Woodstake: Shawn Hainsworth on Vampires at Woodstock 1969 Explicit

Woodstake is a vampire graphic novel that drops a Dracula-style predator into Woodstock 1969. Creator Shawn Hainsworth talks hippies vs. vampires, Felipe Kroll's painted art, Bram Stoker, and the much darker sequel, Woodstake '99.
Shawn Hainsworth talks Woodstake, his vampire graphic novel set at Woodstock 1969, Felipe Kroll's painted art, and the darker Woodstake '99.

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Beware Boiúna Director Mike P. Nelson on Making a Giant Snake Movie in the Amazon Explicit

Beware Boiúna director Mike P. Nelson is back on Grave Tone to talk Titanoboa, Amazon floods, and the blessing ceremony that kicked off the shoot in Colombia. No plot spoilers, just wild behind-the-scenes stories.
Mike P. Nelson talks Beware Boiúna: shooting in the Amazon, Titanoboa, a healer's blessing, practical stunts, and his giant snake inspirations.

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Jonathan Janz on the Marla TV Series, the Veil Screenplay, and Letting Adaptations Break His Books

Jonathan Janz returns to talk about Marla, the horror novel that sold out in a 500-copy run and took four years to reach everyone else. Adaptation news, the Moonflowers prequel, and a horror town staffing game.
Jonathan Janz on the Marla TV series, the Veil screenplay, Moonflowers, and why he lets adaptations rip his books apart.

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Daniel Barnett: Inside The Nightmareland Chronicles Omnibus Explicit

Daniel Barnett joins us to talk about his new book, Nightmareland Chronicles, the horror epic he pitches as The Dark Tower meets The Last of Us. Eternal night, a father crossing a darkened America, and six volumes in one enormous illustrated omnibus. Twelve are planned. He is halfway there.
Horror author Daniel Barnett talks The Nightmareland Chronicles, the illustrated omnibus, and how he plots a 12-volume epic.

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Alex Grass on Infernal Tramps, Weird Horror, and the Terror Hiding in Boring Places Explicit

Alex Grass joins Grave Tone pod to talk about Infernal Tramps, his collection of weird terror out today. Body horror, David Cronenberg, Clive Barker, and why the scariest stories start somewhere boring. Plus, where to start reading it, and the underrated horror authors he cannot stop recommending.
Horror author Alex Grass talks Infernal Tramps, what weird really means, and the terror hiding in mundane places on the Grave Tone podcast.

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Ry Barrett on Johnny, the Killer’s POV, and What’s Coming in In a Violent Nature 2 Explicit

Ry Barrett, the actor behind Johnny's mask, joins us to talk about In a Violent Nature 2: the summer camp setting, the kills, the shark prep, and what it actually takes to play a silent slasher.
Ry Barrett talks playing Johnny in In a Violent Nature, his physical prep, what to expect from the sequel, and why Canadian horror never really went away.

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Annie Neugebauer on Wilderness Horror, Short Fiction, and the Stories That Get Under Your Skin

Annie Neugebauer (The Extra, The Outsiders Sequence) joins Grave Tone: Horror Podcast to talk wilderness horror, literary dread vs. popcorn scares, the force field problem in modern horror, and her upcoming novella The Other. Plus two mystery announcements she can't reveal yet.
Horror author Annie Neugebauer talks wilderness dread, short fiction, The Outsiders Sequence, the books that haunt her, and two mystery announcements she can't reveal yet.

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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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