Mike P. Nelson on Wrong Turn, Silent Night, Deadly Night, and What Scares Him Most Explicit

Silent Night Deadly Night director Mike P. Nelson joins Grave Tone to break down the reboot, the viral Nazi massacre scene, a pitched sequel, and his upcoming Amazon creature feature for Lionsgate. Wrong Turn, VHS 85, Billy Chapman, and what it actually takes to reinvent a horror franchise, all in one sit-down.
Director Mike P. Nelson talks horror origins, rebooting iconic franchises, the viral Nazi scene, and his giant snake movie coming later this year.

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Horror Screenwriter Eric Miller on Ice Spiders, Bram Stoker Awards, and What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Horror Explicit

Horror screenwriter and author Eric Miller joins Grave Tone for a midweek bonus episode that covers a lot of ground. He's the writer behind the SyFy cult classic Ice Spiders, screenplays for Night Skies, Swamp Shark, and Mask Maker, Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology editor, and author of the 2025 debut novel Whatever Happened to Uncle Ed?
Eric Miller wrote Ice Spiders, edited a Bram Stoker-nominated anthology, and has thoughts on why Hollywood keeps getting horror wrong.

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Mark Acheson on Silent Night Deadly Night, Elf, and the Role That Changed His Career Explicit

We sit down with character actor Mark Acheson — the voice of Charlie in Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) — to talk horror, Elf, Fargo, and what it takes to give a killer a moral compass.
We interview Mark Acheson about his role as Charlie in Silent Night Deadly Night, his career highlights in Elf and Fargo, and what he's working on next.

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Horror Author Jonathan Janz on Why Horror’s Having a 2025 Moment

Horror author Jonathan Janz joins Grave Tone to talk his new sci-fi horror novel Veil, his story “Leonora” in The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand, and why horror is the most “limitless” genre. Plus: childhood trauma movies, haunted-house preferences, and rapid-fire horror takes. Tags
From streaming scares to King-backed anthologies, Jonathan Janz breaks down the trends and cultural shifts making horror 2025’s most unstoppable genre.

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PITFALL (2025) at ScreamFest LA — Interview With Director James Kondelik & Producer Wai Sun Cheng

Fresh off its world premiere at ScreamFest LA, we sit down with writer/director James Kondelik and producer Wai Sun Cheng to unpack PITFALL (2025)
We sat down with James Kondelik, the writer, director, editor (yes, all three), and Wai Sung Chen, the producer, to talk about their horror film Pitfall. This is one of those projects that almost didn’t...

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