Producer, director and screenwriter Christopher Wells was heavily influenced by the 1956 short film “The Red Balloon.” He recalls, “The film had a profound impact on me. I remember the film being extremely moody, and for some reason, it scared me. My six-year-old imagination ran off somewhere dark. I thought, ‘What force is controlling the balloon exactly?’ The balloon had a life of its own, and I was frightened by the thought that this object could lure this kid, or worse – me.” “The Luring” was shot in a house the Wells’ family used to own, and three days after…
Author: Michael Joy
Scary Tales: Dark Walker – Viral Horror Hit WINS BEST FEATURE at the Ideal International Film Festival –News “In a time when so many filmmakers play it safe and obvious, SCARY TALES: DARK WALKER is a crowd pleaser” – Chris Ringler, The Spooky World of Chris Ringler “Typical Geno style that we love.” – Final Friday Podcast SCARY TALE: DARK WALKER has become a viral hit on TUBI and FAWESOME and continues to win praise and awards at multiple film festivals. Most recently, the creature feature has won the BEST HORROR FEATURE AWARD at the Ideal International Film Festival. Featuring…
Solid Pre-Sales Reveal Reader Enthusiasm for the Follow-up to the Indie Hit, Dreaded Invocations. From the visionary mind behind the sleeper hit Dreaded Invocations, Anthony M. Caro delivers an innovative new collection, Cogs in a Neon Globe: A Cyberpunk Noir Collection, hitting shelves June 7. Dive into the strobe-lit shadows of the NEON GLOBE, a domed city cage where retrofuturistic rebels defy the iron grip of a faceless syndicate. FIVE GRITTY TALES OF LOW-LIFE/RETRO-TECH SCIENCE FICTION! These avant-garde tales weave a gritty tapestry of betrayal, defiance, and existential dread, following outcasts like Cal, a pill-fueled artist profiling the city’s freaks;…
Ron Chevarie’s Alien BTS is coming to FOUND TV on July 1, 2025. It’s a meta mockumentary companion film to The Who Incident. After producing an alien film, reality unravels for a filmmaker as unknown forces stalk him during attempts to film behind the scenes footage in the surrounding forest. Alien BTS features indie filmmakers, Dillon Brown, Mike Rock, Dustin Tamplen, with Ash and Chanell Hamilton. The cast also includes Jennifer and Marcel Aube-Creators of J&M Explorations, Chase and Shep of YouTube fame, Stephen Lancaster, Rick Hale, as well as Ron and Jan Chevarie. Stephen Lancaster aka Phantom Music Box…
Indiegogo Campaign Launches June 6 to Complete Final Film from Late Producer Michael Mahal Los Angeles, CA — The Mahal Empire’s final chapter begins June 6 with the launch of a production finishing funds campaign on Indiegogo for The Apex Predators Club—a high-concept horror-thriller and the last film spearheaded by beloved indie producer Michael Mahal before his unexpected passing. Known for his relentless drive and passion for independent cinema, Michael often said he had “never left a movie unfinished.” That legacy continues now, as his brother and producing partner Sonny Mahal, cinematographer Michael Su, and director/co-writer J. Horton move forward…