Interview with Sean Weathers (They All Must Die, The Fappening)

This time would like to highlight Sean Weathers the director and actor of such movies as "They all must die" Scumbag hustler & The Fappening....





Matt: So with a short lived career, touching on a lot of subjects and movies getting banned , do u have many stories to where you have got to today?


Sean: Yes


Matt: One of your earliest "They all must die" was banned in many states for a loooong time what actually happened?


Sean: Ignorance. I wanted to make a film that looked real and when you do a rape film that looks real and you add the racial element of a white woman being assaulted by black men in the ghetto in the late 90s, that makes things even more taboo and dangerous. Throw in the fact that the lead actress was nowhere to be found after doing your movie and yeah looking back at it I can see why it wasn’t the smartest career choice.





Matt: You definitely don't shy away from subjects in your movies where does the inspiration come from with such titles as "The Fappening" Scumbag Hustler ....


Sean: In general my ideas come from current pop culture and other films. In regards to “The Fappening” it’s based on the 2014 celebrity cell phone hack of the same name, in which a ton of naked photos and videos of famous women were leaked online. With “Scumbag Hustler” my film partner Aswad Issa and myself saw an HBO documentary about some crackheads and in it they would pull scams on people to get money for drugs. We thought it would be a great idea for him to film me on the same streets of Manhattan doing the same thing and shooting it very guerrilla style.


Matt: Is it more harder or easier to make the movies you do today or when you first started doing no budget movies?


Sean: It’s always harder because you’re always raising your expectations.





Matt : What have been your standout movies of 2015 so far?


Sean: It’s early to say because “The Fappening” and “Vault of Terror II: The Undead” don’t come out on DVD until August 25th and “Bill Huckstabelle: Serial Rapist” won’t be on DVD until Halloween and I have high expectations for all of those films. Of the 2 that are out “Mandingo Sex Addict” has out performed “Ace Jackson is a Dead Man.” It’s currently my number 1 selling film on DVD and On Demand. By the way, all of these films, even the ones not on DVD are available On Demand right now! https://vimeo.com/seanweathers/vod_pages


Matt: You have directed and acted in some of your own movies what do u prefer?


Sean: Long term there’s more money in acting because you can do more films, however I’m a filmmaker period, I act because on this level you do any and everything you’re capable of.





Matt : You started directing at such a young age 16 where did u come up with he ideas at that age to direct some of your best work to date ...


Sean : My filmmaking partner Aswad Issa was a big help to me then and now.


Matt : What does the future hold ?


Sean: More of a focus on the horror genre. Thanks so much Matt! And thanks to all of your readers, for more on my films and myself go to http://fullcirclefilmworks.com/ peace out bitches!


Would of course like to thank Sean for spending the take to take the interview and pass it out to the fans of his work and if you don't know him, get to know .....

Alexis Gonzalez Spookfield 2015 (SOV Movie) Crime is up and so is the dead ..........

Spookfield a film by Alexis Gonzalez released in via Gorgonzalez Productions 2015



Spookfield is collection of 4 stories intertwined into each other dealing with quite harsh and real subjects that will definitely touch any viewer ...


Tears of Trauma - Child abuse ....


The Town Ghoul - Voodooooooo


It isn't Easy - Escaping from a pimp that is .....


Wishful Thinking - this is intertwined with the above but I wont give anything away like neither ....


The movies themselves are actually really interesting and touch on a number of "touchy" subjects but in a means that isn't frowned upon and have some perfect elements of horror in them...





Each story runs for around 15 - 25 minutes each and they run perfectly if any longer they wouldn't be as effective as they should be to tell the story and touch on the subject at end, yes it is a Indie Horror movie and yes it is also Shot on Video (SOV) but this doesn't detract away the point that is being given, in some places you can tell it is a indie picture but of course nothing is perfect, the characters and some special FX have been done well ....


