Director Chris Schwab joins Nasty Neal to discuss his haunting new horror film, DRACULA: THE NIGHT AROUND US, following its screening at FrightFest.A disillusioned doctor begins to regain his faith in humanity after forming a connection with a mother and daughter. But their fragile hope is threatened when they are hunted by an evil force that thrives on destruction.Chris Schwab discusses reimagining Dracula, the film’s themes of faith and humanity, creating its sinister atmosphere, working with the cast, and bringing the movie to FrightFest.Subscribe to Without Your Head Horror Podcast for more filmmaker interviews, independent horror, festival coverage, reviews, and genre news!Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#DraculaTheNightAroundUs #ChrisSchwab #FrightFest #Dracula #HorrorMovie #HorrorInterview #IndieHorror #WithoutYourHead

Kurt Deimer joins Nasty Neal to discuss his terrifying new indie horror film, HELLBILLY HOLLOW!Filmed inside the real Hellbilly Hollow haunted attraction in Vincent, Alabama, the movie unleashes a nightmarish carnival filled with elaborate practical set pieces—including Wack-a-Troll, High Striker, Acid Darts and a wild Car Dunk sequence engineered by executive producer and production designer Mike Denard.Kurt discusses producing and starring in the film, bringing its deadly carnival attractions to life, and contributing eight original songs to the soundtrack. The movie also features an original score composed by Roy Mayorga of Ministry and sound design by Tom Boykin, whose credits include John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Last of Us.Directed by Kevin Wayne and written by Bernadette Chapman, Hellbilly Hollow stars Kurt Deimer, Kevin Wayne, Danny Vinson, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Megan Alexandrea Weaver, Hallie Shepherd, Trey Miller and Keller Fornes.Enter the Hollow—where the carnage comes to town!Subscribe to Without Your Head Horror Podcast for more interviews with the filmmakers, actors and creators behind independent horror.Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#HellbillyHollow #KurtDeimer #HorrorMovie #IndieHorror #HorrorInterview #WithoutYourHead #NastyNeal #PracticalEffects #CarnivalHorror #NewHorrorMovie

What would you risk for the chance to stay in America?Director Yihong Exa Huang and lead actor Forest Lin join Nasty Neal to discuss their new horror short FORTUNE HOUSE—a supernatural immigration fable blending demonic horror, magical realism, dark humor and a deadly game of mahjong.Set in a near-future Los Angeles, Fortune House follows an undocumented Chinese delivery driver who stumbles into a mahjong parlor operated by three demons. They offer him a life-changing bargain: win the game, and they’ll grant him a green card.Exa and Forest discuss the film’s striking mythology, its Faustian bargain, the realities and anxieties behind the immigrant experience, and the challenge of transforming those themes into an original genre story. They also explore the film’s ideas about karma, reincarnation and systems that profit from desperation.Logline:A desperate immigrant delivery driver stumbles into a mahjong parlor run by three demons, where he enters a demonic deal: win the game, and they will grant him a green card.Directed by Yihong Exa HuangWritten by Jeff Athey and Yihong Exa HuangStarring Forest Lin, Tony Kim, Alexandre Chen, Vivian Lee and Joel ChangSubscribe to Without Your Head Horror for more filmmaker interviews, independent horror, festival coverage and emerging voices in genre cinema.Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#FortuneHouse #HorrorInterview #IndieHorror #YihongExaHuang #ForestLin #HorrorShort #AsianCinema #MagicalRealism #Mahjong #WithoutYourHead

Writer and director Karen Lam joins Nasty Neal to discuss her apocalyptic horror film ARMAGEDDON ROAD, which played at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival!What happens in Vegas…might end the world.Steve is an ex-con with big dreams who accepts a job chauffeuring a mob boss’ girlfriend for one night. There’s just one horrifying problem: his passenger is dead—and possessed by one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Karen Lam takes us inside the making of ARMAGEDDON ROAD, its supernatural mythology, dark humor, desert setting, unforgettable characters, and potentially world-ending road trip.Watch the full interview and let us know in the comments: Would you get in the car?Subscribe to Without Your Head for more horror interviews, independent films, festival coverage, trailers, and genre news.Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#ArmageddonRoad #KarenLam #HorrorInterview #Popco

