Mike Mendez Spills the Horror: Big Ass Spiders, Cult Films & Cartel Financing | Episode 6

EPISODE 6:

This week on Darren and Josh Make a Movie, filmmaker Mike Mendez visits Darren’s lair to talk Big Ass Spiders and Gravedancing. The guys share production horror stories… bad notes… getting a movie financed by the cartel and how Mike bounces between editing Beavis and Butt-Head to making horror movies for close to three decades. The guys also discuss two of the movie ideas they’re banging around and ask Mike for feedback.

Join filmmakers Darren Lynn Bousman and Josh Stolberg as they pull back the curtain on the movie-making process. Whether you’re a film junkie, an emerging filmmaker, a horror lover, or someone who dreams of one day having ANY career in the entertainment industry… this is for YOU!

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EPISODE SIX | Credits
Produced / Edited by | ……Addison Marshall
Host | ………………………Darren Lynn Bousman
Host | …………….……..…Josh Stolberg
Jack of EVERY Trade | …Morgan Rooms
Discord Guru | …….Chase Bellows
Instagram Guru | …….Brannigan Wilson
YouTube Guru | …………Brandon Nieto
Original Music | ………….Andrew Scott Bell
VO | ………………………..Scott Marshall

SPECIAL GUESTS
Mike Mendez | Director
Instagram: @madmanmendez

TITLE SEQUENCE | Credits
Narration | ………………...Tobin Bell
Sequence Designer | ……Jason Ragosta
Music by | ……………...….Andrew Scott Bell
Editor | …………….…….…Daniel Tong
Logo Animation | …………Brian Chow
Sound Mix | ……………..…Nick Bozzone

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