 


The music that accompanies the vignettes works extremely well also in a lot of places but again it pushes from being sometimes what feels like a educational video there's moments especially in Tears of Trauma that the hooded guy is correcting wrongs for abusing children like it shouldn't really happen that would be my only gripe on the movie itself..


Alexis clearly has some heart in making the movie as it works in places and then in some it could be a lot more effective but it deals with a lot of pressing subjects that a lot of people wouldn't touch I suppose so it has its ups and downs definitely ....





The story works well and how it ties itself up between the stories and cast is very good yes its a low budget Indie movie but for what it is , full of gore, interesting stories and other than that for a debut for a new director who has heart and a passion clearly for what he loves it works .....




6/10 Viewers for SOV/Gore and Trilogy/Vignettes of movies then its definitely your bag .....

Interview with Luke Ramer of West 2nd Productions & Under the Rainbow/White Faced Man and Deadbeat 2015 Movie ....

So nearing the end of this batch of interviews and I didn't want to miss this guy out, he is very humble in what he does and it isn't for everyone's tastes but everyone seems to have at least 1 or 2 of his movies in their collection Luke Ramer .....





Matt :
Can only imagine you have some fun stories to tell that has got you to where you are as a filmmaker today do you have any would can tell ?


Luke :

Well it certainly hasn’t been a smooth road. I started filmmaking back in 2005 and made a few shorts and had some really good momentum going for me. However, life got in the way and I spent most of my 20’s slacking off and partying instead of focusing on my career goals. Now I am married, have kids, and settled down so I have refocused my efforts on filmmaking and it has recently started to pay off a bit.

Matt:

3 movies under your belt and just came back from SinS a few weeks ago how was the whole experience ?

Luke:

It was pretty incredible. I really didn’t know what to expect. I had never met ANYONE in person and was a bit nervous, but luckily I met up with some of my online buddies like John Lauterbach, Alex Murphy, and Bob Ferriera and wasn’t just standing around like a lost puppy the whole time. Nick DeCarlo was nice enough to let me sell my flicks at the Beneath the Underground table, so I was able to sit there and meet almost everyone at the event as they filtered through. It was fun and nervewracking at the same time. I was able to sign some autographs and take some pictures with folks, which was completely surreal to me. I’m just some dude selling his micro-budget flicks, so to have anyone interested in them enough to want an autograph was exciting and totally humbling at the same time. The event was great, and it really felt like a family atmosphere which was a nice change from the usual Convention atmosphere.

Matt :

Deadbeat your latest people are saying you have taken a different route without spoiling it for people what's the inspiration for the change ?

Luke:
Well my previous films were pretty similar, in that they were both fantasy/horror films that dealt with afterlife and destiny. For this film, I was inspired by people I know in real life who are complete dead beat dads, total scumbags. I have no respect for people who don’t take care of their children. So basically, I wanted to make a movie that was basically a big FUCK YOU to those people. Whereas my other films have a lot of masked characters, chases, fights, etc. This one is much more simplistic, yet I think the message is stronger and more grounded in reality.


Matt:
Who or whom do you look up to in life as a filmmaker in the indie community ?


Luke:

Really anyone who works their ass off to become successful. I have seen first hand just how much hustle it takes to be even mildly “successful”, so I have a lot of respect for everyone in this scene. It is a 24/7 job, and if your heart isn’t completely into it, you will never have a chance. But as for who I look up to, I am a big fan of French horror. Guys like Alexandre Aja, Juilen Maury and Alexander Bustillo…I feel like French films are more brutal, yet more elegant and artistic. They aren’t just exploitation flicks with gore and tits. I am also a huge fan of Scott Schirmer for making one of my all time favourite films, Found, for less than 10 grand and getting it onto the shelves of places like Wal-Mart. That is a huge success for indie horror and inspirational to those of us who don’t have huge investors or big money backing. I also admire guys like Jimmy Screamclauz, filmmakers who have a truly unique voice, I always respect that over copycat filmmakers.

Matt :
Your short deadbeat is showing soon with a host of others in Detroit are you looking forward to the screening and new fans ?