Nasty Neal interviews writer-director Arkar Soe Oo and star Li Li Kyaw Khaing about THE LAST FOOTAGE, Myanmar’s first found-footage horror film, following its premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival!Shot entirely from a first-person perspective, THE LAST FOOTAGE follows a group whose getaway to a remote forest cabin becomes a nightmare when a young boy disappears. A desperate blood ritual resurrects a witch’s dead son, while a reckless dark-web summoning awakens an ancient predator lurking in the wilderness.Arkar Soe Oo and Li Li Kyaw Khaing discuss bringing this groundbreaking Burmese horror film to life, creating its immersive POV style and introducing Myanmar genre cinema to international audiences.Subscribe for more horror movie interviews, independent film coverage and festival exclusives from Without Your Head with Nasty Neal.Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#TheLastFootage #FantasiaFilmFestival #FoundFootage #HorrorMovies #MyanmarCinema #BurmeseCinema #HorrorInterview #IndependentHorror #WithoutYourHead #NastyNeal

Writer/director Angus Silver joins Nasty Neal to talk about his provocative new film INSECTASY, fresh off its premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival!INSECTASY follows Sadie as she struggles to find balance while juggling work, her social life, and an increasingly consuming erotic fascination with insects.Angus Silver discusses the strange and fascinating concept behind the film, bringing Sadie’s unconventional obsession to the screen, the film’s themes and imagery, and what it was like premiering INSECTASY at Fantasia.If you love weird cinema, body horror, surreal filmmaking, underground movies, and boundary-pushing independent horror, check out our conversation with Angus Silver!🎬 Film: INSECTASY🎙️ Guest: Writer/Director Angus Silver🎤 Hosted by: Nasty Neal🎪 Premiered at: Fantasia International Film FestivalSubscribe to Without Your Head for more filmmaker interviews, horror news, festival coverage, indie horror, and cult cinema!Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#Insectasy #AngusSilver #FantasiaFilmFestival #Fantasia2026 #HorrorMovies #IndieHorror #BodyHorror #WeirdCinema #HorrorInterview #WithoutYourHead #NastyNeal

Writer/director Harrison Atkins joins Without Your Head to talk about his surreal new indie film SOUR MINNOWS, following its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival.What begins with an inexplicable sight on an empty Los Angeles street sends Ricky spiraling into a reality where memories slip, perception fractures, and a mysterious entity known as “The Yellow Thing” wears people like costumes.Harrison Atkins discusses the strange world of Sour Minnows, the film’s unconventional imagery and dark humor, creating its dreamlike logic, bringing “The Yellow Thing” to life, and taking the film to Fantasia for its world premiere.SOUR MINNOWSTwo friends stumble upon an unusual sight: six men sensually licking the pavement on an empty LA street. For Ricky, the moment ruptures something. As his reality grows porous and his memories begin to slip and slide, he finds himself in contact with “The Yellow Thing,” an entity that wears people like costumes. As Ricky adapts to his expanding worldview, a delirious new logic takes hold.🎬 Interview with writer/director Harrison Atkins🎥 SOUR MINNOWS🎞️ World Premiere – Fantasia International Film FestivalSubscribe to Without Your Head for more horror, cult, independent film and filmmaker interviews!Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#SourMinnows #HarrisonAtkins #FantasiaFilmFestival #Fantasia2026 #IndieFilm #SurrealCinema #HorrorMovies #IndependentFilm #FilmInterview #WithoutYourHead

