Without Your Head
Without Your Head
Neal Jones
SOUR MINNOWS Director Harrison Atkins Interview | Fantasia Film Festival with Nasty Neal
20 minutes Posted Aug 30, 2026 at 5:56 am.
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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