Luke:
Absolutely! I am so stoked to have it playing alongside some of those other talented filmmakers. I live in Pennsylvania, so unfortunately I won’t be able to make the screening, however, we are planning our own screening here in PA. The hope is that we can build more and more of these screening around the country and expose more and more people to the “underground” scene and build it into something tangible where these filmmakers can have real success and make careers of this no-rules filmmaking. I believe there is truly an audience out there for it, they just need to be aware that it exists. It’s really not so much about any of our individual films screening, but working together to build a bigger audience for these types of films.

Matt:

What have been your stand out movies for 2015 in your opinion ?

Luke:

My favourite films of the year have been Androgynym, Eat, and Goodnight Mommy. I like a wide variety of films, but I prefer movies with a strong story and even stronger characters.

Matt:

Any experiences in filmmaking over the years good or bad that you want to comment on ?

Luke:

Well my first feature, Under the Rainbow, took 6 years to finish. The post production was slowed because our first editor moved to the Philippines, then our second editor came down with brain cancer…it was a mess. At times I even doubted that it would ever get finished. But I stuck with it and saw it through to the end. You can’t give up on this stuff or your done, no matter what life throws at you. To have it finally finished and to complete a successful limited run release of it was like a gigantic monkey off my back and allowed me to move forward and focus on the future.

Matt:

What does the future hold for you ?

Luke:

Well Dead Beat is getting a special edition proper release with lots of bonus materials and a short film from the early days of West 2nd Productions. The next short we are putting out isn’t a horror film, but sort of my no-budget take on super-hero films, which I am really excited to show people. After that I am focusing on my next feature, which is about a struggling taxidermist who falls into the dark world of underground human taxidermy. I hope to really take the next step with this whole filmmaking career with this next feature film. Also I plan on exploring Video on Demand and getting my films out to a new market.

I would like to thank Luke for one of the final interviews in this batch focusing on the Indie Horror community it has been a pleasure and yet again this is another one that I fully enjoyed ..

Buy Lukes movies from ....

West 2nd Productions

Interview with the Brains & the Beauty ( Hentai Cop Productions/Computer Hearts 2015) Turner Stewart Dionne Copland ...

Today we have another perfect interview with the Brains and the Beauty behind Hentai Cop Productions that have put out some absolute beauties - SIDS & Computer Hearts - Turner Stewart & Dionne Copland ....





Matt: What / how got you into the industry today and where you are now ?

Dionne Copland: I wanted to get into the film industry because watching/renting movies was a major

part of my childhood and an important pastime for my family. I loved looking at the horror movie VHS covers when I was super young to scare the shit out of myself, daydreaming about being old enough for my parents to let me rent them. That’s really where my love of horror started.

Right now, Turner and I are still in school, but have a lot of independent projects planned. He just

finished a feature length script that we’re looking forward to shooting next year and I’m currently

working on a feature script as well. However, I’m looking to submit some scripts to competition when

they’re completed because writing is kind of taking over my main area of interest right now.

Turner Stewart: I've always been such a huge movie fan and for as long as I can remember my dad

and my grandma let me watch pretty much any movie I wanted to as a kid and I remember my grandma always letting me rent or taking me to the theatre to see these extreme gorefest movies. I specifically

remember watching a rip of Guinea Pig 2 on the morning bus ride to Fourth Grade on my iPod video

and a lot of the best films I saw as a kid were the ones I knew to watch covertly. Extreme and

underground films always left an impression on me growing up, so now that Dionne and I are shooting our own films and working with underground film makers like Ryan Nicholson and Vince D'Amato it all feels very comforting and meaningful. I honestly couldn't feel better with where I am right now, and we aren't even out of school yet!

Matt: Do you have any embarrassing shorts or college movies that you experimented whilst you were on your journey to now?

Dionne Copland: I have a few abandoned ideas that never came to be, yeah. Nothing I'm particularly embarrassed of, but could have been an unmitigated disaster had I attempted them without a budget!

