Welcome back to Discover the Terror — the indie horror podcast where we talk filmmaking, fear, and the weird roads artists take to get their work made. 🎙️ Host Maximilian Schmidt (with Herbert, your silent ghoulish co-host) sits down with Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola — the filmmaking duo behind Launch Over. We cover: How they met in Boston’s music scene and turned DIY creativity into a film career Music videos, early micro-budget features, and building a cult audience The making of Blood of the Tribades and the art of modern exploitation horror Why horror is political and why no art is made in a vacuum The realities of film distribution (contracts, rights, and what indie filmmakers must watch for) Their LA-era projects including Clickbait The wild origin of The Once and Future Smash + End Zone 2 (shot around a real horror convention) What’s next: Final Transmissions + a found-footage feature shot on the haunting PXL 2000 camera If you love indie horror films, found footage, slasher history, horror conventions, and real talk about getting movies made — you’re in the right place. 👇 Subscribe for more indie horror interviews + behind-the-scenes filmmaking conversations. #IndieHorror #HorrorPodcast #FoundFootage #Filmmaking #SlasherFilms
