a horror western about a group of cowboys who take shelter in a brothel, only to find out it’s a coven of ravenous witches. Pale Door was a refreshingly original blast and is now streaming on VOD and coming soon

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01:16:31

REVENGE Director, Coralie Fargeat [Episode 47]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/08/13

Coralie Fargeat is a French writer and director who made her feature film debut with 2017’s Revenge, now streaming on Shudder. Coralie started her career in France as an AD, and shortly after realizing that she wanted to be a director, she made a short and took it on the festival circuit. The short opened many doors for her, and from there, she wrote multiple screenplays and took writing classes, all of which collectively helped her find her voice as a filmmaker. This path led her to pitching the

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45:01

Carlo Mirabella Davis [Episode 46]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/08/06

Carlo Mirabella Davis is a writer & director who just made his feature debut with Swallow. Swallow tells the harrowing tale of a newlywed housewife who’s oppressive existence forces her to succumb to a compulsive urge to eat non-food items like dirt, thumbtacks, marbles, and more. The condition is real, and it’s called Pica. While the movie paints a very compassionate portrait of a Pica sufferer, it does not shy away from the horror of the disease, which is partially what makes Swallow so powerful

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45:16

TERRIFIER 2 News with Damien Leone! [Episode 45]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/07/31

My guest today is a household name among horror fans, and the director of one of the most talked about horror movies of recent times, Terrifier! Terrifier’s star, Art the Clown is on the fast-track to slasher stardom and is without a doubt, the most iconic movie slasher in decades. All you have to do is observe the rampant fan art and the alarming number of tattoos of Art to know, that this is a true horror icon, and he’s just getting started. The character of Art the Clown has actually been

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56:21

The Weird and Wonderful World of Cig Neutron!...

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/07/30

Cig Neutron is a creature designer, special effects makeup artist and a creative force of nature. He’s done effects work on multiple movies including Tron Legacy, Suckerpunch, and Star Trek Discovery, and was on Face/Off's season 7 then again on season 11 as one of the Face/Off allstars. Nowadays Cig and his partner in crime Rani are putting out a lot of their own original content and the volume of stuff that they put out is pretty amazing; everything from music videos, to skits, pinup photos, all

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43:31

RELIC Director, Natalie Erika James [Episode 43]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/07/24

Relic is one of the newest movies from IFC Midnight and the feature debut of Australian filmmaker, Natalie Erika James. Relic tells the heartbreaking story of a family of women dealing with the mental decline of their matriarchal grandmother due to what seems to be Alzheimers, but upon closer inspection appears to be something malevolent and evil. Relic was a very striking & multifaceted movie, and I highly recommend it. It blends very deep emotions, with atmosphere, and eeriness and nuances all

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37:45

Blumhouse’s INTO THE DARK Directors, Alston & Julius...

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/07/17

Alston & Julius Ramsay are two brothers and a writer/director duo. The Ramsay brothers made their feature debut with Midnighters, a high octane indie thriller released by IFC Midnight in 2017. Their most recent feature is The Current Occupant is the latest entry in Blumhouse’s Into the Dark series on Hulu. For the uninitiated, Into the Dark is a Black Mirror-like series of self-contained feature horror films produced by Blumhouse where each episode thematically represents a different holiday. The

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46:28

THE SHED Writer/Director, Frank Sabatella [Episode 41]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/07/16

Frank Sabatella is a writer, director, and photographer who’s made such films as Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet, and most recently, 2019’s The Shed. One of the things I really appreciated about The Shed was how it explored pretty serious subject matter; themes of bullying, school shootings, and child abuse were all confronted in this movie without it being heavy handed. Horror as a genre has always been pivotal in confronting difficult subject matter head on, and in addition to delivering a

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01:07:58

SHARKNADO Director, Anthony C. Ferrante [Episode 40]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/07/09

Anthony C. Ferrante is an American filmmaker, director, and writer, best known for being the man behind the Sharknado franchise. In addition to Sharknado 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Anthony has directed such horror hits as Boo, Forgotten Evil, and Zombie Tidal Wave. Anthony and I talked a lot about Sharknado, as well as how he’s able to make his sets an unbelievably fun experience that attracts his cast and crew to constantly want to work with him. This is a real art when you’re working with low budgets,

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30:16

THE WRETCHED Directors, Brett & Drew Pierce [Episode 39]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/07/03

Welcome to the Nick Taylor Horror Show! Brett and Drew Pierce, known in the industry as The Pierce Brothers, are the director duo behind The Wretched. Picked up by IFC Midnight, The Wretched is a contemporary witch story about a teenage boy sent to spend the summer working at a beach town marina only to discover something weird going on with the house next door. Turns out the neighbors are under the control of the spirit of a wicked witch from the woods! The Wretched is another great entry into

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47:22

PORNO Director, Keola Racela [Episode 38]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/05/18

Welcome to the Nick Taylor Horror Show! Keola Racela is the director of one of FANGORIA’s new acquisitions, PORNO! Porno pits a hapless group of upright religious & abstinent teens against a deviant sex demon who they accidentally release by watching a satanic porn film one night at the theatre they work at. Porno delivers laughs and scares in equal measure and is a blast of a film. Porno is out now on VOD, and I highly recommend you check it out. Porno is Keola’s feature debut, and we get into the

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01:02:48

ROOM 237 Director/Documentarian, Rodney Ascher...

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/01/31

Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker and one of the most unique and interesting documentarians working today. His career was kickstarted by an 8 minute docs-short called THE S FROM HELL. Sidenote: this film is awesome. It focuses on this bizarre phenomenon where an entire generation of children were terrified of a seemingly innocuous corporate logo. The 1964 screen gems logo that is considered as the scariest corporate logo in history. In it we hear first hand accounts of people who were terrified by the

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55:28

READY OR NOT Director/Producer Trio, Radio Silence:...

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/01/24

Radio Silence is a filmmaking collective comprised of Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, and Tyler Gillet. These three are behind such films as Devil’s Due, Southbound, VHS, and last year’s outstanding Ready or Not. I personally loved Ready or Not, and was really struck at how seamlessly it was able to balance horror, comedy, and tragedy, while being an outright thrill ride of a movie. This was hands down one of the funnest cinematic experiences in years, which made me super excited to speak with

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45:18

Carter Smith on Directing MIDNIGHT KISS for Blumhouse...

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/01/10

Welcome to The Nick Taylor Horror show! Carter Smith is a writer, director, and photographer who has directed such movies as The Ruins, Jamie Marks is Dead, and the recent Into the Dark film for Blumhouse, Midnight Kiss, which is now available on Hulu. Carter has had a really interesting career, having shot fashion photography for publications including Vogue, GQ, and W Magazine. Carter’s directorial career began with directing commercials for clients such as Lancôme, Tommy Hilfiger, and Tiffany's

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33:07

Tarantino Documentary Director, Tara Wood [Episode 33]

The Nick Taylor Horror Show ·

2020/01/02

Welcome back to the Nick Taylor horror show! Today’s episode has Tara Wood. Tara is the director of the Quentin Tarantino Documentary, QT8, the First 8. Prior to this she did the Richard Linklater documentary, 21 Years: Richard Linklater. The movie covers Tarantino’s career from 'Reservoir Dogs' to 'The Hateful Eight', and features sit down interviews with multiple actors and collaborators and collaborators to get to the heart of who Quentin Tarantino is as an artist and a person. I had a field day

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