Overall, I’m pretty happy with everything Turner and I created in university thus far, whether it was for class or on our own time with friends. I’m extremely proud of how far Computer Hearts has come and that was before either of us were accepted to our film production major.

Turner Stewart: Oh my god, you have no idea! Unlike Dionne, who has been awesome right out of

the gate since her first short HTKP/HIDE, I have a ton of 'experiments' prowling around on YouTube,all of which are incredibly embarrassing for everyone involved and hopefully won't ever be unearthed.

Our 'first' Hentai Cop Film is on Youtube and it's called “The Last One,” which some friends and I

made for a 24hr film contest, and several of those friends ended up being involved in Computer Hearts including Chance Hansen and Graham Trudeau. And I should add that Computer Hearts, S.I.D.S, and Don't Look Down are our college movies, so I think we still have quite the journey ahead of us.

Matt: You recently won a few awards for computer hearts it seems to have been quite a success how has the journey been with it ?

Dionne Copland: The journey has been a lot of ups and downs, it’s amazing now that it’s doing so

well to look back and remember when it really wasn’t – back before the final cut when most of the

people who viewed it weren’t horror fans (first mistake, play to your target audience). A lot of time was poured into this project and before I came on it was all but abandoned. I’m really glad that Turner didn’t give up on it though and that we got it finished! Now the blu-ray is selling really well and it feels good to hear that people like what we’re doing and that there’s interest in whatever we do next!

Turner Stewart: As Dionne said, the initial audience sort of hated it when they first saw it, but when

Dionne recut it into the shorter 'Vanessa2 Cut” and we started to share that version with the horror

community the film really found its stride. Computer Hearts was almost the film that never was, and I

talk a lot about how without Dionne that movie would have never been finished and nobody would

have ever seen that giant vagina computer haha! That award was actually won at the first ever festival screening of Computer Hearts , and I will admit that finally seeing it on the big screen I definitely had tears in me eyes. The most important thing I can say is that we had a lot of amazing people working on that movie, and we really couldn't have made the film without all of their dedicated work.

That 'Audience Choice Award' goes out to all of those people who made that film as original as it is, and we hope that future audiences have the chance to see the movie in the cinema and that they enjoy it as much as that audience did

Matt: Have you any inspirations that have helped you a long the way , people, movies etc ?

Dionne Copland: Oh man, countless movies/people inspire me.

Turner Stewart: Dionne, Vince D'Amato, and I recently organized a Troma Retrospective here in

Vancouver, so obviously I'll say that Troma has been a big influence for us. Dionne and I really do
watch everything we can, and looking at our DVD shelves right now I see an extensive collection of
films covering everything from arthouse to extreme horror. I think that for myself, the biggest
influences would definitely be Tsukamoto and Cronenberg, and when you watch our films I think you
can pick out countless references to all sorts of random films. I will add that Ryan Nicholson and Vince D'Amato are two film makers who have been incredibly supportive of Dionne and I.


Matt: What have your standout movies for 2015 been so far in the indie horror community ?

Turner Stewart: Dionne and I have been way too busy this year to keep up with the community as

much as we're used to, but because of our film festival CinemaFantastique we were exposed to a lot of incredible new film makers. The stand-outs for me in that program were Shannon Lark and Lori

Bowen's I am Monster and Jeremy Jantz' Heels. Then of course this year I absolutely loved American

Guinea Pig, and although we were involved in shooting it, I have to say that when we finally saw

Gutterballs 2 we were really fucking shocked haha! Vince D'Amato's Glass is another really unique

and engaging neo-Giallo that I suggest everyone check out when it finally comes out too. I think that

mine and Dionne's favourite indie horror film of the year is definitely Astron-6's The Editor.

Matt: How has the reception of Computer hearts been has it all been good or is there any comical

stories you would like to share ?

Dionne Copland: The reception now is incredible, a lot of great reviews, a ton of support for not only Computer Hearts, but upcoming projects. However, it wasn’t always great, especially before the

Vanessa2 Cut when most of the people who were watching it weren’t particularly fans of horror let

alone indie horror. Now that it’s found its audience it’s been getting a lot of love.

