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Joe Burke is the writer/director of Burt (2025), starring Oliver Cooper and Burt Berger. Shot on a $7,000 budget in just 7 days with a 3-person crew, the story follows Burt, a 69-year old street musician living with Parkinson’s, and Sammy, a wayward young man from New York who shows up with the bombshell news that he is Burt’s long lost son.
The film premiered at Cinequest in San Jose to critical acclaim including the award for Best Narrative Feature: Comedy. It later won Best Picture and Best Acting Ensemble awards at the Phoenix Film Festival. On May 3rd, it had its LA premiere at the Fine Arts theater in Beverly Hills, which drew a packed crowd. Executive Producer David Gordon Green moderated a panel that consisted of Burt, Steven Levy, Oliver, composer Tim Rutili and other cast/crew.
Joe Burke has also made a plethora of short films that can be found on his YouTube channel. One of the shorts, Another Cancer Movie (2013), features Burt Berger in a supporting role. Fast forward to Burt (2025) - Burke and Cooper crafted a film loosely based on Burt’s real life, shining a light and keeping the focus on Burt’s incredible character and not his diagnosis. The decision was made to portray the film in black and white, which adds great depth to the film’s already heavy emotional value.
Stay tuned for upcoming screening announcements, including another LA showing in June! For more info, visit Burtthemovie.com for up-to-date news.
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Francis Galluppi is the writer/director of The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024). After years of touring in various punk bands and an accident that led to a broken wrist, Francis decided it was time for a career shift. During a six month healing process, he picked up his camera and began shooting videos around the house with his wife. Almost immediately, he fell in love with the creative process and started to gather his friends to make his first short film, High Desert Hell (2019). Utilizing locations from local sources and keeping budget costs to a minimum, he completed his film for around $1,000. After this first successful outing that was on a learn-as-you-go basis and with a new script penned, Francis packed his gear and headed to Oregon to shoot his second short, The Gemini Project (2020).
While neither of the shorts gathered major industry attention, they certainly sparked some interest. After a lengthy process of optioning and failing to gather necessary funds, a house was sold in favor of the budget for The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024). Before long, a stacked cast of genre-film crowd favorites were attached to the project including Jim Cummings (Thunder Road, The Wolf of Snow Hollow), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, From Beyond), Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes, Doctor Sleep), Sam Huntington (Detroit Rock City, Not Another Teen Movie), Jocelin Donahue (The House of the Devil, Insidious: Chapter 2) and Richard Brake (Mandy, Batman Begins).
The film premiered to a packed audience at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas and received rave reviews from moviegoers. Sam Raimi was so impressed with the film that he hand selected Francis to direct the latter of two upcoming Evil Dead installments. Aside from all the film work, he has also shot a handful of music videos for indie rock band, Mt. Joy including "Strangers", "Bathroom Light" and "Evergreen". He's also an avid collector of physical media and screen-used movie props including a piece of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) house.
Stay tuned for many exciting updates on his Evil Dead installment and pick up The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024), available on blu ray and streaming everywhere now!
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Greg Lamberson is a writer/director and producer residing in Buffalo, New York. He is most well known for directing the cult horror flick, Slime City (1988) and its sequel, Slime City Massacre (2010). He's made 10 features in his career so far including the upcoming werewolf movie, Frenzy Moon (2026). Other notable entries in his catolog include Killer Rack (2015), Johnny Gruesome (2018) and the underrated shot-on video classic, Naked Fear (1999). His most recent film, Guns of Eden (2022) premiered at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival in 2022 and was successfully funded by almost 400 backers on Indiegogo. Greg also had the privilege to direct genre icon, Craig Sheffer (Nightbreed, Some Kind of Wonderful) in Widow's Point (2019). Sheffer plays "Thomas Livingston", an author who gets haunted by evil spirits at a lighthouse while doing a publicity stunt for his newest book.
