Category: Horror Behind the Scenes

Here are the new & upcoming July 2026 indie horror projects from creators who landed in my HorrorFam.com inbox! Want YOUR horror project featured in August…?

Isaiah Swanson covers the grief, paranoia, fear, and monstrous shōjō shenanigans in Erich Cannon’s indie horror feature film debut HIS MONSTER.

Esteemed horror historian Ron Magid shares some of The Halloween Society’s fascinating history and its groundbreaking impact on how Halloween masks and horror movie props were treated in the years since. You’ll also hear from indie horror filmmaker Harrison Magid on how he and his father are working together to “revive and resuscitate” The Halloween Society through new publications and an upcoming documentary – The Halloween Society: Unmasked!

15-year-old horror director Aeris Danet has been absolutely dominating the competition at 2025 film festivals, winning award after award for her film NEBULOUS! She’s also an actress, a writer, and a lifelong horror fan. Watch this episode so you can say you “knew her when” because Aeris Danet’s horror career is going to be HUGE before we know it!

There aren’t as many doors as you might think! Guest writer Dan Rafter shares why the Beyond the Door trilogy is “the goofiest and most entertaining horror series you’ve never seen.”

Retired maskmaker Robert Tharp shares 24 of Don Post Studios’ most memorable masks, the artists who brought them to life, the horror films that inspired them, and his memories from 38 years working as an artist for the studio!