Turner Stewart: Neither of us ever expected for Computer Hearts to be watched or reviewed by as

many people as it has, and every time someone buys a copy we have ourselves a little celebration.

Honestly, I can't believe that we're nearly sold out after only two months, so we extend a huge thank

you to everyone in the community that has supported our little movie.

Matt: What have been your favourite moments being a filmmaker ?

Dionne Copland: This summer we’ve been lucky enough to say that four works we collaborated on

including Computer Hearts, have been in horror festivals across North America. We collaborate on
everything; we always co-produce, I co-directed CH, Turner shoots the films, I act in them, we’re a
great team. Which makes for great filmmaking moments like the first time we were referred to as
‘underground famous’, it was surreal to hear; something neither of us expected to be said about us at
this point.The greatest moment though might have been when Turner and I were driving Lloyd Kaufman and his wife to the airport and he offered to be in our next film for free because he liked us so damn much. Still over the moon about that!

Turner Stewart: Both Lloyd Kaufman and Stuart Gordon own a copy of Computer Hearts, which

feels so surreal since Dionne and I have all of their movies sitting on our shelf too!

Matt: Where does the future lie for you ?

Dionne Copland: Finishing the last two years of school, but sprinkling in a lot of projects around it.

We have Turner’s feature that we’re already getting some preproduction rolling on. I have a short film we’d like to shoot this fall, and possibly a true crime documentary or two we’ve been hammering out the details of recently.

Turner Stewart: Busy! I still have years and years of school to go as I work towards a doctorate in

Film Theory. Then Dionne and I are also really involved in everything to do with our campus theatre;she's in charge of the film programming and I'm the president of our university's Film Society. On top of that Dionne, Vince, and I run the Shivers Film Society, and with that we are gearing up for our film festival CinemaFantastique 2, which will be in July 2016 (submissions are now open on FilmFreeway!). To complement our film festival, starting in October we are launching a new home video distribution label via CreepySix Films; we want to reach out to the film makers screening at our film festival and other independents and give them the chance to have their films released on bluray.

The first films we are rolling out will include Reversed, Human Nature, Carmilla (AKA Vampires vs.

Zombies), and Computer Hearts.
As Dionne mentioned, before the end of this year we have a few short film and documentary projects
that we're working on, but our next big Hentai Cop Film will be shooting in June 2016. We're just
starting preproduction now and there are already a lot of people excited to be a part of it, which is
really invigorating for us. All I can say about it now is that it's like Computer Hearts on crack times amillion, an internet jonestown cyberpunk mindfuck punk techno gore shit mod fuck explosion. The
script is fucking electric and Dionne and I can't wait to shoot it next year, and right now I think we're
going to try to raise a small portion of the budget via crowdfunding and presales come January. Our
plan is to have it finished for a late 2016 release, but in the meantime there will definitely be a lot of
output from Dionne and I whether it's our own films, film festivals, home video distribution, or
anything else crazy that we find ourselves involved in!


Would of course like to extend my gratitude to both Turner and Dionne for the indepth interview and like to wish them all the best in the future I will be routing for them .....


Visit there site ...

Hentaicop.ca

You can buy Computer Hearts at ...


hentaicopfilms.bigcartel.com or computerhearts.vhx.tv

Interview with Eigh8t the Chosen One / Frank Pickarelli - The Man behind the Mask & the Music ....

This time around we have the guy playing on everyone's stereo, being feed into your ears and playing the skin peeler in American Guinea Pig Bouquet of Guts & Gore Eigh8t the Chosen one / Frank Pickarelli ....

 

Matt: Well then a lot of people clearly don't fall into the path you have set out for yourself and don't end up where they are now do u have any stories on your past and how its got you to where u are today ?