Aside from his personal career, Greg is the creator and runner of Amazing Fantasy Fest, a Buffalo film festival that showcases the best independent Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Animation, and Experimental films on the planet. AFF runs from Friday, September 13th-Thursday, September 19th at the Dipson Amherst Theater in Buffalo. Programming includes new films and filmmaker Q&As, plus special programming exclusively for VIP and Full Fantasy Pass Holders. Greg's wife, Tamar and daughter, Kaelin run Valkyrie International Film Festival, which runs from Friday, May 30th - Tuesday, June 3rd. VIFF is an annual gathering that shines a spotlight on films created by women, and to advance the cause of women in film. VIFF is an event where female artists support each other's work.
Greg is also an acclaimed novelist with many published books including Black Creek (2016), Carnage Road (2011) and Cheap Scares! Low Budget Horror Filmmakers Share Their Secrets (2008).
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Adam Marcus is the director of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993). A brand-new documentary on the film, Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday (2025) dives into the fandom of the controversial ninth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Adam co-wrote Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) with his wife Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms, which went to #1 at the box office, beating Django: Unchained (2013). He also directed and co-wrote Secret Santa (2018), a hilarious and bloody story about a family on the verge of destruction.
When Adam was 11, he worked as a production assistant on Friday the 13th (1980). At age 13, he was an editing apprentice on the raunchy sex comedy, Spring Break (1983). When he turned 15, he started operating his own theater company in Connecticut, putting on productions that he directed & produced himself. After taking film courses at NYU and being given advanced credit, Adam moved to Los Angeles to work on feature films. He co-produced My Boyfriend's Back (1993) and then upon successfully completing a directors test with New Line Cinema, was handed the keys to one of the biggest franchises in horror history.
On May 20th, Arrow Video will be releasing a brand new 4K transfer of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) featuring a plethora of special features and a brand new audio commentary with Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton and Michael Felsher.
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Dima Barch is a Russian genre filmmaker residing in Los Angeles. His films Dead End (2022) and The Power of the Strike (2024) debuted in the short blocks at Beyond Fest to rave reviews amongst the crowds. He was recently named a recipient of the George A. Romero film fellowship, with a mentorship from Carter Smith, director of The Ruins (2008).
Before becoming a filmmaker, Dima was heavily involved in film journalism for over nine years, attending red carpet premieres and writing articles on movies. He's currently in-development on his first features with original screenplays that he wrote.
The Power of the Strike is available for free on YouTube. If you're a fan of his work, be sure to shoot him a follow @dimabarch and stay tuned for announcements on his upcoming projects.
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Ed Douglas is a visual effects artist and supervisor that worked on Longlegs (2024) and The Monkey (2025), two films that quickly took the box office by storm. His work and collaboration with Oddfellows Entertainment has taken the possibilities of VFX to new heights, creating some of the sickest kill scenes to grace the silver screen in recent memory.
In his earlier years, he had worked for EA (Electronic Arts) on video games like Mass Effect 2, Skate and the Need for Speed franchise. He even offered his talents on Ed, Edd n Eddy on Cartoon Network.
If you're a fan of his work, be sure to shoot him a follow @edwardjdouglas on Instagram!
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Tyler Williams is the guitarist of Hamilton, ON metalcore band Counterparts. Originally joining the band on bass in 2017, Tyler shifted to guitar and has been laying down absolutely nasty riffage ever since. The band joined the "Metalcore Dropouts" tour supporting The Devil Wears Prada in 2023, which was so successful that they added a second leg in the winter. Their most recent EP, "Heaven Let Them Die" has been circulating and getting a lot of buzz. The band calls the effort "honest, harsh and without restraint”.
Catch them this February/March on a full U.S. headliner with support from Pain of Truth, Malevolence and Foreign Hands. They'll be in Japan this May for the Bloodaxe Festival and Australia this June for a few dates with support from Dying Wish. Merchandise can be ordered directly from the Pure Noise Records web store.
Originally the gutiarist for the Tennessee metalcore band Orthodox, Tyler talks through his great memories being in that band and how it set him up for success with Counterparts. From the humble beginnings to the ups and downs of a touring lifestyle.
