What's your favorite 80s movie Reader?
It’s hard for me to choose. Heathers is one of my desert island movies. The Breakfast Club taught us that if he gets up, we’ll all get up, it’ll be ANARCHY! And I seriously cannot look Connor Roy on Succession and not think, “…Cameron?”
If you’re in the mood for some 80s-inspired high school hijinks with a dash of the Halloween spirit, then break out your teen angst and Ouija boards because I’ve got just the thing - the spooky and delightful new fiction podcast I directed:
“Hollow’s Bend: The Radio Play”
It’s a feature length, three-part podcast about a ragtag group of teenage misfits who take on the spirits wreaking havoc on their town, done in classic radio-play format. Imagine The Breakfast Club meets The Exorcist.
No, seriously, imagine that…
I had so much fun going back to my roots - both as a director and an 80s baby - directing wonderful talent like James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), Jan Luis Castellanos (13 Reasons Why, Bridge and Tunnel), Paul Johansson (One Tree Hill, Van Helsing), Jodie Bentley (Modern Family, Never Have I Ever), among others, and working with the whip-smart writers Abigail Reed and Rachael Quinn.
Parts I & II are available wherever you get your podcasts, and Part III drops next week on (when else?) Halloween. Have a listen – and let me know what you think!
Happy Halloween, buttheads.
Best,
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