FP: I sure do, I could right a book about it. A lot of my lessons came the hard way growing up due to me being an idiot and always looking for trouble. Stealing, fighting, in & out of JDC, facing 7 years in prison, blah blah blah. And like most of us who went down the wrong path over & over again, I'm just happy to still be alive. I got a ton of stories I could throw your way but as far as one that got me where I am right now. I would have to say music. Once I started rhyming over instrumentals & recording (tracks you'll NEVER hear btw) it sucked me in. I spent so much time in my room just rehearsing & reconstructing songs. I was something horrible back then, and not in a good way lol. But all those years I was refining my skills whether I knew it or not. All those days and nights alone with the music kept out of the street just enough to still be here I think.

Matt: New album is out now, people are raving about it in the past you have had the odd occasional shall I say "different tracks" where's the inspiration come from for the latest ?

FB: My new album Hate On was never supposed to be an album actually. I was working hard on getting my next album My Empire started when I realized I had a few songs left over from a project that deserved to be heard. So, I said fuck it! I'll make an EP of 4 or 5 songs to just hold fans over. Easier said than done though... Once I got in the studio that little creative bug got to eating away at me. At that time I was pissed off about people not knowing how much money & time I put into my music, Mad at the amount of hate I get on the boards, upset with people in my old circle that let me down and did not keep their word. I just had so much shit I wanted to address you know? This EP quickly grew into an album. I took so much heat for rapping with bigger names in the industry on my last album The Rap Apocalypse so on this one I wanted to work with some of the sickest, most deadly, venom spitting MCs of the underground.

Matt: What's the man like without the mask ?

FB: The man without the mask is soft spoken but full of passion & drive. If the man behind the mask were to ever meet the man in the mask they would agree on a lot of things but I don't think they could stand to be around each other if that makes any sense.



Matt: With your latest starring role in American Guinea pig Bouquet of guts and gore you pretty much stole the movie what was it like from music to movies ?

FB: lol I don't believe I stole the movie. I will say, YES, Stephen Biro definitely made me the face of BOGAG but everyone in the community knows who the real star is, and that's Marcus Koch! As far as the transition from music to acting... For me, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! Once I started trying to remember lines without a beat or rhyme patterns my respect went WAY the fuck up. I was confident about myself behind the mask but bringing "The Actor" to life... Well, a lot of hard work went into that.

Matt: Who are the weirdest music or movie fans ?

FB: Well, none yet really. I mean sure, I get a lot of weird people who send me messages but I like weird. It makes it interesting. Also, I'm a huge horror fan myself so when people need me to sign body parts or knifes it's the norm to me.

Matt: As well you have a YouTube channel, and I'm a subscriber and they are always different any heat in the past or comments u want to share?

FB: I'll just be completely honest and say I have no clue where I'm going with my YouTube channel. I never had a clue either. I just loved horror movies and entertaining. Plus, I take pride in giving the community a little kick in the ass here & there. Not starting shit or anything but I just like making it fun. Because honestly, what the hell is the point if your not enjoying making these videos? I see so many people that treat it like a job. How sad is that? They work a full time job only to come home and work another one.

Matt: What is the easiest for you the stage or behind the camera ?

FB: Depends on who's holding the camera! All jokes aside though, I always put pressure on myself either way. I find the camera more challenging and that's why I am going in that direction now.



Matt: Finally what is the future for you on both paths any collaborations you can share and I've heard you are already in your next movie anymore lined up ?

FB: My future is natural bodybuilding and acting. I fell in love with getting inside the mind of "The Actor" for American Guinea Pig. Anyone who knows me knows, if I have a passion it's no longer a choice. I will be in a film from Cult Movie Mania called Bigfoot Mob Boss coming soon. And there are few more in the works with very talented directors I can't wait to get on set with. My last album will be out late 2015 titled "My Empire". It is my heart on a plate to the fans...

Thank you & Stay up Matt...

Was a pleasure to interview 2015 probably most recognised actor/musician/icon in the Indie Horror Community hopefully it will be an enjoyable read for everyone not just myself.....

