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Brea Journeys to the Twilight Zone!
Apr 4, 2025
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Mike Mendez Talks SATANIC HISPANICS, TALES OF HALLOWEEN, and Much More!
Mar 28, 2025
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Matte Paintings and Miniatures With Production Designer Holly Lander!
Mar 14, 2025
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How to Lose Your Mind Shooting Pick-Ups in Four Days or Less
Mar 7, 2025
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We Watched TRILOGY OF TERROR (1975)
Feb 21, 2025
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| 4/4/25 |  Brea Journeys to the Twilight Zone! | Brea has barely seen the original Twilight Zone-- and it's time to rectify that! We start Rod Serling's classic series at the beginning with the great pilot "Where is Everybody?" and then watch two lesser episodes "One for the Angels" and "Mr. Denton on Doomsday". What did we learn from this classic series? Are we any closer to finishing GRIND? Does Ed love his baby yet? Find out all of this and more on this week's episode! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 3/28/25 | Mike Mendez Talks SATANIC HISPANICS, TALES OF HALLOWEEN, and Much More! | Writer/Director/Producer/Editor Mike Mendez (BIG ASS SPIDER, DON'T KILL IT) just finished editing a segment of GRIND and I thought what better way to celebrate than to get him on the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion of his epic career! Mike's been involved in three-- now FOUR!-- anthologies and is a legend in the horror world. He's also edited on "Beavis and Butthead" and tons of different projects. We really get into the nitty gritty of the life of an indie filmmaker. He has seen it all and this is a great talk! Follow Mike on instagram: @madmanmendez Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 3/14/25 | Matte Paintings and Miniatures With Production Designer Holly Lander! | Me (Ed) and Holly have always loved matte paintings and miniatures, and despite knowing very little about how to work with them, we are diving in with GRIND. In today's episode we talk about how we plan to pull that off, and also Holly's journey into the world of production design!Follow Holly on Instagram: @hollystyreneGo to her website! https://holly.land Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 3/7/25 | How to Lose Your Mind Shooting Pick-Ups in Four Days or Less | Well we just finished shooting the final pick-ups on our film GRIND and we are bruised and battered. How many things can go wrong when shooting a couple of simple things? Tune in to find out! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 2/21/25 | We Watched TRILOGY OF TERROR (1975) | There are few anthology segments more iconic than that crazy little doll chasing Karen Black around her apartment, so we dive into this famous TV movie and see if it holds up! Along the way we discuss Ed's new baby (which is why we missed last week's episode-- sorry!), the difficulty of producing, and our impending pickups for GRIND. Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 2/7/25 | Matt Glass Talks About Composing the Score for GRIND and His Filmmaking Journey! | Matt Glass (12 HOUR SHIFT, GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS, YOU CAN'T KILL DAVID ARQUETTE) might be one of the most well-rounded filmmakers we've ever met. He can write, direct, produce, edit, pull off crazy VFX, and compose music (including the theme to this podcast!) Brea was promoting her new book* this week so I sat down with Matt alone to figure out how he acquired all of these skills!Follow Matt Glass on Instagram: @glassbrain* it's called The No Pressure Book Journal! Get it at a book store near you!** I accidentally said the movie SILK was from Korea. It was actually made in Taiwan. Sorry about that!! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 1/31/25 | Zoe Cooper Talks About Writing for V/H/S/85, V/H/S/99, and TV! | Zoe Cooper is a super-talented filmmaker who dropped by for this great wide-ranging talk! Lots of practical writing advice here. Should this have been part of our VHS series? Perhaps, but this title felt better. We delve into topics like how to collaborate with a director, how to take notes well, and the illegal reptile trade! Follow Zoe on instagram! @zmartez Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 1/24/25 | Anthony Cousins Drops By to Talk FROGMAN 2, the Oscar Nominations, and the Worst Videos in the World! | We're joined by director Anthony Cousins again for an unconventional episode that will take you inside the process of making GRIND-- perhaps too inside?! One of the segments features a content moderator driven mad by the horrible videos he sees. Anthony's creating these videos for us, and we brainstorm them live on the air. So it does get a little dark! But also just lots of fun chat about the filmmaking process in general and what's up next for the lord of the bog Frogman! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 1/17/25 | We Watched NIGHTMARES (1983) | This week's episode (delayed by the fires!) is a request we got from a listener somewhere along the way. Well, you asked for it, and now we have become the Bishop of Battle! Is there anything educational about this TV pilot gone theatrical? Why does that rat have psychic powers? Is the Terror in Topanga segment less scary than being in Topanga is right now? All this and more on this week's episode! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 1/3/25 | The Psychological Peril of the Rough Assembly | Is there anything scarier than watching the first assembly of your film? Well, we do it on today's episode as we've finally gotten our hands on the lost segment of GRIND!! We document our thoughts before and after viewing as we try to capture the unique psychological torture of facing your footage for the first time!! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
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| 12/20/24 | Set Your Goals With Lola Blanc! | With the new year approaching, we decided it was time to set our filmmaking goals for 2025 with filmmaker/musician/podcaster Lola Blanc! How can a filmmaker best set themselves up for success? What's a realistic amount of scripts to write in a year? Is Lola the most famous musician we know? Why was Ed almost crying when the episode began? All of these questions and more will be answered!! We'll be checking in with these goals in a few months so please brace yourself for us to hit ALL OF THEM!!!!Follow Lola on instagram: @oohlalolaAnd check out her music on Spotify!And also check out her horror anthology short BLEED! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 12/13/24 | BJ Colangelo Talks DEATHCEMBER! | We're joined in this episode by writer/director/author/film critic BJ Colangelo, who tells us about making the holiday anthology DEATHCEMBER, surviving cancer, the Ohio wrestling scene, making films on a REAL microbudget, and the best way to wear a reindeer helmet cam! She also tells us about her great new book about SLEEPAWAY CAMP, which you must read!!!Follow BJ on instagram: @BJColangelo Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 12/6/24 | Our Year in Review/The Anthology Segment Game! | We're taking a brief break from our V/H/S series to talk about what we accomplished this year, what we didn't, and what we learned! We also present each other with an anthology built out of the best segments we've watched this year! It's kind of like a fantasy draft, but not really. We're gonna do that someday! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 11/29/24 | The V/H/S Boxed Set p3 - David Bruckner Talks V/H/S and SOUTHBOUND! | Director David Bruckner (THE NIGHT HOUSE, HELLRAISER) joins us this week to talk about his iconic horror anthology work! We really get into the weeds on his anthology segments "Amateur Night" (from V/H/S) and "The Accident" (from SOUTHBOUND) so fans of shoptalk should like this one!Follow David Bruckner on instagram: @davidbruckner Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 11/22/24 | The V/H/S Boxed Set p2 - V/H/S 2 (2013) | Our journey through the V/H/S series continues with one of the high points-- V/H/S 2! Is the legendary "Safe Haven" segment still as good over a decade later? What exactly is the mythology behind all of these tapes? Should this movie actually be called SD CARD? All of this and more on this week's episode! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 11/15/24 | The V/H/S Boxed Set p1 - V/H/S (2012) | No modern horror anthology looms as large as V/H/S, so we're embarking on an epic journey through every single film! We'll be interviewing as many of the filmmakers involved as we can. Along the way we'll also intersperse other episodes because this is truly going to be a whole side show of its own. Some of these episodes will probably be Patreon-exclusive but once again that Patreon is completely free! You just gotta join!!! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 11/8/24 | It's Never Too Late to Change Film Careers (with Robert Bella!) | In 1997 Robert Bella was the toast of Sundance with his debut film COLIN FITZ LIVES! He was followed around the fest by the TV show 48 Hours, who thought he might be The Next Big Thing. But when he struggled to make his second film, he stumbled into the world of post-production supervising, eventually working for Steven Spielberg. Then he walked away from it all to chase his dream of being a TV writer, eventually getting staffed on several shows. And THEN he became a tv director. And THEN he's been transitioning all the way back to indie film. Robert's journey is both inspiring and a fascinating portrait of the film industry over the years!Follow Bella on instagram! @brooklynboybella Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 11/1/24 | Does Your Production Need a Script Supervisor? (with Alexandria Perez!) | When you're working on a low budget indie and looking to cut costs, the role of script supervisor is often the first one eliminated. But GRIND script supervisor Alexandria Perez is here to say STOP-- don't do that!! We take a deep dive into what a scripty does and why they're essential when making your film. Follow Alexandria Perez on Instagram: @alexunchained Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 10/25/24 | How to Edit a Movie With Jeff Betancourt! | This might be one of our favorite episodes ever as editor Jeff Betancourt (HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, THE GRUDGE, one of Brea's GRIND segments!) tells us about his career journey and answers all of our questions about editing. Seriously, this episode is educational!!! Follow @jeffbetancourt on instagram!! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 10/18/24 | Francesco Loschiavo and John Thomas Kelley Tell Us About Making their New Anthology Show TALES FROM THE VOID! | A great new anthology show called TALES FROM THE VOID premiered this past Sunday on Screambox! Showrunners Francesco and John tell us all about how they adapted the stories from r/nosleep into a tonally cohesive anthology we think you'll love. How did they track down the authors? How did they raise the financing? How did they deal with the logistics? Who among us is the most addicted to reddit? All of this and more on this week's episode!Follow Francesco on Instagram! @fl.filmFollow John! @jthomaskelleyCheck out TALES FROM THE VOID @talesfromthevoidtv on @screamboxtv!! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 10/11/24 | We Watched Trick 'r Treat (2007) | We've got a big bopper this week with Michael Dougherty's (no relation) modern Halloween classic TRICK 'R TREAT. Is this the best horror anthology? Is this even an anthology at all?! We'll be tackling all of this and more, along with an update on where GRIND is at and how things went at Beyond Fest!! Follow us on Patreon for bonus episodes (no money required!!) Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 10/4/24 | We Watched Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990) | Mummies! Killer cats! Gargoyles you can fall in love with! Did this movie just leap to the top of our horror anthology rankings? They say it's the real Creepshow 3-- but is it better than Creepshow 3? Well, tune into our bonus episode on Patreon where we discuss Creepshow 3, you don't have to pay any money but you just have to be a free member. But yes, it is much better. Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 10/2/24 | BONUS EPISODE: We Watched Creepshow 3 With Teri Gamble (EXCERPT!) | This is our first ever Patreon-exclusive episode-- you just need to be a free member to listen to the whole thing. Link here, and after joining you'll get a patreon rss feed which should link any future exclusive episodes:https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-we-113245711?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkThere is A LOT to say about this horrific film. Follow @theterigamble on instagram! Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 9/27/24 | The Fantastic Fest Bedroom Party | What happens when you cram five filmmakers into the bedroom of Ed's airbnb at Fantastic Fest because the rest of the house is too echoey?!! Anthony Cousins and Rebecca Daugherty, co-directors of Fantastic Fest World Premiere THE LAST THING SHE SAW, and Steven Hugh Nelson, writer/director of the upcoming OLD WOUNDS, join us as we run through every single movie we saw in Austin this past weekend. What were our favorite films? Which films...weren't? And-- Anthony and Becca tells us all about their experience premiering at the festival while everyone (except Ed) struggle not to pour wine on the white comforter. Follow Anthony Cousins on instagram! @cousins_anthonyAnd Rebecca Daugherty! @rebeccadaugherty_And Steven Hugh Nelson! @stevenhughnelson Theme song by Matt Glass (@glassbrain), Artwork by Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro) Hosted by Brea Grant (@breagrant) and Ed Dougherty (@eddied4me)Join our Patreon for extra content! | — | ||||||
| 9/20/24 | We Talk to Axelle Carolyn About TALES OF HALLOWEEN and Much More! | We had a great chat with Axelle Carolyn (THE MANOR, The Haunting of Bly Manor), who created the horror anthology TALES OF HALLOWEEN. She tells us how she pulled that together and then went on to direct a ton of great television episodes! We also discuss the best Halloween haunts in the LA area! | — | ||||||
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