Powerman 5000 frontman Spider One and actress Krsy Fox join Nasty Neal to talk BIG BABY, their twisted new meta-slasher where nightmares, filmmaking and murder collide!Writer/director Spider One and Krsy Fox take us inside the making of Big Baby, a new horror film about a writer whose nightmares of a maniac killer in a baby mask inspire his latest script. But when his life begins spiraling out of control, he discovers that Big Baby’s murderous rampage may be more than fiction.We talk with Spider One and Krsy Fox about creating the movie, bringing its masked killer to life, playing with slasher conventions, balancing horror and meta storytelling, and much more.Big Baby is written and directed by Spider One, frontman of Powerman 5000, with Cher (Moonstruck) serving as Executive Producer.The film stars Brandon Scott (Descendent), Krsy Fox (Little Bites), Adam Marcinowski (Bury the Bride), Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), Chaz Bono (American Horror Story) and David Howard Thornton, best known as Art the Clown in the Terrifier franchise.🎬 BIG BABY UK Premiere: August 27 at Tubi FrightFest London📀 Digital, DVD & Blu-ray: September 7If you're a fan of slashers, masked killers, meta-horror, Terrifier, indie horror or Spider One's filmmaking, check out our conversation and let us know what you think of Big Baby!Subscribe to Without Your Head for more horror interviews, filmmakers, actors, trailers and independent horror coverage.Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#BigBaby #SpiderOne #KrsyFox #Powerman5000 #HorrorMovies #Slasher #MetaHorror #FrightFest #TubiFrightFest #Terrifier #DavidHowardThornton #IndieHorror #HorrorInterview #WithoutYourHead #NastyNeal

PENNY LANE IS DEAD is now streaming on Shudder!Writer/director Mia-kate Russell and stars Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn and Bailey Spalding join Nasty Neal to talk about the brutal, darkly funny Australian horror film PENNY LANE IS DEAD.Set during a hot summer night in 1986 Australia, Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime friends Toni and Amy. But when Penny’s jealous and troubled cousin Kat decides to pull a cruel prank, a thoughtless game involving spiked cupcakes spirals into a bloody night of betrayal, violence and survival.Inspired by the Ozploitation tradition, Mia-kate Russell’s feature directorial debut mixes slasher horror, dark comedy, friendship, rage and a sapphic love story into one wild night where no one is safe.In the interview, we talk with Mia-kate, Sophia and Bailey about bringing the film’s 1980s world to life, balancing brutal horror with dark humor, developing the characters and relationships, the film’s practical horror, and making a fresh Australian genre film.PENNY LANE IS DEADWritten & Directed by Mia-kate RussellStarring Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, Tahlee Fereday, Alexandra Jensen, Bailey Spalding, Ben O’Toole, Steve Le Marquand & Fletcher HumphrysNow streaming on Shudder.Subscribe to Without Your Head Horror Podcast for more horror filmmaker and cast interviews, indie horror, horror news and genre discussions.Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#PennyLaneIsDead #Shudder #Horror #HorrorMovies #MiaKateRussell #SophiaWrightMendelsohn #BaileySpalding #HorrorInterview #AustralianHorror #Ozploitation #Slasher #80sHorror #WithoutYourHead

Casper Kelly, the director of BUDDY, joins Nasty Neal to talk about his bizarre and unsettling new horror film! With Topher Grace, Patton Oswalt, Clint Howard, Keegan-Michael Key!From the creator of the cult phenomenon Too Many Cooks, BUDDY takes the seemingly innocent world of children's television and turns it into something much more sinister.BUDDY:A brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show.Casper Kelly talks about creating the strange world of BUDDY, mixing childhood nostalgia with horror, bringing the film's surreal characters to life, the inspiration behind the movie, and much more.🎬 BUDDY — in theaters August 28Subscribe to Without Your Head for more horror filmmaker interviews, movie reviews, trailers, festival coverage and all things weird!Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmwH7xVAhD-OOAqFWyTYTA/join#Buddy #CasperKelly #HorrorMovie #HorrorInterview #TooManyCooks #HorrorMovies #IndieHorror #MovieInterview #NewHorror #WithoutYourHead #NastyNeal #TopherGrace #ClintHoward #PattonOswalt #Keegan-MichaelKey