Interview with the candid and honest and humorous John Sleazyscarese Miller (Amerikan Holokaust & $kumbagz)

Probably one of the most hilarious and candid interview I have done in the series with the main man from Florida John Miller of Amerikan Holokaust and $kumbagz fame enjoy as I definitely did ....



Matt : Everyone has stories of there life before filmmaking that got them to where they are today care to tell us some tales?

JM: I had sort of weird life growing up. When I was little kid I used to get all the girls...They'd bring me candy and money and shit. My mom would get me the coolest haircuts and nice sneakers. I was way ahead of my time. Then puberty hit...Bad skin, got really tall and awkward and then all the hanger-ons were gone and I sort of became a social misfit. It was pretty lonely but I embraced it. I'd spend all day drawing in class and since nobody would talk to me I'd get lost in my imagination writing stories and stuff. Eventually I started playing basketball with the teenagers in my neighborhood which led me to hanging out at the park all day. I learned a lot about life out there cause everybody was pimping and dealing drugs. These dudes were real OG types, ex-cons, street dudes. My relatives were all pretty deep in the streets too but they kept me away from all that so I learned it elsewhere. This is sort of a light outline of things but I say all of that to get to this...Making movies was always my dream. So when I create art and some soft ass motherfucker tries to lecture me about shock value I want to smack their teeth out. The stuff I write about, the characters I create...Those are people I knew and their colorfulness lives on through my movies. That feeling of hopelessness and despair I put on screen is real cause I lived that shit. Abrasiveness ain't a gimmick its who I am...And there's no amount of film school that can compensate for life experiences.

Matt : Your a big legend out in Florida putting out a lot of classics of varied genres is there any inspiration in your work ?

JM: Making a movie in and of itself makes you a special motherfucker. Not everyone gets a chance to do this...And not everyone has success. Not that I'm overly successful but to get as far as I've gotten is my inspiration to keep going.

Matt: Have you had in your job people who inspired you or look up to ?

JM: Not really. I'm going to sound like a dick but at some point you have to make a decision. Do you want to be a star struck watching everyone else live or do you want to be the baddest dude in the room? That mentality might not be for everybody...but it works for me. Not being a basic motherfucker, a kiss ass, a team player, an employee of the month, a Mr. Nice Guy, a captain save a hoe or a hack is what inspires me.



Matt: What have been your favourite movies so far currently of 2015 ?

JM: Tantrum!!!

Matt: Other than filmmaking do you have any interesting pastimes?

JM:  I have an obsession with starting businesses. Filmmaking is cool but you have to have more then one hustle in life. At this point in my life having a hobby or interest sounds like a slow death. I just want to invest, have product to flip and promote harder then ten men.

Matt: Any good stories from on set in the past ? Hated actors directors etc ....

JM: Actually everyone has always been really cool on set. I remember the family atmosphere we had on the set of Amerikan Holokaust. In particular the night we filmed Bob Glazier fucking the guts. At the time none of us had really done anything like that so when Bob pulled his dick out and fucked the guts everyone was just sort of looking around like damn that was crazy. It got even better when he continued to walk around naked, popping out behind corners and flashing people. That was an awesome night. Pretty much the entire $kumbagz production was a party. That infamous party scene that seems to divide audiences was by far the funniest time I've ever had on set. After being told no by every strip club in the city of Tampa I finally booked a place. On the Sunday morning we were set to shoot the club manager flaked and didn't show. I almost cancelled the shoot but thankfully one of the actors had an uncle who lived down the street and was more then gracious to host some dancers at his place. It worked out for the best because we basically through a party, got drunk, got high and got lap dances for a couple of hours. Filmmaking is kind of like going out drinking...You never know exactly were it's going to lead you until it happens.



Matt: What does the future hold john ?

JM: Smoking weed on a mountain top somewhere in the Caribbean overlooking the ocean. I might not become a mogul making movies but I'm going to get there someday doing something. In the meantime I have a movie I'm working on called Chunky Sunday. I don't want to give to much away but I like were it's heading so far.

