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

Together Till the End Interview: When a horror critic reviews an indie zombie movie, what happens when she meets the director? In this episode of The Stitched Together Horror Podcast, we sit down with filmmaker Salvador "Sal" Medina to break down his claustrophobic, single-location zombie thriller TOGETHER TILL THE END—shot in just 6 days on a micro-budget of $15,000. Joining our indie horror discussion is senior iHorror staff writer and horror critic Luna Gray, who dubbed the apocalypse a "scheduling problem" for a toxic couple. We dive into the realities of sub-$50k indie filmmaking, horror movie logic, Mexican horror cinema, analog horror, and a round of horror movie trivia!TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Welcome back to the Lab: Meet Luna Gray & Salvador Medina01:05 - Fantastic Fest & What’s Hot at iHorror Right Now01:48 - Salvador's 30-Second Elevator Pitch: Together Till The End02:36 - The Dead as a "Scheduling Problem" (Bait-and-Switch Zombie Horror)03:38 - Psychological Dread: Why Not Showing the Zombies Worked05:12 - Pandemic Pressures: Writing Masculinity & Quarantine Fear09:27 - Dawn of the Dead vs. 28 Days Later (The Zombie Speed Debate)11:13 - Tequila Over Panic: The Most Realistic Survival Move12:20 - The Zombie Eye Rag Debate: Defending Joaquín14:45 - The Eternal "Man-Child" & Mexican Macho Culture20:20 - The $15,000 Budget: Unpacking Set Design & Industrial Framing22:50 - Luna Gray's Golden Rule: Where Low Budgets Hurt the Most (Sound vs. Plot)25:15 - Adapting the Short to Feature in 6 Months27:52 - Sophie Gómez: Working for Free & The Impromptu Rain Scene31:45 - The Real Monster: Giovanni Gamba & Real-World Threats34:45 - Game Break: Poorly Explained Horror Movies (Trivia Showdown!)38:00 - Is Tubi the New Local Video Store? Discovering Micro-Budget Gems40:50 - Digital Deliverables & Navigating VOD Under $50,00044:50 - Analog Horror, VHS Culture, & The Rejection of AI48:15 - Horror Movie Battle Royale: Elm Street, The Shining, Alien & Misery50:40 - Where to Stream Together Till The End & Sal's Next 16mm Project52:35 - Luna Gray Plugs: "No House Is Empty" Novel & SubstackSTREAM TOGETHER TILL THE END:• Watch on Tubi: https://tubitv.com• Watch on Amazon Prime: https://amazon.com• BloodStream & Apple TV: https://studiodome.com/titles/together-till-the-endGUEST LINKS & SOCIALS:• Luna Gray on iHorror: https://ihorror.com• Luna Gray's Substack (The Void Writes Back): https://substack.com• No House Is Empty by Luna Gray on Amazon: https://amazon.com• Salvador Medina / Pulp Films and Media: https://instagram.com#TogetherTillTheEnd #IndieHorror #ZombieMovie #HorrorMovies #iHorror #Filmmaking #HorrorPodcast #MovieReview💀 SUBSCRIBE for more indie horror deep dives, filmmaker interviews, and genre dissections!#IndieHorror #TogetherTillTheEnd #ZombieMovie #iHorror #Filmmaking #Tubi #HorrorCommunity #Podcast🧪 STEP UP TO THE SLAB:Subscribe to the Stitched Together Horror Podcast for weekly slasher dissections, retro horror trivia, and deep-dives into global haunt culture with Franken-John & Bride-Haylee! 👇 CONNECT WITH THE LAB:• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stitchedtogetherpod• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stitchedtogetherpod• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033itKG5M0uVpXrrgbuQzc?si=645ecf04c3654069• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stitched-together/id1896918549• Contact the Lab: stitchedtogetherpod@gmail.com🎵 MUSIC & SOUNDS:Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound (Safelisted User)#stitchedtogetherpodcast #horrorpodcast #slashermovies #hauntculture #retrohorror #horrorcommunity

Lucky Episode 13 is here, and we’re recapping our entire Orlando horror vacation!

We survived opening night crowds, powered through two hours of torrential rain in ponchos, and leveraged the Scream Early + Express Pass strategy to conquer all 10 haunted houses in a single night.

In this episode, we break down:

• The Orlando Horror Side Quests: Digging through vintage horror, oddities, and wet specimens at Gods & Monsters, Atomic Horror, and Prometheus Esoterica.

• The Haul: Showing off our event t-shirts and assembling the massive 10-figure HHN 35 icons carousel diorama.

• House-by-House Reviews: Full breakdowns and ratings for the heavy-hitter IPs (Hellraiser, Evil Dead Burn, Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness, Sinners, and Stranger Things 5) plus the 5 original houses (Jack & Oddfellow, Madlands, Cyber Goria, Invasion, and H.R. Bloodengutz).

• Scare Zones & Shows: Dodging Art the Clown and chainsaws in the streets, catching the Stranger Things lagoon show, and comparing the gateway spooky atmosphere at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.

• The Ep. 13 Haunt Awards: Our consensus #1 house, best practical makeup effects, biggest letdowns, and the single best jump scares of the trip.

🗳️ Horror Movie Battle Royale (Round 2 Voting Is Live):

• Halloween (1978) vs. A Nightmare on Elm Street

• The Exorcist vs. The Shining

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