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Anthony Cousins is the director of the critically acclaimed found footage film, Frogman (2023). He's directed many short films and segments for Scare Package (2019) and Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge (2022) on Shudder.
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Jackson Stewart is the director and co-writer of the IFC horror flick, Beyond the Gates. He also directed the short Stereo-Vision, which played Beyond Fest in 2024 and features a performance by genre-favorite actress Jill Schoelen (Popcorn, The Stepfather). A lifelong fan of the work of Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond), Jackson found himself working alongside his hero doing script coverage and other collaborations. He also wrote for an episode of the popular hit-series Supernatural titled "Frontierland".
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Jono Diener was the drummer of Michigan-based punk rock band The Swellers from 2002-2015. Since the group's departure, Jono has found himself taking part in many different ventures. Being a hired gun for a few years for bands like The Early November and Versus the World, he eventually joined No Trigger and toured all over the world with them. He also took a break from being behind the kit to fronting the band Baggage with bass and vocal duties taking center stage. He co-founded Rootless Coffee in 2020 providing ethically sourced roasting with a variety of intricate flavors for customers to choose from. He's also an acclaimed comic book artist and an avid runner. His newest band, 84 Tigers recently opened for Nada Surf and released their debut full-length record, "Time in the Lighthouse" in 2022.
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Emily Hagins is the director of Sorry About the Demon (2022), My Sucky Teen Romance (2011), Grow Up, Tony Philips (2013) and Coin Heist (2017). She also directed the opening segment, "Cold Open" for the anthology horror flick, Scare Package (2019). Writing her first film, Pathogen (2006) at age 10 and filming it at 12, she was able to get an early kickstart on filmmaking that most don't get to experience.
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Anthony Lemus and Erik Larsen play in the aggressive Southern California pop punk band Stateside. We talk about their upcoming tour with Bearings, their EP "It's What We Do" and their Twinks Across America video series. We also get some insight about their upcoming full length record, due out on Pure Noise in 2025.
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Matt Sampere is the writer, director and star of his brand new horror film, Creeping Death, which is now available on Screambox!
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Episode 89: Favorite Autograph Stories w/ Jeremy Morehead (@jt_pumpkin_guts) of Epic Film Guys
On this episode, I discuss various signatures I've acquired over the years from celebrities in film, music and more! You'll also hear our thoughs on convention culture these days. Hope you enjoy our banter!
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André Gower played "Sean" in Fred Dekker's cult classic, The Monster Squad (1987). A film that has had a magnificent resurgence since being shown to a sold-out crowd at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas during Easter weekend in 2006. Back in 2018, André helped bring the Wolfman's Got Nards documentary to life, a film that proves just how powerful the fan base behind this timeless piece of 80's cinema really is.
Starting his acting career at age 5 after following in the steps of his older sister, André also managed to be in an ET Atari commercial and many great television shows including The Twilight Zone, The A-Team and T.J. Hooker.
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Discussing Popcorn (1991) with Matt Landsman (@matts_mortuary)
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Justin Amen is a singer songwriter based out of LA. His solo music is under the name Jay the Owl, but he's also the bassist of the band @mexicocityheartbreak who have been consistently touring and playing shows. With his humble beginnings playing in bands with his family members and performing solo at coffee shops, Justin has continued to pave the way towards a well rounded and versatile music career with a vast range of sound. Follow him on Instagram @jay_theowl to stay up to date on all his upcoming shows, music releases and merch drops!
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Townies is a band from Boston, Massachusetts. Their new record, "Of This I Am Certain" is out now on Seventy/Thirty music.
Tom - Guitar/Vocals
Chris - Bass
Nolan - Drums
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James Darius is the drummer of Greyed Out, Rezent and previously the drummer for the legendary pop punk band This Time Next Year.
This episode includes: Shit puddles, Motel 6 hookers, recording with Chad from New Found Glory, TikTok getting banned, a serial killer hiding body parts in his freezer, breaking a door off its hinges to retrieve band gear, breaking fingers before playing a set, offending mormons, a jewelry store at gunpoint, Taco Bell gift card malfunctions and so much more!
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