Welcome back to The Stitched Together Horror Podcast! For our latest Fresh Blood Initiative spotlight, Franken-John and Bride-Haylee sit down with writer, director, and indie horror powerhouse Jerrod D. Brito, the founder of Sharpspoon Pictures.

We dive into his festival-winning shorts Horned and Sleep Tight (now streaming on HorrorHound TV), the craft of building atmospheric dread through score vs. total silence, and his wild 6-issue comic series PATIENT—a claustrophobic horror-comedy exploring mental health, panic attacks, and prescription dependency during a zombie outbreak. Plus, we talk about the future of mobile terror with his upcoming vertical escape room web series based on 303 Escape, and put him on the hot seat for our rapid-fire game: Slasher Survival Triage[cite: 1, 3]!

🩸 Connect with Jerrod D. Brito & Sharpspoon Pictures:

• Website & Portfolio: https://www.sharpspoonpictures.com

• Patient Graphic Novel: https://www.sharpspoonpictures.com/patient.html

• YouTube: @SharpspoonPictures

• (Note: FundMyComic backers can still claim rewards until December 1st by messaging Jerrod directly on social media!)

00:00 - Intro: Welcoming Jerrod D. Brito (Sharpspoon Pictures)

00:55 - Festival Runs & Blurring Genre Lines with 'Horned'

02:27 - Navigating Indie Film Festivals & Pay-to-Play Scams

04:40 - Learning Craft: On-Set Experience vs. Networking

05:45 - The Origin of the "Sharp Spoon" Defiance Moniker

07:50 - Streaming on HorrorHound TV & The Rush of Live Audiences

09:20 - The Art of the 5-Minute Short & Writing Discipline

11:56 - Sonic Dread: Scoring, Silence, & Scares in 'Sleep Tight'

17:03 - Game Break: Poorly Explained Horror Movies

19:34 - 'Patient' Deep Dive: Anxiety, Meds, & Waiting Room Zombies

23:38 - Character Chemistry: Dogan Brown vs. Olivia

26:03 - Scripting for Sequential Art & Working with Buğra Batuhan Berah

29:05 - The 2004 Nightclub Superhero Comic Origin

33:02 - The Emotional Core of 'Patient': You Are Not Alone

34:04 - Game Break: Slasher Survival Triage (Rapid Fire Choices)

37:55 - Horror Tropes & The Opening In Media Res Cliché

40:15 - Mobile Scares: The Vertical Horror Web Series (303 Escape)

46:47 - Social Algorithms vs. Artistic Creation

48:00 - Screenplay Slates: 'Killer Video', 'Nefarium', & 'Open Doors'

50:35 - The Indie Grind: Budget Hacks, Paid Cast, & Building Your Rolodex

53:10 - AI in Creative Arts: Human Soul vs. Automation

56:40 - Why Anxiety is a Storyteller's Superpower

57:44 - Where to Find Jerrod's Work & Backing 'Patient'

01:00:10 - Tubi Feature Submissions & Indie Contests

01:01:50 - Wrap-Up & Sign-Off