Blumhouse + Tribeca Shortlist essays
I was invited to write for both the Blumhouse Pictures and Tribeca Shortlist websites. If you've got a free minute, you can check them out here...
If the election hasn't terrified you enough check out this listicle I wrote for Blumhouse about horror in politics. Read it here. Plus I penned a probin...
Review Roundup: STUMP SPEECHES
As we close in on our closing weekend for this year's Pumpkin Pie Show: STUMP SPEECHES, I'd like to take this opportunity to look back at all the ink that has been spilled over our latest...
"“The Pumpkin Pie Show: Stump Speeches,” the delightfully perverse, political-themed installment of the annu...
October Interview Roundup
This Halloween, I was fortunate enough to get interviewed by some pretty great folks... If you've got some time to kill, you can read/listen to them here.
I did the 'Sinister Seven' interview at Rue Morgue Magazine and lived to tell the tale! You can read the interview here.
Richmond Magazine did ...
STUMP SPEECHES is a NY Times Critics' Pick!
The New York Times came to check out this year's Pumpkin Pie Show: STUMP SPEECHES and had this to say:
“There is no shortage of comedians weighing in on the current election, but it often seems like the tools of satire are insufficient to comment on this absurd and exhausting campaign. Perhaps we n...
Sink your teeth into American Vampire!
I had the immense honor of collaborating with comics legend Richard Isanove (The Dark Tower, Wolverine: Origin) for our American Vampire story... Here's a little taste. On shelves October 12th!
The time is nigh for Pumpkin Pie: STUMP SPEECHES
We're painting the White House red. Blood red. The Pumpkin Pie Show: STUMP SPEECHES opens Oct 20th. Only 9 shoooows! Featuring performances by Clay McLeod Chapman, Hanna Cheek, Susan Ferrara, Abe Goldfarb, Katie Hartman, Brian Silliman and Kristen Vaughan. For more info about the show click here. Fo...
Dear Book Nerd Podcast at Book Riot!
I had a wonderful time on the Dear Book Nerd podcast over at Book Riot. The always awesome Rita Meade and I got to answer a few questions and discuss all-things Dosteovsky... You can listen to the interview here:
Dear Book Nerd Episode #62: More Bookish Problems.
Thanks so much, Book Nerd!
Four Skulls for Self Storage #4!
The amazingly generous and keenly critical folks at Fangoria Magazine have just given SELF STORAGE the thumbs up. Four out of four skulls to be exact, calling it "a cult classic comic."
You should read the whole review here, but just know they said and we-quote: "Imagine if THE WALKING DEAD was dir...
THE BOY on DVD!
Shout! Factory is releasing THE BOY on Blu Ray/DVD March 1st!
From Elijah Wood's SpectreVision and Chiller Films comes a disturbing new film exploring the birth of evil. In the summer of 1989, nine-year-old Ted Henley (Jared Breeze, Cooties) and his father John (David Morse, True Detective, World W...
THE BOY up for Best Horror Film!
THE BOY is nominated for BEST INDIE HORROR FILM at the 2016 iHorror Awards! Vote now!
Rants Macabre interview
The fine folks at The Rants Macabre brought me on to their awesome show for a kickass interview and you need to listen to it. We get to chat about how awesome Hanna Cheek is in the Pumpkin Pie Show, Craig Macneill's amazing feature THE BOY, and 451's glorious SELF STORAGE comic.
Listen to it here. ...
Two 2016 Chainsaw Nom-Noms for THE BOY!
Dust off yer tuxes, ladies and gents! THE BOY just got nominated for two -- count 'em, TWO, Chainsaw Awards! Forget about ol' Oscar, long live the buzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Congrats to Rainn Wilson for his Best Supporting Actor nom and Hauschka for Best Score. You both deserve to win in my humble, completely...
The Boy is the Best of 2015!
As 2015 comes to a close, the annual 'best of' lists have begun to crop up... And wouldn't you know it, but our own little BOY has popped up on several of them. Check it out! Our baby's all grown up!
IndieWire dropped the gauntlet by placing THE BOY at #5 on their list "The 13 Most Criminally Overl...
Episode #2 of SELF STORAGE motion comic!
Episode 2 of the SELF STORAGE motion comic is live and free for the viewing! You can watch the continuing adventures of Chris Smith and his immoral cohorts here. Enjoy, kiddies!
Episode #1 of SELF STORAGE motion comic!
Episode 1 of SELF STORAGE motion comic is free! "A ZomRomCom with a ton of heart despite the lack of a heartbeat." Watch it right here!
Thank you NY Comic Con!
Hey. New York Comic Con. You were way awesome.
Thanks to the fine folks at 451 for letting me come out and sign copies of SELF STORAGE. I wish I could've stayed at the booth forever and just lived there and signed people's foreheads all day. You guys rock...
If you weren't able to snag a copy,...
Spooooky Trailer and Preview!
Watch our spooooky trailer and read 1st five pages for our zom/rom/com SELF STORAGE! Just in time for New York Comic Con 2015... Click here to check it out.
Fruits of our LABOR PAINS
The critics are digging this year's Pumpkin Pie Show: LABOR PAINS. Here's what folks have had to say thus far:
The Pumpkin Pie Show is "scary and engrossing... Parenting has never been dissected so closely or seemed so chilling... Storytelling of the highest caliber." -- Theatre Scene
"Clay McLeod...
THE BOY is Coming to a Screen Near You!
It's officially official! Entertainment Weekly announced earlier this week that THE BOY will have its theatrical release this August!
We'll be rolling out the red carpet in Los Angeles on August 14th... From there, THE BOY will be popping up on VOD on August 18th and in select theatres by Friday, A...
What's That Itch In My Ear?
Do you love earwigs as much as I do? Than you should really read this interview "Chapman and Kudranski Take Our 'Vertigo SFX' Q&A." Thanks to Comics Alliance for helping spread the word!
Boy Oh BOY! The Reviews Are In...
The reviews are in for THE BOY from SXSW! Here's what the critics have to say...
"...One of the most memorable contemporary iterations [of the slasher film]." Shock Til You Drop. "The Boy, He's A Growing Slasher." Read the review here.
Our screenplay is a "grimly poetic understatement worthy of Co...
Entertainment Weekly is all about THE BOY
Entertainment Weekly unveiled THE BOY's poster for SXSW! Check out the awesome interview with Craig Macneill here!
The Boy (feature)
World Premiere at 2015 SXSW FIlm Festival The Boy is an intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath as he first discovers his taste for killing. Set in an ailing motel on a desolate stretch of Southern highway, The Boy celebrates the dark imagination of children left to their own devices and the urg...
SXSW screening times for THE BOY
We officially have our screening times and venue locations for THE BOY at this year's SXSW Film Festival. You know you want to come.
See you in Austin!
Saturday, March 14th, 3:45pm, Alamo Ritz
Sunday, March 15th, 7:00pm, Rollins Theatre at Long Center
Thursday, March 19th, 10pm, Alamo Lamar B
F...
Screening of Henley + The Boy & Q/A w/ Craig Macneill!
Hey, Berkeley! Look who's coming your way... Craig Macneill, the director of THE BOY, will be screening clips and taking your questions... You should totally go!
From the UC Berkeley website:
What better way to celebrate Friday the 13th than with a seriously killer trifecta of entertainment? Track...