John was probably the most entertainment you will probably get in a interview without a shadow of a doubt catch his movies .....

Amerikan Holocaust on facebook

Amerikan Holokaust

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Interview of John Lauterbach of Androgynym 2015 (Movie of the Year?)

John Lauterbach of the 2015 Movie Androgynym it is still in the editing process but is literally out asap everyone needs to find this movie as it is nothing you will ever see ...



Matt : I recently had the opportunity to review Androgynym and I was blown away the story was phenomenal where did the ideas for this come from ?

John: Thanks for the review! The response we’re gotten so far has been pretty incredible. About four years ago Nick and I were working on a bunch of short films for YouTube in a tiny mountain town a couple of hours outside of Los Angeles. I was promoted my first day on set to a job for which I was totally unqualified… It did not go well. At the same time Nick got himself into a little tryst with a girl who may or may not have been part of the crew. He was terribly disappointed with himself and decided he may as well cut his dick off. I was terribly disappointed with myself and thought I would never work professionally again. Somehow out of that situation our idea for Androgynym was born. It sounded really funny and campy at the time… Somehow it ended up being a drama by the end…

Matt: You recently attended Slaughter in Syracuse how was the experience and hopefully next year you will be guesting ? ...

John: Attending SinS was a great experience. I drove about twelve hours to get there without tickets or a room booked at the hotel, which of course was totally full by then. About a week before the festival I was messaging with Alex Murphy and told him I was thinking about just showing up. He told me I may as well and said someone would probably let me crash in their room. So I did it. Alex was right, I was taken in by the folks at SinS, given food and shelter, it was amazing. The people up there were just amazingly caring, to the point that they took in this good old boy from North Carolina and made sure he was taken care of for no reason at all. As for next year, let’s just say there are talks in the works but I can’t confirm anything yet

Matt: So everyone clearly isn't born with the ability to be a filmmaker, any previous stories u can tell from your past that has brought u to today ?

John: I have so many stories about having to deal with roadkill on set that I love to tell… But no, nothing specific. Nick and I have failed a lot. We have made a ton of total shit garbage, both separately and together. We are both the types that seem to have to learn every lesson the hard way, and we have the scars to prove it. Literal scars!



Matt: So with the release of Androgynym, everyone's question is will the animated short be included on the disc ?

John: We have a ton of special features planned for a full release… But are not as of yet quite ready to say what they are going to be…

Matt: So do you have favourite directors in the indie community and why ?

John: I got into underground horror the same way I think a lot of the current fans did, I caught Slaughtered Vomit Dolls and Scrapbook when they were on Netflix and AU Mordum when there was and illegal rip of the film on Google play or something, (yes I bought it later.) I was fascinated with the concept of what those filmmakers were able to convince people to do for what I assume was very little to no money. I still am actually. I don’t think I could ever get people to do some of the things the Vogels or Valentine has done. These days I am really loving the new crowd that has joined the fray, it seems like underground horror is going in new directions, that gore has sort of run its course, there just doesn’t seem to be many new attrocities to show the audiences anymore. I got to see Pain Shack and Tantrum for the first time at SinS and fell in love with both films and their directors, I am also a big fan of Luke Ramer and the work he is doing. 

Matt: Finally other than releasing Androgynym on dvd/blu etc what is on the horizon for you ?

John: Nick and I are always cooking up something new. We are almost ready to start filming another puppet feature, which will probably take a year to shoot, of a script Nick has been working on for about ten years called Mutants Ok. Nick is also working on a Christmas film called Cookieland, which he promises to be a holiday movie for the fuck you generations I am working on finishing a script for a Mormonsploitation film I’ve been working on for ages called Flowin, and have a concept in the works titled Sociopath, a love story. And I am also designing some special effects for an upcoming film written and directed by Luke Ramer, but I don’t know how much he wants me to talk about it…

It was well and truly a honor to get a little inside the mind of the freshest new director/producer on the scene at the moment.